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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 4h

I’m talking to Democrats and Republicans in the Senate every day, but the House is critical to solving this shutdown too. Mike Johnson needs to get House Republicans back to Washington so we can actually work together to stop health care costs from rising dramatically.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

NEWS: "Donald Trump is a pedophile who routinely raped young girls."

MAGA: "So boring."

NEWS: "Donald Trump is allowing Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho.”

MAGA: “This is IMMORAL! What an outrage!!! I will not stand for this wicked behavior!!!”

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you @nytopinion.nytimes.com for publishing this rot. Marc Rowan has run hundreds of companies into the dust to extract profits from their failure and bankruptcies. Now he wants to do the same to American higher education. Do not believe a word this man says. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

Three @wsj.com headlines from the past three days. 👀

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

-“we’re the ones saving health care” 🤥 (they just cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid, he hasn’t had a plan in 10 years)

-He then ignores basic math saying he’ll cut drug costs “500%” (not how it works)

-And says they’re “only cutting Democrat programs” (that help regular folks)

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 1d

Shapiro: “I’m the Commander-in-Chief of the Pennsylvania National Guard.”

Trump will not use it for his chaos. 🔥

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #BannedBooksWeek! Author Nikkolas Smith reminds us that when they ban books about justice and equality, they reveal their fear—not our failure.
The more they push back, the more creators will rise.
Art is resistance.
Stories are power.
Keep the fight alive.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in a red state, you’re getting screwed the hardest by Trump and Republicans buddies.
The top 10 states facing the highest projected premium increases are all Republican led.

Get LOUD! Be PISSED! Call your Reps! (202) 224-3121

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True Blue 🇦🇺🐨 @spbmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Hamas is TRUSTING Trump as his 'eternal peace' in Gaza turns into a SHAKY CEASEFIRE

This is NOT a peace plan — it's a TEMPORARY ceasefire.

By Middle East correspondent Eric Tlozek

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Hamas is trusting Trump as his 'eternal peace' in Gaza turns into a shaky ceasefire

With Israel and Hamas not sticking to Donald Trump's proposed "20-point plan", the deal to bring "eternal peace" in the Middle East looks more like a temporary ceasefire.

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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 1d

George Takei, “Those who ban books fear ideas that set people free. But censorship doesn’t just silence authors—it steals our freedom to learn, to question, to know ourselves and each other. This #BannedBooksWeek, stand up for the freedom to read. Every story matters. Every voice counts.”

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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corderman.bsky.social @corderman.bsky.social · 22h

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

the portland chicken guy 🥰

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d

Psaki: "There is no longer a question of whether [Trump] can get his Justice Department to actually go after them. But just remember, he’s doing it because he is thin-skinned and petty and weak."

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PixelPusher @drpixelpusher.bsky.social · 23h

commonslibrary.org/defending-de...

Defending Democracy with Humor and Dilemma Actions Tactics

The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 1d

"The idea was really very simple. As we chatted, someone kept talking about how Milosevic only won because he made people afraid, and someone else said that the only thing that could trump fear was laughter."

The way to beat an absurd fash gov is with more absurdism than it can handle.

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Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social · 1d

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How We Used Laughter to Topple a Dictator

Excerpted from Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow...

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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 21h

This may be the funniest deescalation tactic I've ever seen.

ICE look like clowns whenever they treat men in silly frog costumes like they're a threat, it's funny enough to do numbers on social media, and it ruins all the footage Fox tries to take.

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slowhed @slowhed-comics.bsky.social · 1d

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

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Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 2d

Here is the exact frog costume if more people what to join the legion. Portland Frog #Portland #WarravagedPortland a.co/d/cVneUgR

Amazon.com: JASHKE Inflatable Frog Costume for Adults - Blow up Halloween Costume : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

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BeckyIB @beckyib.bsky.social · 20h

Chef José Andrés should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his unflinching and unwavering efforts through World Chef Kitchen to feed traumatized people around the globe.

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