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Julie in Cope

@julesette.bsky.social

Cats improve all movies. As does a nice cardigan. (Beltenebros 1991)

terence stamp in a cardigan holding a cat

January 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM

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WOLFSKULLJACK

@wolfskulljack.bsky.social

I think being human is and should be a constant forward motion strive to be better, kinder and happier. It’s what we owe to ourselves and other people. Find those who help you to become a better version of yourself. Be a werewolf.

January 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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adri

@rextod.bsky.social

𝟔 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐬💧✨Seguindo com os trabalhos, priorizando a produção do 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒕. Hoje com o arcano menor 𝟔 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐬 que fala da generosidade, união de opostos, reconciliação, forte vínculo amoroso entre duas pessoas muito diferentes.

January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM

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Uncle Boobs

@halfrats.bsky.social

one lump or two

January 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.

Defendants’ Unlawful Detention of Ali Dahir 49. Ali Dahir is a U.S. citizen of Somali descent who has lived in the United States since 2001. He currently resides near Karmel Mall, in a neighborhood with a large Somali American population in Minneapolis. On December 2, 2025, Mr. Dahir was leaving his apartment when he observed uniformed officers wearing vests and masks knocking on doors in his building. Mr. Dahir was detained after sharing an elevator in his building—a building primarily housing residents of Somali and Latino descent—with the ICE agents. Mr. Dahir did not speak to or otherwise engage with the agents while in the elevator. When Mr. Dahir exited the elevator and walked outside, the agents followed him,
called him over, and stopped him, saying that they needed to speak with him.

50. The agents took a picture of Mr. Dahir’s face with their phone and asked him for his identification. Mr. Dahir provided them with his Minnesota driver’s license. They asked Mr. Dahir if he was a U.S. citizen, and when he responded that he was, they demanded proof. Mr. Dahir provided his passport card, but the agents still did not let him leave. Instead, they took his driver’s license and passport card to their car. Mr. Dahir asked if he was free to go, but an officer said no because they were waiting for more information from their headquarters. The agents kept Mr. Dahir outside for at least 25 minutes in weather at or below 19 degrees Fahrenheit. When Mr. Dahir asked if he could leave to go to work, the agents told him he was not free to leave and threatened him with detention. 51. The agents also held a friend of Mr. Dahir’s. The ICE agents prevented Mr. Dahir and his friend from leaving until media and other people from the neighborhood started to gather, at which point one of the ICE agents stated, “It’s getting hot over here, let’s go, let’s go.”

January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM

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Crippled Giraff Decals

@crippledgiraff.bsky.social

They say Space Orcs reproduce via spores...

Speculative biology by @diceyjune.bsky.social

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January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM

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Bob Cesca

@bobcesca.bsky.social

This was reported two days ago. Making sure it doesn't get flushed down the Great American Memory Hole.
www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM

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Kae🪡

@kaerura.bsky.social

I'm way too happy that he's finally done, so a few pics of my new masterpiece for years, before taking him outdoor for more pics 🥳

January 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM

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Timchat Torah

@landbeforetim.bsky.social

You can support the Jacksons here as they heal from the trauma of them and their babies being bombed by ICE agents.

Donate to Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident, organized by Destiny Jackson

Hello my name is Destiny. Myself , my husband Shawn and their 6 kids wer… Destiny Jackson needs your support for Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident

www.gofundme.com

January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM

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Oni

@onidraws.bsky.social

I might be slightly more depressed and have less energy. But I'm still angry as hell. Being spiteful sure is a way to stay alive.

January 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM

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Nicole Bedera

@nbedera.bsky.social

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

Block instantly.

Verified Account Tracker @verified.pds.mmatt.net · 23h

✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM

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✪ New Years Gray ✪

@jongraywb.bsky.social

FINALLY

MORE OF THIS

C.M. Lewis @thehousered.bsky.social · 1d

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM

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Reid Southen

@rahll.bsky.social

GPU prices, RAM prices, SSD prices, HDD prices all skyrocketing.

You don't hate AI enough.

Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim

That's just one of many hefty price increases

www.tomshardware.com

January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM

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francis

@dilfkink.kindboys.online

it's so epic how one of the only times trans men ever get brought up is when transphobes gawk at the idea of pregnant men. it's so cool how even in the rhetoric used to deny our existence, we are still reduced to our reproductive capabilities

January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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Mike Stabile

@mikestabile.bsky.social

Remember: Everything they are doing to sex workers and queers— the special designations, the censorship, the taxes, the attacks, the restrictions, the surveillance — they can and will do to you.

"Protect the children" gives broad cover for crackdowns on political dissent.

Russia outlaws ‘international LGBT public movement’ as extremist

Human rights activists say supreme court’s vague wording provides wide scope for persecution

www.theguardian.com

January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM

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Kinseviing

@kinseviing.bsky.social

Well at least he has... ''higher education''??? I guess???
#pathologic

some dumb sketches about pathologic, in the first one the Haruspex is working on a table and the BAchelor, looking disheveled and half crazed is having definitely 'an episode' and is rambling:

-I AM SO TIRED OF THESE BACKWARD CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS DEVOID OF ALL LOGIC

The table is full of empty bottles of stimulants and sedatives, pills and empty morphine phials

Artemy, the Haruspex turns to take a look at him. "He hasn't slept in 48 hours at minimum. I can smell the morphine, sedatives and stimulants from here... he has taken them all. All at the same time.

While he stares he wonders " How is he even aliv-" his thoughts cut as he realizes the weird substance he is holding in his shaking hand (a drink), silver and the smell impossible to mistake. "Is that?? Fucking MERCURY?" (also known as quicksilver, I'm not sure how common mercury is used to call it in english)

"Emshem, you might need-" starts the Haruspex, just to be rudely interrupted by Daniil, who honestly yeah, looks like someone who has abused stimulants AND sedatives at the same time and drinks quicksilver 'for health'.

" DON'T." "Unless you have your... so called "panacea" I don't need your help, Burakh.

January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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Jessica

@jizzwitch.bsky.social

stop asking chat gpt and start asking an oracle or a prophetess of some kind

January 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM

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Sludge

@sludge.bsky.social

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

The Companies Behind ICE

Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

readsludge.com

January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM

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Erika Lee Sears

@erikaleesears.bsky.social

Oranges and lemon tea #oilpainting #art

January 15, 2026 at 1:14 AM

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mon/raven ☿ 🜬 🔞

@dathomiri-witch.bsky.social

my 2026 plans tbh

Four horsemen of the apocalypse by Viktor Vasnetsov labeled from left to right: sexualize, fetishize, romanticize, normalize.

January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM

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Evan Greer

@evangreer.bsky.social

This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech.

This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.

This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm

www.politico.com/newsletters/...