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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe it's the Whip/Nae Nae? Either way, I stand with Riot Frog.

Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 16h

As much as this is a nightmare timeline, I wouldnt want to be in one that doesn't have an inflatable frog doing a Fortnite emote at a cadre of storm troopers while a cloud of chemical weapons swirls around its feet.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 17h

"Just a small face boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
Took a bullet to the neck
Sparayin' blood eeeverywheeeere..."

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 17h

i’ve seen blue states and blue cities do more to prepare for the st. patrick’s day parade and it’s drunken festivities than they are doing to prepare for a military invasion

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 21h

🎶Thicker than
A deep dish pie
Joints are sore
Blood pressure high
Pudding, flan
And crème brûlée
None are safe
From the Green Beignets🎶

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 1d

I need 152 sign-ups to make rent and cover bills this month.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 900 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

16% off if you sign up annually!

Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.

To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.

Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.

http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

Hot dog with caramelised onions and cheese

Pasta with sliced hot dogs in a tomato sauce

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 20h

OH THANK ALL THE GODS THE DEMS DREDGED UP ANOTHER SEPTUAGENARIAN TO KEEP FROM FROM EVEN CONSIDERING THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO MOVE EVEN A SMIDGE TO THE LEFT OF PROTOFASCISM WHEW I THOUGHT THEY’D HAVE TO CAVE TO THE RADICAL LEFT THAT WANT HOUSES AND NORMAL LIFE SPANS

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

77-year-old Maine Gov. Janet Mills has apparently been coaxed into jumping into the Maine Senate race, challenging Graham Platner in a Democratic primary.

The 40-year-old Platner has become a favorite of progressives and Democrats wanting a more muscular response to Trump. He has raised millions.

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 22h

Oh my god, felt. Felt so fucking hard.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1d

10/07/2025

a crude drawing of a trash bin with a large human face sticking out of the top of it, surrounded by trash, with the caption "early testing for the public trash bins with human faces that beg to be fed garbage indicated that most found them too unsettling to use. However, the small number of participants, including some investors, who said they found the bins deeply erotic, and attempted to form romantic relationships with the bins was considered promising enough to continue funding the project."

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1d

“Barricades and bricks and spraypaint and unarmed masses have brought down regimes before and they’ll do it again,…

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-th...

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1d

For new folks, last 6 yrs I’ve run a vape/CBD shop in TX. Tariffs, import issues, and starting last month radical statewide bans have absolutely devastated the market. I’m in the process of getting back into the trades following my passion, but it’s a whole lot real fast. Please help or share. CATS!

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not saying this to be rude, but were you thinking that a document made by some guys that were in charge of things is what granted you freedom? Freedom is intrinsic to existence. The "rule of law" can only take away freedom. Don't worry about what's "legal" anymore. Take your power back.

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, fuck, Ruby Bridges is only SEVENTY-ONE years old. She was six when she was the first African American child to attend a formerly all white school.

I wonder how she thinks peaceful protest is going.

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 4d

Mottled gray and orange kitten sleeping under a blanket

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 4d

Tucked in kitten. Happy Caturday :)

Mottled gray and orange kitty sleeping under a blanket

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 5d

Oh fuck yes clam facts

Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 6d

How do clams know what way is up? Mollusks have an organ called a statocyst. Inside is a little stone called a statolith. The stone rolls around in the bag of sensory cells, telling the clam what way is down! (286)

A diagram of a statocyst from wikipedia. A circle of cells with little sensory cilia lead to neurons. Inside the sphere of cells there is a round statolith, resting on the bottom

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 5d

A few dozen people are going to keep track of all the negative sentiment towards ICE across social media? Bless their hearts.

Text excerpt saying ICE plans to scan social media and flag accounts based on negative sentiment towards to organization

Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 5d

See you at camp!

www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 6d

yeah this is child abuse sorry

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 5d

Was no one going to tell me how much more comfortable a claw clip is than elastic hair ties? My life is changed forever.

Active Shooter McGavin @alleycatsarebest.bsky.social · 5d

Can anyone help me understand this? Is is due to using Tor?

Screenshot of an "ACCESS DENIED" page for an ADL webpage

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