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Mike Crivello's Cameras @mikecrivellos.bsky.social · 19h

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

Jiggs, the pet fire dog of the Hollywood Fire Department, is shown ready at the wheel to answer an alarm, 1924.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

epic sign / costume combo

a person wears a cow costume and holds a sign that reads “this heifer hates nazis”

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 4h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 19h

and that's why we don't trust private equity

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 22h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17h

Still amazed that the Vatican has been more responsive to the threat Trump represents than the vast majority of American institutions.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h

Second threat walked back after a couple days.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 16h

I’m old enough to remember when Ted Cruz got caught looking at incest porn on his phone.

On a plane. On the anniversary of 9/11.

I wish I were making this up you. Look it up, if you dare.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Ginger the garden witch @mkkraemer.bsky.social · 1d

I’m all for it. Release the Epstein files so we know exactly who to target.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 19h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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MKEcosplay5k @mkecosplay5k.bsky.social · 19h

Who else is reading Priest’s and Quesada’s #TheWorldToCome? Priest writes one heck of a script, and Joey Q looks amazing here! #BlackPanther

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 19h

They’re calling it Generation We Don’t Speak To Our Parents Anymore

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Mike Crivello's Cameras @mikecrivellos.bsky.social · 19h

dammitall, tariffs ARE affecting things...just saw the news that the #OMSystemTG7 is going up in price on MONDAY. This weekend is your last chance to get the current price AND the $50 instant rebate!

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GOOD NEWS

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

This country would be a lot better off if we didn’t have chain stores and fast food and instead had mom and pop businesses that kept money in a community and gave every town and city its own unique flare. But every city looks like the next and all the money goes to Wall Street banks.

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 21h

All these fucking assholes deserve JAIL, and if they get out of jail, to NEVER work in law enforcement again. This family should get to sue them into oblivion. @democrats-judiciary.house.gov #FuckICE #FuckDHS #FuckBorderPatrol #Chicago

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 22h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

the thing with a liar is you also need charisma. we hate trump but for at least some part of the public, he does have charisma. mike johnson doesnt seem to have enough charisma for even his wife. its a huge difference.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 1d

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 1d

We all know you’re a contemptible LIAR, mikey, a shmear of dog-doo of a “leader”, just an absolute ass-kisser to a felonrapistpedo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 1d

The gop, and Fetterman, is the party of cowards, bullies, and racists.

Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1d

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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C I R C E /sɜɹsi/ @circeuk.com · 3d

Hi @moderation.bsky.app 👋
I’ve noticed that my posts, which clearly fall under non-sexual nude art, are now being labeled as “adult content” instead of “non-sexual nudity.”
Has there been a recent change in the labeling policy or moderation thresholds for artistic nudity? Thank you!
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C I R C E /sɜɹsi/ @circeuk.com · 1d

Dreaming with the Forest

A nude woman with long red hair reclines peacefully on a bed of soft green moss in an ancient forest. Twisting trees arch overhead, their branches framing her as sunlight filters gently through the canopy. Her serene expression and natural pose create a sense of harmony between the human form and the wild, enchanted landscape.

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