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Larisa LaBrant

@larisa-labrant.bsky.social

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She/Her/Hers Immune Deficient Cat Lady Crone 3rd Gen Coloradoan I block anyone who supports anti-vaxxers.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · Dec 14

Cozy Caturday lined up here - Cinder, Crow and Mac

It's the hard-nap life for us
It's the hard-nap life for us
Fuzzy blankets
'Steada of wool
Chubby bellies
Always full
It's the hard-nap life! 🎶
[From Little Orphan Catty]

Three void boi roundish loafs lined up on heating pads under various fleeces, against an oak card catalog dvd cabinet, with a scattering of toys in front of them, a cactus scratcher to the left.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 9h

Night night sweet dreamies

Sometimes in life, you just need a hug. No words, no advice, just a hug to make you feel better.

Here’s a virtual hug from me to you ❤️

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7h

Because customer service chatbots are famously beloved by all. This definitely won’t devolve into dying people yelling “REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE” and jamming the 0 button

The Banner Montgomery @bannermoco.bsky.social · 17h

For 911 calls of the future, AI is on the line

AI might answer your 911 calls

By the end of next year, Montgomery County’s call center hopes to use artificial intelligence to answer nonemergency phone calls. The goal is to lighten the workload for a chronically understaffed center.

buff.ly

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

Habeas corpus is our fundamental right to a hearing before a judge re: unlawful detention. Without that, we aren’t even a person. We might as well cease to exist. That’s the black hole from which nothing escapes.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson is himself a sexual predator and pedophile. The proud Christian Nationalist has every reason to obstruct the Epstein Files’ release.

Johnson has admitted to circumventing the adoption process and simply “taking custody” of a 14-year-old Black boy, when Johnson was a single law student.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 7h

Not enough articles explaining how American conservatives are without a doubt the Bad Guys.

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🥀L8te_Bloomer_JJ! @l8tebloomer25.bsky.social · 6h

Make a wish _____________.

Me, first. I just wish for better for all of us. Seriously.

Good day. 😘

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 1h

Stress Break, the autumn zen edition

The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 3h

Afternoon ride Bozeman just awesome fall colors.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4h

This isn’t a protest! It’s a USO show!

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 6h

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.bsky.social · 3h

Two new friends from Final Fantasy colony. These are actually a little older than Cloud’s litter, their mama must have been hiding them away in the woods until recently. I only saw these two, time will tell if more from this litter will appear. They’re curious & not super spicy. Meet Selphie & Rinoa

Selphie, a dilute torbie kitten, stands over Rinoa, a little calico kitten with one eye closed shut due to an upper respiratory infection

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3h

"The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Winona Ryder and Christian Slater at the end of Heathers

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 2h

Stress Break, the noodle edition

CharlieBrown the Cat @charliebrowntc.bsky.social · 3h

Sombtimes i sleeb thisway

Brown and white cat sleeping on a cat tree with his head dangling over the side

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

I want to be the antifa frog when I grow up.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 2h

Painting walls is my other brain open/body busy that works so well to wire stuff together in my brain.

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Adrian Walking Dead 🧟‍♂️ 🦇 @adrianswalker.blacksky.app · 4h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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ItsFlanoy @itsflanoy.bsky.social · 3h

Howe To Cate: Chabter Tenn - livink in multi species howseholdts
#catsoforanjtober

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🥈72 dogs 🐝 @careycuprisin.bsky.social · 3h

Every night I think back to all these years of Republicans piously telling us how much they respected the Constitution, and the rule of law, and limited government, and how proud they were that America stood for freedom.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

bro what 😭

A quote from a Business of Fashion interview with Yohji Yamamoto: "I am a fashion designer, so if I am thinking about a new collection, I need to imagine the models. But when I see [Donald Trump's] face, I lose all my imagination."

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 3h

Stress Break, the zen edition

Carolannie 🧹🪄🎃👻🧙‍♀️ @carolannie.bsky.social · 3h

From the archives, a sunset in spring
#Photography #BoulderColorado #Sunset #BloomScrolling

$A spring evening, as the sun sets between cottonwood trees barely leaving out at the head of a trail meandering through a park. The trail is lined with plum bushes covered in white flowers. The sun's rays refract a little into spears of light with hints of rainbow colors.$

Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 3h

🧵 The Antifa Special 🧵

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 3h

Stress Break, the baby Finn Flashback :

Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 3h

when he was just a little baby boy