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horse

@hooved-mammal.bsky.social

can only read this one way really

February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM

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Johan Nohr

@nohr.se

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM

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Beth 💜

@picklebee.bsky.social

JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

www.justice.gov

February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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K. Thor Jensen

@kthorjensen.bsky.social

BOBBY KOTICK AND GHISLAINE WERE FUCKIN?

To:
From:
Sent:
Kotick, Bobby
Sat 4/24/2004 8:07:46 AM
Subject: RE:
Title: RE:
Mend it together and bring that sexy body that goes with it out to my town. Ill ring.
B
-Original Message-.
From: Gimax
Sent: Fri Apr 23 16:21:19 2004
To: Kotic Boby
Subject:
You don't ring, you don't write… yours heart broken
Ghislaine

February 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM

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Elle Ess

@viamarsala18.bsky.social

I’ve had beef with these stupid things for years. How can a treat look so whimsical and taste so fucking terrible? When these were super trendy and people did them instead of wedding cake I RAGED

February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM

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Sometimes I rhyme slow, sometimes I huff gas

@blairsandwich.bsky.social

February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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Moby Dick

@mobydickatsea.bsky.social

all of us are Ahabs

February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM

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Wartime Otter Partisano (Recon Unit)

@peezkyweezky.bsky.social

Sorry to whomever it concerns, but ACAB includes these firefighting pigs too

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

Texas fire department helps ICE detain roofers—using tower ladder truck that should be reserved for local emergency.

Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof.

Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.

January 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM

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Ham Roids

@anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social

So opsec DOES matter.

Please turn off biometrics, ESPECIALLY if you're a journalist??

Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 1d

The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM

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James Stout

@jamesstout.bsky.social

Brother, I have pitched your outlet on this for half a decade.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

A major under-covered story.

Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 2d

Five years have passed since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against the government.

Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.

The junta’s impunity needs to end.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g

January 31, 2026 at 4:08 PM

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CWA for Palestine

@cwa4palestine.bsky.social

"You are permitted, in narrow ways, to fight your boss. You are not supposed to fight the state.

When workers violate that demarcation—when they treat deportability, detention, or raids as union business—it is a recognition that the world beyond their workplace structures the jobsite itself."

Alex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social · 6d

an injury to one is an injury to all

Why Labor Unions Can’t Ignore ICE

From agriculture to meatpacking to service work, immigration enforcement functions as labor discipline. Minnesota’s mass strike against ICE points toward a reckoning with the agency that the labor mov...

jacobin.com

January 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM

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elia ayoub

@ayoub.bsky.social

Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal

www.theguardian.com

January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM

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Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco!

@ohhhaeee.bsky.social

NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up

January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM

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Ben Mullin

@benmullin.bsky.social

Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”

This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker

January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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Marwood

@andmarwood.bsky.social

There have been a few news articles on Starmer saying Prince Andrew should testify (implying in fairly strong terms), but true to Starmer's form it's really a lot limper than that:

#EpsteinFiles
#InvestigateAndrew

Speaking after the release of the latest Epstein files, Starmer said: “Firstly, I have always approached this question with the victims of Epstein in mind. Epstein’s victims have to be the first priority. As for whether there should be an apology, that’s a matter for Andrew.
“But yes, in terms of testifying, I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to do that. You can’t be victim-centred if you’re not prepared to do that.”

February 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM

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The French Republican Calendar

@sansculottid.es

Today is Tridi the 13th of Pluviôse in the year 234.
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate bay laurel.#JacobinDay

More information on bay laurel

An old time-y illustration of a Bay laurel.

January 31, 2026 at 11:00 PM

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Encephalophatass

@encephalophatass.bsky.social

Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.

Screenshot of Tumblr post by lurker-at-thresholds:

Thinking about a new bit where i start using “workers of the world” as my go-to second person plural pronoun. Like “chat”.

Workers of the world what do we think of this. Is it funny.

Workers of the world please like and reblog my post

January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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tj mahr 🤘

@tjmahr.com

congragulations

January 31, 2026 at 3:13 AM

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Dr Emma L Briant

@emma-briant.co.uk

Oh. My. God. Chomsky talking about the 'hysteria' that has developed about the abuse of women and giving Epstein advice on how to handle the media. In 2019. The Media studies discipline and much of the left should reflect on the power given to this one flawed man to shape generations of thought.

Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 2d

Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky

From: Matthew Hiltzik <
To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000
I think that is wise
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends.
What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating).
In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.

January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM

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pershing48.bsky.social

@pershing48.bsky.social

Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.

November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM