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🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · Jun 15

Likes do not equal agreement but they are probably indicative of a sensible little chuckle

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Freya 💙 @freyalux.bsky.social · 7h

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Pastor speaks out about being shot with Pepper balls by Trump’s Militia hires in Chicago peaceful protest!

Pastor shot by ICE during Chicago protests speaks

YouTube video by KHOU 11

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 7h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · 1d

utterly OBSESSED with this song rn

'Dominion of the Sword' English Folk Song - Nastee Chapel

YouTube video by Nastee Chapel

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 22h

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

The WHITE HOUSE
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 21h

Baby 🥺

🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 22h

Never met anyone in the state of NY who doesn’t like Letitia James and how hard she fights for people here.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

i’ll never get over this

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

the quotes proving once again that bluesky dot com is where the neurodivergents with procrastination issues hang out

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 22h

Like what do they MEAN “just focus on the church“ I want to hear them describe what that would entail

🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 22h

The literal stated purpose of the church is to do charity and help the vulnerable. That is what it is supposed to be for. Are these people just rooting for a pedophilia-only Catholicism? (Yes)

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23h

Every once in a while you can still find something good on Facebook

A Tom of Finland drawing of a well-endowed leather daddy accompanied by text that says "AI art? Sorry I prefer gay guy art."

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🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m not part of any anti-fascist movements and have no plans to be” okay well what use are you then

🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 1d

I feel bad for this guy but my hackles are a bit raised by the idea of a guy who studies anti-fascism but doesn’t identify as anti-fascist. If you are distancing yourself from anti-fascist movements right now, it speaks to at *best* poor analysis of the moment.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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🎃 scary trust fund baby 👻 @oranmath.bsky.social · 2d

i’m so sorry :(

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

And more older Americans are now living in poverty.

"The poverty rate among U.S. seniors rose to 15% last year from 14% in 2023, the highest among all age groups, according to Census data."

www.cbsnews.com/news/low-inc...

For older Americans, the cost of poverty is 9 years of life, study finds

Low-income older Americans on average die nearly a decade earlier than wealthier people, a new analysis finds.

www.cbsnews.com

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RaspberryWoof @raspberrywoof.bsky.social · 2d

Just like... "Let me throw away these guaranteed votes for some maybes" sure doesn't seem like a sound strategy to me :V

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Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com · 2d

So what we’re NOT doing for DV pit is supporting pitches with AI slop images AND no alt text. That goes against the whole spirit of the event.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 2d

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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