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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 25m

I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 2h

i didn't grow up watching baseball but my uncle and maternal grandparents were huge brewers fans and my paternal grandmother was a huge cubs fan so i guess i should watch brewers-cubs game 5?

slightly rooting for the brewers bc i actually went to some brewers games with my uncle before he died

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

I did hear about this and I don’t know that I have TEA but I have THOUGHTS

first of all let us not skip past the symbolic significance of “Leo signed the document on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi”

Julia L @calenmir.bsky.social · 11h

@clairewillett.bsky.social wanted to make sure you hear this (and hear any tea you might have regarding this): www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 1d

"In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 13h

FROG 🐸 SEMIOTICS 🐸 REDEMPTION 🐸 ARC

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12h

the ones in San Antonio have made the road—which on our "gay strip" and flooded with nighttime pedestrian traffic— safer.

as usual our governor has no relationship with the truth

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for the removal of rainbow crosswalks and other symbols of pride from public roads across Texas.

Texas governor calls for removal of rainbow crosswalks, calling them a safety issue

Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday to ensure all cities and counties "remove any and all political ideologies from our streets."

nbcnews.to

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ is basically arguing in Court that if the President "determines" that literal martians have landed from Mars and are attacking the United States, Trump can invoke any emergency power he wants and the judiciary can't question it.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16h

guys can we do frogs everywhere? please i need a frog uprising

you know…before we croak

we need a jump in activism

a ribbit revolution

vive les grenouilles libres!

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 17h

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 15h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 1d

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

did occtis just get assigned virgin by aabria? lmaoooooo

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm upset. And I'm allowed to be upset!"

murray continues to win

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

this is the sort of DM style thing that people often have really strong opinions about but i enjoy how brennan really makes a nat 20 on a skill check stand out and shine, whether it's in his descriptions or in the information learned or both.

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

i always majorly lose my ability to focus in the second half of a critrole episode. my adhd meds wore off HOURS ago y'all, i can't help it. in these lore-heavy early episodes i'm gonna be relying REALLY heavily on replays/wiki summaries, lol.

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

gotta say so far it seems like whether he meant to or not, matt mercer has created the kind of bad guy sexyman that makes the non-critrole side of tumblr lose their minds. it'll be interesting to see if they pick up on it via tumblr osmosis from the cr side.

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

been thinking about this for the last couple hours and look, the cast can tell whatever story they want, but if they don't put some kind of twist in the "morally acceptable nature-based spiritism vs morally repugnant organized religion" story i'm gonna be disappointed

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

i can't have captions on bc my tv can't have the official twitch app did he say "museum of many wings" bc if so that's neat

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

ashley: i sit on the porch and i stay there. the whole night.
aabria: 😲

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victoria elizabeth @surrexi.bsky.social · 1d

"her family built the swords that killed the god of war"

OH OKAY

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