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Bruce Bouček

@bboucek.bsky.social

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Unrepentant Geographer & Polar Bear. UU, Atheist, Humanist, Pluralist. Abortion is Healthcare. Design School GIS & Data Librarian Opinions here are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsement or agreement.

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 18m

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1h

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 33m

LMAO - why is anything Posobiec says legitimized? I feel dirty just commenting on this.

Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 47m

Morning

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 11h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 8h

Evil stupidity.

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

JUST IN: National Guard troops have started their mission in the greater Chicago area, an official says, as court showdowns over deployments loom. https://cnn.it/4q2CJ0s

Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 10h

Wow.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11h

"You wouldn't know him. He lives in Canada."

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 20h

Another day to ask this.

Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

Where are the adults in the room? It’s obvious he and his administration are fabricating circumstances to incite civil war. Does the rest of the GOP really want to play that game?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Was just reminded that DARPA is still flush with research cash and it is clearly the establishment's hope that physical scientists will just turn to research that is functionally an investment in killing people

I'm here to remind us:
Scientists, you have a choice about what you are in the world 🧪

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

That one guy looks like he’s not holding his weapon properly and maybe wants to shoot his friend.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

If nachos and poutine had a child?

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, so you’re saying this is all intentional?

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 1d

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

The mythology of Candyman - some way to call him and infuse him with the power of all of Chicago… some alliances may be necessary.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

Your constant reminder that bribe for hire Pam Bondi isn’t an attorney general by any means, she’s a criminal who was installed by a criminal to cover up his crimes and the crimes of other powerful rich criminals. Any testimony she gives is a complete bullshit perjury rant.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

ICE is a hostile occupying force that is a danger to everyone.

Alt text: A man in camouflage clothing and a face covering sits inside a gray Jeep, pointing a weapon out of the open driver-side window. The gun is aimed directly at the camera. The man wears gloves and a dark cap, and his eyes are visible above the mask. The vehicle’s door and side mirror are wet with raindrops.

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to figure if zero hospitality or love bombing is the best approach with these guys?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Libs of Tiktok, Elon Musk, and Robbie Starbuck put everything they had into trying to push a boycott of Netflix over LGBTQ characters in their shows.

Netflix ignored them and the stock is back up. Turns out bots don't actually cancel accounts.

Screenshot of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock summary on October 7. The closing price is $1,191.06 USD, up +27.75 (2.39%) for the day. The day’s trading range shows a low of $1,177.46 and a high of $1,201.36. Previous close was $1,163.31. Market cap is $506.11B, P/E ratio is 50.75, with no dividend yield. The 52-week high is $1,341.15 and the 52-week low is $677.88. A line graph shows intraday stock price movement, peaking above $1,190 before settling at the closing price.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 1d

There’s that scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Where they ride the guy out on a rail…