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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 5h

"Don't you ... forget about tree."

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 7h

Why will AI never take my job? Because it tagged this GIF "a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree ."

a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree .

Alt: Judd Nelson raising a fist in triumph as he crosses the football field in the closing shot of The Breakfast Club.

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Hrimhari @hrimhari.bsky.social · 2h

Ugh, and the "semitic" semantics, I'm so sick of that

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Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · 4h

I was there during the milkshakings and the wall of moms. The most violence that occurred involved being coated with cold sugary milk. Meanwhile the proud boys were actually assaulting people and in 2020 a racist shot a protester.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 10h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t believe an inflatable frog is my hometown’s symbol of resistance, and yet of course since I am from here I absolutely can

this is old school homegrown “rioting over the airport changing its carpet” Portland freak shit. it transcends the Portlandia mythos. writers would not think of this

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

Partnering with @glitchprod.com means everyone is getting even MORE Lackadaisy than we originally promised in the crowdfund. Tracy still maintains creative control, the voice actors and crew stay on, and we couldn't be more pleased.

Remember to hit the store for the new goodies!

lackadaisy.store

The Lackadaisy Merchandise Store

The home for all the official Lackadaisy merchandise, featuring plush, apparel, accessories, prints, and more.

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Hrimhari @hrimhari.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, I've heard this before - they also tried to minimise BLM by saying "the most dangerous place for a Black baby is in the womb", like abortion was worse than cops shooting people

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 7h

I continue to think this is one of the most important and underappreciated media dynamics.

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פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 11h

There’s no defending a law which functions in this way. Its only purpose is to criminalise transitude and gender non-conformity.

If you refuse to see this, you’re simply an enemy.

פּאָלאַ ⚢ @pola.myatproto.social · 11h

Another curious fact: under English law not disclosing your birth sex is rape by deceit, but if you’re a cop during an undercover operation and get people to sleep with you under a false pretence this way, the law see this as perfectly consensual and legal.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

BIG NEWS, GANG.

HOEP U LIEK CAT CARTOONS.

Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 10h

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 7h

Tokens get spent.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 10h

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8h

I did hear about this and I don’t know that I have TEA but I have THOUGHTS

first of all let us not skip past the symbolic significance of “Leo signed the document on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi”

Julia L @calenmir.bsky.social · 9h

@clairewillett.bsky.social wanted to make sure you hear this (and hear any tea you might have regarding this): www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

nobel peace prize goes to Trump’s little extrajudical murder supporting friend

What a pack of fucking loser weirdos that panel is

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 17h

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 17h

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 15h

We both didn't do our research

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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 20h

Saw this (credit where credit is due).

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19h

Your jokes about Trump are extremely insensitive to those of us who are also bereft that we didn’t get the Nobel peace prize

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

A warm and sincere congratulations to the Australian government, who recently proudly awarded themselves these two achievements in their latest resources report

Congratulations @albomp.bsky.social and team, I know it wasn't easy!!

www.industry.gov.au/publications...

The report puts Aus at number one for metallurgical coal exports and number two for thermal coal exports, i have juvenile stickers like yolo, amazing, hugs and yeah! on top

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Ash G. (the G is for Ghost) @kilomonster.art · 1d

I will gladly draw all of the frogs as a symbol for the movement, explicitly to take them back from the fuckers who co opted Pepe for their nazi shit.

A cheery, cute frog looking up and flipping off the camera while saying “fuck off, fascists.”

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 20h

Kidnapped in international waters, extraordinary rendition to a genocidal state, and then imprisoned indefinitely.

You'd think this would trigger the immediate expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador for these inexcusable actions against an Australian citizen.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 21h

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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JK @miniver.bsky.social · 3d

I just realized that the Portland Antifascist Frog has singlehandedly reclaimed amphibians from the “alt right”. Yet another way he is a Great American.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 22h

Realizing why the vibes of the frog man pictures have felt familiar — its this old meme with stakes

Bane and Filthy frank (in pink spandex) facing off, arms spread

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno who these costumes warriors are but I love each and every one of them

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

See also: "Why isn't anyone DOING ANYTHING"

Translation: "I'm not doing anything"

People are doing things. They are doing a LOT. It's up to you to plug in and participate.

The Enigma of Amandagara Fault @amandalafrenais.com · 4d

"why is nobody talking abou--" EVERYONE is talkin about it BRO. You just never stick around to listen to ANYONE ELSE, you're just here to TALK

aaaaaaaaaaa

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