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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 6h

(I feel the need to clarify: I am pro-pleasure, pro-masturbation, pro-freak. Anti-troll.)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 8h

if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

This may be too late for today’s protest marches, but this very excellent thread has information on the nature of tear gas and a very simple recipe for saline that can be used if one is gassed. Salt and water is literally all you need to make this stuff.

Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey journos/other latecomers to HK. I'm a former volunteer ambulance officer and current journo (tear gassed twice this week), and today we're going make some Hotel Room isotonic saline.

But first, let's talk about tear gas.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10h

[Exit King.]

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 9h

Times Square

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

“If you are going to have a new sexual partner, you are at risk for HPV regardless of your age.”

dorkette888.bsky.social @dorkette888.bsky.social · 8h

@drjengunter.bsky.social wrote about getting it a couple of years ago at 52. vajenda.substack.com/p/why-i-got-... so it is available. And my gynecologist here in Canada is willing to write me a prescription for it and I'm also over 45.

Why I Got the HPV Vaccine at Age 52

Even though the upper limit for the vaccine is 45

vajenda.substack.com

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 9h

It’s a blessing of unicorns in New Braunfels.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 10h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "WHY WOULD WE LISTEN TO AN EXPERT INSTEAD OF A DUMB MOTHERFUCKER WHO TALKS REALLY LOUD"

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 8h

Personally I love seeing corny, cringy bad protest signs. Means the amateurs are activated

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8h

After walking for three miles, the Memorial Bridge marchers have met up with the crowd at 3rd and Pennsylvania. Thousands so packed in there it’s hard to move through. But here’s a photo from outside the fishbowl there.

Photo of a woman from behind. She’s holding a sign over her head that reads, “Bad Bitches Hate Trump.”

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

I cannot troll the libs because I’m so distracted jerkin’ it to the freaky trans porn I found?

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

Ugh. I was going to block them, but they’re not coming up in my search. Do I already have them blocked?

The problem with pre-populated block lists is that they deprive me of the specific joy of actively blocking an individual. Alas. Certainly not the worst problem to have these days.

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

Uh oh. I use this emoji all the time 🤣😬

Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

Solidarity to all the frogs out there today! Be loud, be safe!

Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 7h

Omg you are AMAZING

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 8h

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 19h

This is the lemon-to-lemonade pipeline in action!

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, why torture yourself?

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 19h

There are no rules as to who should or should not be blocked. Any reason is fine, even no reason! Do a coin flip! Too many vowels in the username? Stepped on LEGO before logging in? It’s all good!

Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 21h

Well, I would not actually be missing them, TBH.

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 21h

Good faith arguments or not, I am going to curate my feed any goddamned way I want. I will absolutely miss some brilliant ideas in doing so.

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Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 1d

This same bad advice was going around last time.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 1d

a bookstore window, in all caps:
"fuck social media.
marry books.
kill ai."

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