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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 2h

i kinda wanted to pet it just to see if i could microdose domestication

Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 2h

was on a run with my chihuahua tonight and a dang coyote came out of the bushes in the neighorhood i was in and started coming towards us, probably thinking louise looks like a tasty night snack - thankfully he was easily scared off

but wow, coyotes really are just really big, beefy dogs

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 2h

the moment you have over 10k followers, you are ethically obligated to soothe the anxious hearts & minds of every user named BlueWave8472 or PelosiIsMySpiritAnimal181297

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 video essay collection thread 🚨

here ye here ye - plz put ur recent fave video essays below

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

looks like your take is catching on bsky.app/profile/clai...

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

Pepe is Portland Frog’s Wario

Spooky Witch Kat (hag/witch/banshee) 🖤💜👻🎃💀🐈‍⬛💜🖤 @switchkat13.bsky.social · 4h

Pepe walked on the wrong side of history, so his fellow frog persons are making up for that in spades.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

glad dems finally seem to have enough of a spine to seize the golden opportunity Trump is handing them

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

i was thinking about that this afternoon - i think it's a Good Thing to take back frogs explicitly

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4h

Link.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5h

Link.

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 6h

Screenshot of a post by "From a Comrade" that reads: "The reason the right thinks that antifascists are funded by some powerful source, is that they themselves don’t know how to do grassroots organizing without a rich backer and can’t fathom people risking arrest or harm for something they believe in without being paid. The idea that many thousands of people would keep a movement alive with their own time and money because they believe in something like “not having fascism come back” is foreign to them."

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 4h

End of day update, no movement or updates on any of the other trans/queer rights bills yet. Still have a few days before the deadline for signing.

www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 7h

Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants’
declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants’ declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a
lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne
Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609
(N.D. Ill.). In addition to demonstrating a potential lack of candor by these affiants, it also calls
into question their ability to accurately assess the facts. Similar declarations were provided by
these same individuals in Chicago Headline Club et. al. v. Noem, 25-cv-12173, Doc. 35-1, Doc.
35-9 (N.D. Ill.), a case which challenged the Constitutionality of ICE’s response to protestors at
the Broadview ICE Processing Center. In issuing its TRO against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,
the court in that case found that the plaintiffs would likely be able to show that ICE’s actions
have violated protestors’ First Amendment right to be free from retaliation while engaged in
newsgathering, religious exercise, and protest, and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from
excessive force. Id. at Doc. 43. Although this Court was not asked to make any such finding, it
does note a troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of
appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning,

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 8h

interesting reporting from @murosinvisibles.bsky.social on the pro-Trump and anti-immigrant statements by the newest Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has refused to condemn Trump's deportation of Venezuelans to CEDOT

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 12h

Im fine w people wanting to overthrow their govs. He should be too. My issues w her are otherwise www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuelan...

www.piratewireservices.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 10h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 8h

yeah i believe in law and order

the law should order billionaires to liquidate their wealth

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 9h

seems like the Nobel committee likely chose who they chose because of the pressure from Trump to mitigate the fallout, which, if true, would be Very Bad

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 9h

this is !bad!

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 9h

you can tell these whiny losers are not having fun even as they finally get the mendacious anti-constitutional government attempting to quell their political enemies they've always wanted because they're frustrated that people still hate their guts about it and i think that's beautiful

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 10h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 9h

"if you run a company that collects all of the world's data for the worst authoritarian governments, you might be the goshdarn antichrist

if you align with evangelical christians but have a harem of young twinks, you might just be the gotdam antichrist"

Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 9h

Jeff Foxworthy opening for Peter Thiel lecture with new "You might be the dadgum Antichrist" bit

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...