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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 9h

Not a single ounce of chill in her tiny body

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 15h

*this is not actually true.

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 15h

Portland frogs have evolved a taste for spicy food due to the air being 5% pepper spray by volume at all times.*

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents

The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

www.oregonlive.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers Kristi Noem

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Picture of actress Hayley Atwell as Marvel character Peggy Carter

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 2d

I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution

and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest

Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 2d

It's true. Although I don't know that even kobolds would murder their own puppy. She's a whole other level of evil.

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, I feel like that does a disservice to gnomes. She's more of a troll.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 9d

Fingers crossed for you. Slow introduction is the safe way to do it, so hopefully they won't ding you for that.

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 13d

What's your sign?

Triangular road sign with an exclamation mark and the text "Feral goats for 2 miles"

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 18d

::taps mic::

“Antifa just means anti-fascist.” That’s it. That’s the whole thing. There is no organization, no hierarchy, no by-laws, no dues, no email list. It’s just a descriptor shortened from the word “antifascist.” No more, no less. No “except when,” no “unless of course,” no “depending on.”

If you are *not* antifascist, I might suggest that you unfollow or block me. These are not the days for nuance or subtlety; we do not vote or debate re: who is human, and therefore, who receives human rights. I can’t BELIEVE I am still out here explaining this, in the year of our lord 2025 - but here we are.

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 18d

If you can justify this in your head, we cannot be friends.

www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...

ICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family says

Video appears to show federal immigration agents trying to coax the man out of his Massachusetts home while asking, “Is that your daughter?”

www.nbcboston.com

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 23d

Fascism lite- now with 30% less spine

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 24d

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga | Punk | The Guardian share.google/6bSNw9CnXwPL...

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga

Videos of frontman Ken Casey confronting rightwing provocateurs at the band’s gigs have gone viral, attracting new fans and new safety worries. He wants to lower the temperature – and see other bands ...

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 25d

Democracy dies in cowardice apparently.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 25d

WHAT THE HELL

Karen,
I am writing to inform you that The Post is terminating your employment effective
immediately for gross misconduct. Your public comments on social media regarding the
death of Charlie Kirk violate The Post’s social media policies, harm the integrity of our
organization, and potentially endanger the physical safety of our staff.
Among other requirements, the Company-wide social media policy mandates that all
employee social media postings be respectful and prohibits postings that disparage people
based on their race, gender or other protected characteristics. The policy also reminds
employees that everything they post is a reflection on the Company and should not affect
the integrity of The Post’s journalism. Your postings on Bluesky (which clearly identifies you
as a Post Columnist) about white men in response to the killing of Charlie Kirk do not
comply with our policy. For example, you posted: “Refusing to tear my clothes and smear
ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is….
not the same as violence” and “Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that
people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred
and violence.”
In addition, just last year, Opinions leadership asked everyone in the Opinions Department
to review the newsroom social media guidelines, attached those guidelines to an email to
the Department for review, and reiterated in that email the “bedrock principle that our use
of social media must never harm the journalistic integrity or reputation of The Post”.
The poor judgment exhibited by your public comments regarding Charlie Kirk arise against
the backdrop of documented performance concerns, which have been raised with you.
Given these concerns, and in light of your recent unacceptable Bluesky posts, we cannot
tolerate the risk your performance poses to The Post

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 28d

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 26d

I dunno. Seems like perfect gremlin behavior to me. 😁

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 26d

How is she such a perfect little gremlin?

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 28d

Helping!

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 28d

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you

"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

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summersland.bsky.social @summersland.bsky.social · 28d

Is this the origin of The Corinthian?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28d

So this is apparently how it goes these days:

(violence occurs)

TRANSPHOBE: It's the evil violent trans people who have done this!

(perpetrator revealed not to be trans)

TRANSPHOBE: Ah! Nevertheless -

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Kate Glenn @findingtangle.bsky.social · 29d

Yes, this. You aren’t changing minds, you are merely participating in engagement farming which benefits them more than it does you.

It also sends an unfortunate message that their ideas are worth treating with *respect* and therefore socially *acceptable*. It suggests they offer a *legitimate* pov.

Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 29d

all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.

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