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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 1h

Trippy short film, #Shrooms, about a guy in Portugal who delivers mushrooms via pigeon.
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TRAILER - Shrooms (2023)

In a forest just outside Lisbon, Dan, a young Venezuelan man, forages for magic mushrooms. Back in the city, he prepares the mushrooms before distributing them across Lisbon to those who need them the...

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 1h

Happy homegrow like this should be legal across the United States. Instead we are backsliding into ever-more oppressive authoritarian stupidity. I wonder if Harris would have followed through with Federal descheduling by now. I bet yes. gLibertarian trump-curious dudebro's claimed he would. NOPE!

Monty Python 'upper class twit of the year' contest - jumping over matchboxes event.

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Ursa @ursa58.bsky.social · 5h

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 1h

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 1d

Dumb Bondi is actually reading from a catalog of scripted deflective talking points, regardless of whether they are even relevant or responsive. It's like a fascist see-n-say talking pull toy.

Pam reads from a binder of prepared answers, as a see-n-say pull toy plays recordings of various animals.

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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 23h

LOVE IT

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 2h

And what a sad, tawdry scene. Is that yet another trump grift in the chyron? Nice round table they rustled up for this roundtable too btw.

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Ernesto O. @ernest33141.bsky.social · 3h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.
I am ANTIFA

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

Here's a thread on ways Jack Posobiec has been normalized in mainstream media since Charlie Kirk's death:

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27d

I'd list all the things Jack Posobiec is known for, but I think it would get me banned on Bluesky in the current environment of automated moderation.

Let's just say he has an extensive page at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Anyway, CBS News is talking with Posobiec about his friend Charlie Kirk.

YouTube screenshot of Face the Nation from CBS News: Jack Posobiec reflects on the life of his friend Charlie Kirk

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 2h

Demented.

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 3h

trump is almost fully detached from reality.
This statement is untrue nonsense, and he's been lying so much for so long he can't even tell fact from fiction now, even if he tried. #FDT

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 4h

King of Idiots
#NoKings

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 6h

Fairbanks, Alaska💥Democrat mayoral candidate defeats MAGA Republican incumbent mayor David Puhs. Republican held seat for almost a decade. Thank you Fairbanks for showing up. Congratulations Mindy O'Neall! Every seat matters. Let’s #GOTV🗳️
#Pinks

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 5h

Ok, but it sure seems like a slam-dunk obvious move to have Adelita Grijalva right there present, literally standing next to Jeffries, call for her to be sworn in this minute, and then walk with cameras to Johnson's office' knock on the door, and demand of anyone who answers that she be sworn in.

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6h

Looks wrong, sounds wrong, reads wrong, is wrong.
#FDT

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 7h

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6h

Noem, murmuring lines from the Col Jessep wall speech to herself and scattered assistants, stylists and cameramen: 'you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall...' looks down to the battle-scarred streets below, at her scorning foe: #PortlandChickenman

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks, donald dipshit.
#FDT #NoKings #UPS #deminimis

UPS service alert, due to trump's useless fucking idiocy there may be delays.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 8h

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6h

Navarro is a LUNATIC.

George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6h

Benny Hill / Circus theme playing in the background:
"Uh Secretary do you have a message to the protestors, especially the man in the chicken outfit?"

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TOTAL. FIASCO.
#AbsurditiesAtrocities

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 7h

(Hope Phil is ok. Did not sound quite himself today.)

George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 7h

Never seen advance publicity for any demo around here like this before. Looked like fake viral marketing bs at first. Seems to be legit 50501. Hope it may pull at least a few more people out for October 18. JUST SHOW UP. Think how critical it is to prove we have the numbers. #NoKings #FDT

Wheatpasted large scale posters for No Kings protest Oct 18.

Mosaic of 10 anti-trump slogan posters plus date and rsvp qr code.

Mosaic of 11 anti-trump slogan posters plus date and rsvp qr code.

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 8h

Epstein files
NOT show trials

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 8h

If you’re bothsides-ing this, you’re actually taking Abbott’s side.

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 8h

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George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck 'em.