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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 19h

"the tylenol and antifa were in the placenta making autism and i saw the autism and the autism looked at me"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

Hhs sec is a rich failson who lacks a basic understanding of human anatomy but like most aristocrats is adept at kissing ass bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

We’re doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Small But Kinda Mighty @sbkm.bsky.social · 1d

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Small But Kinda Mighty @sbkm.bsky.social · 2d

One of my sons (19) just got super into Miyazaki films, and it’s been a joy to see him discover strong female characters standing up for themselves against genuinely evil forces.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever someone uses Ghibli or Miyazaki as a synonym for "quaint, charming, unthreatening" I'm always like "bro did we watch the same movies?"

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

three panels from the nausicaä manga depicting ohmu & giant insects

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 8d

the people who are destroying all public goods and trying to kill you would like you to blame someone else, perhaps some Other whose immigration status you can deduce at a glance by putting on your racism glasses, who you can have sent to a concentration camp on the basis of your suspicion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 8d

wait times are long because this guy's boss let a pandemic run riot and thousands of medical professionals left the field

this piece of shit wants you to think that every problem in your life is due to immigrants when in fact your life is much easier because immigrants choose to come here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

As with Charlie Kirk, Republicans are fiercely loyal to the general idea of Donald Trump but will furiously refuse to grapple with anything specific that he actually says or does.

Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 8d

I didn't see the tweet. I didn't hear the comment. I didn't watch the speech.

Republicans have been feigning ignorance about their mad king for eight years now.

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Small But Kinda Mighty @sbkm.bsky.social · 8d

I won’t reiterate everything you’ve already heard. I decided to invest in the paid version because it allows me to “set and forget”. It’s all about balancing whether you are willing to do a bit more work in order to save money. 😊

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 18

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 12d

Mayors in municipalities that use speed cameras to keep children in school zones safer, like Burlington's Marianne Meed Ward, have done a great job in interviews countering Doug Ford's almost entirely child-free messaging (yes, I've analyzed this) about speed cameras.

#OnPoli

Burlington mayor says speed cameras 'save lives,' despite Ford claiming they are ineffective

YouTube video by CP24

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

This is how farmer “anxiety” winds up on Page One.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

Page One in Indy:

The tariff/trade war “consequences for US farmers could be catastrophic in the coming years.”

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 13d

This “wait your turn” bullshit is the perfect example of why the Democratic Party is as unpopular as ever.

We have incredible talent. The time to use it is now.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: When Mallory McMorrow conveyed her plans to run for Senate, DSCC asked her to hold off, per 3 sources.

More calls, some staff level; same result.

Per one source: “It was, ‘Can you wait a little longer, can you wait?’”

McMorrow defied them and launched.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Democratic anger at their own party fuels 2026 primaries

With the party's image at record lows and declining even among Democratic voters, candidates for Senate see an opening to win by positioning themselves against leaders.

www.nbcnews.com

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Small But Kinda Mighty @sbkm.bsky.social · 12d

For those of us who have been aware of anti-vaxxers for a long time, these horrifying names keep popping up…

Like David Geier, not a physician but advocate of chemical castration as “treatment” for autism.

Now Mark Blaxill (not a doctor either), of Age of Autism infamy…

Really disturbing.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 12d

He helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him: Among other things, Mark Blaxill tried to deter parents in Minnesota from getting MMR in the middle of a measles outbreak. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/r... via @msnbc.com @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Mark Blaxill helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him at CDC.

Neither a physician nor a scientist, new CDC senior adviser Mark Blaxill claims without evidence that every child who takes vaccines is in some way injured.

www.msnbc.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 12d

He helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him: Among other things, Mark Blaxill tried to deter parents in Minnesota from getting MMR in the middle of a measles outbreak. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/r... via @msnbc.com @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Mark Blaxill helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him at CDC.

Neither a physician nor a scientist, new CDC senior adviser Mark Blaxill claims without evidence that every child who takes vaccines is in some way injured.

www.msnbc.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12d

War-ravaged Portland

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