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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 35m

My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes have made me a laughing stock.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 28m

22 arrests.
All Maga.
Including this armed terrorist with a gun who assaulted a woman.
I think we know who the violent ones are.
#NoKings

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?

lol. lmao.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Also, being scared to go to #NoKings in your big blue city or nice blue suburb feels extra dumb when you see these people doing it.

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

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

I block anyone who says protests don’t matter.

Keep that defeatist bullshit to yourself.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 1d

Waking up my husband on a Saturday morning with a "hey sweetie, you were in artillery for a few years, is this safe and I'm overthinking it or is this as insane as it sounds?" and him just staring at me in horror

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

NYT confirms our reporting from days ago - which the WH said was fake news - that Trump and Hegseth are pulling a stunt to fire artillery rounds over I-5 between SD and LA onto Camp Pendleton as a stunt, one of the busiest highways in America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

www.nytimes.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, I'd encourage people to do the opposite: put your name on the lists so you can be pulled up the ladder of engagement. Take as many pictures as possible and post them everywhere. Show that you're opposed to what's happening, that you're not scared to admit it, and there are so many of us.

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Eric Hacke 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ehacke.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. Was that the same one where they brought a printing press?

And the British bringing baggage trains of dining tables and elaborate silverware through the Afghan mountains during their invasion. And getting massarced because of the massive logistics train.

British did a lot ridiculous stuff.

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Eric Hacke 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ehacke.bsky.social · 2d

Some fun examples:
- Franklin Expedition dying when they refused to eat like or learn from Inuit, despite contact
- Stalin adopting Lysenkoism and rejecting Mendelian genetics as bourgeois. Causing famine
- Emperor Wu thought central Asian horses were cool/magical and lost half his army to get some

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Eric Hacke 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ehacke.bsky.social · 2d

Right after the Trump conversation with Putin? Quelle surprise.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 2d

4 Star Admiral. Alvin Holsey, w 37 years of service to the US. is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, overseeing operations in Central & South America,

Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and attacks on the alleged drug boats.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Hacke 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ehacke.bsky.social · 2d

It's really a pretty incredible failure by Putin to not be able to take advantage of this situation.

Eric Hacke 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ehacke.bsky.social · 2d

Trump wants everything to be discussed in simple and straightforward terms.

Putin is trying to weave elaborate false-histories and use misleading language to hide his goals. Trump just finds it frustrating.

If Putin said "I want this because it's my right as ruler", it might work better.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 3d

This is almost literally what the English Civil War was fought over.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 3d

"women don't like the vehicle" is going to be lodged in my brain's neocortex for the rest of my natural life www.wired.com/story/owning...

Q: And are you married?
A: I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 3d

A lot of people watched Her and concluded "man it is sad to think of a future where people are so devoid of connection and meaning that they fall in love with a computer"; others seem to have watched it and thought "one day, computer will make Scarlett Johanssen my girlfriend"

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 3d

Spike Jonze: In my movie I invented the parasocial relationship with an AI as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Parasocial Relationship AI from the classic sci-fi movie Don't Create The Parasocial Relationship AI

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3d

it would be cool if the tech industry could try, like, a single strategy *other* than “encourage users to develop a parasocial attachment to their computers”

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

in the annals of silicon valley startup pivots, "ok, fine, you can fuck the superintelligence" is one of the very funniest

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ALTMAN, 10 months ago: "I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits."

www.reddit.com/r/artificial...

From the artificial community on Reddit: Sam Altman, 10 months ago: I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits

Explore this post and more from the artificial community

www.reddit.com

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Rick Coelho (he/him) @rickcoelho.bsky.social · 3d

I am really struggling with the seeming widespread failure to grapple with the fact they do not intend to have fair elections.

That leaves very few of the currently publicly discussed options on the table.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 5d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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