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Alex Dunn @axelofthekey.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah someone pointed out to me that I could get an inflatable Jigglypuff costume and now I want one

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

I’m so glad Portland is doing this, it’s genius, and also I desperately want it to stop being just a Portland thing, this needs to be a national tactic

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 16h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 6h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Alex Dunn @axelofthekey.bsky.social · 3h

D: D: D:

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4h

Friends with Benefits with Tylenol

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Okay well with this news I think the kid's hair is finally fair game

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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🪦 (I Spit) Anya (Grave) M., Horror Snob🪦 @demondisk.gay · 4h

@jay.bsky.team take a break from waffleposting to respond to this maybe

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

i think it is fair to request a statement from @jay.bsky.team on TRANS PEOPLE and where we fit in on @bsky.app.

i think as a transgender journalist, it's acceptable and makes sense for me to ask this

and so, the question, am i not a person as a trans girl and do i not deserve to feel safe here?

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4h

But hurry if you’re planning on sucking up the Temu one. It’s selling out.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4h

Reason to not buy it from TikTok: worried somebody might show our shopping history to the Trump Administration.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4h

FYI, TikTok shop is selling the frog costume.

Which now feels sus.

Alternative sites with lower prices but watch out for tariffs: Ali Express and Temu.

And the shitty billionaire site: Amazon

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Alex Dunn @axelofthekey.bsky.social · 4h

Now that I've joined the chronic pain club.......

I'm so sorry for how much people don't understand what it's like to be in your shoes. I've only been here for a little while and it's like...Impossible to explain to people why the pain is a limiter.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

hey

can i have some money ?

$3.00 and a share from everyone would be super rad

love youuuuu --- i am a transgender journalist, and it's that time when you can help people like me in history ---

venmo.com/u/junostump

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

“The grown-ups don’t like it. I can’t help myself—I’m just putting out a record I would like to listen to at home. Of course, they want another Nevermind, but I’d rather die than do that. This is exactly the kind of record I'd buy as a fan.”

--- Kurt Cobain

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Girl Music
GIRL MUSIC 001: IN UTERO | NIRVANA

“Meat eating orchids forgive no one just yet. Cut myself on angel hair and baby’s breath.”

Read the Full Article
August 23, 2024

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https://junoryleejournalism.com/2024/08/23/girl-music-001-in-utero-nirvana/

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Big Miss Steak 𓅚 🐊 thru the heart of a vampire @hawaiijeno.bsky.social · 4h

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

A ninja turtle tearing into a slice of pizza reminiscent of Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 4h

Fascist kleptocracy.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Insatiable Antifa Slut @insatiableone.bsky.social · 4h

Is Barron like Caligula level spoiled or

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 6h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 6h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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