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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 23h

“We all know that they’ve got a guy in a frog suit with a wicked pelvic thrust game” is my guess as to what he says next

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also genocide speak

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, Bluesky is feeding pictures of my cat to AI? Unacceptable.

I bet that bloodsucker Peter Thiel has a cat recognition AI that IDs people via their pet photos.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Mark ✊

Far-right harassment of academics has long been a problem across countries. Many legacy media ignore, minimize, or even facilitate it. #NoPaseran

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

Too soon, like, forever, man

Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

I have retina ish for non diabetic reasons, but the struggle is the same. (My insurance will pay for a shot that works ok, but not for the one that works best for me).

Help this fellow get the eye meds he needs, timely treatment is critical.

Teacoa R. A. Rushton @teacoarushton.com · 5d

Hello everyone. I need your help. I suffer from diabetic retinopathy. Its a diabetic condition that affects the eyes and is the leading cause of blindness. I need your helo raising money for treatment so I can keep my vision as long as I can. Please share and donate if you can.

gofund.me/c8fa133bb

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what these weirdos think about German 48ers who migrated to the north and probably had more in common with the Wide Awakes than with the Confederates, whose grandchildren voted for FDR and were lifelong rural Democrats.

Jeff Pauls @jeffpauls34s.bsky.social · 1d

Holy sh*t!! Everyone needs to read this one…

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Are You a ‘Heritage American’?

Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

On our campus it’s feral geese

Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

Adjuncts keeping the rodents down with pellet guns in possibly the most realistic moment I’ve seen in all of the NYT’s “I’ve never been on a college campus but I have FEELINGS about them” histrionics:

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 1d

For those wishing to read more about this historic milestone, you can read more here:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 1d

An impressive specimen of the orange domestic fren

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

*tulips intensify*

a field of flowers with yellow and red flowers against a blue sky

ALT: a field of flowers with yellow and red flowers against a blue sky

media.tenor.com

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phjhrs76.bsky.social @phjhrs76.bsky.social · 2d

This article offers some much-needed hope.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

Jail with no internet access might fix him

Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 2d

City reporter @eddiekimx.bsky.social looks into the unholy hypocrisy of Peter Thiel's lecture series on the Antichrist.

The last secretive event wraps tonight, but are attendees learning anything new?

(Not really, and Thiel's ideology is a mess.)

FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/the-holy-hyp...

The holy hypocrisy of Peter Thiel’s Armageddon

When the billionaire tech investor talks about the Antichrist, we should take him seriously, not biblically.

sf.gazetteer.co

Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

One might argue that these legal experts were also full of vibes

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

The General Who Defied a President

Perhaps no period characterized chaos about the future of the Republic than the years 1866-1868. And perhaps no one individual did so much to save it in those years as the man who had labored so ha…

angrystaffofficer.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

I stand with the people of my former state

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

They have a couple domains set up and managed by the blacksky team specifically for non-Black users who are willing to support.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Dr. G @dr-g-in-exile.bsky.social · 3d

I’m cursed with an inability to look away and shut up. I’ve had people literally say to me “why are you worried, this isn’t going to affect you”.

Except I am not wired to pretend it’s not happening.