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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

The building may have been selected for the raid bc bankers and realtors wanted it empty. A Brazil (movie)-like collaboration btwn bureaucrats, capitalists, and fascists that I don't think we're ready to deal with.

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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.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

The only poll-test I would support would have a single question:

Who was President between January 1st, 2020 and January 20th, 2021?

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · 2d

This is gorgeous! I really truly love Jane Goodall.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3d

welcome to portland, california national guard

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · 5d

Super proud of my alma mater, the UW, today. And I especially love that this chase ended with an arrest, not violence.

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 6d

Source and explanation:

> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.

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From the udub community on Reddit: Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response

Explore this post and more from the udub community

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 6d

This captures it.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 8d

Man, y'all have been saying SHUT IT ALL DOWN for *months* & now they've got their caucus in line to do just that.

Are you happy? Fuck no. You're still pissing on them instead of directing your bitch-ass vinegar at the Rs who *already* have major messaging and platform advantages.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 9d

Newsom's Comms team is doing the Lord's work.

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 11d

Literally this comic

I want things to be different

*makes a mess*

oh no

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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · 11d

"Farmers need to stop relying “on a country that isn’t aligned with our values” as a major agriculture purchaser, she (the agriculture secretary) said, referring to China."

Things are about to get really bumpy for soybean farmers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.

www.nytimes.com

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 11d

If vaccines could give me Magnetos powers I'd have gotten twice as many.

Worse case scenario I don't need pockets to keep keys and change.

Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 11d

She sure did

Cleveland doctor, who said COVID-19 vax makes people magnetic, under state investigation

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry Portland. Your years of general peace and quiet since 2020 are ending.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 11d

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 12d

Man, this meeting could be the biggest fuck-up in US Military history.

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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · 14d

This has tons of US info. It was created by an Al Gore sponsored charity.

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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 14d

the continued news of scientific breakthroughs is so devastating when I see Republicans literally destroy America's scientific community every day

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 14d

Wow www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · 14d

This is a super interesting site where you can track the super polluters in your immediate area and how they are affecting your air quality. It's quite sobering.

www.climatetrace.org/airpollution

Air pollution

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills 8.7 million people each year. We homed in on over 9,500 point-sources located in urban areas that expose a disproportionate number of people to PM2.5

www.climatetrace.org

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 24d

they're coming back but we'll be ready.

Los Angeles on edge as agents threaten to ‘flood the zone’ with immigration raids

Fear and fatigue palpable as emboldened Trump officials set sights on LA – but volunteer groups are mobilizing

www.theguardian.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Sep 3

How to record ICE:

1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Sep 7

It started a couple weeks ago. The ICE-watch notices slowed down from a river to stream, then to a trickle. The parks and playgrounds in the neighborhoods that had been empty showed signs of life, the age of the average street vendors started to rise and now, today, officially... 2/

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · Aug 30

Joe Biden outliving him would be objectively hilarious.

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ariadneshaffer.bsky.social @ariadneshaffer.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is amazing!

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · Aug 30

my favorite fact about james garfield's death is that alexander graham bell invented the metal detector specifically to try to find the bullet in him. this also didn't work

frank zeppo (noah) @noahpasternak.bsky.social · Aug 30

when president garfield was dying, they shoved a bunch of stuff up his butt in the hopes it would save him. it didn't work, in fact it definitely killed him quicker. but if any white house guys are reading this: you're the chosen one, you can make it work

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · Aug 30

my favorite fact about james garfield's death is that alexander graham bell invented the metal detector specifically to try to find the bullet in him. this also didn't work

frank zeppo (noah) @noahpasternak.bsky.social · Aug 30

when president garfield was dying, they shoved a bunch of stuff up his butt in the hopes it would save him. it didn't work, in fact it definitely killed him quicker. but if any white house guys are reading this: you're the chosen one, you can make it work

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Aug 30

Live look in the East Wing

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm seeing data from this site being shared a lot today and I want to point out some issues that lead to some very false conclusions about urban schools. 1/4

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Benjamin Byron Davis @bigbendavis.bsky.social · Aug 27

A fun conversation with Toni Lopez at KVCR…

www.kvcrnews.org/local-intere...

Renowned actor defends public media: A conversation with Benjamin Byron Davis

Benjamin Byron Davis has shared his thoughts about funding cuts to public media and others news surrounding the state of the country on social media.

www.kvcrnews.org

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