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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
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Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 11h

Gold-gilded, vainglorious #pedophile.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 11h

Thin skinned and aggressive.

Release the #epstein files! #GOP Guardians of #Pedophiles.
#predators #Trump #NepoBaby
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Pushback drives the Trump regime crazy

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 11h

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 16h

🇩🇪 💥 🇬🇧 #FascismRequiresEnablers
Brutal End of Hitler’s Useful Idiot & Nazi Collaborator: UK Heiress Unity Mitford
@alansmitheedga.bsky.social @im-just-sayin.bsky.social @noshadowcantouch.bsky.social @amsickofpollies.bsky.social @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social @alpbeck.com
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Brutal End of Hitler’s Useful Idiot & Nazi Collaborator: UK Heiress Unity Mitford

YouTube video by World History

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 11h

Isn’t past time?

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 14h

🌟 🇺🇸 Post of the day 💯 🌟
#ICYMI
TIME... to go!
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@alansmitheedga.bsky.social @gigialexander123.bsky.social @im-just-sayin.bsky.social @noshadowcantouch.bsky.social @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social @jeriwesterson.bsky.social @alpbeck.com @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social @amsickofpollies.bsky.social

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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ArcticMan @arcticman.bsky.social · 11h

Straight to the point!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 1d

📕 ✒️ "Vampire Verses" - out soon from @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social - has also shape-shifted into my Hallowe'en card. 🧛 🎃

📬 🦇 Coming soon to your mailbox! 🦇

@sfpoetry.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social @hwany.org @hdwp.com @dmcwriter.bsky.social @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @alpbeck.com

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

RIP: Jane Goodall. You will be missed.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Think this is okay? #Illinois #Chicago #ice
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

www.wbez.org

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Same here. I have friends in Chicago. Getting firsthand information. And I’m in New York which will be next. Jack-booted thugs released on the soil of domestic wilds.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

A group of plaintiffs who would have benefited from the EPA's "Solar for All" program has accused the agency of violating federal law and the Constitution by unlawfully terminating the program.

Trump’s EPA sued for axing $7 billion solar energy program

“Solar for All” was designed to drop energy bills by $350 million, lawsuit says.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

When they later claim they were just following orders, when they say they were just doing their jobs, when they say they were just trying to meet the needs of Trump, remember... they dug their own legal graves.

The legal pendulum swings back. And it swings hard.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files.

Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."

Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

I guess that’s more money in their crooked little pockets, right? Should we guess which federal employees will be entitled to backpay and which will not? As always, lining their pockets with our money and claiming it’s theirs to do what they wish with it.

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 1d

"I don't know the details, I just saw a headline"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

“The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated in them is a decades long abdication of institutional and personal responsibility, brought to light by a handful of dedicated journalists and the breathtaking bravery of once isolated, ignored vulnerable women.”

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The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story

It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

This is not about #politics. It’s not about #Republicans. It’s not about #Democrats. It’s about doing the right thing and not protecting #pedophiles and #predators. If the #GOP feels an affinity for #Epstein, you gotta ask yourself why?

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1d

Dems & activists NEVER stopped. And this regime is blocking now. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Aug 10

#EpsteinFiles #Coverup
👉 DEMs did try to get Epstein files last term
👉 FBI Chris Wray (Trump appt) delayed them
👉 2023 Senate req. Info from Wray
👉 Victims sued FBI over coverup
👉 Started before Trump www.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey...

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Bruce F. Singer @drawnandquartered.bsky.social · 2d

What would expect from this crowd?

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Yep. I dealt with three or four pedophile as a young girl and I’m telling you now. Politics has nothing to do with this. Hang 'em high.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

So, basically the same as now?

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Same here.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Yeah, and apparently size does matter. Insecure bastards.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Wait, aren't we saying the same thing? That you don't need permission on your own private property, but if you visit someone, and they don't want you to bring in your gun, you shouldn't have the ability to say, "too bad."

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Have you ever met a more insecure people than #MAGA? They must have outsized giant symbols of their loyalty and deference to orange poohbah.

#SteakNShake Plans to Install Giant American Flags at Locations Across the U.S. to Support 'American Values and Traditions'

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Steak ‘n Shake Plans to Install Giant American Flags at Locations Across the U.S. to Support 'American Values and Traditions'

Responses to the move were mixed on social media

ca.news.yahoo.com

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💙Mabs A'Mabbin💙 @mabsamabbin.bsky.social · 2d

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Not a drag queen. #GOP=Guardians of #Pedophiles. Release the #epstein files!
Republican RJ May #SC legislator to plead guilty for child sex abuse images. He's accused of trading hundreds of pics of kids involved in sex acts. Faces up to 100 years in prison.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republican legislator in South Carolina agrees to plead guilty to child sexual abuse imagery charges

RJ May is accused of trading hundreds of photos of children involved in sex acts; he faces up to 100 years in prison

www.theguardian.com

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

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