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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 10h

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18h

⚡️Drop Site Daily | October 14, 2025

Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement

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Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement

Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2025

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 13h

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

It's against Facebook's terms of service to reveal the identity of America's secret police.

Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Group Under Pressure From Trump Regime

It's against Facebook's terms of service to reveal the identity of secret police.

gizmodo.com

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 13h

"Death of the Ocean" 🪸

I was thinking recently what a reaper for the coral and fish would look like. Each coral is not one soul, but thousands.

#oceanart #sealife #inkdrawing #grimreaper #coralreef #sciart #coral #marinebiology

Black ink, white paper drawing depicting a sword fish skull floating inside a cape. In its shadow on the sea floor coral turn white and there are fish bones.
Ahead of its shadow is the silhouette of a thriving coral ecosystem with schools of small fish.

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 17h

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 17h

Politicians who meet fascists half way, are just fascists.

Newsom is all about publicity & nothing about integrity.

It’s been depressing watching American ppl hero-worship a power crazed sell-out. It’s not just Kimberly Guilfoyle & cosmetic surgery he has in common with the Trumps. READ this:

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 1d

im reminded of the print Time magazine did for Hitler in the 1940s

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 1d

Link to the video that inspired this! 🤓
youtu.be/DNJM7OiqoCI?...

Why does Britain’s mapping agency have a box of spiders?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 1d

Cross Orb weavers...
Did you know their web silk was used to create cross hairs thin enough for stargazing/mapping instruments? 🕷🌠

#sciart #spiders #spiderart #watercolor #coloredpencil #sciencefact #bugfact #space #stars

Picture of a cross orb weaver with its web overlapping a rich blue circle of white stars. One star stretches its 4 points of light across the circle, resembling cross hairs.

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

Cheeky Alpha Monkey @alpha-aurora.bsky.social · 4d

Pay ATTENTION:

This is a serious situation, we are at a critical juncture - change now or lose forever…and I fear the broligarchs in USA will ignore this ….

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4d

9.The outcome of those negotiations will determine whether equality survives the next year of federal policymaking. You can contact your elected officials to weigh in on their NDAA votes and the upcoming funding negotiations here.

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Find Your Representative

Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

www.commoncause.org

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4d

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

www.erininthemorning.com

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings 2 is Saturday, Oct. 18.

Nobody is getting paid to be there. But you can demonstrate to the world that you oppose the rise of fascism in the U.S.

Find your local protest here: www.nokings.org#map

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 4d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 4d

i love. the. eyesss 🥺

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 6d

Truthout @truthout.org · 7d

In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.

Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.

Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.

truthout.org

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a link to the post that inspired this one, talking about having spider coworkers!
www.tumblr.com/bomberqueen1...

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💬 280 🔁 170521 ❤️ 154023 · oh here is a fun lil perspective on cranberry harvesting i never heard about anywhere else. the guy who owns the restaurant right down the road from the farm, who fries…

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 7d

Spiders & Cranberries must be fall...🍂🍁

💡Did YOU know: Spiders have been keeping cranberry bogs pest AND pesticide free? 🍷🕷
Here we see a gladicosa gulosa hard at work!

#cranberries #cranberrybog #oceanspray #bogspiders #spiders #sciart #fall #autumn #spiderart #wolfspider

A drumming sword wolf spider, is a golden tawny brown with nutmeg colored speckled markings on its body. It stands above a pastel watercolor and colored pencil group of cranberries.
The painting is dominated by warm hues contrasted with soft blue shadows.

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 7d

if it werent for the tariffs and the cruelties of the world I would have probably got a few stickers and pins by this point 😅 So definately good designs.

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 10d

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10d

U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a woman on Saturday morning in Brighton Park marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month, the @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities in Brighton Park

Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...

chicago.suntimes.com

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 10d

good for you 🔥
wish we didnt have to be brave

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 10d

The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 10d

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 10d

Wendy Reynolds @wendles1967.bsky.social · 10d

UK cis women, please sign this to acknowledge that trans people are not a threat. (Unless you think they are, in which case you're awful so please fuck off and never come back.) Everybody else, please circulate. 💜

Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 13d

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:

notinourname.org.uk

Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 11d

UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 11d

Federal shutdown hurts services for Native Americans, and they worry worse is coming. www.wcia.com/news/nationa...

www.wcia.com

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Xolopilli @xolopilli.bsky.social · 11d

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 11d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov