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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5h

"...Alito delivered the opinion..."

badly-drawn boo! 👻 @soapachu.bsky.social · 7h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I've added some notes"

Squiddy (eldritch horror beyond comprehension) @dr-squiddy.bsky.social · 7h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mini cheddars and yoghurt.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 5h

Good argument here for staying the hell off Twitter. For me, yes, the Nazis and Weird Elon drove me away. But it also became unbearably ugly in an aesthetic sense. It just looks like shit and that adds to how depressing it is to use. It felt like being in a tasteless dudebro’s living room.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 6h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Redshift ❌👑 @redshift42.bsky.social · 22h

If you have to resort to "there is no objective truth, only competing narratives," you're doing postmodern philosophy, not journalism.

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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t want to kick off another round of should I give Indivisible my email address discourse, but if you’re at all concerned about the surveillance abilities of the modern state, pay cash at a Spirit of Halloween or other costume store rather than ordering off Amazon

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Karen H @karenmhj.bsky.social · 3h

It needs Yakety Sax!

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ti zhang @zerochilltea.bsky.social · 3d

so the frog is 卖娃青蛙。https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23101624 it was designed by a mom with the last name Tong in Nanjing, inspired by the toad in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabas.... it is a mascot of 躺平culture (lay-flat, against capitalism)

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 3d

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So yes, more of this please. Mock them mercilessly.

Mock their solemnity.
Mock their rituals.
Mock their myth of authority.

Because every pepper ball fired at a frog is a confession.

They’re afraid.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 3d

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This is how asymmetrical resistance works....

Use absurdity to fracture spectacle

Use laughter to disrupt command

Use mockery to rob power of its mask

It’s not weakness.
It’s insurgent narrative warfare.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 3d

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Froggie isn’t just a costume.

Froggie is a meme, a mirror and a weapon.

A meme because it spreads.

A mirror because it shows how ridiculous power looks.

A weapon because it converts fear into laughter.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 3d

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Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.

You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.

They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.

The frog wins.

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K9Woof @k9wag.bsky.social · 21h

It absolutely ruins their little individual cosplay fantasy too.

These guys signed up for a toxic masculinity field trip. They thought they were coming to “fuck antifa” not get twerked at by a halloween parade.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 22h

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5h

MAGA is a white supremacist death cult.

This doesn’t end until we say enough is enough, and we have tens of millions of people resisting in countless ways across the country.

Join us on 10/18 to say we reject this—and we demand the impeachment, conviction, and removal of this regime.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

NoKings.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Maggie LaNoue @maggielanoue.bsky.social · 6h

A new word I learned today!

We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory

The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Colleen but feral ❌️👑 @sickofthisbs77.bsky.social · 8h

Project 2025 is Texas policies for all.
Designed to fail:
The worst education policy money can buy.
#1 for pregnancies from rape
49th in Women's Health
50th in special education

Texas ranks 1st in pregnancies from rape.
Texas women deserve safe healthcare.
Vote for Democrats.
SOURCE:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/texas-sees- estimated-26k-pregnancies-rape-18625692.php
YMOTHERS AGAINST GREG ABBOTT

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Texas gets the most AMBER Alerts, according to the 2022 AMBER Alert Report by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. In 2022, a staggering 17% of all AMBER Alerts issued in the U.S. were from Texas. After Texas, Georgia and Florida have initiated the most AMBER Alerts. Feb 27, 2024
https://www.statesman.com> state
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Texas has more AMBER Alerts than any other state, data show

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 6h

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5nark Twain @5narktwain.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKingsDay

October 18: No Kings Day 👑✊ Because I want my 4 pillars back—rule of law, inclusion, diversity, and that old-school promise of America. Funny how demanding democracy feels rebellious now. #NoKingsDay #RestoreThePillars #Resist #SnarkTok

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Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸 @charlene411.bsky.social · 1d

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