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moviefan2002.bsky.social @moviefan2002.bsky.social · 1d

Happy International Lesbian Day everyone!

Adora and Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel; three more weeks till Season 2)

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 1d

Even better than the dog actor in The Thing?

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 1d

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 2d

Let's do a web search exercise. Think of your favorite artists and creators and find their NON SOCIAL MEDIA links--websites, stores, blogs--then share them in the replies. Also your own if applicable. Then bookmark their website/subscribe to them directly if you haven't. Let's get really connected.

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 1d

It's the third day of Banned Books Week, and I, as your friendly enby bookseller, am here with more books by living, marginalized authors that are CONFIRMED banned.

Are you ready?

Pop in for this new thread.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 2d

Report: We Don’t Make Any Money If You Don’t Click The Fucking Link

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

theonion.com/report-we-do...

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 2d

Cis friends and allies: Do you see how "biological" is simply a slur when used by transphobes to demean trans people?

"Birth name" is a term we already have (not that that would be any more defensible, just less insane-sounding). "Biological" here is solely a dog-whistling cudgel against trans ppl

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "The judge also would not refer to the defendant by his biological name -- referred to him by the pronouns."

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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 2d

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 7d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 3d

I love being bisexual.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3d

The thing about 7 billionaire freaks passing the same increasingly large wad of IOUs back and forth, is that only a pundit could possibly think this translates to increasing prosperity for everyone else.

🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 3d

"We'd have a recession if it wasn't for all the AI spending" actually means "We are in a recession which is partially obfuscated *from statistics* (and nobody else) by rich people playing silly buggers with large transactions between each other".

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 3d

This is just the hard transition from the Honeymoon phase to the "We're mallrats in a mall that hates us" phase. We don't leave because security wants us to leave, they can eat a dick. We leave when the Hot Topic and Sarku Japan close

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

People really have no idea how violent, cruel, and intentionally torturous American jails and prisons are.

And most people in American jails have never been convicted of a crime.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 4d

I know it's probably not the most controversial of choices, but my favorite take on Deadpool is @gailsimone.bsky.social 's take on Deadpool. It's truly inspired.

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𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · 4d

been on my mind lately but i really cannot stand how non binary identity is treated as "cis-lite" especially if you don't look white and or androgynous. i even see other trans people be disrespectful towards non binary individuals and it makes me soooooo mad.

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 4d

Well, I finally watched Sinners. Horror movie number 2 out of at least 13 for October. It had rich characters and good screenwriting, although I suspect a lot of it went over my head.

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 4d

Is Mama a horror movie worth watching, followers? I've heard mixed reviews but the DVD is right there on my shelf. (I got it from a bargain bin and haven't opened it since.)

Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 4d

Fellow writers, what do you do when you get creatively stuck?

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 5d

Still don't understand how it's not even A Story that the main spokesperson for the worst crimes-against-humanity department in the admin tells floridly insane, easily debunked, just preposterous lies all the time. I know trump gets a pass but now it's the norm: if you're nuts you get kid gloves

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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 5d

I know when this AI bubble bursts it'll probably take most of the world's economy with it, but I am sooo fucking SICK and TIRED of ads for Grammarly. Especially on NPR programs. Like you should know better. Just stick to Tito's Vodka and Subaru promos.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5d

"The fights for trans rights and Palestinians are over and we lost" is something I'm seeing over and over from cis white progressives. And I'm seeing variations of this popping up about racial justice, marriage equality, and disability rights too.

Sorry, but fuck that.

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