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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 8d

Heading into week 2 of our crucial fall fundraiser @wfmu.bsky.social . Consider a donation if you can.

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 12d

Favorite Gonerfest moments:
Ibex Clone
Tommy Wright III
Optic Sink
Tommy Wright III+Optic Sink
The little dudes with wrestling belts during Tommy Wright III+Optic Sink
Michael Beach
Gotobeds
Eli+Silkworm
Buying records from Dothe45
Cheap Fix
Jacky
Sloppy Sharp Pins
“Jump into the Fire” singalong

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 13d

Looking for a little spare change to get through the winter. Help out if you can.

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 18d

Wait whaaaaat?

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 25d

Is it fair then to view this as a sort of ideological merger of government and business (Sinclair and MAGA) that makes pulling these levers that much easier? Or is this overly simplistic? Either way it’s no less chilling to me.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25d

“I don’t know what’s going on and nobody does” is such a telling thing to throw in there. I think everyone knows exactly what’s going on? Also why would your dad send you a hundred texts saying the same thing

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26d

Here’s how Jimmy Fallon responded to Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off air:

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · 27d

Crazy to think Robert Redford could have lost his job at Sundance if this happened today.

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 27d

Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.

As the man who made All the
President’s Men, how did you feel
when Nixon died?

I had no remorse. I did not think he
deserved the kudos he got in death
— there was this weird revisionism
that went on. You feel for the
family. There’s some sympathy for
that. But for me it was not the
passing of a great man. He was a
man who dealt us some pretty
undignified blows. He did not
symbolize the better part of
ourselves at all.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Mar 23

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s wife has refuted allegations that her husband is a Hamas supporter, calling the accusations by the US government “ridiculous” and “disgusting” ⤵️

Detained Columbia activist Khalil’s wife slams claims he is Hamas supporter

Noor Abdalla calls Trump administration allegations that Mahmoud Khalil supports Hamas ‘ridiculous’ and ‘disgusting’.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 22

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced

Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Mar 17

Let the Mystery Be by Iris Dement

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 17

You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Mar 15

every damn time

Tweet by Molly White @molly0xFFF
it's always fascinating to watch grown adults discover the concept of public libraries for the first time

Quoted tweet by Ken Herman @kherman
Ponderable?

And do free people expect to read every book they want to read for free (at public expense)?

After all, many people who write and produce the books do expect a return on their effort and investment.

Just a thought.

Tweet thread: Molly White @molly0xFFF 37m
and when you decide to defund libraries because "people who can afford it can just buy the books", you restrict access to those who can't afford it

Ken Herman @kherman 21m
How about if we use those tax dollars to buy the books for those who can't afford them?

Molly White @molly0xFFF
congratulations! you have just invented libraries

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Mar 14

Help me get @wfmu.bsky.social over the finish line tonight from 9pm to midnight, as I and my guest co-host Ira the K raise funds for the freeform station of the nation. Activism comes in many forms; may support for WFMU be yours!
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Comrade Quill @quillbo.bsky.social · Mar 11

Made a flyer for this weekend’s #TeslaTakedown in South Burlington. Share away.

Flyer for this weekend’s #TeslaTakedown protest in Vermont

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · Mar 10

MASSIVE protest marching through Manhattan right now against the ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil.

Endless stream of people chanting “No cops, no KKK, no fascist USA.” Easily a thousand people. Zero NYPD presence.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · Mar 1

These people shouldn’t be able to go outside without getting pelted with garbage

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Mar 1

Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Feb 24

@jonathanmacri.bsky.social Love your analysis, and back to back losses aside, how do you use a Titanic analogy to describe a team that’s third in the East and having its best season in over a decade? 😂

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Feb 23

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Feb 23

More or less agree.

The Strickland @thestrick.land · Feb 23

What do the Celtics, Bucks, Warriors and Raptors all have in common?

Each won a title at some point in the past 6 years, each after moving on from a coach who’d led them out of the wilderness and into contention.

More from @matthewmiranda.bsky.social: www.thestrick.land/strick/celti...

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · Feb 23

"'We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,' said Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and military veteran who supplied the flag and helped hang it."
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Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall

Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Feb 19

What’s it like having literally no spine? Are you like a blob that kind of leaks all over the place to get around? How does it work?

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Natethek @natethek.bsky.social · Feb 18

lol. Absolutely not good. (But what is, right?) My feed is nothing but plane crash talk. That one Texas dude posts cool YouTube song links, though.

Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · Feb 18

Has Bluesky been the calm and positive sanctuary you were hoping for? Or is it more of the same? 👀

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