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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 3h

A lot of folk are just being hyper vigilant because for so long many told them "There's nothing to worry about/You're overreacting".

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 6h

💯💯💯💯💯💯

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5h

look man I’d be happy to give some blood to the mosquitos but they just take it without asking, it’s the lack of communication that really chaps my ass

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 13h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 10h

“Actually, I did JAWS THE REVENGE to be an environmental ambassador, to help raise awareness of our fragile ocean ecosystems.” — Michael Caine, at no time in his career

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 22h

According to Republican dogma, this wholesale destruction of government agencies and jobs will save hundreds of billions and eliminate the deficit

It won’t. These idiot vandals will still add trillions to the national debt

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 23h

"How is BlueSky as an experience?"

"Well... Kid Rock opened his stupid mouth and somehow in the ensuing discourse Jean-Luc Godard caught some strays..."

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know the Duck Dynasty family had any For e sensitives in it.

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

And... Kinda from the other guy's perspective.

The Distance

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

Any excuse to share something amazing...

Macross Plus AMV Danger Zone (repost NOT MY OC) by Skyfire AMV Productions (I THINK)

YouTube video by Iron Warhorses fun Music and Parody

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

Throwhitcatchball... As American as Apple Piecakebread.

M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

I mean... Everyone SAYS they're gonna attack the power station on Spelhaus, but Saw...

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I guess he doesn't attack the power station on Spelhaus either...

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

Repubblic wa joke.

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

A Stikey!

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

Beef stew with big chunks of veggies over rice, then smoosh that into a mix of flavor and texture and then gobble down. Prolly what I want as a last meal.

M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

You heard it here first people! What a scoop for BlueSky!

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It raises many questions though.

a man in a fur coat is talking to a woman while another man looks on .

ALT: a man in a fur coat is talking to a woman while another man looks on .

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 1d

This feels like he's already been turned down by Picard, Riker and Data already.

Will he lower himself to O'Brien or... Wesley?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas!

Time to start hand-making the presents for the kiddos America.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

oh no

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