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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 11h

Mexico just shook up its Supreme Court: judges are now elected by the public, terms cut, salaries capped, and the number reduced.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 8h

Welcome, new users. Posts on Bluesky are called skeets.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 8h

Promise me that yall aren't going to platform the eventual "repentent ICE agent" stories that will come out...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

they should let humans run through the car wash like one day a week

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No Kings.

Frogs ok.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 12m

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10h

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 10h

a man wearing headphones is playing a video game in a minecraft world .

ALT: a man wearing headphones is playing a video game in a minecraft world .

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

what level of AGI is porn chatbots for verified adults

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 19h

The GOP that gave us the Jan 6 terrorist attack and then pardoned the terrorists is calling the No Kings rally a pro-terrorist rally. These are despicable people.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 13h

Videogames 🎮

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 13h

“A Government of the People, by the people, for the People.” - Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address 1863

From that to this Abomination by Republicans in Missouri.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14h

Minnesota nice

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'No Kings' protests to be held in 69 Minnesota cities this weekend

An estimated 2,500 rallies will take place nationwide on Saturday.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 15h

A Regime filled with segregationists and white supremacists while also Governing as full Authoritarianism

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 16h

Seems like something massive spiders that mean people harm would say

New study suggests the massive spiders are gentle giants, mean people no harm

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 15h

Seems like there’s another TSUNAMI of people fleeing the artist formerly known as Twitter.

All I can say is, who still uses that Nazi, Russia Propaganda cesspool. Lol

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 17h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 18h

Our economy is about to collapse so Republicans can protect their fellow pedophiles in the #EpsteinFiles.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 15h

What could possibly go wrong.

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 15h

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16h

i'm not going to chide or scold anyone for only now leaving twitter. your private, unspoken acknowledgment that i'm your intellectual and moral superior is all i need

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18h

These justices are demented. It’s so infuriating.

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 15h

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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 16h

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