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Rev-Tone @rev-tone.bsky.social · 3h

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Julie (unprofessional) @juliebalt.bsky.social · 10h

Freida looking particularly elegant this m.

A black and white long hair tuxedo cat sits on a blue floral rug under a table with hairpin legs. Her tail is curled around her and her left front paw is sticking out.

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 15m

Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs

Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2h

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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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 48m

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 12m

Watching him try to negotiate (his greatest strength!) with someone who has power and doesn't immediately lie down is one of the most embarrassing displays on earth. Helpless as a newborn

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Hours after posting that "there seems to be no reason" to meet with President Xi, Trump now says "I would assume we might have" a meeting after all

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 1h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 23m

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 21m

with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen

NYT excerpt that reads:

On Thursday, Mr. Benioff said he had never been progressive even if many San Franciscans thought he was. He said he was a longtime Republican before switching to become an independent voter.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

Heather Knight is a reporter in San Francisco, leading The Times’s coverage of the Bay Area and Northern California.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 47m

AI “summaries” are not summaries but slop

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Tonk O'Bonne @spamps.bsky.social · 9m

Hearing that the Hasan guy blew his dog to kingdom come with an m79

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 15m

i think it's apparent that the lack of any consequences or guardrails or competition or any constraints whatsoever for these freaks has made them mottled and rancid (see, eg, good times, soft men or whatever). no one will tell them they look stupid or that their ideas are stupid. played themselves

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 20m

you will do joy my way or the highway

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Tonk O'Bonne @spamps.bsky.social · 13m

Phetz is a longtime proponent of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 4h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 2h

You cannot use moral reasoning against fascists, because moral reasoning does not motivate them. You cannot argue against the law against them because they do not care about the law. What they care about is violence, and what they use is power. They will only respond to a superior display of power.

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Tonk O'Bonne @spamps.bsky.social · 22m

Hey Dad! Get in here! MegaRace is on!!

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

Inside of you there are two caudillos

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 7h

HOLD THE LINE EGGHEADS

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Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 2h

Its what war criminals normally say to each other in private, but since the entirety of Israeli society is insane they say it in public.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3h

is this what people on the right side of history say

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Tonk O'Bonne @spamps.bsky.social · 26m

Realizing I've been using "twenty dollar word" instead of ten because of the devaluation of currency

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Aug 12

Adonis and his string: a collection

orange cat playing with a leather shoelace. it's in his mouth

orange cat pawing for the shoelace. his mouth is open

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Mousecow @mousecow.bsky.social · 2h

Had a visit from the chimken inspector this evening.
#EverybodyLovesMousecow

Mousecow ALMOST close enough to taste a piece of chimken held out for her, but not quite. Any moment now though, any moment now.

Mousecow has a little chunk of chimken on the top of her tongue, but she can still see chimken held out in front of her and I think it's disconnected her little brain.

*gomph*
Chimken in mouth, brain no worky nao.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 4h

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Jan 29

"laws arent real," i assure myself as i close my eyes and ram the american economy with my shitty cybertruck

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