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Publius Maximus

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Giant nerd. I will like your selfies and reblog your pets. Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout. DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too: https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · Dec 14

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

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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Nekrởtzar @nekrotzar.bsky.social · 8h

ICE wasn’t prepared to face amphibious units.

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Helen, Tina's Boob Punch @tinavstammy.bsky.social · 8h

That's it, I'm calling it, the frog has officially been reclaimed and is now good again

🐸

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 17h

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 9h

god when the dow finally crashes someone is going to post "recession indicator: dow crashed" and they're going to get SO much engagement

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Qryztinkerer @qryztinker.bsky.social · 10h

Do not disturb the kitty, unless treats.

Tuxedo cat “Ike” curled up on a dark green, cream, and lavender plaid blanket. He stares back through one barely open eye. He’s not a dragon, but if he were, there would be consequences. Instead (not pictured) he has gone back to sleep with whiskers twitching.

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 8h

What's REALLY funny is that the Christian Bible contains a story where Jesus SPECIFICALLY tells Christians to not pray in public.

So I hope senator Tuberville only ever prays in the closet.

HudsonValleyNY1 @hudsonvalleyny1.bsky.social · 17h

Is it something in the water?

'What gives them the right?' MAGA senator melts down over Muslims praying outdoors

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) suggested that Muslims did not have the right to pray outdoors in the United States.During a Thursday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Tuberville expressed o...

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 8h

Evergreen:

Kakistocracy (Jay) @crankypacifist.bsky.social · 9h

Harrumph.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 9h

*gets a dick pic*

"oh I didn't know you were autistic"

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h

Oh dang! I thought I was doing ok with 52f!

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h

Well hell! That's AWESOME!

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 16h

Ah yes, another Kavanaugh stop caught on camera.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17h

"THEY WERE EVENTUALLY LET GO AFTER SHOWING THIER DOCUMENTS". In other words, they were pulled out of their cars for looking "Mexican".

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 17h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h

What's the temperature?

Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h

This year? Or do I have some time to get there and give you away?

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h

Introduce them to Halloween.

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AnnaMolly will typo @anna-molly.bsky.social · 9h

When they leave for mastodon, we get to split their dopamine

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Terrell Johnson @terrellwrites.bsky.social · 11h

I used to wonder how the Washington Post could continue as a going concern after losing those hundreds of thousands of subscribers over the past year… and then it dawned on me: there’s only one subscriber they care about.

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 10h

It’s kind of crazy how a whole ass breed of dogs got totally tainted by cryptocurrency

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12h

Best way to consolidate authoritarian rule is to not pay your soldiers, this has historically worked out well for everyone who has tried it.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 9h

Worth a friendly reminder that the next set of nation-wide No Kings protests are set for October 18th.

There's probably one in your area.

I am not generally a crowds or protests sort of person, but there's one in my town and I'll be at it on the 18th.

www.nokings.org

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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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 12h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 10h

Same.

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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 10h

@eboldy.bsky.social HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 10h

Hobbies can provide unexpected benefits. Even save your life.

The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 10h

I'm a serious vocalist, only 2 years of training before my body fell apart in my late teens but I've been practicing seriously over half my life. Solo, bass range.

Cardiopulmonary conditioning (singing) literally saved my life when I developed lung disease, & continues to sustain my vitality.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 10h

October Spooky Reads: It Was Her House First by @cheriepriest.com

I maintain Cherie is at her best when she is writing about hauntings, and here she interweaves past and present to deliver a ghost story with a delightful ending. It's almost cozy creepy? Is that a genre? A+ pacing & characters.

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