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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 3m

from opening act at the House of Blues in Chicago in 2019 to headlining at the Oakland Arena last night, it has been wild and amazing to see Sleep Token's meteoric rise. can't wait until the next time!
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purple toned scene from last night's Sleep Token concert at Oakland Arena. Sleep Token symbol in the middle, stage lights, multiple Vessels present

Vessel singing and playing keyboard on stage at Oakland Arena 10/10/25 with the Sleep Token symbol behind him and blue lighting

three Vessels playing instruments center stage at Oakland Arena 10/10/25 with green lighting and tons of confetti in the air

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s.j. bagley @heksenhaus.bsky.social · 2h

every ai data center should be pulled down, brick by brick, replaced by indigenous plants and stone formations.
every ice detention center should be pulled down, brick by brick, and turned into parks where children of all backgrounds can play.
this will all end because it absolutely fucking must.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1h

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · 1d

Truly a terrifying scene in Portland. No wonder the Feds are so afraid 🤣

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 3h

nothing like having the police show up to an 11-year-old kiddo's birthday party!! that's a first.
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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 6h

youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 6h

this is beautiful and I'm glad to see Mamdani speaking up for transgender rights in NY. transgender rights are Human Rights and we need to be doing more!

Katelyn does a beautiful write up about the ad.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 11h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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pieist.xenoplasm.com @pieist.xenoplasm.com · 1d

I love how each ink cartridge contains more computing power than was owned by NASA between 1963 and 1985 but almost no ink.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Dear techbros frantically nutting at each other over your own god-like brilliance for making the Five-Boobed-Lady-Picture-Machine: I would at this point settle for you applying your alleged technical genius to making a printer that works

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism demands to be taken seriously and to be feared. That makes mockery a powerful tool. Is it how you "beat" fascism? I wouldn't go that far. But inflatable Reptar has surely poked a clearer hole in the story the White House is telling that the Democratic Party's multimillion dollar comms shops.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

It's been awhile since I've done a serious paid subscriber drive on here. I came into this year with 509 paid Patreon subscribers and set the ambitious goal of hitting 1000 by the end of this year. I'm a little behind pace on that now at 802. patreon.com/katelynburns

Katelyn Burns | Patreon

creating LGBTQ journalism

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damned teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️👻 @ellenteapot.ca · 1d

I don’t think reporters should be abducted off the streets by roving gangs of masked thugs #uspoli

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 1d

The grave of US democracy will be constructed out of Centrist letters expressing their shock and disappointment.

Buried there will be the bones of every civil right no Centrist fought and bled for.

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1d

need to stop holding ourselves to expected standards that are not as 'easy' as they are made out to be

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

A reminder for struggling autistic and disabled folks: “If you’re saying to yourself ‘Why haven’t I done this easy thing?!,’ the thing is probably not actually easy.” from Real Social Skills:

tinyurl.com/HardThingsArentEasy

#autism #disability #neurodiversity

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1d

please help if you can

𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 1d

Heba needs a tent and would be grateful to anyone who can help out even a little bit

gofund.me/8c5ac445b

Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1d

glad to see this

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1d

Great idea in theory, but this does provide a starting point for putting in place what should happen when these horrific actions are taking place. what that is, i don't know, but I have very knowledgeable people im connected to that could weigh in.

Goodpapajama @goodpapajamma.bsky.social · 1d

When ICE agents use excessive force and flout state laws, why are they not being arrested on the spot? Why are the state and cities not telling their troopers and police to watch what is happening and intervene when necessary to protect their citizens.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 3d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

we would all be much better off if the crimes committed by the rich for their own amusement were treated more seriously than the crimes of desperation and necessity committed by the less fortunate

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

It's categorically impossible to be an ethical billionaire and I will die on that hill forever.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

💉🧵Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season starts soon. Now is the time to get vaccinated if vaccine is recommended for you.

TL;DR: Who should get RSV immunization?

💉Adults 75+ or 50-74 with certain conditions
💉Some pregnant people
💉Babies <8mo (if no vax during pregnancy)
💉Some babies 8-19mo

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

"...at the airport, after they had already scanned their passports, received boarding passes, checked in their bags, and cleared security, Bray says he and his family were not allowed to board their flight... 'For 20 minutes [United Airlines] couldn't even figure out what had happened,' says Bray."

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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