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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2h

Buy Nothing & Facebook Marketplace local sellers are a good first stop bc reduce comes before reuse comes before recycle for a reason but if you have to buy new here’s an option that isn’t megacorp: www.spooktacularcreations.com/collections/...

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 8h

More and more I'm getting the feeling that Lindsey Halligan is less an attorney and more a sacrifice chained to a rock outside the lair of Almagol The Voracious, He Who's Hunger Is Unending.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10h

As with Comey, the charges against Letitia James have no signature other than Trump’s handpicked personal attorney Lindsey Halligan.

No line prosecutor signed this document.

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spookygorski @cpgorski.bsky.social · 13h

*applause*

Pack it up... We have a winner for today, y'all

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.s... • 1h
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and Al in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used Al to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

MotherofCorgs @motherofcar... • 22m
It's only fighting if that was a dance off.
And you know those feds can't dance.

Goo-orge W Horrors @bullcityfats.bsky.social
And if they can't dance they're...no feds of mine

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 10h

A LOT

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 14h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11h

Oh, for fuck sake.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11h

1. WHAT THE FUCK?

2. Why are you people so obsessed with children's genitalia? No, really. Serious question. There is something wrong with you.

3. WHAT THE FUCK.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11h

BABY SNEK!!!!

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11h

Sure they have. It's called the Let All The Poor People Die Plan.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 12h

As I've said before, FDA recalls are broad for even the suspicion of contamination. This is what they're supposed to do and it's a thankless task. The goal isn't to terrify people, but you need those things off the shelf.

I'm glad Paris put this round up together for folks. Been waiting for it.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 12h

This is awesome. Aside from some professional writing projects, I've made more good friends, than anywhere else.

...which may or may not be a good thing to admit.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16h

The fuck?!

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 16h

This frightens me more than the prospect of re-entry being blocked, tbh. Keeping enemies of the regime locked in is a pretext for violence.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 17h

Well, it’s October, jackass. So why aren’t you in session talking about it?

Oh. Right.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 17h

So if you can get hold of any of those copies be sure to post those passages EVERYWHERE.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18h

If Spirit Halloween hasn’t stocked a thousand sexy inflatable frog costumes in each store within the next 24 hours they are missing out.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18h

It’d be nice if my brain could hold off becoming engulfed by the intense sense of panic and hopelessness until I’ve at least gotten my goddamn coffee.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18h

Pam Bondi stands before a sea of inflatable frogs and says their lives will be spared if they give up the one known as Portland Frog.

“I am Portland Frog!” cries one.

“I am Portland Frog!” yells another.

Soon they all take up the cry and she quails in fear.

FOR WE ARE ALL PORTLAND FROG

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18h

Seeing the Portland Frog is like watching the origin story of a superhero.

If Gritty gets in on the action it’ll be like the beginning of the Justice League.

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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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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 18h

This is delusional. You can't support a hospital on only an ER - they're not the profit center of a hospital! ERs take enormous charity care losses due to EMTALA and have to be cross-subsidized by more profitable service areas.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

I am so glad to hear that.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

!!! Hope all goes well!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Just seeing this now. Please support if you can.

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 3d

I need some help. Got laid-off on Friday: unannounced budget change + my position was first cut, so it was a total surprise. Thanks to a tax status loophole my employer manipulated, I cant get unemployment. In short im SOL

Anything you can give would be huge
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash: $VickySurge1312

A cardboard bankers box sitting on top of an office chair filled with assorted odds and ends as I cleaned out my desk

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