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Cactusdan

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PNW. Leftist Politics, Nature, History, Art, Design, and Gaming (making & playing). Worker and People solidarity.

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Cactusdan @cactusdan.bsky.social · Sep 3

If there are any Wildsea players out there looking to play a sentient pile of twirling autumn leaves, don't worry, I got you!

Phyllistra (Wildsea Bloodline) by Cobra Lily Games

A new Wildsea bloodline option that is a mysterious whirlwind of leaves come to life.

cobralilygames.itch.io

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 1h

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h

And who also waited until Trump got into power to retire.

Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 14d

Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."

Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1h

Great article with some onsite analysis of cellular signals indicating the use of cell-site simulators at ICE protests in Portland, Oregon

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower may have surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

Donald Trump is making it easier for you to get discriminated against when trying to rent or buy a home.

Housing is out of reach for too many Americans and Trump is making it worse.

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · Aug 16

US "democracy" is where you get to argue about who operates the orphan grinder but you don't get to argue about whether such a thing should continue to exist

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Anyone who sees videos like this and tries to explain it away is someone who feels sure that they will never be meaningfully abused by state actors.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

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Cactusdan @cactusdan.bsky.social · 1h

Adam Sandler as Billy Madison has a wet spot on his pants. He stands in front of a kid who also has a wet spot on the front of his pants and Sandler says "Everyone my age pers their pants; it's the coolest!"

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2h

Prominent Palestinian activist Saleh al-Jafarawi killed by armed militia in Gaza City - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-al-jafarawi-prominent-palestinian-activist-killed-militia-gaza-city

Prominent Palestinian activist Saleh al-Jafarawi killed by armed militia in Gaza City

Social media activist was shot dead whilst covering clashes between Israel-backed militia and Hamas fighters, Al Jazeera reports

www.middleeasteye.net

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 3h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

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.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12h

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 18h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 21h

In case people don't know this, this is standard practice in jails across the country (lights on in suicide watch cells 24/7...I know this from personal experience).

It is awful, but for EVERYONE who gets put in suicide watch

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Manly men brutalize, terrorize a teen girl

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Cactusdan @cactusdan.bsky.social · 1d

Or the $500 million that led to this...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1d

When I was Wayne County’s Health Director, we kicked off our program to deliver over tens of thousands of pairs of free glasses to Michigan kids who needed them—just like I did in Detroit nearly a decade ago. Because that’s what public service is about.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty worrying that the only solution to a blatant violation of the Appropriations Clause is the political one that will not happen. Everybody goes on about how we can’t have a system based on norms but it’s turning out a critical mass views adherence to the rule of law as a norm.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

Trump: Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of
"Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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