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Archer @thermodynamic.bsky.social · 4h

Unlike the lone newspaper from Dothan, AL, which voted for Trump by almost two to one.

Front cover of the Dothan Eagle newspaper for October 19, 2025, showing that the entire above the fold section contains a picture of a No Kings rally

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Pamela Oliver @pamelaoliver.bsky.social · 5h

I am remembering how the Tea Party protests in the Obama administration (2009-2010) were covered and thinking about how that coverage compares to the No Kings protests. #contentiousky

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 1d

Rally sign reading “My ancestors didn’t survive the famine for me to deal with this shit. 🇮🇪 “

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 5d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

BLOCK

BLOCK

BLOCK

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 2d

we desperately need these debates to be run by people whose audience is made up of something other than 85-year-old long islanders

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3d

PSA to our new users from Twitter:

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · Aug 31

Scene from movie Arrival, woman in orange hazmat suit holding up whiteboard with words “They’re called skeets.”

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 2d

When my much younger neighbours have parties that go late in Summer I only yell at them to turn it down if they’re not playing bangers from the early 90s.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 3d

Basic problem for Fetterman 28: His small donors won't come back.

He raised $3.9 million in his first quarter as a Senate candidate after a decade of building a brand that's simply not his current brand.

Jordan @slclunk.com · 3d

Media is awesome because it can show an organization trying to get rid a guy who is underwater with state Democrats by 50 points, undermines any Democratic policy, and is just completely off-putting to anyone who has to spend five minutes around him; and they phrase it as “seeding discord”

Axios @axios.com · 3d

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 4d

If the ~ correction ~ does not immediately hurt, it will be because "AI" will get a bailout that is proportionally more harmful and ridiculous than the biggest banks got post-2008. These billionaire fuckos are running all the levers and gears, and it is folly to imagine they won't fuck us all.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 9d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Jill Scharr @jillscharr.bsky.social · 7d

All you can say in her favor is that she's a woman, she has a good sales pitch, and she knows how to plug her ears. Wow.

Btw, feminism isn't blindly supporting all women, it's holding all people to the same standard regardless of gender.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 6d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 6d

Another thing you should check on if you are holding a sign is if there are limitations on what the handle can be made of. NYC definitely has rules about that.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 26d

The most insane “anti-porn” bill I’ve seen yet

The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵

Michigan anti-porn would criminalize ASMR, written erotica, and even nonsexual depictions of trans people

Under the law, transgender people writing about their gender identity online could face 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

reason.com

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 6d

Referring to the (legally) open carrying guy (in SLC, I believe), who a wannabe cop/volunteer security took a shot at and killed someone else at the last No Kings day.

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 6d

Deporters I’d like to fuck? No thanks, my standards aren’t high but they do exist.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6d

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 8d

That’s from Russ & Daughters’ own description of their whitefish salad.

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 8d

apparently the price has already jumped from $25 to $40.

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Lucy @inthesky.bsky.social · 8d

It’s pretty common. The Russ & Daughters recipe for traditional smoked whitefish salad includes mayo and a small amount of baked salmon, also called kippered salmon.

Russ and Daughters bagel with a slice of tomato and whitefish salad.

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