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a lot of general geekery and profanity. queer. trekkie. she/her 💗💜💙
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firsttimetrek.bsky.social
I spent a lot of time trying to think of a good mat color but white ended up working best. Because the piece is so complex I think your eye needs the break. The frame was out of stock when I first tried to get it and I waited six weeks for it because there was no other choice I wanted. It's perfect!
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
@jpbrammer.bsky.social thought you might like to see... hung it today!!!
Framed picture of jp's art
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amandawtwong.bsky.social
Here's a drawing I did of the TNG episode "Rascals"
Captain Picard, Keiko, Ensign Ro, and Guinan as children from the TNG episode "Rascals"
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notalawyer.bsky.social
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
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amybrown.xyz
slutty little shorts
codifybaseball.bsky.social
Completely fix baseball with three words.
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
I would use that allllll the time
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washingtonpost.com
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
It cannot be overstated how much I hate AI
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washingtonpost.com
One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.

These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
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meredithshiner.com
You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.
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brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Brad Lander's "The line in the Democratic Party right now is not between progressives and moderates — it's between fighters and folders" is truly *the* best diagnosis of what's needed right now. It also has the advantage of being backed up by public opinion.
anatosaurus.bsky.social
Since we are in new round (it never ends) of what Dems ought to do while fascists power grab, a view from voters in our latest Research Collaborative/Data for Progress national survey (N=1199, July 18-20)
TLDR: Dems and independents want Dem candidate who fights for immigrant rights.
Q: When it comes to immigration policy, which of the following Democratic candidates would you be more likely to vote for? 
75% of Dem voters and 43% of independents selected "A Democratic candidate who fights for our freedoms by pushing back against family separation, mass raids, and forced detention without trial." 
16% of Dem voters and 35% of independents selected "A Democratic candidate who prioritizes bipartisan compromise with Republicans to secure the border and deport undocumented immigrants." 
The remainder said either that a candidate's approach to immigration policy wouldn't influence or they'd never vote (12% among independents) for a Dem.
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irhottakes.bsky.social
Our political media is simply not equipped to handle a situation where the voters were unambiguously wrong in a way which morally implicates the electorate.
bedoyausa.bsky.social
A man coughing up blood. Men zip-tied face down on a wet floor. CCTV turned off. Men forced to eat off of a chair like animals while handcuffed. Solitary confinement if you complain. This is just three paragraphs from a new report.
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Maybe the most Axios brained you can be is when you look at things and go “he’s achieving so much evil, and yet people aren’t appreciating it”
drewharwell.com
Quite the intro to today's Axios
President Trump, in terms of raw accomplishments, crushed his first six months in historic ways. Massive tax cuts. Record-low border crossings. Surging tariff revenue. Stunning air strikes in Iran. Modest inflation.

Yet poll after poll suggests most Americans aren't impressed. In fact, they seem tired of all the winning, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in a "Behind the Curtain" column.
Why it matters: Trump appears to be losing by winning. The more he does [link.axios.com] (including issues beyond his legislative wins), the more the general public, especially independents, shrug — or recoil.
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irhottakes.bsky.social
I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
What a dumb bitch
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ohrobin.bsky.social
wow i wonder why everyone is so fractured and enraged and susceptible to propaganda gosh who can possibly expl
workingfamilies.org
The United States summed up in two headlines.
Headline 1, "Americans are losing spending power, say researchers: Most can no longer afford a 'minimal quality of life.'" Headline 2, "The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they're on the verge of a huge tax cut."
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internethippo.bsky.social
Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
This country is beyond evil
firsttimetrek.bsky.social
Breathtakingly fascist and racist
nikkimcr.bsky.social
Karoline Leavitt indicates the administration is open to a denaturalization-oriented investigation against Zohran Mamdani