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Michael Henson
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33. NASCAR Engineer. Retired Baja driver. Random nerd. Stubborn smart-ass. Views are my own (cis he/him) Won at Bristol 3/29/21! 🏁 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 #BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQ+ ally
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Michael Henson @mhenson144.bsky.social · Jun 17
In the immortal words of Rocket Raccoon: “Oh what the hell, I don’t got that long a lifespan anyway”.

Shoot.

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Star Trek Online Wiki @sto.wiki · 8h
An amazing stealth change for console players! #StarTrekOnline
joeandsto.bsky.social Joe and STO @joeandsto.bsky.social · 13h
A game-changer that hasn't been mentioned in the #StarTrekOnline Patch Notes for Console today...

CUSTOM POWER LEVELS!

You can now set any of the 4 pre-set power level profiles to better match what your ship needs.

Mentioned in CasualSAB's stream testing Hellbore Light changes.
In the on-map menu , scroll down to "Standard Actions" and you'll see "Customize Power Presets." You can't fully customize down to the single-digit levels, but you now have sliders that'll increment up or down as needed. Usually, you'll max out 1-2 subsystems anyway, so more granular control isn't needed.
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 11h
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 13h
I recently read an article
the headline of which noted:
“Post-pandemic
COVID-19 linked with
high numbers
of workforce absences and exits,”
and though I know
the headline begins
with “post-pandemic”
it seems to me
that the rest of the headline
shows we are still in the pandemic.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h
trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9h
A very very very common symptom of long Covid, and at least one report called his illness “post viral.” Would anyone like to argue the pro basketball player was not healthy? Do you feel healthier than an NBA player?
chromatowski.bsky.social C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 9h
“Porziņģis was eventually diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, commonly referred to as POTS, an autonomic condition that can dramatically increase a patient’s heart rate when standing up.”

(gift link)
What is POTS? Explaining the illness that sapped Kristaps Porziņģis of energy in playoffs
A mystery illness turned the big man into a completely different player in the postseason. Here's what happened.
www.nytimes.com
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8h
More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.

Please call your state's elected officials!
2025 state bills attacking public health protections More than 420 state bills have been introduced. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted. Anti-vaccine bill introduced Anti-flouride bill introduced Anti-vaccine and anti-fluoride bills introduced Anti-flouride and anti-milk safety bills introduced Anti-vaccine and anti-milk safety bills introduced Anti-vaccine, anti-fluoride, and anti-milk safety bills introduced Map: @luckytran • Source: Associated Press • Created with Datawrapper
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Shana, but make her spooky @shayz0rz.bsky.social · 8h
Absolutely embarrassing for them
keithboykin.bsky.social Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 10h
The University of Virginia, considered among the top five public universities for more than two decades, just cut a deal with a guy who paid a $25 million fraud settlement for running a fake university.
University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations
www.nytimes.com
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Dale Yearnhardt @danielhall.bsky.social · 9h
RIP Garry Rogers. Tander, Whincup, McLaughlin all got their start through that man. He had an eye for talent few others had. We will all remember the Volvo days especially fondly.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11h
None of this is legal! People are choosing to break the law! Other people are choosing not to hold them accountable! What the fuck!!!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
madycast.com mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 9h
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.

The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
That includes any race-based scholarships and programs, including any promotion of external scholarships that consider race, and DEI trainings and workshops. Institutions were also told they should no longer prioritize “underrepresented groups” for admissions or hiring, and they must prohibit transgender students from playing on sports teams and using facilities designated for women and girls.
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Shana, but make her spooky @shayz0rz.bsky.social · 11h
I don't know, y'all. I haven't considered myself overly "rah, rah, love country" in many, MANY a year...but this is absolutely breaking my heart.

Symbols obviously aren't more important than all the actual humans affected by everything, but my God, there's something personal here.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump on his new White House ballroom: "In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure."
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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 10h
I mean no, not according to the law he couldn't. According to the law he would have to get congressional permission and several review boards would have to sign off and congress would have to allocate the money.

The problem isn't the law, it's that we are now living in a lawless state.
chrislhayes.bsky.social Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h
As a matter of current law, could the president just…knock down the entire White House? Just raze the whole thing to the ground?
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 13h
*screams*
Several of the women I interviewed belong to religious communities that strongly oppose gender-affirming care, and yet were taking testosterone in amounts comparable to those taken by some trans men.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10h
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14h
I shouldn’t have to have someone interpret tattoos on a half naked white man sitting for an interview before we all agree this is absolutely absurd and we all need to just move on from this guy.

You cannot expect Black or Jewish people to put with this fucking ridiculous nonsense. Come on now
gregoryaight.bsky.social 'Gory the A'ight @gregoryaight.bsky.social · 14h
1. Celtic knot and ancient wolf don't make it any better.

2. Now everyone has seen the 1919 on his right arm.
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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 10h
I am begging people to have at least the basic moral judgment of The Joker when it comes to Nazism
The Joker rejects the Red Skull for being a Nazi
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 10h
Volodymyr Zelensky has shown the aftermath of the strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv.

According to preliminary information, many children suffered acute stress reactions following the attack.

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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 10h
the image is a tweet of trump saying, "I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent....." at 3:46 AM · Jun 23, 2020
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12h
Best sign nominee.
A tweet from John Pavlovitz reads “chef’s kiss.” It includes a photo of a woman wearing a gray beanie and scarf, holding a cardboard protest sign that says “Not Today SprAyTAN,” with “A” and “TAN” highlighted in orange. The scene appears to be a street demonstration outside a theater with other people and cars in the background.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 12h
Emperor Palpatine

xkcd.com/3157/
Comic. Scatter chart with Emperor Palpatine character age on Y axis and Ian McDiarmid age during filming on X axis. Plot with descending arrow beginning from Return of the Jedi (emperor age 90, McDiarmid age 40) → Revenge of the Sith, Attack of the Clones, and The Phantom Menace (emperor age 50-70, McDiarmid age 50-60) → The Rise of Skywalker (cloned body, undefined age) with a gradient vertical line (McDiarmid age over 70) → Now (emperor age under 10, McDiarmid age over 80). [caption] To continue the trend, they should make a Star Wars movie where 81-year-old Ian McDiarmid plays the emperor as a toddler.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h
North Carolina politicians are redrawing its congressional map to silence Black and Brown communities.

Voters pick our representatives, not the other way around.
North Carolina lawmakers vote to add GOP House seat, in win for Trump
The redrawing of North Carolina’s congressional map comes as President Donald Trump presses Republicans to add more GOP seats to protect their majority in 2026.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Shana, but make her spooky @shayz0rz.bsky.social · 12h
What, and I mean this sincerely, THE FUCK.
azalben.bsky.social Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 16h
To emphasize this bit... In IT: Welcome to Derry the one (1) Jewish family, over a dinner of challah and matzah ball soup, discusses Bar Mitzvahs and the Holocaust leading to a scene of a lampshade made of Jewish skin screaming at one of the kids. It's gross: comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/22/i...
'IT: Welcome To Derry' Review: It's Time To Kill This F**king Clown | Comic Book Club
Read our IT: Welcome To Derry review to find out what we think of the HBO prequel series, as even Pennywise can't save this clown show.
comicbookclublive.com
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13h
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12h
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
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