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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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“Largely ceremonial” does feel like the most honest way to talk about the U.S. Congress in 2025

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite of all of them.

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CREAM CHEESE

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

TINY CUBE

A small square croissant with meringue topping on a white plate

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TINY CUBE

Small square croissants with a meringue topping

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

I have three mainstays:

Bacon, egg, and cheese on onion

Lox and veggie cream cheese on plain

A giant mound of hot pastrami, thousand island, and slaw on everything.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 1d

Huge shoutout to George Soros for funding our supporters with suits and pee bottles.

Here’s to a successful False Frog Operation In Portland, Chicago, and any city that oppressors invade.

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.bsky.social · 1d

I should probably tell you all I am available for freelancing and a whole upbeat song and dance about my future plans.

I am tired.

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 3d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

And this concludes our journey, where I think I bested my only other competitor, the turkey vulture who stopped by to partake of the street squirrel. Subject to change based on anyone else who wants to try over how long this may last.

DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 8d

Lightly contemplating the next furlough project of Fat Fed week, where I sit on the couch and try to eat more salmon sashimi than the other furloughed feds.

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

They are generous with the corned beef, there was no way that wasn't a half pound + in my disintegrating sandwich. Plus, the mustard is fantastic. We got a bottle plus a pound of pastrami plus some bagels to sandwich it up over the weekend. Definitely worth a visit, even if they go low sodium.
5/x

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm sure it's perfectly fine salt wise, but I've been to other delis where they do it just a touch heavier and it makes all the difference to me. Katz's and Herschel's do not need fear any place in the DMV area, and of the ones we've gone to, I think Parkway still holds the top spot.

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

We did debate the salt level of things. The matzo ball was definitely lacking in salt, and I felt the corned beef was a touch lacking as well. But I also recognize that I am a salty person, and have learned when salting things for others to back off what my preferred level is.

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know about the existence of the coddie until today, and it is a mixture of potato, onion, and salted cod, typically referred to as the Poor Man's Crabcake. It tastes exactly as advertised, and thanks to the wiki, I knew to try it with a spot of mustard and a saltine on top.

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Coddies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7: A giant hunk of corned beef and the discovery of a Baltimore local delicacy from Attman's Deli: The Coddie. And it's a sign of quality if the deli is producing its own mustard, which is heckin' good.

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More than a half pound of corned beef on rye with thousand island and slaw.

The Baltiimore coddie: a potato and salted cod cake with a package of saltine crackers.

A bottle of Attman's mustard. It is assumed that the man pictured on the bottle is Old Man Attman himself.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder that there are real consequences to shutdowns that can't be undone when the government reopens

climatewire
Coal pollution rose in last shutdown as EPA inspections stopped
Soot emissions from power plants rose nearly 20 percent above average when enforcement stalled during the shutdown seven years ago.
By: Ariel Wittenberg | 10/10/2025 07:06 AM EDT

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Birdchick @birdchick.bsky.social · 1d

I'm super excited to share that I am part of the October lineup for Mary Jo Pehl's Garage for the Performing Arts on October 18 at 6 pm talking about why moose are the worst.

Tickets are $5 and you must email Mary Jo to reserve a spot. [email protected]

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

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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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 2d

VA Gubernatorial debate be like

Moderator: "candidates, in 60 seconds, is the sky blue?"

Spanberger: "Thank you, my time as a federal agent taught me to use my analytical skills.."

Earle-Sears: "strong linebacker-sized tranz kids will eat your jobs if we don't have clean coal"

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 2d

Day 6: Chatpata Anda (egg, Sriracha, lettuce, tomato, mayo) from Eggholic and the world's most unappealing looking dessert, the pumpkin spice latte and Cookie Monster swirl soft serve with biscoff and heath bar from Soft Spot. But it tastes fantastic

the pumpkin spice latte and Cookie Monster swirl soft serve from Soft Spot.

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DarkAndSpookyMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the other fun thing about that - Niantic was just granted a two year permit for events at Grant Park, so it's assumed that GoFest will be there next summer.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.bsky.social · 2d

*chefs kiss*
They even left a little space for cars!

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 2d

Flex-post, bike lane, bike share dock protected painted sidewalk extension.

What a combo.

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