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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17h

People are still arguing this isn’t genocide.

Israeli Soldier:

“For all those asking why there is no education in Gaza. We bombed them. That sucks. That’s how you will never become engineers anymore.”

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 14h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Belinda Carlisle @belindacarlisle.bsky.social · 16h

I cant! 💔💔💔 Diane Keaton was such a talent and a BIG part of my career. She directed two videos of mine - "Heaven Is A Place on Earth" and the video for "I Get Weak."
She was kind and eccentric and I was blessed to know her. This is such a big loss. 💔💔💔 RIP Diane, you will be missed.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 15h

Republicans feel empowered by their leader's autocratic coup against the Constitution to pursue their most cartoonishly evil agenda items, like literally making it easier to kill seals and whales

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago:

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 16h

#Chicago restaurant and business owners: Please print, post, and share these door signs. Let Homan’s bounty hunters know they’re 𝘯𝘰𝘵 welcome to invade your establishment.

NOTE: You have the right to refuse service to anyone carrying a weapon or creating a threatening atmosphere for your patrons.

Printable door sign reading:

NOTICE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS

[STOP sign symbol]

NO ICE ENTRY

• Private Property - Entry Restricted by Law In this Business Without a Judicial Warrant Signed by a Judge

• This is a private business - You are not permitted to enter non-public areas.

• You may not search the premises or question employees without proper legal authorization.

• Any persons on this property have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

• An ICE administration warrant - Form I-200 or I-205 - does not authorize entry into private areas.

[Lower bar]

In compliance with The Constitution of the United States of America, 4th amendment and The Immigrant Worker Protection Act AB 450

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 7h

Damn. Depraved doesn't even cover it.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 11h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 11h

Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 14h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 14h

RIP to the great Diane Keaton. If you can find it, her book on Clown Paintings - for which she curated a large selection of flea market amateur clown portraits -mostly fantastically creepy - accompanied by the thoughts of famous people regarding clowns - is well worth a look.

Diane Keaton standing in front of of an impressive array of creepy clown paintings

Dusne Keaton’s book ‘Clown Paintings’ which features an ultra close up view of a clown’s jeering face.

A portrait from the book - an incredibly creepy black-eyed clown

John Waters on clowns, with the headline ‘Clowns are usually assholes’

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Dan Nye @ohhidannye.bsky.social · Dec 19

'Oh, this looks like it could be an interesting acting job'

*applies*

(Gets a self tape request)

First sentence: We're using this to train AI-

*deletes*

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4h

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 4h

🔗 Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 4h

‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’

In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

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♡ Kate's haunted emporium 👻 🎃 🇬🇹~ FREE 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @katespeace.bsky.social · 14h

Anthony Blinken is a terrorist, nazi zionist freak who should be held accountable fully for crimes against humanity.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible that this man thinks he can gaslight us into thinking he couldn’t have stopped the genocide, that he wasn’t a collaborator par excellence.

Blinken:

(2/12) First, what changed to make this breakthrough possible? Hamas is finally and fully isolated. Arab states and Turkey have said “enough.” The misery Hamas provoked and would allow to persist has delegitimized it among most Gazans. And Hamas realized that the cavalry (Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis) are not coming to the rescue.

(3/12) Israel has long since achieved its war aims -- destroying Hamas as an organized military force so October 7 can never be repeated and eliminating those responsible for its horrors – but at terrible cost to Palestinian civilians caught in a crossfire they did not start and were powerless to stop. Only the hostages remained. Israelis want them home and the war to end, putting pressure on the Israeli government to take the deal, not move the goalposts.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 16h

I think that what we can infer is that insider trading is rampant, there is an expectation that if you are onside with the administration you will not be prosecuted for it, and there is a belief this admin will not be leaving, so YOLO.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine that

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Proudly Blue @proudlyblue.bsky.social · 17h

One gets the idea that brutal guys sign up for ICE so they can beat up teenage girls with a mask on and get away with it.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 17h

We are seeing dozens of these videos every day. It's happening all over the ocuntry. I know many people are outraged but it's just continuing unabated.

This feeling of impotence is devastating. How does it end? With the country emptied of brown people and dissidents in jail?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 18h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17h

This isn’t about politics; it’s about ownership of the scoreboard. When the scoreboard changes owners, the game changes. The sale no one voted on...and why you should care.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 16h

One of the most underrated adult dramas of the 80s. Love Shoot the Moon so much.

James Sanford @jamessanford.bsky.social · 16h

If you’ve never seen #DianeKeaton in SHOOT THE MOON, you’re missing out. An absolutely powerhouse performance that hits an astonishing range of notes. I promise, you’ll think of her every single time you hear “If I Fell.”

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 16h

What would the ending of The Godfather be without her face?

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 17h

Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.

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