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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · Dec 15

Broke: It's too late to transition

Woke: I'm such a sweetheart that I endured a half a century of lonely body horror so I wouldn't bother anybody. I owe it to myself to make my remaining years happy ones

Bespoke: They told me I could be anything I wanted, so I became a tough old broad

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 6h

We should be working significantly less by this point! Not more! It’s ridiculous

People in the global north won’t realize how truly depraved capitalism can get until climate change starts reducing the size of the global economy

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 6h

a woman in a black dress is saying pastels

Alt: Morticia Addams interrogates Debbie Jelinsky's decor, in a scene from "Addams Family Values." "Pastels?"

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🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 6h

theyre the ones who keep using pink and blue for gender reveals and shit. maybe someone should convince them to stop because those are the trans colors

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 9h

Here's hoping that Jimmy either learns to appreciate Miss Techmacher by the time we see them next, or she finds a partner who deserves her

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🇵🇸QUEEN DISCO🏳️‍⚧️ @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like most people haven’t quite processed how the combination of “the DOJ won’t arrest federal agents violating your rights” and “the president can pardon anyone” in combination with “anyone who tries to sue the feds will is endangered” has rendered the bill of rights functionally void

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 13h

The first time I actually watched Psycho, I was astonished at how long the embezzlement plot goes before it abruptly ends. Vivian Leigh's whole storyline is gripping, and the swerve must have been mind-blowing to theatrical audiences at the time. The memeing of the film never did it justice.

Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 17h

Imagine the inner life of the guy who has a loaded rifle pointed at an unarmed woman and is still the one with fear in his eyes

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

This strikes me as pretty bad

Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 20h

"I'm the adult in the room, I make the hard choices"

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 20h

I was working at a resort in the Keys when I got to watch a seagull swoop
in and snatch a kid's Eggs Benedict right off his plate. Everything about the moment was beautiful, including the crying

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🇵🇸QUEEN DISCO🏳️‍⚧️ @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 20h

one of the weaknesses of the fascist regime is its corruption. It’s atrocious to experience the effects of it, but its endemic and widespread nature means that scaling up spending does not yield a proportionate increase in power

In fact, US federal power is waning due to corruption

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21h

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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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 21h

As if you've ever been able to start so much as a reading group in this country without half the people
who turn up turning out to be from the whole alphabet of federal agencies

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"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," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 22h

and there we have it. Gavin Newsom is exactly who we told you he was.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 22h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives romanticize the Confederacy because no matter how much time passes, the Confederacy will never be 18 years old.

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1d

American Media outlets have a bias about reporting about religion as though it is anathema to critique the theocratic leanings of the current administration. I get more intelligent questions about how Christian Nationalism is operating in America right now from the foreign press.

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 1d

If I can't trust Taylor Swift to give me qualified health care advice that what damn good is she

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 1d

It's not even denigrating what I put myself through for my country to point out that there are millions of us, so many that the VA health care is woefully strained, and we're obviously not all owed Washington jobs where our only responsibility is to let lobbyists wine us and dine us

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines @vtmbloodlines.bsky.social · 1d

VTM Bloodlines is once again on sale for 50% off on @gog.com !

GOG's install includes the Basic version of the Unofficial Patch, so you can just download and play. Plus they include the Plus patch as an optional download!

Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

Los Angeles always had a thriving night life but no one really knows what lurks behind th

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 1d

This has been the case from day one. He needs the power to save cities that Antifa is burning to the ground, to save children from having gender transition hurriedly forced on them. And it works with an audience that has never been to the city, and doesn't know anything about gender-affirming care

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 1d

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Lizzie O’Leary quote post of a CNN post that pairs the headline “What is the insurrection act?” with an image of an on fire Winchell’s Donuts from the 92 LA riots.

O’Leary: Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsk... • 57m
This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.
CNN:
@cnn.com • 7h
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes
Zachary B. Wolf. cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, it worked when they framed Black people as welfare queens, so my hopes aren't high

Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 1d

"Republicans are testing an insidious political strategy: Can they get a majority of voters to oppose programs that clearly benefit American citizens, on the grounds that a tiny fraction of the money might also end up ... helping illegal immigrants?"

Self-destructive nativism. We have to defeat it.