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He / him, yes I'm still doing that. Not going to invest in bitcoin or nfts or whatever forex is I love comic books, especially from the Bronze Age (70s, 80s) A Trekkie...d'uh

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Deep State 9 fka Will👨‍🦽 @willm0136.bsky.social · Aug 4

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Niemöller was asked by his concentration camp cellmate why he had ever supported Hitler and the Nazis. Reportedly, this is what he had to say for himself:

Screenshot from Niemöller's Wikipedia entry, which reads:

"I find myself wondering about that too. I wonder about it as much as I regret it. Still, it is true that Hitler betrayed me. I had an audience with him, as a representative of the Protestant Church, shortly before he became Chancellor, in 1932. Hitler promised me on his word of honor, to protect the Church, and not to issue any anti-Church laws. He also agreed not to allow pogroms against the Jews, assuring me as follows: "There will be restrictions against the Jews, but there will be no ghettos, no pogroms, in Germany."

I really believed, given the widespread anti-Semitism in Germany, at that time – that Jews should avoid aspiring to Government positions or seats in the Reichstag. There were many Jews, especially among the Zionists, who took a similar stand. Hitler's assurance satisfied me at the time. On the other hand, I hated the growing atheistic movement, which was fostered and promoted by the Social Democrats and the Communists. Their hostility toward the Church made me pin my hopes on Hitler for a while."

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 1h

I now have a place where you can buy me a coffee. But please keep in mind that I really like coffee. I like it a lot. And I drink it fast. If you guys give me $80,000 to buy coffee, I will do exactly that and I will drink it all in one day. My body will explode.
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Low Quality Facts

Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 1h

Yo this is wild AF

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 1h

🌬️💨💨💨

#Weed #Cannabis #MMJ #Halloween 🎃

Linus (stoned) & Lucy out in the cannabis patch, waiting for the Great Pumpkin.
Lucy: WAIT A MINUTE, THIS ISN'T A PUMPKIN PATCH!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h

NEW: So far, Trump has deployed the National Guard to at least five Democratic-led cities. While lawsuits swiftly followed, the courts will now decide whether to maintain traditional limits on military enforcement of federal law. Here’s where the legal battles stand👇
https://bit.ly/3KHchcR

Where the Legal Fight Over Trump’s Military Deployments Stands

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 4h

😆 SF sheriff's brother-in-law caught growing marijuana at county jail, report says

www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art... #cannabis #weed #mmj

SF sheriff's brother-in-law caught growing pot at jail, report says

The man pleaded no contest to growing marijuana at the jail.

www.sfgate.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 4h

The unbearableness of a dictatorship is that its purpose is not to make sense to anyone but the dictator and those who sway him.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 16h

Is Argentina now the new 51st state? Imagine taking healthcare away from American so they can help soybean farmers in Argentina.

China bought a quarter of Argentina's soybean crop on Sept. 23, 7 million metric tons. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Deep State 9 fka Will👨‍🦽 @willm0136.bsky.social · 1h

Hi Zontar 👋 !

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4h

What if the connection between reactionary MAGA politics and the sexual abuse of children is deeper than we want to admit?

The name for this idea is pedocon theory.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 15h

gonna keep reposting this until i don't have to

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 15h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h

OPINION: Last weekend, Donald Trump ordered another summary execution of people on a fishing boat off the Venezuelan coast.

Murder on the high seas points to what Trump has planned for home

Last weekend, Donald Trump ordered another summary execution of people on a fishing boat off the Venezuelan coast. The administration claims the dead were engaged in drug trafficking. Despite international outcry over the violence, Trump officials have provided no intel, no intercepted communication...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

Lebanese president condemns Israeli attack on Msayleh as a 'blatant aggression' against civilian infrastructure.

Intensive Israeli air strikes kill one, injure seven in southern Lebanon

Lebanese president condemns Israeli attack on Msayleh as a 'blatant aggression' against civilian infrastructure.

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Deep State 9 fka Will👨‍🦽 @willm0136.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you
You as well

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WIRED @wired.com · 4h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 4h

Opinion: Donald Trump is willing to write big checks to foreign banks that benefit U.S. billionaires, but not to our soldiers or government workers, writes John Casey.

During Trump’s shutdown, Argentina gets $20 billion while our service members get ... $0

Opinion: Donald Trump is willing to write big checks to foreign banks that benefit U.S. billionaires, but not to our soldiers or government workers, writes John Casey.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 3h

So much of what Trump, Bondi, and Kash are doing is trying to replicate the charges that Jan6ers faced against Trump's targets and those opposing the regime. Grievance fantasies all the way down.

Something Marcy has pointed out that I haven't heard anywhere else.

The White House crime scene

YouTube video by emptywheel

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 4h

I don’t read many graphic novels - i have particular tastes that rarely run to marvel or DC. However, @kierongillen.bsky.social’s The Power Fantasy is just my jam and I’m betting it’s yours too. There’s a couple of trade collections out now so a good time to start.

The cover of The Power Fantasy issue 12 featuring a young black boy in glasses playing with a toy tank and a toy robot

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h

I am old enough to remember when Trump said he would lower grocery prices on Day One.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 7h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 3h

New York Republican breaks ranks to declare trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/mike-lawler-republican-trans/?utm_content=1760181600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

New York Republican breaks ranks to declare trans community is 'not an enemy'

New York Republican Mike Lawler has gone against his right wing party's usual rhetoric to declare that the trans community is “not an enemy or a threat".

www.thepinknews.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.

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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · 3h

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June Bonus: Breaking Down the Latest Anti-Trans Victory Lap | Maintenance Phase

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