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Sooz Bee @soozbee.bsky.social · 2m

Somebody replied today to a comment I left on this video 16 years ago, which reminded me of it all over again. It's such a lovely version of a lovely song by two beautiful voices that are sadly gone. Do yourself a favor & give it a listen.

Sinead O'Connor & Terry Hall - All Kinds of Everything

YouTube video by Cerridwen

www.youtube.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4m

“We took the freedom of speech away. That’s been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but-"

to be clear it’s not just the courts that say you have that freedom

it’s the Constitution

right there in the First Amendment

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ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

“We Took the Freedom of Speech Away” Is Somehow a Direct Quote From Donald Trump

Trump's definition of "freedom of speech" does not appear to incorporate anything the Supreme Court has said on the subject.

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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 5m

[Scooby Doo]

FRED: Now let’s see who the real monster is

(SOCIETIAL PROBLEMS is unmasked to be CAPITALISM)

CAPITALISM: And I’d have gotten away with it if not-

AIDE, WHISPERING: You own all the media outlets and numerous politicians

CAPITALISM: Nevermind! I did get away with it. Get fucked kids

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4m

I dont have a lot going for me but at least i didnt run to an actual court of law because someone wrote a song that hurt my feelings

And then lose

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15m

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7m

Imagine where Drake would be now if he had pivoted back to acting and stopped texting high school girls.

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Miss Riss @missriss.bsky.social · 5m

I'm early and now I have to pee, a life in anxious repose

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 17m

I live in Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s district, and she makes me want to pull my hair out.

She’s possibly the biggest “Aw shucks, I’m just a fascist like you” phony Dem of them all. An absolute living caricature of the worst kind of Democrat imaginable

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bet...

The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

The representative from Washington has been hailed as the future of Democratic politics. But for those of us who actually live in her district, she’s just more of the same.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14m

but ALSO: China is shifting its soybean purchases from the U.S. to Argentina because of a pointless trade war that's devastating U.S. farmers

extremely innovative

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JaneSnakes @anasmashnova.bsky.social · 25m

We deserve another hockey movie

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 6h

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 57m

Remember that viral tweet that was like "I feel bad for our country but this is tremendous content?" Now the content isn't even good. It stinks!

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 58m

Israel is still massacring Palestinians in Gaza and Israelis are still celebrating it on Telegram

Israeli Telegram @israeligram.observer · 1h

Source

Telegram post from The Unapologetic Right of the Shadow, translated from Hebrew:

The enemy reports 40 terrorists buried under the rubble... Inshallah.

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keeks @thetallblonde.bsky.social · 51m

my hot mailman is back and stopped to talk to me through my open porch windows!!!!!

a woman stands in a field with her arms outstretched in front of mountains

ALT: a woman stands in a field with her arms outstretched in front of mountains

media.tenor.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1h

RFK Jr really the highest profile example of a WASP-inflected eugencist view of the world, the past preserved in, well not amber, but maybe some kind of rotting leather.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1h

Welcome to Just Desserts where we only serve desserts and their quality is determined by the content of your character

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 48m

trying to decide on what social media platform to be on

Still from the television series King of the Hill showing the man hired to dress like a character from a pork ad to marry Luanne. With text that reads "life is a series of compromises"

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h

fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...

Better Than Ezra - 368 | Left Anchor

Now that the dust has started to settled around the whole Charlie Kirk thing, we've brought on Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown, to discuss his Boston Review piece ab...

www.leftanchor.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

Looking forward to listening to this over the weekend.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h

fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...

Better Than Ezra - 368 | Left Anchor

Now that the dust has started to settled around the whole Charlie Kirk thing, we've brought on Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown, to discuss his Boston Review piece ab...

www.leftanchor.com

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Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social · 3h

I am most intrigued by the work that veterans are doing right now to reinvigorate the GI resistance movement.

Find ways to support About Face in your region.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

An embroidery that reads: just following orders in big block text and underneath in script - is not a defense

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 2h

To the surprise of no one...

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h

Israel's Ben Gvir: 'We are happy about the release of all the hostages, but we will vote against the release of murderers. The Prime Minister committed to me that Hamas will be dismantled. If it doesn't happen? We will dismantle the government'

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2h

There has been a lot of ICE activity in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago today. There has also been a lot of ICE watch and rapid response activity. We love our community, and we are showing up for each other.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

Something is going on in Oklahoma.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 36m

This is very weird and is almost certainly something other than what it sounds like

Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears

Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Miss Riss @missriss.bsky.social · 33m

Because my week hasn't been ridiculous, overwhelming and scattered enough - early for a job interview back in the labor movement today. My nerves were already shot so I'm just jittering now

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