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Crash Thompson

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Retired Music Person (for now). https://linktr.ee/crashthompsonxo

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Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · May 25

Okay. Here it is. My final video. (For now).

youtu.be/za45yJ8MPLo?...

Again... Thank you all.

Been an honor. 🕯️

Best Albums of 2024

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Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 4d

A message from Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales.

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 59m

I always knew the Furries would be the ones to save us

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 58m

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 44m

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm excited for Limp Bizkit, but I'm a little worried about Antifa...
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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3h

Not to mention Cole admits she still suffers from gender dysphoria. Choosing not to treat your own headaches doesn't mean you get to ban Tylenol.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3h

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 2h

Homie, same.

Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 3h

Oof, no kidding? This one must be gnarly. 😵‍💫

Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 3h

For the record, I don't have a dog in the Taylor Swift fight, I haven't heard the new one yet, and I have enjoyed previous stuff Taylor has done. If any Swifties are gonna death threat me on this, you're the stinky ones that no one likes and are right to not like.

Good talk! 👍

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Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 3h

I forget where I heard this, but it's been an invaluable piece of advice.

"If folks ain't talking about the music when you release an album, you probably didn't release a very good album."

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 3h

A surprising upside to Taylor Swift's very mid new album:

Galvanizing thousands of extremely online Swifties to campaign against the use of generative AI for creative work.

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign.

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 6h

anyway Prince's Diamonds and Pearls exists

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwUK...

Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls (Official Music Video)

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 6h

SHE LIVES

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6h

“I’m English on my mom’s side and ethnically a kidnapper on my dad’s”

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 7h

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.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

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Crash Thompson @crashthompsonxo.bsky.social · 13h

"I want to be your everything bagel in a world full of nothingburgers."

*"Good Lovin'" by The Rascals starts playing*

Coming this summer...

madison! @madepn.bsky.social · 1d

here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 21h

Amazing that Bob Ross' paintings are still posthumously supporting public television.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21h

suspending my generalized agnosticism to pray for Dolly Parton

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

if you've ever found value in the work of any anti-fascist writer or researcher today, you owe something to Leonard Zeskind. he was absolutely foundational.

Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 1d

For nearly half a century, Leonard Zeskind risked life and limb to expose the danger of white nationalism and stem the far-right’s march from the margins to the mainstream.

Join us on Nov. 9 to share your memories and celebrate his life.

Register today.

actionnetwork.org/events/leona...

Leonard Zeskind Celebration of Life, Sunday, November 9 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

more and more I am convinced a good share of why Trump 2 is so much worse than before is because of what Elon did to Twitter. it's like those group chats where people gassed themselves up to join ISIS, scaled up a millionfold

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 1d

A note is written in crayon: Please give a bitch a break

A cookie is next to this. Below is further written:

I work very hard
I'm trying my best
I'm so tired all the goddamn time

Next to this is a cartoon image of a chibi cat in overalls crying and shouting.

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