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Dberi @dberi21.bsky.social · 2d

BEHOLD! My contribution towards people of the US vs I would have totally gotten in special forces if not for that knee injury police force:

(my contribution is the gif, bsky converts gifs into videos GIPHY .gif links below)

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7h

Whenever I read an opinion piece that tries to argue bigoted views should be protected speech for professionals in guiding positions (therapists in this case) I'm struck by how quickly they ignore that the argument was already firmly decided with teachers. Why would a therapist be less curtailed?

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 7h

“Don’t be silly,” said Frog.

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Derek Writes Stuff @derekwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social is the president literally saying that a governor and a mayor should be arrested for saying no to him finally grounds for impeachment or are we still just writing letters still

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 16h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 6h

I am an expert on cats (I live with one), and I am happy to confirm that your photo shows Jim is capable of an excellent stretch.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7h

I don't like to brag but I do think our cat Jim is probably better at stretching than virtually any other cat in Britain.

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ceej @ceej.online · 11h

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 11h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 11h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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jason. @vagrantmachine.bsky.social · 1d

We need your art, human art, now more than ever.
Keep making things.
♥️

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Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 7h

That’s my worry, yeah.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

One thing that's happening in Portland that Fox News won't tell you is that aggressive, drunk, right wingers have shown up at the ICE facility trying to start fights and the protesters there have not taken the bait. Therefore the story has become "look how Antifa-friendly the Portland police are!"

Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 5d

This dude -Thomas Allen - returned again last night & kept on being a jerk & ended up getting himself arrested.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 17h

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 20h

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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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 17h

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 17h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 17h

This right here.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 20h

Misogynist maniac who is also stunningly stupid.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h

"Baby in her placenta"

RFK Jr. Complains About TikTok Video of Woman Taking Tylenol With a 'Baby in Her Placenta'

gizmodo.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 21h

I’ll comment: They’re white supremacist segregationists, and we should stop holding back from admitting that publicly.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h

Without comment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 1d

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 1d

But will the revolution be podcasted and brought to us by Squarespace?

Ryan the Design Lion @ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · 1d

So, he tried to send important state information OVER TRUTH SOCIAL DM?

But he accidentally made it public?

So glad we didn’t elect Hilary, she used a private email server sometimes.

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com