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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 13h

he literally is losing court cases because his public statements have nothing to do with reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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⋆ ˚｡⋆🍂⋅ŌKᗩ‧🍂⋆ ˚｡⋆ @okaliz.bsky.social · 9h

Apple dress 🐇🍎

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Is Kid Rock ok? He's looking like an ad for a place called Thrifty Dialysis

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14h

I love this image.

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 9h

rib, and i cannot emphasize this next part enough, bit

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 17h

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Spooky Matt Grote @mattgrote.bsky.social · 13h

I cannot stress enough how important it is to have an enormous cat

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 8h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 15h

Damn transes

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 20h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20h

He's literally speaking out against the idea of representation for the American people and saying we have a corrupt SCOTUS that does what we want. Just saying it all out loud

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 18h

I have friends (of christ) everywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 13h

can you imagine half-assing a last-minute ceasefire that won't last a week and still not getting the Nobel Peace Prize

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 19h

ICE keeps grabbing US citizens. wweek.com/news/2025/10...

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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~Classic Anime Girl of the Day!~ @retroanimegirls.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Classic Anime Girl is Aisha Clan-Clan, from "Outlaw Star" (1998)!

(Submitted by @brownest1.bsky.social!)

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Centurii chan @centuriichan.bsky.social · 1d

the samurai fears the cost effective nasal helmet.

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 1d

"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."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I get it. It's called Castlevania because it's a metroidvania set in a castle!

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

🤷🏼

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Claire @claire.chapien.net · 1d

Love brains lol

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Claire @claire.chapien.net · 1d

Despite the name OCPD has more in common with autism than it does OCD, and studies suggest a high comorbidity rate. This article that this chart is from is rly good,if a bit Jungian
neurodivergentinsights.com/ocpd-vs-auti...

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Claire @claire.chapien.net · 1d

OCPD and autism overlap a lot in terms of presentation so yeah def a similar urge

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