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anonymous coward #DogSky is art I <3 a saucy portmanteau Don’t destroy the earth via AI slop. Yes, you.

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · Mar 14

Primary vichy dems.
Fuck these backstabbing fools who blithely surrendered to neonazis as a blase manner of course. Article I is already being ignored, this was their chance to fight and they FAILED.
Heckle them out of DC.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Screenshot of dictatorship enabling yea votes, surrender caucus highlighted in red “ Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---62
Banks (R-IN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Curtis (R-UT)
Daines (R-MT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Husted (R-OH)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Justice (R-WV)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
McCormick (R-PA)
Moody (R-FL)
Moran (R-KS)
Moreno (R-OH)
Mullin (R-OK)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Peters (D-MI)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN) “

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 6d

Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 4h

Mochi (green Boy) 🦮
Baby male Mixed Breed mix
Adoptable from Little Big Dog Rescue (Christiansburg, VA)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/mochi-green-boy-78723765/va/christiansburg/little-big-dog-rescue-va765/

Mochi (green Boy) is a Baby Mixed Breed mix

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Kageyama Satsuki @kagesatsuki.com · 4h

Know what of role I wanna see artificial intelligence eliminate? Aside from the obvious middle management and CEOs...

Animal testing.

THAT would be an actual good use of AI to put some poor creatures out of the job.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 4h

A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 16h

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4h

“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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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 5h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 4h

Counterfeit 🐶
Baby female Australian Kelpie mix
Adoptable from Save A Life Pet Rescue (Oviedo, FL)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/counterfeit-78723832/fl/oviedo/save-a-life-pet-rescue-fl668/

Counterfeit is a Baby Australian Kelpie mix

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 5h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · 3h

The party of “keeping girls safe”.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 11h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · 3h

Not just their base. Anecdotally, normies / non-terminally online folk in my life don’t know/don’t care enough to dig. Which is about the same as pre-elon twitter.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 3h

These cuts will almost certainly lead to more suicides and school and mass shootings in America. And remember: after every major mass shooting, Republicans emphasize that “mental health” is the solution and that regulating guns is a nonstarter www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 3h

Ultra Deluxe 🐕
Baby female Schnauzer mix
Adoptable from Save A Life Pet Rescue (Oviedo, FL)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/ultra-deluxe-78723922/fl/oviedo/save-a-life-pet-rescue-fl668/

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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 5d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · 21h

Hatch Act for thee, but not for me 🤔

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Since it is Friday, I am once again reminding you that I am running for CA Assembly District 72, and that my solemn pledge not to use any campaign funds to eat excessive amounts of tortellinis remains in effect.

These are personal tortellinis.

secure.actblue.com/donate/kluwe

A plastic bowl filled with discount tortellinis and marinara sauce

www.kluweoc.com

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 1d

Inver 🐕
Baby female Husky mix
Adoptable from NWT SPCA (Yellowknife, NT)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/inver-78703481/nt/yellowknife/nwt-spca-nt01/

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
taylordykema.com

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Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · 1d

The overwhelming majority of Americans want Democrats & Republicans to come together to fix this health care crisis & reopen the government. But Republicans need to come to the table—to support furloughed workers, extend ACA tax credits, & stop the skyrocketing premiums crushing working families.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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