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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11h

that app he shares with his son must’ve been pinging like a radar gun at the indy 500

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 12h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 12h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13h

“you can’t make fun of this” - famously an edict that the military obeys unquestioningly and would never disobey out of earshot of an officer

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Raine @bluebiscuitraine.bsky.social · Jul 11

Commission for @pangolinfox.bsky.social

protecc :3

#furry #furryart #pride #art

Shaded art commission for Archantael of their character in the same pose from the movie poster for "Aliens". She is holding a Blahaj and a flamethrower, but the flamethrower has a mini transgender pride flag sticking out of the front. The background consists of a faded trans flag coloration. There is text at the bottom of the piece that reads "PRIDE, This Time It's War"

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 13h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Tipsy Rabbit Games @trgames.bsky.social · 16h

Official promo cover for the first build! It's in production and hopefully coming soon.
-Nikko
#furrygame #visualnovel #trg #fotm

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

Tom Homan is as crooked as they come. He must resign.

A tweet by George Conway says, “There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.” It quotes Armand Domalewski, who wrote, “There is absolutely zero chance JD would describe a Biden administration official accepting a $50,000 cash bribe in a paper bag as ‘fake scandal.’”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 21h

The NY young republican who said that rape is "epic" looks like a fuckin ventriloquist dummy

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 22h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 23h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 21h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 19h

I literally not once have ever heard of this company lmao rip to your dumb shit

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19h

Me after seeing the leaked texts of young Republicans *in 2025* praising Hitler & calling to gas all of us.

The only thing I’m more (not) shocked by is this will not in any way shame them, further empower them.

Remember this next time they pretend to be offended that anyone calls them Nazis. Smh.

a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

ALT: a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

media.tenor.com

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Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Goose @phatcussy.bsky.social · 19h

the modern GOP & especially the youth element are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from Nazis

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 21h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Khloe the Fuche @khloeprower.bsky.social · 19h

Great… it’s fine if a computer makes the porn, but if another person makes the porn, we’re going to restrict any avenue of them getting compensated for their work. Fuck all the way off with this shit.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 23h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Chip Fox @chipfoxx.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu said out-loud he's using this 'win' to get whatever he wants from Trump.
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Netanyahu’s Dangerous Power Over Trump

If the Israeli prime minister wants the United States to stay in the Iran war, there is a good chance he will get his way.

carnegieendowment.org

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ChocoMingo 🦩 @chocomingo.bsky.social · 1d

ICE's recklessness at O'Hare & throughout Chicago is truly horrifying but I'm glad the locals are standing up. My hope is that by the time MFF rolls around two months from now, ICE, ironically enough, are too pathetically cowardly or incapable to deal with snow & ice on the roads

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Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 2d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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