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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 4m

I agree with Grotesquely Medium: I very much do NOT approve of false surrender perfidy for uniform military services. I DO like clever spy guns you hide up your sleeve.

Sucks if you're regular military. Fucks hard if you're OSS.

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 6h

I didn't know that was a thing. I guess I know now.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

Exactly. No fucking *forgive and move on* from this

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

Bingo

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14h

They are going to lose control of the country. They have the debased billionaire class, they have a small army of violent bigots. But they don’t have most Americans. They absolutely don’t have enough guys and they know it

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14h

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

@queerarmorer.bsky.social
Uh oh

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17h

new snakehandling just dropped

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 8h

Ballet pic of the day
.Kali Kleiman, “…throes of increasing wonder"

Photographer Angela Sterling

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 9h

Had something similar in HS youth group at our church in 1984. Only we had a couple of real LE pretend to be the ones arresting the youth pastor for unauthorized religious doctrine and we are all going to be taken into state custody. Supposed to show us Christians are still persecuted

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

"It’s hard to think of a more clear example of an authoritarian regime than a political enemy being charged with crimes simply because the president wants him to be. As Peru's fascist leader General Óscar Benavides famously said: 'For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law'.” #TrumpTyranny

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14h

Jim Comey was first, but let's be clear: Donald Trump is coming for the rest of us too. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/we-are-all...

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 13h

Signs of the times in Chicago today: My daughter's school went on soft lockdown because of reports of ICE. Volunteers showed up at the nearby H.S. to escort people who didn't feel safe. Walking around, I saw lots of orange whistles around people's necks.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 17h

A lot of the injunction is basically "don't do cop violence without justification" but this popped out at me

2. It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
Case: 1:25-cv-12173 Document #: 42 Filed: 10/09/25 Page 4 of 6 PageID #:838
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duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties,
must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 17h

No. The amendments weren't enforced because of lack of will and a reactionary SCOTUS.

There is no legal apparatus that is self enforced.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

"It's very funny when the government gets to decide who is a Real Jew and who is not! We are all laughing. It is funny, yes."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 17h

The drafters were doing something that was entirely new in human history and they honestly thought that subsequent generations would debug constitution 1.0 and release improved constitution 2.0.

Unfortunately we didn't.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 17h

I can't say what I would do to these fascist thugs because I don't want to fed post and get banned

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 18h

Note: attached *to* the RAN as the only remaining friendly command structure after the war

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 18h

The movie makes a lot of use of Waltzing Matilda as a requiem for humanity while the last remaining ppl wait for the lights to go out forever.

Definitely NOT a date movie

The name of the asteroid "Waltzing Matilda" from *Looking for a Friend for the End of the World* was a nod to the movie

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 18h

Lol oh yeah it's fucking grim. 1959 film that takes place several months AFTER WW III and the northern hemisphere is extinct from fallout. A surviving US attack sub has attached the Royal Australian Navy and everyone is waiting for wind patterns to carry lethal fallout South and finish the job

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 23h

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 19h

a man in a cape is standing in front of a large explosion

ALT: a man in a cape is standing in front of a large explosion

media.tenor.com

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