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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 8h

In “Streetcar” on Broadway, the audience thought he was a stagehand. He hadn’t spoken yet but he was so unaffected, they didn’t know the play had begun.

Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 8h

2/2 It’s so not about the press but one thing I read once (maybe it was a quote and not a critique) was that actors try to make themselves believe the truth of a scene, their character, and that Brando forced you to simply believe. He was always more real. From the start. When he first entered

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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 8h

Brando, for me, still remains the greatest film actor of all time. My opinion isn’t based on any mainstream conventional wisdom. Indeed, I’m sure that the current CW is that this title should be bestowed on DiCaprio or some other prick. But Brando is the fucking gold standard. (1/2)

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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 8h

The US is a rogue nation and we need the international community to recognize it but failing that could the UN at the very least designate ICE as a terrorist organization? Seriously, this illegal secret police force is no different than any other that has been so named.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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J.M. Hart (rowjimmy) @jmhart.bsky.social · 9h

Dwight Eisenhower was a General for antifa

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h

how many kids did Trump kill today? Here is a tracker: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

www.impactcounter.com

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 13h

Every single journalist who wrote a story about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline last year should be summarily fired and blackballed from the profession for all eternity

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 18h

6 Florian T M Zeisig - You Look So Serious, VI
7 Flipper - The Way Of The World

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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 18h

Bipolar Explorer's "The Other Room" - Edition #75
Playlist:
1 Grey Frequency - Majestic 12
2 Susana López - Luminescence
3 Brian Eno - Speaking of Music: Art & Music, 1988, The Studio, Other Minds Archives
4 Bipolar Explorer - Under Night's Cloak
5 Heroarky - Oscillations of Hope

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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 18h

The 75th edition of Bipolar Explorer's "The Other Room" aired yesterday on France's @campradio.bsky.social and is now archived on MixCloud. Listen at the link below, playlist in the comments...

CAMP Radio @campradio.bsky.social · 23h

Listen again: Bipolar Explorer’s “The Other Room” / 07th October 2025

Playing tracks by Grey Frequency, Susana López, Brian Eno, Bipolar Explorer, Heroarky and more.

@bipolarexplorer.info | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/bipo...

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 18h

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time.

linktr.ee/cadem

Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.

TikTok video by LOLGOP

www.tiktok.com

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 19h

"If you want to make sure that workers aren’t being exploited on a construction project, then you better make sure there’s a way to force them to the negotiating table."

Unions Join Council Leadership in Opposition to Mayoral Ballot Measures

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 20h

I wasn’t aware of all the ballot measures coming up in NYC—important to catch up before the vote

Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

yes, us! here you go:

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 21h

Dolly Parton needs your prayers, sister Freida Parton posted on social media as the country music icon continues to have health struggles. 🥺

Iconic country music star needs your prayers, sister says

The Facebook post reveals sister was up all night with the star.

www.al.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

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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Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 1d

What an epically typical douchebag sketch from the more often than not punch down tone deaf SNL. They get way more credit than they deserve, while their most outrageous sins are largely forgotten. This clip is an excellent reminder of the show’s general character.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's face on a coin?

Not only is it illegal for a live person to be on currency, but the founders condemned it as monarchical. When someone proposed putting Geo. Washington's head on a coin in 1792 it was voted down as the "flattery & almost idolatrous practice of Monarchies"

It's what KINGS do

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 4d

An 1866 act of Congress prohibits living people from appearing on currency. Congress made an exception for Calvin Coolidge, who was alive in 1926 when he appeared with Washington on Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar. Coolidge is the only living president featured on a U.S. coin.

Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar shows bust of George Washington in the foreground with Calvin Coolidge behind him. Text on the coin reads “liberty,” “United States of America” an “In God we trust.”

Back of the Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar depicts the liberty bell. The text on the coin reads “Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar” and “1776 1926.”

Mock-ups of a proposed $1 coin featuring Trump’s bust with the words “liberty” and “in God we trust” “1776 2026” on one side and Trump pumping his fist in front of an American flag with the words “fight fight fight” “United States of America” “E pluribus unum”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

#RosettaStone 《555 95472, usually referred to simply as 5 or Five, is a minor male character who is known for his strange name in the comic strip PEANUTS by Charles M. Schulz. Given that his surname is his Zip code, that would imply that PEANUTS is set in either Sebastopol or Freestone, California.》

a cartoon character with a yellow shirt and black shorts is standing on a wooden floor .

Alt: a cartoon character with a yellow shirt and black shorts is standing on a wooden floor. The character '5', or 'Five', seen dancing in close-up in the Peanuts Xmas episode

media.tenor.com

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Sylvia Solanas @sylviasolanas.com · 1d

well, hence saturated solace

tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/satura...

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Sylvia Solanas @sylviasolanas.com · 1d

it’s been THIRTY YEARS OF THAT

Virginie @virginie.bsky.social · 1d

If you have French friends: they are not okay
I mean, you’re probably not okay either

But,
Looks like we may have another surprise election soon and we’re already exhausted by the fight ahead to keep the extreme right out of the top levels of power. They’re so close… and could make it

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

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