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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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Classic SF with Andy Johnson @andyjohnson.xyz · 2d

Written by "Murray Constantine" (Katharine Burdekin) and published in 1937, Swastika Night is a terrifying vision of a far-future fascist dystopia, and a novel which is troublingly relevant today. This week's article is here.

Reign of evil: Swastika Night (1937) by Murray Constantine

An extraordinary and “exceptionally nightmarish” dystopian vision

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 8h

"I think social media needs to be safer... but pretty much everyone agrees that it shouldn’t be banned," says one 14-year-old.

How Australian teens are already planning to dodge the social media ban

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 8h

alan moore hated people like thiel misinterpreting his work so profoundly that he dropped out of public life to become a shaman and worship a snake deity

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 8h

#booksky

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 28d

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Hogwarts"

New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 6h

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 8h

"If there’s a bathroom code, you’d better have it. Otherwise, everyone in the store gets arrested and deported. It doesn’t matter where you are from. As far as the US government is concerned, you are antifa."

Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

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The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 6h

If it's anything like the GOP's usual healthcare policies, I presume that's "fixing" in the same way pets are sent to the vet to be "fixed".

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 8h

I wonder if this was another DM that Trump accidentally sent out to the world. Perhaps he meant to be passing on a directive to Bondi.

Just imagine the rotting word salad he vomits daily into the DMs of his minions. It'd be a full time job just to work out what the hell he means.

Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 10h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 8h

I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11h

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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 20h

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 8h

Holy crap the @pemalevy.bsky.social interview is not to be missed. An eye-opening look at the Nazi-esque dual-state that SCOTUS is enabling

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 1d

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 8h

Bonhams is auctioning off original artwork by beloved artist Bob Ross to support public television stations after Trump funding cuts.

Bob Ross Paintings Auction Will Support Public TV Stations

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning everyone
Stellar performance
The great Amy Poehler and Tina Fey on SNL last night

Last night Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi
"I'm not going to talk about my private conversations with the president
I'm not telling you who fell asleep mid sentence or who kept calling me Ivanka "🤣

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 8h

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

That’s 1000 doctors, scientists and health officials — they cannot be replaced. Effectively ending CDC.

A few hours later, they all received e-mails saying they are now un-fired. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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steve3797.bsky.social @steve3797.bsky.social · 8h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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