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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 4h

The Eagles need to start doing a fake tush push to take the defense off their game

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 7h

i think it's good for a major to call the military fat and gay and then skip out on their pay, i think that bodes well

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 7h

Troops turning to military relief groups for cash with next paycheck in doubt trib.al/TdDHiw1

Troops turning to military relief groups for cash with next paycheck in doubt

Service members have been working without pay since the government shutdown began on Oct. 1. They are increasingly asking for financial help.

trib.al

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 7h

HOMOSEXUALITY

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 7h

There is nothing about Johnny Cash that is uncool

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 10h

Like was he recklessly driving? It’s hard to tell given the angle and even if he was we don’t see how his driving caused the crash

Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 10h

I still think the cops are lying about Kyren Lacy, they wouldn’t have put that second video out if they weren’t trying to cover their asses and it doesn’t even show the crash and how his driving would have related to that

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Reed Hawley 🏳️‍⚧️ @pumpkinspicewd40.bsky.social · 13h

Here are some screenshots for the US citizens (the insta post has more). Senators: Marsha Blackburn, Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ashley Moody, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis. Other officials also listed. Sorry for sloppy alt text.

Image of Kyle Matthew Kaptain with text "abducted from international waters." Contact
US Rep Valerie Foushier, North Carolina governor John Stein, US Senator Ted Budd, US Senator Thom Tillis

Photo of Egan Louise Moore, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Rep Laurel Lee, US Senator Rick Scott, US Senator Ashley Moody, Florida governor Ron Desantis

Photo of Cammi Lee Morgan, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US Rep Kelly Keisling

Photo of Ryouko Sasha Iwamoto, abducted from international waters.
Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US rep Kelly Keisling

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 11h

Something something I inherited goblin mode

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 12h

I will stab him

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 13h

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 15h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 20h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 14h

Rock music has too many things called Rolling Stone(s)

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

Anyone in Baltimore have any good recs on places to get sized for bras?

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 15h

Show up for black trans men today!

People experiencing homelessness @educatedunhoused.bsky.social · 26d

#singalboost #rent #mutualaid #bikemechanic #Streetmedic

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

It’s my favorite temperature outside I love it

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

I was on the level of, once I was of age my professors would take me out to the bar to shoot the shit and like actively talk about which students and professors they did and didn’t like

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

Being a teachers pet is great especially when you’re not a kiss ass

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

Ok so either my nose is broken or I’m so used to it that I have not been able to smell the stinky harbor smell at all

Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

I could have had a second major in undergrad if I’d taken like 2 more history classes and done a research paper but I didn’t want to do more work than was necessary to graduate. Like I was that level of procrastinator

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Gungan Henderson @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 15h

And still like you because despite you not doing the work you participate a lot in class and foster discussions and do well on the major class assignments

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