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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 4h

Women! The patriarchy lied to us again. Women’s eggs don’t degrade over time to cause infertility. The sperm from men over 35 is the defect that leads to miscarriages, birth defects, basically everything they blamed our uterus for
We’ve been played

Tifa | Sacred Ho🧘🏾‍♀️ @chicmojo.blacksky.app · 9h

Sperm from men older than 35 is linked to increased birth defects.

I know men like to think they’re exempt from that 🙂

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 5h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

native plants are important too

a flower field with text that says "Yeah I'm into BDSM, Bio-Diversity Supporting Meadows"

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 7h

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 9h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 5h

Bless all you 🐸s.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

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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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 6h

I saw people dunking on ICE for posting that they found one single supporter in Portland, but she is also missing an arm and apparently standing in front of the letters AI

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Aug 3

Paul Ingrassia has called for reparations from the descendants of slaves to slave owners.
You read that correctly.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 6h

Epep FTW!

jameson1776.bsky.social @jameson1776.bsky.social · 7h

This frog is going to kick Pepe's ass!

Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 9h

My brain sees this and immediately begins playing the civil war theme music

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 6h

America First, baby.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 7h

Shane McNichol @ontheshanetrain.bsky.social · 7h

New meme format

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8h

He was definitely hired *because* he's this kind of person, not in spite of it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 7h

Why am I getting Curtis Silwa campaign commercials on YouTube when I am on the complete other side of the country 😵‍💫 how much desperate billionaire cash is his campaign flush with for that kind of ad buy?

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Tylor @thatguytylor.bsky.social · 8h

Damnit, Phillies!

a woman with red hair is saying i was rooting for you we were all rooting for you

ALT: a woman with red hair is saying i was rooting for you we were all rooting for you

media.tenor.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 11h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 8h

This
Is
Exactly
Right

Embrace the absurd. Read your Ionesco!

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 11h

you could walk through Times Square buck naked with one of those car-dealership inflatable men tethered to your head, setting off bottle rockets as you go, and you would not be as desperate for attention than this sweaty twerp

a shitty post even by chris Cillizza's standards: "What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?"

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 9h

The government is arguing in court that Trump is a dictator.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15h

Hamilton: “The president’s power is unreviewable.”

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 9h

He was distracted

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Well he was pretty zonked out on heroin back then

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 9h

probably the worst line in Live’s Lightning Crashes

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 9h

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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