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The Pitch @thepitch.bsky.social · 9h

Threats to democracy at both the national and state levels fueled Missourians to rally at more than 30 locations across the state Saturday as part of No Kings demonstrations.
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No Kings rallies draw thousands across Missouri, bolster initiative petition campaigns

Protestors wave signs as thunder begins to rumble near the end of the No Kings demonstration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Saturday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) Thousan...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16h

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

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Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

A minimum, absolute bottom-floor qualification to run for office should be that you actually give a shit about making people’s lives better

'I don't know what I'll do': Nearly 700,000 Missourians to go without SNAP benefits next month

The government shutdown will continue into day 21. While lawmakers remain in a standoff, some families are left wondering if they will be able to put food on the table.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9h

Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art

A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 16h

The Dollar Store is about to run out of all the tacky gold shit he is going to decorate it with.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 17h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Peter Crock @aperturesplit.bsky.social · 21h

Fresh from the lab, my latest roll features Saturdays “No Kings” (or “No Tyrants” as it’s known outside the US) protest. (© 2025, Peter Crock)
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#35mmfilm #nikonfm #kodaktmax400 #bnw #nokings #notyrants #protest #toronto #filmphotography #believeinfilm

An upside down American flag waving above a crowd of protesters at the “No Kings/No Tyrants” gathering US Consulate in Toronto.

A man wearing a sequinned blazer and cowboy hat.

A protester holding a sign saying “I’m American & I support freedom so I stand with Canada.”

An effigy of the current US president wearing a crown.

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 19h

AWS = Ain't Working Shit

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 2d

Fifth set of photos I took today at the huge #NoKings protest here in KCMO. Solidarity to all who protested or found other ways to resist. We will not be defeated.

yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2d

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

In a crowd of protesters a man wears a chicken suit that reads: Taco Trump behind a protester carrying a sign that reads: OUR
HUDDLED MASSES WILL DEFEAT
YOUR FASCIST ASSES.

Two protesters wearing inflatables. A unicorn carrying a sign that reads: We are Antifascist. A left shark carries a sign that reads: Fuck ICE.

A crowd of protesters gathered in a city park. A sign in the foreground reads: No Kings. An American flag is tucked into a backpack.

In front of a large crowd of protesters one wears a chicken inflatable costume and holds up a sign that reads: Grab him by the nussy.

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this is good.

Wes Miller @getwired.com · 1d

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Jack Carter Benjamin @jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social · 3d

Apart from donating to support Wikipedia, I'd recommend everyone download their app.

You'd be surprised how many web searches end up leading right to Wikipedia. Instead of going through Google and all its ads and AI blegh, you can get straight to Wikipedia that way. Convenient and useful!

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 1d

Well played Lupin.

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre

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Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 1d

TBF every day is #caturday if you believe it in your heart.

Valerie 📸 @yourwaitress.bsky.social · 1d

Hey lady. You forgot to post my #caturday portrait.
-- #CatnamedYoda

A beautiful tuxedo Persian cat looks up at the viewer with his mouth slightly open and two front paws stretched out to the wooden bench coffee table from a green couch in a living room.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 1d

One last set. Solidarity to all who protested yesterday!

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

#photographersunited
#photography

A crowed group of protesters. One carries a sign that reads: I LIKE KC NEAT NO ICE. Another wears a t-shirt that reads: Don’t Piss Off Old People.

A woman at a protest wearing a blue-green t-shirt that reads: thoughts & prayers (crossed out) above and policy & change below while carrying an American Flag and a Progress Pride Flag.

At a crowded protest in a park a man carries a large sign that reads: HEY MAGA GO FACT YOURSELF. Another holds an American flag to the left.

A group of protesters stand next to a fountain on a busy intersection. Two hold signs that read: Proud to be anti-fascist. Defend-Support our Constitution. Rule of Law. NATO Allies. Ukraine. Another holds an large Flag of Palestine.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2d

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A protester carrying a sign that reads: I heart USA. That’s why I am here.

Protesters on a sidewalk with signs that read:
TELL TRUMP NO MISSOURI REDISTRICTING. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE
OVERCOMES LOVE OF POWER
ONLY THEN WILL THERE BE A CHANCE FOR TRUE PEACE.

A huge crowd of protesters, tents, signs and some American flags in a park.

A protest sign with a caricature of Speaker Mike Johnson and balloons reads: Only little bitches shut down Congress for Pedos.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2d

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A line of protesters in a park near a busy intersection waving American flags and holding signs. One reads: How are the tariffs working out for you?

Two protesters wearing inflatable costumes. One is a pig in sunglasses holding a sign that reads: NOT A FASCIST PIG. The other is in a chipmunk costume holding a sign that reads: No fascist nuts.

A line of protesters holding signs and waving American flags. One sign reads: NOT PAID I HATE TRUMP FOR FREE!

A protester in a crowd wearing a sign that reads: ORANGE IS NOT OUR COLOR.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2d

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

A large crowd gathers for a protest next to a fountain with blue water.

A crowf of protesters sitting with some holding signs or American flags next to a fountain with blue water.

At a protest there is a donate clothing table and several signs including one the reads No ICE Due Process for all.

At a protest in a park a person sits on a chair with a poster of Don’t Obey Frogs in the style of Shepard Fairey.

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yw photos 📸 @ywphotos.bsky.social · 2d

#Nokings protest.
Mill Creek Park.
Kansas City, MO.
10.18.2025

In a park at a large protest a couple of people in inflatable frog costumes hold up signs that read: IMAGINEHATING AN IMMIGRANT MORE THAN A PEDOPHILE
END MASCULINE FROG-GILITY

A large crowd gathers in a park for a protest. There are several tents and a unicorn inflatable visible.

In a crowd in a protest a man in sits in a camp chair with a sign the reads: We Don’t Need No Stinking
KING!

Two protesters stand on a sidewalk wearing a dog and rainbow unicorn inflatable’s carrying signs that read: EDUCATION NOT DEPORTATION
TRUMP LIES WHILE AMERICA DIES

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...