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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 5h

"Yup. A 'cardiac age of 65' " , said Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

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CalyxWorks @calyxworks.com · 19h

Turns out we are ALL #PortlandFrog!

Shirts, hoodies and mugs now available.

Profits to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. ✊

calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/p...

Portland Frog Little Beirut » Calyx Design

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 10h

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 11h

A-frickin'-men!!!

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 12h

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 13h

" Soooo, how about we give your Imperial Leader beeeg fancy 747 plane, and you give us an airbase in Idaho? "

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www.idahostatesman.com

Qatari facility to be built in Idaho, Defense Secretary Hegseth says

The Air Force base south of Boise will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s, the defense secretary announced Friday.

www.idahostatesman.com

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 13h

" Soooo, how about we give your Imperial Leader beeeg fancy 747 plane, and you give us an airbase in Idaho? "

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www.idahostatesman.com

Qatari facility to be built in Idaho, Defense Secretary Hegseth says

The Air Force base south of Boise will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s, the defense secretary announced Friday.

www.idahostatesman.com

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 15h

I know y'all have seen this, but I just want to do my part to ensure this video reaches ALL the corners of the internet as God and The Daily Show intended

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

OK. OK! HBD Thelonious Monk!

#jazzsky

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/t...

Thelonious Monk Birthday Broadcast | WKCR 89.9FM NY

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

24 hrs. Of Monk!!

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/t...

Thelonious Monk Birthday Broadcast | WKCR 89.9FM NY

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 1d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

To be fair, the winner applauded these bombings, of her compatriots....

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

She did applaud Trump bombing the Venezuelan boats("her people") 😬😬

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

She does however admire Trump and applauded the bombing of Venezuelan boats....

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 20h

Woke up EARLY (4?) 🤦and could not get back to sleep. Probably readjusting to PST.

But made it to #hellaearlyexercise to kick off what will be a long day ....

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said.

The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 1d

"¡ tHe LeFt NeEdS tO tUrN dOwN tHe HeAt !"

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT"

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is sitting on a couch holding a cup of coffee and says `` aww bless your heart '' .

Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch holding a cup of coffee and says `` aww bless your heart '' .

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 1d

We have tree guys coming next week for massive sycamore top close to the house.

And still hoping to get the roof done, too.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 3d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 2d

We are not a people who will ever allow fascists to rule us

Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 19d

Great job Seven Bites restaurant in Orlando, FL. 💪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

They can erase crosswalks but not private property.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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