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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h

one of my most durable political lessons out of Occupy is: not only is it a bad look to instruct people at protests you are not part what to do based on posts online, it’s bad tactics to order around people with local experience and who are doing countless things you won’t know about from posts

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17h

With all the caveats about anonymous posters, this is still staggering, a revelation of what a sliver we see reported across mainstream & alt media combined; and this itself is obviously just a sliver. www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 17h

Definitiv rechte "Culture War" Scheiße und die Presse macht begeistert mit. Alles für die Klicks!

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 17h

Lokking good too! Love the fit!

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 17h

This is what happens when you let war criminals get away with their crimes. They will come back and do it again. I feel a lot of guilt about this. My generation was there, we watched it all happen and at some point we just gave up and forgot about him. Big mistake.

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 18h

👉NEW -- Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

by Irfan Chowdhury

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.
www.declassifieduk.org/why-tony-bla...

Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 18h

One of their biggest "thinkers" wrote whole book on how it's necessary to exclude minority groups from the political decision making process to achive "abundance." So ... yeah ... no.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 18h

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 1d

Shit, I'm an atheist and I'll pray for Dolly Parton.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Blue 9 (they/them) @odinscrow.bsky.social · 1d

Telling liberals they're doing a fascism by throwing marginalized people under the bus on the off chance it'll stave off the "greater evil" a few more years isn't "in-fighting". The "lesser evil" is still fucking evil, and so are they.

Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 1d

Folks who tell you that it’s okay to temporarily sacrifice a marginalized group in order to win

Do not care about the marginalized group

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 1d

Thread.

Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 1d

Not even a colouring book, that's a colour-by-number app. So he doesn't even have to scan any pages or anything, he can just screenshot or download the page.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Happy Color®: Color by Number - Apps on Google Play

Coloring book for adults, paint by number art game with exclusive Disney pics

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

I really appreciate how purposeful she is with her words. Note how she doesn't say "starving," she says "being starved."

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

If I remember correctly ... stayed Catholic less than 5 years after going against the Pope.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

Also like ... you never ever argue against the Pope.

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

It's mainly Evangelicals who even believe in the rapture. The whole thing is not canonical and doesn't really show up in the bible. Catholics, Christian Orthodox churches, and the majority of Protestant denominations don't believe in this very specific version of the 2nd coming of Christ.

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, it's totally anti-Arab and anti-Islam sentiment.

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Khaled Ayman @eligeuno.bsky.social · 3d

We are living in the heart of chaos nothing feels like the life we once knew. We wait for the border to open, like waiting for a glimmer of light in a dark tunnel.

All we want is to escape this darkness and find a path to the life we deserve. 😓

📎 gofund.me/591c2ff8

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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 2d

It's a wild wild ride!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 3d

Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

If there's just one piece of wisdom I can impart to everyone, it's that trying to post your way though it almost never works out the way you think it will

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