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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 16h

Galbrena and her Signature Weapon acquired~ 🎉

Definitely can’t build her immediately because I don’t have the Echoes to, unfortunately.

Part of me wants to stay up late playing the story, but I know I shouldn’t. Hmmm. #WutheringWaves

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 21h

So, @victortrevalayn.bsky.social, when are we getting you doodled like this? :3c

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 21h

"It's the circumcisions and Tylenol causing it!"

Gurl, the amount of autistic uncut dudes I have crushes on and/or have been with beg to differ on that one, Heroin Henry~

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 21h

I get a little nervous when I come back to 10+ notifications (let alone over 100) when I haven't posted art or something because it gives me flashbacks to opening Twitter in 2019-2021 and seeing my notifications and DMs flooded with insults and death threats over me being unkind about a sex pest. 💀

Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

And this right here, as everyone with functioning brain power warned, is why online age verification DOES NOT work. There is no way to implement it without putting anyone who uses it at risk.

Again: just amp up Parental Controls and start holding parents responsible for their kids' online access.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

Moral finger-waggling doesn't work when it's coming from the folks who bomb abortion clinics, openly call for the extermination of queer folks and have, on MULTIPLE occasions, continued backing (and both nearly AND successfully elected) politicians AFTER their p*dophilia scandals became public info.

Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

The Jay Jones thing gained no traction and fizzled out because we simultaneously acknowledge that 1.) what he texted in private was awful and 2.) that it's no worse than what Conservatives say they want to do to women, POCs, LGBT+ folks, Democrats, etc in public, often on camera, every single day.

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 5d

The Virginia Beach Dems issue a statement which "reaffirms its full support or Jay Jones for Attorney General" and "[calls] on all Virginians to line up behind Jay Jones" bluevirginia.us/2025/10/wapo...

"Virginia Beach, VA – The Virginia Beach Democratic Committee (VBDC) reaffirms its full support of Jay Jones for Attorney General. We are lined up, ten toes down—ready to organize, mobilize, and deliver voters for Jay and our entire Democratic ticket.

Recent press may have spotlighted past mistakes. We say, let those without sin cast the first stone. Jay Jones has taken responsibility, apologized, and shown he is committed to serving with integrity and accountability that his public record already shows. Virginians deserve a leader who learns, grows, and stands for everyday people—and Jay is that leader.

Jay Jones is a stark contrast to Jason Miyares in every way. In his tenure, Miyares has failed to stand up for Virginia families’ concerns or values. He has not defended women’s reproductive rights, workers rights or protected the hundreds of thousands of Virginians who are on the verge of losing access to their healthcare benefits and service providers.

The VBDC is calling on all Virginians to line up behind Jay Jones. Together, in November we will defend democracy, and secure leadership in the Attorney General’s office that truly serves all the people of Virginia."

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

Well, if it's anything like all of her other announcements over the years, it'll either have been written by/plagiarized from Michelle Obama or be completely indecipherable to anyone well-versed in any of the five languages they keep claiming she can speak in.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Any guesses?

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

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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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

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Okay, you know what-

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

And, ultimately, I think this is what it's going to come down to because there's no chance that they don't try to pardon the entire GOP on their way out over the next 1-3 years.

If I were running for President, this would be the move I'd keep in my back pocket and reveal on Inauguration Day.

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

It makes me laugh when right-wingers swear this would be impossible because the US isn't part of the ICC.

Baby, repealing ASPA only requires a simple majority in Congress. And Presidential pardons don't protect against international indictments, so a quick vote and a collab can change everything.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 2d

Apple further solidifying its place on the list of corporations that will need their business licenses revoked/sale of their products and services prohibited in the US once power shifts back to sanity.

Those that will bend the knee when the moment calls for courage have no place in our future.

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 2d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 2d

The fact of the matter is the SEVERAL Congressional Republicans were engaged in behavior before, during and after the election and the January 6th Insurrection that were of considerable concern and your actions made you one of them.

Pretending to be shocked that you were investigated is ridiculous.

Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know, Lindsey; it might have something to do with you calling up the Georgia Secretary of State, who alleged that you tried to coax him to throw out ballots in an attempt to overturn the election in conjunction with the insurrection at the Capitol two months later that sought to do the same.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Graham: Can you tell me why my phone records were sought by the jack Smith agents. Why did they ask to know who I called and what I was doing from January 4th to the seventh? Can you tell me that?

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 3d

"There’s another reason Dems should stand strong: Republicans have shown they don’t negotiate in good faith or follow through on their commitments. They’ve used their majorities in Congress to branch to tear up bipartisan agreements, cancel appropriated funds, and attempt to turn Trump into a king."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

New in PN: Dems are winning the shutdown

"If Republicans are on board with Trump’s effort to become a dictator, there’s not much point in negotiating. You might as well force them to own their priorities, including hugely increasing healthcare costs, then use it against them on the campaign trail."

Democrats are winning the shutdown

Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

www.publicnotice.co

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 3d

Yeeeeep. And there's a reason why they're targeting Houston: it's the city with the largest POC population in the entire state, with almost a quarter of the population being black citizens, and Republicans get trounced in elections there, so it's no wonder the bigot brigade is going after them.

Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 3d

This past decade has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Republicans have never once feared large government, federal occupation or trampling Constitutional rights: they have only ever opposed the idea of anyone other than them doing it while knowing that they were the only ones desiring it.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 4d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, 100%.

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile, cut to Portland and it's just tech workers, art majors and undergraduate baristas doing community murals and microbrewery bar crawls.

Any credible reporter would respond to his drivel with "Mister President, do you find that it's difficult to see with your head so far up your own ass?"

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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🔞CinnaMinni🔞 @cinnaminnikitty.bsky.social · 16d

love for dilf yappers everywhere #furry

Four panel comic of an anthro lion drunkenly talking to someone at a bar. It is a one sided conversation between panels as the other person listens, seemingly disinterested. In the last panel, his expression changes from disinterested to fond, with the thought bubble " I know that dick is insane. yippee"

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🐺Kazu_Wolf🐾 @kazuwolf.bsky.social · 6d

My partner and I are in hellish bind rn.
$-740 I'm our account due to debts, our rent for our new place is coming up, and we have nothing in our fridge. If anyone could help us out it would be MASSIVELY appreciated. Anything would be awesome.
#pleasehelp
#groceries 🍜 🍽️
#rent 💵

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 7d

"Ad-supported version will include streaming some games you own"

I-

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Pau Blackonion Unchained 📜🎲🌒 @blackonion.bsky.social · 7d

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