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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 14m

As @mtsw.bsky.social has pointed out, ”antifa” kinda sounds like “intifada” so it has a scary, foreign sound

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 4h

I have amici everywhere

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 4h

I have amici everywhere

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 4h

Finally, the Swamp Thing/Jesus crossover I’ve been waiting for

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 7h

Holy shit.

36 Years Later, DC Will Finally Publish a Controversial Canceled Comic Where Swamp Thing Meets Jesus Christ | NYCC 2025 - IGN

In 1989, DC canceled a Swamp Thing comic that would have seen the noble hero meet Jesus Christ. Now, 36 years later, that controversial story will finally see the light of day.

www.ign.com

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 4h

A Stancil post and people to add to the block list, name a better duo

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 5h

Sir, this is a Wendy’s (or Gregg’s, whatever)

Barbarossa⚡️ @barbarossa69.bsky.social · 5h

Nigel Farage will only eat tampons with meat in them.

Farage tweet: “The National Trust has put vegan tampons in men’s toilets. Gif help us”

Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 5h

Oof let’s all do what we can to keep Bluesky a fuelgrannie-free space

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 7h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 10h

This is good, actually. This is the kind of thing we need to build a pro-court expansion majority.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 13h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 12h

Ok look class consciousness is gonna happen any day now just you watch

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12h

boy is “the working classes are noble savages” a popular take among a certain set On Here

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 12h

Well if there’s one thing we know about him it’s that he’s got the youth in his heart

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 23h

I'm evil...

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 23h

One of the reasons climate change is such an intractable problem is that it's not just Captain Planet villains we're up against, but providers of things people don't think they can do without.

Do people actually feel that way about anything coming out of Silicon Valley these days?

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 23h

If we don't need to worry about keeping any of them onside anymore I'd say that makes things easier long term

Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

If Benioff is MAGA now that’s a huge signal that the Silicon Valley big money donor base is basically gone for Dems (it’s a signal of other things, too, obviously)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 23h

All frogs to dance the Dance of Joy

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 23h

Has anybody been playing the Perfect Strangers theme song at protests in Chicago to show that they’re unbent, unbroken, standing tall on the wings of their dreams?

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Nick-or-treat! @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, I think "tweets" have been part of mainstream expression longer than people think. Look at the front page of almost any 19th century newspaper and it reads like a Twitter feed, not just in terms of news bulletins, but random little stories, jokes, and other things thrown in.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

"Career prosecutors determined that there was no evidence to support these charges. They were pushed out and replaced with individuals whose only qualification is their loyalty to a single man, not to the Constitution or the law. That is corruption. That is abuse of power...we must all speak out."

Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 1d

INBOX: National Bar Association President Ashley L. Upkins calls the charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James “unjust and dangerous” and a representation of "the continued weaponization of our nation’s justice system for political gain."

Full statement below: