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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 13h

another week of the portland frog guy clowning ice and i think stephen miller might actually stroke out

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 14h

i understand the safety argument but i wish we didn't need to have electric cars emit annoying sounds instead of just being silent. i feel like if it is a safety thing i wish they were more standardized

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 21h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 21h

This picture is from Two Thousand and fucking Eleven

A picture of John Pike (the cop) spraying a group of seated protestors with pepper spray during the UC Davis incident back in 2011

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 19h

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 17h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 19h

dark black coffee with a toasted croissant really does it for me. if i can only ever have one type of breakfast, that's definitely it.

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Fire hawk 𓅣 @mountain-abyss.bsky.social · 7d

You can have sex with robots if you’re not a coward.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 21h

Andy: That's not the real Barney. This one doesn't love your kids, he's trying to trans them. Your kids shouldn't love Antifa Barney, they should be forced to see him prosecuted for his crimes against The West.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 1d

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 20h

specifically, i selected the plumbing fixtures, hvac equipment, and laid out the piping and ductwork for each facility. i did all the LEED paperwork and calculations also; the places are very energy and water efficient.

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 20h

maybe not as impressive as these other examples, but if you're ever driving along interstate 95 in virginia, and make use of the bathrooms at the welcome center or rest stops; also designed by a trans woman (me). (there's a unisex room in each location if you're nervous about the gendered rooms)

Jo 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🦕 @youjogirl.bsky.social · 1d

Every smartphone in the world contains a CPU descended from one designed by a trans woman in the 1980s. The Matrix is one of the most influential movie franchises of all time. Electronic music was pioneered and popularized by a trans woman. I could go on

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 1d

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced that “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads and drilling.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

www.motherjones.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Today’s tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security

Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy

www.eff.org

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 21h

cannot overstate the degree to which conservatives truly believe 99% of the population are exactly 100% like them and how much that informs their political views

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 22h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21h

we seem to have deprived them entirely of the footage they were obviously hoping for

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · Sep 7

always going down rabbit holes.
likely thing for a rabbit to do, i suppose.

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 16d

having long hair is like exposure therapy for sensory issues

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 29d

kinda love how my neighbor's wood furnace makes the neighborhood smell on a cold night.

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 1d

people should be kinder to each other.
we can have so much better of a world.

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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 1d

AITA your honor?

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 1d

every once in a while i built up the patience to watch what kind of shit right wingers are seeing, and it's just really scary, how completely unhinged from reality everyone is; from leadership down to the guys at dhs facilities; just mindless racists living in their own made up world.

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Morrigan at the moment @sisterofnone.bsky.social · 1d

⚡ She is all of us

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