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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 57m

Oh, no.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

WHAT THE FUCK FENTANYL IS NOT EVEN COMING FROM VENEZUELA

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 51m

a real question for the roberts majority is what in their view distinguishes jim crow disenfranchisement from majority-minority districts? a related question is what in their view made the typical jim crow law — which was facially neutral — unconstitutional?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

Quite a day.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2h

Brown rejected the compact!

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 48m

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 47m

well its more solidarity than white house reporters have shown vs administration abuses, thats for sure

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 48m

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 3h

Keep it up with the No Kings and the inflatable suits. They're really shitting their pants over this. As I've noted, I they expected the opposition to fold by now instead of strengthening.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, we see a lot of use of weasel words like "opinions" and "political disagreement," as though cheerleading for murder, torture, and a burgeoning police state is just another "reasonable minds can differ" issues, like EV tax credits or charter schools.

Scott Stein @sstein.bsky.social · 3h

"Political opinions." It's not like people are ending friendships because of disagreements about the minimum wage.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h

A lot of people (mostly those horrified at the notion that one might be <gasp> morally judged for the things one says) purport to think it's awful and wrong to end friendships over "political opinions". But basically nobody ACTUALLY believes this.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 3h

A Ukrainian friend once described being next door to Putin as like living next to a monkey with a grenade. You know he's going to throw it at some point and just hope it misses.

The description might now be apt for the US and the Caribbean. www.bbc.com/news/article...

US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

www.bbc.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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retrorgb.bsky.social @retrorgb.bsky.social · 4h

Looks like @collingall.bsky.social is now selling the open source Pico Loader for the GameCube. If you're in the US, you can finally order one! And if you're anywhere else, links to the original creator's store is in the post: www.retrorgb.com/laserbears-g...

LaserBear's GameCube Pico Loader

https://youtu.be/Q5jLDpBj9iI Greg from LaserBear has just started selling the open source Pico Loader - A "mod chip / ODE" style device that allows you to use retain the GameCube's original optical d...

www.retrorgb.com

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Classic Gaming Quarterly @cgquarterly.bsky.social · 4h

Lego artist/designer MexxBrixx just came out with this awesome tribute to the PlayStation franchise. Check out more of his work here: www.instagram.com/mexxbrixx

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retrorgb.bsky.social @retrorgb.bsky.social · 9h

Here's this week's #retrorgbweeklyroundup! Search any video or podcast app for #RetroRGB Weekly, or head to the main link: retrorgb.com/week483.html
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#retrorgb #classicgaming #retrogaming #retrotink #rgbcables #morph #osscpro #ossc #pixelfx #metroid #snes #saroo #tmntnes

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🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 16h

JFC. These idiots used the PIT maneuver ON A GODAMNED RESIDENTIAL STREET!!

And then shot tear gas ON A RESIDENTIAL GODAMNED STREET.

For reference, Chicago PD aren’t allowed to do this maneuver. Why?

Because it spins cars into things like other cars, houses, people…

Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 21h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 13h

my taxes are paying for this, unreal

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 13h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Montster G 🧟 @monteg.bsky.social · 11h

You gotta cut it a little slack. It's slightly simpliced.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 21h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Jake (sj33) @sj33.bsky.social · 1d

ffs. tl;dr GZDoom probably forking due to AI

Win98 Tech Support @win98tech.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus goddamn fucking christ is there anything ai hasn't fucked up completely

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 SIGNAL BOOST 🚨

I've known Brady for decades now (Inner Circle For Life), and he's always been talented as sin with a brilliant eye for graphic design and video editing. And if you've been a fan of what Discotek's been doing, he's been a HUGE part of that team.

If you can, help my bud out.

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 16h

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

ALT: a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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