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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 17h

ICE out of Portland!
#abolishICE #resist #PDX

A digital drawing of a frog standing on a bright red background. The frog is holding a sign that says “ICE out of Portland”. The frog looks mad.

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 2d

Things are really bad right now but it does sometimes help to remember that this cultural moment for trans people is an entirely manufactured psyop in terms of its perceived level of scale. I believe in my heart of hearts that a majority of people just don't give a shit.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 2d

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フブキ👑 Letourneau🫃(librarian) @northerniion.bsky.social · 2d

its amazing how red he can get

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Vinyl Cover Art 🌈 @coverart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tatsuro Yamashita

💿 For You (1982)
🏷️ Jazz / Rock / Funk / Soul / Pop / Soft Rock

Artwork:
Eizin Suzuki (Illustration)
Hiroshi Takahara (Art Direction & Design)

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 3d

Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 4d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 4d

Oh hey.
This is nice.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 4d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social · 5d

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 6d

the people who've been in charge leading up to this moment will not be the ones to get us out of it.

@brianschatz
Why do we need snipers in our cities? Why are six masked men slamming a guy in a wheelchair to the ground? Why would an agent tackle a scared wife? Add the rhetoric of the Presidents
increasingly manic and angry Senior Advisor,
and we are at a fork in the road.

@adamjohnsonCHI replied
Brian you supported doubling ICE's budget
last year, backing what you described as a
Republican "border security" bill. Given ICE's
lawlessness, do you think, in retrospect, this
was a wise idea?
Quote tweeted: @brianschatz. 2/5/24
Just gobsmacked. I've never seen anything
like it. They literally demanded specific
policy, got it, and then killed it.

@brianschatz replied
Do you think this is a good use of your platform right now?

@adamjohnsonCHI
Do you think meaningfully combatting the
forces of fascism require a coherent and
consistent counter-politics and not nonstop
triangulation and stupid gotchas that reinforce
every racist MAGA premise? I think it does,
and I think it will continue to do so moving
forward.

@brianschatz replied,
The border was a mess. Things are way worse
now, and part of what I was doing was trying to prevent us from landing here.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 7d

Everything else aside, Tilly Norwood is a terrible name. Angela Anaconda ass name

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 7d

The west coast democrats are democrats who hate poor people. They're incredibly anti-homeless & Gavin exploits their sentiments with policy.

ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 7d

everyone in california and oregon and washington are democrats, and between a third and a half of the democrats are people like this

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7d

I've thought a lot about the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex finds out that the droogs he used to rampage with are now policemen

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Jess @snufkinwave.bsky.social · 7d

Made it to Act 3 of Silksong

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9d

i am very sick of pretending conservatives have an argument that should be respected

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Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social · 8d

I've heard countless folks say "I can't even draw a stick figure" and let me tell you, that squiggly hand-drawn line will always have more heart and expression than any AI art could ever have.

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 9d

SHAW!!

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8d

"Humans are products to be bought, eaten alive, and discarded in an antisocial libidinal frenzy of self-loathing, insatiable emotional need, and if they refuse to behave that way, we'll make fake people" is the only thing any of these freaks believe

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 8d

someone must have told gavin the game involves destroying hastily built shelters

matprotocol @mmatt.net · 8d

WHAT THE FUCK

@ConnorEatsPants tweet,

"💥 Fortnite Friday is BACK 💥

🚨 Governor of California, @GavinNewsom hops on the Battle Bus to talk all things gaming, politics, and more 🚨

🇺🇸 2:30 PM PST / 5:30 EST 🇺🇸"

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Foofarawr 🍂 @foofarawr.com · 9d

I don't repost stuff often enough
#pixelart

A pixel art scene of the Pokemon Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. Top down view. There is a sunset happening in the back. A fishing hut is seen in the lower right. A mountain range is seen behind the lake. At the shoreline, a trainer and their Meganium can be seen, ready for battle.

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Uzair Rashid @uzairrashid.bsky.social · 9d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Jess @snufkinwave.bsky.social · 10d

Learned about TMD today :’)