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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 4h

in case you were wondering why this whole town would brawl for Angelita

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 5h

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 6h

Nobel Committee should just troll Trump, and give Obama a second Peace Prize.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

He was definitely hired *because* he's this kind of person, not in spite of it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

"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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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 3h

whew

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 2h

“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.”

hell yes!!! ridicule is a weapon!!

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2h

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

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 22h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d

The British Conservative Party plans to create a new force to detain and deport people who entered the UK through irregular channels, modeling the agency on the US’s immigration enforcement team ICE.

UK Conservatives plan US-style deportation force

The “Removals Force” would work closely with British police to conduct regular immigration checks.

www.politico.eu

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Danielle Deadwyler Is In Talks To Star In Ryan Coogler’s ‘The X-Files’

Danielle Deadwyler is in talks to join Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files series as one of the leads.

www.nexuspointnews.com

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't heard of Chi Ossé, now is the time to find out.

NYC’s Left-Wing Uprising | Chi Ossé | TMR

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

youtu.be

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

It was only a matter of time before these stories started to come out
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Wh*donesque @whedonesque.bsky.social · 22h

Danny Strong Turned Down Writing the Buffy Reboot to Rewrite Chess on Broadway reactormag.com/danny-strong...

Danny Strong Turned Down Writing the Buffy Reboot to Rewrite Chess on Broadway - Reactor

Yes, Chess. The musical. Chess.

reactormag.com

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Anthony Torino @torinoentertainer.bsky.social · 22h

Someone put coins on his eyes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: "People at a deep level understand that what they are seeing in Chicago is wrong. They know that they are free citizens of a free country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the backlash to Trump's takeover in Chicago.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatened CR School District funding unless they cut funding for The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success .... and the school district caved.

See next post for where to donate to The Academy.

www.kcrg.com/2025/10/01/c...

Cedar Rapids nonprofit has funding pulled due to executive order

Facing a sudden loss of school district funding due to federal threats, a Cedar Rapids nonprofit is seeking new ways to generate income.

www.kcrg.com

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 1d

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 2d

This need has stalled. It’s at $306/598. Please help me and my kitty.

#MutualAid

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 8d

I’m disabled and my cat is terminally sick. I can’t pay these bills and also eat for the month.

Vet bill: $271
Electric bill: $106
Rent: $191
Internet bill: $30

Anything you can give would be amazing. Thank you!

$200/$598

V: Elisabeth-J
PP: electricspacegirl
CA: $electrcspacegrl

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Black cat sprawled out on an orange ottoman in front of a TV cabinet with the Buffy season 2 DVD boxset sitting on the shelf. Gotta have access to my Buffy!

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Mutual Aid Void @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social · 3d

Mutual Aid Void Thread for week of 10/06/25!

Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!

Focus on RSing people out of thread.

Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!

Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!

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💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
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“Mutual aid void” in white writing with a black outline over an autumnal photo with pumpkins, marigolds, and nature in the background. The date 10/06/25-10/12/25 indicates the week this runs for.

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 2d

I’m disabled and my cat is terminally sick. I can’t pay these bills and also eat for the month.

Vet bill: $271
Electric bill: $106
Rent: $191
Internet bill: $30

Anything you can give would be amazing. Thank you!

$306/$598

V: Elisabeth-J
PP: electricspacegirl
CA: $electrcspacegrl

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Black cat with green eyes laying in a round cat bed.

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ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 2d

This need has stalled. It’s at $306/598. Please help me and my kitty.

#MutualAid

💕💸

ElisaDeath (she/her) @electricspacegirl.bsky.social · 8d

I’m disabled and my cat is terminally sick. I can’t pay these bills and also eat for the month.

Vet bill: $271
Electric bill: $106
Rent: $191
Internet bill: $30

Anything you can give would be amazing. Thank you!

$200/$598

V: Elisabeth-J
PP: electricspacegirl
CA: $electrcspacegrl

💕💸

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