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@distractia.bsky.social

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Pianist 🔹 Lyricist 🔹 Poker 🔹Trading 🔹 Watercolors 🔹 Clay 🔹 Cats I came here to rant about politics but somehow ended up writing poetry? "𝓘 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼," 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓷𝓸 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻.

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 28d

The Mass Shooting Tracker is a crowd-sourced database of U.S. mass shootings.
As of today, there have been 357 mass shootings in the US this year.
Stop #Violence. #GunControl

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Mass Shooting Tracker

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3d

Commercial Aviation May Soon Feel Shutdown’s Impact, Official Warns

The Essential Air Service, which subsidizes flights to small airports, will run out of money on Sunday, and air traffic controllers who have been working without pay have begun calling in sick.

dlvr.it

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 3d

We didn’t go to church growing up, but I started on my own walking there around age 7 because the carillon music hooked me. 😄 Took a while to realize I was just there for the tunes

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 3d

"If you really care about saving a European country, go back to Europe!"
#ICE #Immigration #Racism
www.youtube.com/shorts/oyg0C...

#indigenous #indigenouspeople #history #blackthought #nativeamerican #americanindian

YouTube video by Indigenous Revolution

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 4d

Chilled down to #marrow,
Ghosts rehearse their spooky moans
Santa's workshop hums
#haikufeels #watercolor #oc #halloween

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Jenny @wildmustanglover.bsky.social · 5d

TRUTH

CatCmdr1 @catcmdr1.bsky.social · 5d

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"You Guys are F*CKING TRAITORS!” Combat Veteran Sounds Off on ICE

YouTube video by Status Coup News

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 4d

UGH your feed today :(

🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 4d

She was amazing.

🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 4d

Old Man Trump, written in 1954 by WoodyGuthrie -about #racist housing practices and discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump, father of Donald #Trump.
#racism #politics #vote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmZn...

See more about Woody Guthrie here: https://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Old_Man_Trump.htm

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 6d

#inflation #trump #politics

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Lily says, "F*ck you, make me" to all fascists @lily77.bsky.social · 6d

There is no war in Portland.

Medicaid pays only providers.

Undocumented people are NOT on Medicaid.

Republicans are responsible for the government shutdown.

Republicans ARE enjoying harming others.

ICE = Gestapo.

FACTS.

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 7d

Unfortunately, this isn’t Omsk. This is Los Angeles. 😭 The Chevron Refinery is on fire.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12d

(trailer voiceover) this halloween, grass touches back

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 14d

To go with that, www.reuters.com/science/eus-... . We are losing the future. And NOBODY even notices it. Glad I'm not a kid.

Europe pledges half a billion euros to lure scientists as Trump battles universities

The European Union and France on Monday announced half a billion euros worth of incentives to lure scientists to the continent, seeking to profit from U.S. President Donald Trump's federal funding cuts and clashes with top U.S. universities.

www.reuters.com

🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 14d

Scientists are looking elsewhere. #science #politics
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com

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Scott Adamson @scottadamson1960.bsky.social · 14d

I'm pretty sure I've used the phrases "evil motherfuckers," "stupid motherfuckers" and "hateful motherfuckers" more in 2025 than in all the previous years combined.
#ThursdayThoughts

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 15d

I like that a little too much

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 15d

This first song hits differently in 2025.
#politics #immigraton
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Sting And Shaggy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 17d

They are named after regions where they were first used.

🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 17d

WE did this. We are effective when WE try. #VoteBlue

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 17d

Or even about Neapolitan Sixths!

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 17d

Fractured thoughts collide,
Fall with noise that drowns the still
Where did calm reside?
#haikufeels #prompt fall #haiku #tanka

🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 17d

Everyone is broke. Hamburger Helper sales rise! #economy
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

Hamburger Helper Sales Rise as Americans Try to Stretch Their Food Dollars

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18d

Everything about this headline is hilarious. And the YouTube views are a reflection of how wildly the right has overblown the number of people paying attention.

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🖤 Distractia 🖤 @distractia.bsky.social · 18d

How do I get @otev-emo.bsky.social to make one more? I'd love to buy one.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20d

I didn’t have agreeing with Ted Cruz on my bingo card.

“Ted Cruz says FCC chairman Brendan Carr sounded more like an organized crime boss than a federal regulator when he threatened to revoke ABC’s licenses”

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