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R. Cooper
@rcooper.bsky.social
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writer of romantic stories. only occasionally breaks a reader's heart. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇨🇦 riscooper.com
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · May 1
Okay. I did it. It's... well, it's here.

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on a stained glass background, it shows an ebook and paperback copy of A Suitable Stray. It reads at the top: for when you need a story about an exhausted and half-feral librarian getting two boyfriends during the reign of an unstable king. Which maybe some of you do right now I don't know your life. -Further down it says: A Suitable Stray (For an Outguard and an Assistant) A Suitable 'Verse Book Four. May 6th!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11h
if you had any doubt they live in a parallel universe that they make up in their heads, they genuinely thought he'd win it
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4h
New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.
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Callies Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things @calliedot.bsky.social · 8h
I do think it would be amazing if hundreds of protesters just showed up dressed like ICE. They’d be absolutely baffled, they’d have no way to tell who’s who. They’re all dressed in off-the-rack Cabelas clothes since they don’t seem to have a standard uniform so it’s easy.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 3h
listened to some Bad Bunny for the first time (I am an old and consistently out of touch) and enjoyed DtMF a lot. 🐇
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8h
This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.
MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding
MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.
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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 11h
Meanwhile in #Portland
Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
#WarRavagedPortland
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22h
ANTIFA:
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Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️‍🔥🤘🏻 @taradublinrocks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social for using my #ShowMeYourHellhole video of Portland!

@jimmykimmel.com is doing more to tell the truth about what #Portland looks like than the MSM & I'm forever grateful, even if this didn't turn out to be my big break 😉

Come visit Portland, we'll get TACOs!
jimmykimmellive on Instagram: "We invited viewers living in the alleged post-apocalyptic wastelands of Chicago, Washington, Memphis, and Portland to show us their…"
We invited viewers living in the alleged post-apocalyptic wastelands of Chicago, Washington, Memphis, and Portland to show us their “hellholes” and we got a lot of videos from our friends in Portland - plus a very special report from the Governor of Illinois @JBPritzker! #ShowMeYourHellhole
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 4h
The only difference between Peter Thiel and a homeless person raving about the end of the world is that Thiel can afford to rent a hall while the homeless guy makes do with a subway platform.
Thiel’s talks, which began on 15 September and ended on Monday, were long and sweeping, mingling biblical passages, recent history and philosophy and sometimes deviating into conspiracy theories. He peppered them with references to video games and TV shows along with musings on JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. He likewise recalled conversations with Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu and spoke at length about how he thinks Bill Gates is “a very, very awful person”.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 6h
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h
a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d
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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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d
See also: "Why isn't anyone DOING ANYTHING"

Translation: "I'm not doing anything"

People are doing things. They are doing a LOT. It's up to you to plug in and participate.
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The Enigma of Amandagara Fault @amandalafrenais.com · 4d
"why is nobody talking abou--" EVERYONE is talkin about it BRO. You just never stick around to listen to ANYONE ELSE, you're just here to TALK

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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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
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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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d
Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 1d
Love it when a monster is content to be led around by a little nerd
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 2d
According to wikipedia, people started putting magnets on fridges/ice boxes in the 1920s. So basically the second they started to get more common, people were like, hmm yes we should definitely decorate this giant appliance with quirky knick knacks. Which is very human and adorable.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 2d
still cannot believe Stephen Miller is younger than me
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
#WarRavagedPortland
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