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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 5h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 18h

"Antifa are the true fascists!" is a take so stupid that anyone gabbling it shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects and should have mittens sewn to their sleeves.

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Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

Jolly good!

two men in military uniforms are standing next to each other in front of maps

Alt: Scene from Blackadder Goes Forth, "Permission to shout bravo at an annoyingly loud volume, sir?" "Permission granted." "BRAVO!"

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Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

Wrong war, SS were 25 years later.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Very funny considering this was about six months ago

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 29

Under attack from Nate Silver, "the man who is always right"

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 1d

🎶corn is a shitty solar panel🎵

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 4d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

Bikes are the answer

Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

So are the guardsmen still accruing their 29 days, or does this stop the clock?

Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

It's classic @mrweebl.bsky.social

a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field

Alt: Badger badger badger (dancing in a field)

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Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

Before Clear Channel became today's parasitic Live Nation.

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Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 2d

TIL that “pueblo”’means “people” as well as “village”, and I love it

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Barbarossa⚡️ @barbarossa69.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage will only eat tampons with meat in them.

Farage tweet: “The National Trust has put vegan tampons in men’s toilets. Gif help us”

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Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

Ooft, that's a long 10 months of ADHD tax

Emyr Derfel @emyrderfel.bsky.social · 1d

"is eating"? Was eating, 620 years ago, surely?

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, a whopping four days ago: "Everything now in this country is merit-based. I didn't think I'd ever see it again."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

Photogs at Broadview doing a fine job in tough situation. Ashlee Rezin of @suntimes.bsky.social took this now viral image of Rev David Black 9/19. Part of new story abt judge banning chemical irritants/projectiles (which I saw cops still carrying at Broadvw btw) chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats

The temporary ruling stems from a lawsuit filed this week by news organizations, unions, independent journalists and protesters against the Department of Homeland Security following tense interactions...

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1d

Caltrops. Just sayin'

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 3d

I am pro-NATO because I am anti-imperialist.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 3d

I knew Drake's full name but I didn't know Kendrick's last name was also duck-related

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3d

kendrick lamar flashes a smile after a brutal takedown of drake aka dj cries-a-lot

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 3d

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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