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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 5h

The evil and idiocy was foreseeable but I admit I didn't quite expect how childish American fascism would be

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

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Luke Kruger-Howard @andsoluke.bsky.social · Feb 20

We need to move beyond LMAO. I've come up with a few alternatives:
LMTO=laugh my testicles open
GMTO=giggle my tits off
CMGS=chortle my gooch sideways
CMCA=cackle my coochy apart
HHMHW=ha ha my holes wide
LMAITSOAHATYWMAAAH=Laugh my ass into the shape of a hat and then you wear my ass as a hat

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Luke Kruger-Howard @andsoluke.bsky.social · 8d

Convinced Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, Peter Thiel and others are just showing Trump AI videos in his morning briefings to keep him stumping in the direction they want him to. Med beds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning. It's Friday!

Thoughts for today:
1) Reoccurring dream: finding a secret room, or wing, or basement of a house.
2) The House of Dies Drear is a fantastic and beautiful book.
3) Scooby Doo also once investigated a haunted skyscraper.
4) Keep trying. Be loud. Be very very loud.

The House of Secrets — by Nina Bawden | Illustrated by Wendy Worth [hardcover front cover]

The House of Dies Drear — by Virginia Hamilton [cover illustration by Eros Keith | mass market paperback front cover]

A Power Boys Adventure: The Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper — by Mel Lyle [illustrated by Raymond Burns | hardcover front cover]

[A Power Boys Adventure: The Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper — by Mel Lyle | illustrated by Raymond Burns | hardcover back cover detail]

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · 2d

I’m just so nuts for Luke Kruger Howard’s new webcomic. 🌺🏈
www.footballamericadream.com/football-ame...

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · 6d

Free post on Patreon today. Welcome to the working week!
www.patreon.com/posts/cartoo...

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Nov 2

Writing a Memoir. 🖍️

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · 16d

Quay Lewd from the legendary The Tubes!

A page from my memoir in progress BABY HOLD ON TO ME.

In 1976 my mom Bee Oliver produced one of their shows that was a total scandal! She was thrilled!

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · 11d

One of my favorite cartoonists @glynnisfawkes.bsky.social has this little gem in Narrative Magazine: narri.tv/4nDpfHd

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · 16d

Quay Lewd from the legendary The Tubes!

A page from my memoir in progress BABY HOLD ON TO ME.

In 1976 my mom Bee Oliver produced one of their shows that was a total scandal! She was thrilled!

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · Sep 17

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Sep 1

This flower is called "Queen of the Night." It blossoms only at night once a year.

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Sep 2

I don’t come to social media sites that often anymore, but I gotta tell you this place is so much better than threads any day.

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Sep 1

AGREE ✨✨✨✨✨✨

Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · Sep 1

#NowPlaying His utterly gorgeous final LP.

Michael Hurley - Broken Homes And Gardens (No Quarter, 2025)

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Jul 17

Pitching a new film to Hollywood. SPEED meets Joan Didion in a world where you have to tell yourself stories in order to live... literally. (M. Night Shyamalan to direct?)

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Jul 1

Three GOP Senators actually did vote 'No,' despite having their careers threatened. Which is why, if you have a GOP Representative, you should call and badger them to vote NO in the House.

They know this bill is unpopular. Poke as many holes in it as you can! Unleash Hell!

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Jul 1

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Jul 1

My cat really is the best art. 🩶

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Jun 29

Pigeons? Art? Libraries?? This book was such a delight! Bravo Katie Fricas! Out from @dandq.bsky.social

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · Jun 23

Delmore Schwartz

I was in the presence of the mystery
Of the plenitude and the majesty
Of the gifts and the giving and the grant
Of the ever-flowing process of reality:
Love is knowing in unknowing
Love is the majesty of the mystery
Of the abundance of surrender
When suddenly all the senses chant,
And the mind, caught in the anthem,
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jun 23

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.

She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.

But the FDA recently denied its approval.

Now, her health hangs in the balance.

Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Jun 23

OMG We’re funded????? Thank you all who donated and shared!!! We have closed the campaign!
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Without due process there is no law.

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks, Gil
love love love 💗💗💗

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Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social · Jun 22

Congrats Jesse!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Jun 18

Nothing that SCOTUS did today prevents any state, anywhere, from doing exactly this. Respond to SCOTUS upholding discrimination by antitrans states by making your own state as protective of trans people as possible.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Jun 18

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.

In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.

You have a home here always.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 18

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.

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