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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11h

Mr United States. Look, at least it's not an unironed Superman costume bought from a cheap costume shop, but my gods USA, what the fuck is this? I mean, I guess it does say a lot about the US as a country, but probably not what you want it to say...

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11h

Mr Hong Kong is here to save us from the cavalcade of awful that Europe just flung at us. This is nothing groundbreaking or unusual for Hong Kong, but when it's done as beautifully as this I'm not complaining.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 1h

the shoe (probably a boot?) looks to be standard issue for xianxia drama, which I think this costume's going for. maybe could have used upturned toes since the whole look's refined?

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11h

Mr China coming in hard with the first of the traditional and *stunning* looks. There's just the right element of cosplay to the look, the colours are stunning and we love a weapon as a prop in Mister Global (fnar). Although the shoe looks oddly clunky. Minor quibble though.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2h

This is what they've done.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 12h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 2h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

a helpful clarifying reminder!

🌌Why is Łink still missing??? @joxter.bgay.cat · 1h

@clairewillett.bsky.social your thread was VERY informative & i appreciate it so much, but:

"if you’re an American Catholic your family were OBVIOUSLY immigrants too"

MANY Indigenous americans are catholic. i just felt like that needed addressing, sorry to bypass the No Quotes!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

and yes I do feel like the Chicago of it all matters here for Pope reasons

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

I have long been of the belief that Francis handpicked this guy and lined up the conclave for him out of recognition that reining in the right wing overreach of the US bishops conference was becoming a global crisis that could only be solved by an American who did NOT come from within the conference

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1h

I’m still thinking about “No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament” and desperately wishing Democrat leadership had a fraction of this tactical savvy

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 3h

Someone made a supercut on TikTok of Diane Keaton crashing out at some point in all of her movies and we really need a lot more female rage in the culture

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 1h

ohhh boy this is NOT going to end well

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 1h

whoa, TIL! thank you.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

well, we did go into this knowing we were the underdogs

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 10h

Cat making biscuits to disco music
🎶🐈🕺😅😂
#Caturday

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h

yeah i block anyone who talks or “jokes” about picking up guns or inciting violence when i post about protests or anything else.

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3h

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are.

the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 13h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3h

There are no clean hands in a criminal enterprise.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 7h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

-artist came running up going "I WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR PETITION"
-followed by their husband
-got fist-bumped by a signer
-nonzero amount of folks just...thanking me for being out there????

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

some cool shit that happened while yours truly was in the center of this art festival yelling her lungs out:

-SUPER hot guy came and high-fived me just because he liked the initiative
-group of young cyclists signed
-got encouraged by some boomer activists

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3h

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are.

the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 13h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 13h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people