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MaxiMalDraws🔞 @maximaldraws.bsky.social · 1d

Repost🔁 THIS POST for an extra chance to win this YCH.
I'll pick as soon as I reach 1.9k.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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DSX62415 @dsx62415.bsky.social · 1d

Well I don't see @theinkycow.bsky.social tagged yet. As for reference character, how about an intersex mad scientist?

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MaxiMalDraws🔞 @maximaldraws.bsky.social · 25d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

So they’re keeping the House in recess for another week (see his follow up)?

To delay the Epstein Files and, I guess, avoid the No Kings rally on 10/18?

They are in full blown pants pissing panic

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 3d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 2d

🧵Netscape Navigator brought the web to millions. 🌐 It was the first browser to achieve mass-market adoption & introduced bookmarks, cookies, & JavaScript.

See its website on the #WaybackMachine. 1 in a Trillion pages saved ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19961101...

#Wayback1T

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" and "NETSCAPE.COM". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the Netscape website from October 20, 1996, alongside a stylized computer window featuring a pixel art frowning face representing that the website is gone.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 3d

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 3d

“ICE Barbie bravely holds out on besieged rooftop, waiting on SOCOM Ken to send QRF.”

The Independent @the-independent.com · 3d

Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit

Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume

www.independent.co.uk

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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 3d

Senators will vote today on whether to block Trump’s use of US Armed Forces to attack vessels in the Caribbean.

Trump may soon expand these illegal attacks into a full-on war with Venezuela.

Call your Senators and ask them to vote for the Schiff-Kaine resolution.

Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 3d

Libraries, archives & museums are under pressure, but cultural memory can survive.

Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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Podcast cover for Episode #11 of 'Future Knowledge' titled 'After Disruption.' The design features portraits of speakers Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern. Surrounding them are collage-style retro-futuristic elements, including a classical statue head, a vintage computer with the word "NEW" on its screen, a modernist observation tower, and abstract architectural shapes. The title uses bold, blocky typography, giving the cover a vintage sci-fi aesthetic.

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DSX62415 @dsx62415.bsky.social · 3d

I do not like this picture's smug aura, it accuses me of being a "hodunk podunk well then there mothafucker"

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DSX62415 @dsx62415.bsky.social · 3d

I would've consented on the original post, but comments were locked

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Femcel Succubus 🔞 @boobkiwi.bsky.social · 5d

A comic where a woman is forcing kiwi to sign a contract.

The woman says.
“YES DOLL! SIGN THAT CONTRACT AND BECOME WHAT YOU WHERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE
MY PROPERTY!!!”

Legal Eagle appears and says

“Actually, here's why that probably wouldn't hold up in court.”

And the girls respond
“LEGAL EAGLE!!!”

@BRYNKIWI

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 4d

Be aware that Mr Mamdani, a Muslim man of immigrant parents, cannot just come out and say the exact words you would like. I read these words carefully and his sincerity remains clear and full of conviction. Free Palestine.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 5d

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DSX62415 @dsx62415.bsky.social · 4d

Time to bust out the Mashup Week Megamix playlist for Heaven Ascension Dio

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DSX62415 @dsx62415.bsky.social · 5d

Next year, they gotta add the most powerful character in DK lore: Leo Luster

a cartoon gorilla with a necklace around his neck is standing on a set of train tracks

ALT: a cartoon gorilla with a necklace around his neck is standing on a set of train tracks

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7d

I know we’re resigned after so many years of it but for real, social media giving high-ranking elected government officials the ability to harass individual private citizens by name for an audience of millions as a recreational pastime is actually Caligula shit if you think about it

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 7d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Dec 13

this is the Jesse Singal exception.

it reads *extremely* like Jay's excuses last year not to ban the literal neo-Nazi who was making death threats

then it turned out Jay and half the devs were following the neo-Nazi

Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · Dec 13

We do not currently take action on accounts that share Bluesky screenshots with commentary, unless that commentary violates our Guidelines. We will take action when someone's private information is shared without their consent, but only when it is personally identifiable and verifiable in-app.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

Petitioner’s counsel has requested documentation of a judicial warrant for his arrest, any charging documents, or other authority supporting his detention. See Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 18–20. ICE has provided no response. Id. To date, ICE has not placed Petitioner in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear, or otherwise processed him. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 49. In Respondent’s Opposition brief, the government states “ICE intends to take further action consistent with the laws prescribed under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) once Petitioner is released from medical care and it can conduct the examination as [prescribed] in 8 C.F.R § 287.3.” Opp. at 4. Neither Petitioner nor Respondents have provided the Court with information about Petitioner’s citizenship, whether he has violated any law or regulation, or any information that would suggest that Petitioner is a flight risk.

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Marghost 👻 @mitildide.bsky.social · 7d

The computer is not talking to you
Immigration good
Climate change real
Transgender is not hurting you or others
Women freedom good
You deserve better things
The boss is not your friend
Medicine good

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 8d

Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Physical Archive! 🏛️

📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.

📆 Oct 21
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📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...

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Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 9d

This should be getting as much attention as Jimmy Kimmel

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 9d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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