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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h

my husband just referred to happy feelings from playing with the dog as “dogamine”

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1h

this is an incredibly evil thing for fetterman to break party ranks on.

like...maybe worse than manchin or sinema?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 2h

“helpful but clumsy onion” made me tear up. i should get some sleep.

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 2h

Ki-tan the helpful but clumsy onion is the mascot for Kitami City in Hokkaido.

An onion-headed mascot in a light green T-shirt stands in a crowded courtyard.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Aug 13

A murder of crows? You mean caws of death??

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 9h

Calling all #Patriots! On Saturday morning we #RideAtDawn to the
Burlington I.C.E. facility to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and the US Constitution.

Join us anytime between 5 am and 7 pm to peacefully express your disapproval of #ICE and the Trump Regime.

#Unite and #Resist

Bastion of Democracy October 11, 2025.

Join us as we ride at dawn to the Burlington I.C.E. Facility at 1000, District Ave in Burlington, MA

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 6h

Just a reminder that Jack published a book last year called “unhumans” that makes the argument that all Democrats and anyone left of Francisco Franco should be rounded up and murdered en mass for the rest of the populations entertainment.
Jack is a Nazi and hell bent on the murder of his opponents

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 9h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 4h

Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 4h

The harms of AI, like the harms of COVID protections being dropped, like antivax rhetoric, like the harms of disinformation, like the harms of systemic racism and ableism and queerphobia, are not hypothetical. Victims are real people hurting now and if we don’t act, there will be more.

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 8h

If you are a #Veteran we need you to attend! Come for a shift or stay all day and show us your racks at 10:45!

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 4h

The entire city of Kotzebue, Alaska, is being evacuated for potential record coastal flooding. Kotzebue is the "hub" community for northwest Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 8h

kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 5h

The frog suit completely neuters the lie the admin wants to tell of violent resistance. Want to see so much more of it.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 5h

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 8h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 12h

this has got to be the stupidest and most blatantly "unamerican" group of rulers this country has ever had. if you can't win against "goons in the streets, rotting food in the fields, orang is 90 dollars now" then i dont know what to say

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 12h

i wonder if a sufficient number of viable democrats have it in them to effectively counter a narrative of "i am tanking the economy, firing everyone i can, and sending soldiers to push you around if i dont like the way you think, and also lee greenwood is the only music allowed"

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 6h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 5h

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Dec 2

Albert Einstein was antifa ("antifaschistischen").

Also a trade unionist.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Dec 2

90 years ago, prominent German physicist Albert Einstein, artist Kathe Kollwitz, writer Heinrich Mann, & others appealed for a unity coalition against the Nazi Party in coming elections.

United the other parties could narrowly win. Divided Hitler would win. The opposition didn't unite.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 6h

The far right is pushing (both at the White House and by astroturfing local opposition) to make permitting clean energy projects terrible. A goal is to bully Dem Senators into voting for "permitting reform" laws that make it easier to build fossil fuel stuff but require a filibuster-proof 60+ votes.

John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 13h

"The White House is offering 'concierge, white glove service' to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

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

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 13h

This is so cool. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps

A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.

www.bloomberg.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

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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