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@sdwolfpup.bsky.social

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Here for fandom and politics. Mister Rogers is my life coach. Older than my handle suggests. We can build a better world than this. She/her, cis, white.

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · Aug 18

Reintroduction thread:
Name: sdw or sdwolfpup
Pronouns: she/her
Location: PacNW
Hobbies: Music, reading, hating/loving F1, watching TV, fandom stuff, family stuff, trying to keep up w/politics, being busy all the time at work, getting Angry about random things, believing the best in people

PT | Sean Murphy truther @prettythief.bsky.social · Aug 18

Reintroduction thread:
Name: PT/peetee/peet
Pronouns: she/they
Location: Kentucky
Hobbies: reading/listening to audiobooks, running, hiking, training my dog, yelling at my TV about Atlanta Braves baseball, occasionally actually going to ballgames, writing and talking about fanfic!

Mallory 🚀 ⚔️ @wildlingoftarth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Reintroduction thread:
Name: Mallory
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Indianapolis
Hobbies: reading/listening to audiobooks, Crossfit, online window shopping, hanging with my family, reading and (occasionally) writing fanfic

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 29m

#uspoli

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 3d

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 15h

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#uspoli

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4h

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 5h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#usooli this is how suspicious I’ve gotten about this admin: did they do it bc they think he might die soon and now they can blame the vaccines?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#uspoli

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6h

More posts like this from politicians please

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3h

Now this is leadership.

Education, history, and unflinching commitment to making life better for a systemically marginalized community targeted by a hostile authoritarian regime.

The world needs more politicians like Zohran Mamdani.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 3h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#uspoli

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 3h

The people who work this work schedule want for you to never be able to retire.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

What a work schedule. The Republican speaker of the House grinds hard

sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#uspoli Voices of resistance are getting louder, which means they are going to push back even harder. We need to be as loud and brave as we can right now.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

The pope calls Trump’s immigration policy “inhuman” and “not pro-life”

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 2h

#uspoli Good

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11h

Mariners landing in Toronto like

Christopher and Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos after wandering in the woods all night.

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 8h

#uspoli Jfc

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

www.cnn.com

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 11h

America's pastime. More like, past my bedtime

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sdw @sdwolfpup.bsky.social · 8h

17, though two of those were airports only.

SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve been to 14 of them, and I’m Canadian so not sure how that affects it lol

You?

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Flat Pluto Cult @adhdgobl.in · 10h

I'm just so fucking happy right now.

A team picture of the Mariners gathered in the infield celebrating their walkoff victory in the ALDS

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 11h

Mariners win

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 16d

"THE HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS gestures to a world wherein the rules & rulings fundamentally don’t matter; to be alive amid them is enough & to make friction amid them divine. All the arbitrary rulings of a given reality fall to stupid joys, idiot glee rubbing up against deeply felt melancholy

“The Love You Send is Endless”: The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020)

The History of the Seattle Mariners is the first cultural object I’ve encountered that painstakingly constructs a specific, relatable history only to use that construct to then gesture towards the fut...

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10h

In the 15th inning of tonight's ALDS, my beloved Humpy the salmon won his first ever victory in the Mariners' salmon race.

A half an inning later, the Mariners finished it all off. Coincidence?

www.mlb.com/mariners/fan...

Prior to tonight, Humpy the salmon had NEVER won a salmon race at T-Mobile park.

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Elizabeth: Ghost in the City @kikutowne.bsky.social · 12h

I can’t stress this enough, it’s really easy to get fooled and it doesn’t make you less smart for not spotting it, but it is possible to get better at spotting it the more you learn about what to look for.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 10h

You can’t script it. The Mariners are willed to victory by Humpy the fish finally winning his first race in the middle of the 15th inning. The crowd chants “Humpy Humpy” as the trident crosses off the ALDS win.

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 11h

You feel that Seattle?! Check out that Polanco P-Wave! Polanco Game Winning Single, Crawford Scores, MARINERS WIN!! @Mariners are Toronto Bound! @Tmobilepark @FoxSports
#SeisTheMoment #SeizeTheMoment

Seismogram showing ground motion at T-Mobile Park for game-winning single by Seattle Mariner Jorge Polanco, JP Crawford scores!

MLB poster for PostSEAson 2025 that reads Seis the Moment with a small seismogram between the Seis and the The. Has website for PNSN seismograms of the game. mariners.pnsn.org

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Sandra Marchetti @sandrapoetry.bsky.social · 9h

In honor of Mariners/Tigers’ epic Game 5, I thought I’d drop this one again. Seemed prescient. ❤️✨⚾️ If you see it in the morning give it a like.

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