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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 12h

sherman, for the love of god!

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 1h

Guilty as charged. I'd eat that. I did eat this.

A sushi restaurant counter with a large platter of sushi and maki next to an iced dish with a dozen pieces of sashimi artfully displayed.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 6h

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 2h

Wordle 1,574 2/6*

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WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 76/99

Well Philly sports had a meltdown, but I got Wordle in two.

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 10h

Brutal ending.

The Good Phight @thegoodphight.bsky.social · 10h

Phillies lose Game 4 of NLDS on walk-off error

From @witteethan.bsky.social

www.thegoodphight.com/game-recaps/...

Phillies lose Game 4 of NLDS in walkoff error

I don’t know what to say

www.thegoodphight.com

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My Liver Hurts @ragnaroktopus.bsky.social · 12h

Luzardo is the only Jesus I believe in.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 15h

Hey! Did you get an NES Classic mini console but you don't care about the manual/poster it came with? Put it to use supporting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! I'm seeking these out for fundraiser autograph opportunities, but need them ASAP. Let me know! Can pay!

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 18h

The issue I see is anything that doesn’t further prevent Republicans from ignoring appropriations is toothless.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

> @conorsen.bsky.social

#Shutdown 🇺🇸

Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 20h

Before GoT premiered HBO was doing publicity at 30th street station where you could get your photo in the iron throne. Remains one of my top favorite photos of my brothers and me.

A man (me) sits on the iron throne from the tv show game of thrones. One man whispers in his ear while another sits back sternly and suspiciously glaring at them. At the bottom is promotional text from HBO,
“Game of Thrones
You win or you die
Series premiere Sunday, April 17, 9pm
Only on HBO”

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Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so funny to see unserious goofballs in silly costumes facing off against a frog.

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 2d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Senator Vincent Hughes Office @senatorhughes.com · 20h

@senvincenthughes.bsky.social shares a budget update:
🔵The budget is over 100 days late
🔵The PA House sent a budget to the Senate yesterday
🔵PA Senate Democrats are ready to vote
🔵PS Senate Republicans are blocking a budget vote, instead they went home

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent explanation.

Don’t abandon your core values, see what part you actually play and work hard to live true to yourself.

It might sound pessimistic to see, as Coates does, the likelihood of many losses looming ahead, even as we fight for wins. But if you consider the long history of the problem at hand, it releases you from bright-kid syndrome, from the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world. You understand that to do so is impossible. You are—at most—going to be one piece of that solution in a chain of many people that begins before you were born and continues after you die.

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 20h

Strict constructionists. LOL

F-ing Opus Dei, corrupt-to-their-bloated corpora--private plane, 500K vacay, wife consulting, land deals..they've wrecked so much precedent

Trump can't do 1/2 this s*t w/out them. There's no SCOTUS reform we shouldn't enact, more justices, term limits, age limits..

Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1d

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

www.msnbc.com

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 22h

sing it with meee

you can't appease abusers!
they don't care what you do!
the only thing they love at all
is abusing folks like you!

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

@prisonculture.bsky.social Was reading about June Jordan.

“Her mother suggested that they pray for those people. So Jordan prayed, but she also made a zip gun that could send zinging volleys of rubber bands at the culprits.”

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PA House Majority Policy Committee @padempolicy.bsky.social · 23h

PA Senate Republicans are big mad because of the focus on their internal strife & failure to govern.

@pahousedems.com continue to compromise, sending another bipartisan budget. Senate Republicans admit they can’t get a majority vote on what to have for lunch.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10...

PA budget impasse hits 100 days as Democrats pass $50.3B plan

PA Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman said Wednesday’s actions took negotiations over the late budget “steps backward.”

www.spotlightpa.org

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 23h

Ugh. The alkaline ph folks drive me crazy. “Cancer is caused by a fungus and can be cured with hydrogen peroxide “ is another insane conspiracy lie.

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 23h

I’m 75% water and the rest is d20s and Diet Coke.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

I'm 75% water and the rest is games and daisy chains and laughs.

Norm @ogskydog.com · 1d

I'm 75% water and the rest is weed resin and doritos

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 23h

Please do. At my son’s Philly school they have only had success when a parking officer is present the whole time to prevent double parking and crosswalk blocking.

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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 23h

Honestly only when it rains or I bump my head!

Cocoa Chaos @seauxcocoa.bsky.social · 23h

Bald ppl, do you miss your hair?

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 1d

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

People who live in big cities and have MAGA relatives in rural and suburban areas are getting deja vu, that's for sure.

We've all had conversations with relatives who insist they know better than us what our cities are like. That we must be deluded not to see the constant riots and muggings.

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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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 1d

I think all the governors are afraid of ordering guardsmen or police to do anything to help and having them not obey those orders.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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