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Blank Willbur

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Gen-X Nerd, Walker of Ancient Forests, Lover of Music, Cheeba-Believer, Loves a Good Constitutional-Democracy, Anti-authoritarian, Anti-theist, "Radicalized" by Sesame Street & Star Trek. 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘-𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 25d

They're coming for us.

Stop marching and yelling, and help your neighbors, before you're the target..

First they came for our immigrants/PoC.
But I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't an immigrant or PoC

Then they came for they came for the educators
But I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't an educator

Then they came for the LGBTQ people
I didn't DO anything, because I wasn't LGBTQ .

Then they came for they came for the Leftists
I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't a Leftist.

Then they came for me.
But there was no one left to do anything for me.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1h

Happy belated 45th birthday to the guy that turned arcade video games into a global phenomenon... Mr. Pac Man..

Released, October 10, 1980

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 5h

Playing tonight: Romance of the Three Kingdoms

(I still own my boxed Amiga edition from [𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦] years ago.)

Title Screen for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8, Remake" a turn-based strategy game, set in historical China

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 9h

TRUMP ISN'T IN CHARGE.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 10h

Naw, they don't care about these semi-mythical "Epstein Files".

They are just not going to seat any Dems, in 2026, and Adelita is just their trial-run.

They published it all on their site.... But maybe a DNC veal-pen org, like MoveOn would rather not message on the truth.

🤷‍♂️

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 11h

They're not afraid of the "Epstein Files"...

The shut down is part of their plan (see Project 2026) to totally deconstruct US government and re-make it in their fascist image.

They refuse to seat a duly-elected Dem, because they're previewing a 2026 strategy to see if they get away with it.

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 11h

You had me at "Dario Argento" 😉

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 12h

It's Elvira's boobs.

BSky's shitty LLM-Based analyzer can't see they aren't exposed. And, nope, no way to appeal, other than to the same dumb clanker.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 12h

I would likely say, out loud, "Fuck you, Nazi apologist!"... Bu that's just me.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 12h

State police.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 17h

But, but, but...

bsky.app/profile/oreg...

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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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 20h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 17h

I'm particularly hooked on:

alexdb.itch.io/victorian-idle

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 17h

@stewardn.bsky.social, @j0nd0ugh.bsky.social: Now with sound.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 17h

(𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸/𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥)

Here's what @jbpritzker.bsky.social means when he says that the gestapo will have to "go through" him, to get to the American people.

Via freedomenews.tv

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 17h

Weird, it was. Let me try to upload again...

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 18h

He's not ever getting impeached, because every Republican is loyal to the fascist coup's billionaire leaders in the Heritage Foundation & Federalist Society.

Trump's not even the one implementing the policies set out in Project 2025, that's Miller & Vought.

freespeechforpeople.org/trump-treaso...

Trump is openly committing treason. He must be impeached and removed from office. - Free Speech For People

By mobilizing U.S. troops against civilians, Trump is levying war against the United States.

freespeechforpeople.org

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 18h

All the while, the gestapo is, daily, terrorizing the protesters' communities, kidnapping innocent Americans and even assaulting and murdering citizens, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 18h

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵."

To be fair, these protests give them every right to feel that way. Local PD push these protesters back multiple blocks, where they cant even see the facility, where they hold signs and shout.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 18h

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

www.erininthemorning.com

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 18h

Maybe first you and your colleagues should stop voting for vile bills like the NDAA, stripping basic human rights from American citizens.

Then we can play "pedo, pedo who's the pedo?"

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 19h

So, they drive them a few blocks away, out of sight, so they can keep convincing them that holding signs and shouting is somehow slowing or stopping the terror, kidnappings and murder.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 19h

They're bringing a big load of kidnapped children in, or something else that might, just possibly, might cause normal, moral humans to actually stop these kidnappings, for once.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 19h

71? I can hear the creaking in my own bones, as I say it.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 20h

Occupied Yalta. "No gas shortages" situation update.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 22h

Definitely my favorite cover on Heinlein novel... and, along with the Fuzzy covers, what made me track down more art by this "Whelan" guy, in the 80s.