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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 22h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Sep 28

Autumnal prints available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Mock-up image of the Blackberry Picking print framed on a white wall behind some pumpkins and autumn leaf decorations

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely gross but not surprising carry-on from Joe Brolly

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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 1d

Shackleton museum in Kildare reopens after multi-million redevelopment

A stunning iceberg-like extension features as part of the museum revamp, in honour of the Kildare-born explorer.

Shackleton museum in Kildare reopens after multi-million redevelopment | BreakingNews

A stunning iceberg-like extension features as part of the museum revamp, in honour of the Kildare-born explorer.

www.breakingnews.ie

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 1d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 2d

Bohonagh Stone Circle • West Cork

This lovely little stone circle is another example of the rich Bronze Age archaeological heritage of West Cork.

When excavated in the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a shallow pit containing a few fragments of cremated bone in the middle of the circle.

A small stone circle under a blue if slightly cloud streaked sky in West Cork Ireland

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 2d

There is no way we can host World Cup or Olympics. They must be moved.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 2d

2024: "we are relocating the big event from Florida to Chicago so our LGBTQ attendees don't get harassed by the government"

2025: "we are relocating the big event from Chicago to Florida so our Latino attendees don't get harassed by the government"

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the federal government’s anti-immigration activity in the city.

trib.al/inR0kle

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NEWS: The Epstein Survivors' press conference yesterday was postponed. New date TBD.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Bríd Uí Mh @corcaighgodeo.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking | 27 Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupation forces across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 18 in Gaza City alone.

A close-up nighttime photo shows a person’s bloodied hand and arm trapped beneath heavy rubble. The debris consists of crushed concrete, dust, and twisted fragments from a destroyed structure. Part of a rescuer’s boot and dark clothing are visible nearby, suggesting ongoing attempts to reach those buried. The lighting is dim, likely from a flashlight, highlighting the severity and desperation of the scene.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

“If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes.”

Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 1d

High schools are opening up parking lots for homeless students

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

As a show of sincere commitment to Trump’s so called “Gaza Peace Deal,” Israel is continuing to bomb civilians through out the night.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

Tens of thousands of pre-school age children in Gaza are starving to death, with more than 10,000 of them having a limited chance of recovering jrnl.ie/6838523t

Tens of thousands of pre-school age children in Gaza are starving to death

A new study in The Lancet is based on examinations of 219,783 children from January 2024 to August 2025.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 2d

So is it the position of the 'paper of record'?

That the cab-rank rule is bad?

And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?

And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 2d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: 18,457 children killed in Gaza are listed by local health authorities, each name telling a story. Thousands more remain uncounted.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

🇵🇸 Breaking: 22-year-old Palestinian, held without charge or trial since May 2024, dies in Israeli custody — the 78th Palestinian “prisoner” to die since Oct 7.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Ahmad Khdeirat, from Adh-Dhahiriya near Hebron, entered prison with diabetes, contracted scabies...

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