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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11h

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2h

What a good morning! Great way to start the day!😂

Trump’s quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations
apnews.com/article/dona...

Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations

The White House is responding bitterly to President Donald Trump being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize despite efforts from Republicans and world leaders.

apnews.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

I’m just gonna note that the Reconstruction failed because “Allie’s” sacrificed other people srights for peace and personal gain. While also demanding the targets of the abuse not speak of it

It’s fitting America post pandemic is gonna fall the same way

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 2d

It was a common practice post-Reconstruction to refuse to seat politicians elected by newly enfranchised Black men, especially on the local level. White ex-Confederates were MORE upset about having local Black officials because, as they would say, those people actually impacted the daily life.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

Hispanic approval ratings for Trump are higher than Black people’s

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 5h

Hey, it's October! And I keep saying that the majority of white folk in the US still approve of the way Trump is "handling immigration."

But the popularity of his immigration policies has been declining overall? Surely by now, the majority of white folk in the US would not support these ICE raids?🤡

Chart showing that the majority of white adults in the US (52%) support the way that Donald Trump is "handling immigration."

Only 36% of Hispanic people approve, and only 21% of Black people approve.

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Akwasi Ɔsono 🐘 @melaninneal.com · 15h

On God fuck Drake for making me side with a Corporate entity

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h

UMG responds to the dismissal:

In a statement to Billboard, a spokesman for UMG said: “From the outset, this suit was an affront to all artists and their creative expression and never should have seen the light of day. We’re pleased with the court’s dismissal and look forward to continuing our work successfully promoting Drake’s music and investing in his career.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15h

A judge blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence of a “danger of rebellion"

Judge Blocks National Guard Deployment In Illinois For 2 Weeks

A judge blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

www.huffpost.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Tifa | Sacred Ho🧘🏾‍♀️ @chicmojo.blacksky.app · 14h

Sperm from men older than 35 is linked to increased birth defects.

I know men like to think they’re exempt from that 🙂

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 5h

❤️ #Portland.

🍊 & ma ga are still stupid.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

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.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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❤️ thiccsparklebutt ❤️ @thiccsparklebutt.blacksky.app · 11h

They sayin he lost the Black way and the white way.

billboard @billboard.com · 16h

Fans React to Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit Against UMG Being Dismissed

Fans flooded social media after Drake's "Not Like Us" defamation lawsuit against UMG was dismissed by a New York judge on Thursdau (Oct. 9).

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 6h

Amazing how this came up after that last RT…. lol.

Mozelle Baitise Delacroix’s only son. @wanderingdruid3300.bsky.social · 9h

I’m just a big kid, cause this shit has been sending me for the past 2 minutes!!!

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🗣️ PaRappa the Yappa™ [Cozy] @brilliantbeeh.bsky.social · 8h

The specificity of this list is sending me 😭

Blackniss Everdeen @the-green-queen.bsky.social · 11h

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 6h

Lolol..
Alexis Ohanian (husband to Serena Williams & millionaire tech guy) has gop Steven a-hole smith stammering when AO clapped back abt SAS’s Super Bowl show comments abt Serena.

Stevie is a PAB.
#espn

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Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 12h

This is a really great book - and even if you’re an experienced organizer and/or activist, you’re likely to get a lot out of it. I certainly did! Very strongly recommended!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13h

I am currently out of copies to give away, but if you are new to organizing and activism, and you could use some insight and guidance, you can find Let This Radicalize You at a discount here:

Let This Radicalize You

Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 16h

Signs of the times in Chicago today: My daughter's school went on soft lockdown because of reports of ICE. Volunteers showed up at the nearby H.S. to escort people who didn't feel safe. Walking around, I saw lots of orange whistles around people's necks.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 10h

People need to be calling Dems demanding they do not cave on ACA etc.

Feel free to call gop and tell them they are sociopathic traitor criminals

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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brownchubbybear @brownchubbybear.bsky.social · 1d

A message to #Farmers

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 11h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 10h

Single day protests, part-time & weekend/holiday protests aren’t gonna get it done.
No sacrifice no progress.

GOP is exploiting that many ppl live paycheck to paycheck.

Under full-blown fascism, u won’t be better off than what cd be gained by a national work stoppage

Text over pic of a large European crowd, “Just had a conversation with a nice French couple who said the problem with American protests is that we schedule them one by one instead of showing up every night until the change happens.”

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 10h

They’re going to try the wrong homes and get pew pewed

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 13h

"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 · 14h

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

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 10h

A few hospice professionals believe he will be 💀 in a year.

- We shd be planning how the prosecution of his enablers, pro ud boy 🧊 nazis will happen;
- Drafts of legislation closing loopholes in enforcement
- dismantle systems tht failed us
- nvr trust the capitulators
- remove enablers frm govt

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

asked why he's going to Walter Reed tomorrow for his second physical exam since the start of the year, Trump brags about the cognitive exam he took in 2020, which he describes as "not the easiest test ... there aren't a lot of people in this room that would get every single question right."

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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