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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 4h

ICE has to wear masks to protect themselves from ruining their cases in family court.

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 11h

The Traveling Wilburys never even toured.. they should have been called The Studio Wilburys

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 11h

Artist isn't a real job, it's just a glorified hobby, we're blessed just to do it, drawing is its own reward, we should be grateful to have these dead-eyed tech bros scraping and stealing our work to make something real and useful

Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social · 14h

if AI biz was started by $5 trillion stolen in armed robbery from a bank it wouldnt be allowed to continue on. but since it was made by robbing artists of $5t worth of value, its fine.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 11h

Stephen Miller looks and acts like that because the alien from MTV's The Head lives in there.

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chelsea g. summers @chelseagsummers.bsky.social · 12h

Police unions are unions like AI is intelligence.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 13h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
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National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 13h

This episode was funny 'cause it was like the one time Ramsay thought the place was clean and the chefs were great, and it was the owners' fault for not paying them fairly.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13h

A celebrity chef’s re-branding concept for Savin Bar + Kitchen – which features photos of notorious Boston mobsters, including the late James “Whitey” Bulger— is causing a stir in Savin Hill, where civic leaders voted to petition the business to remove the images. www.dotnews.com/2025/savin-h...

Whitey Bulger’s picture as seen through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen. Seth Daniel photo

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 14h

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Lester the Jester's gig in Olde Riyadh, and MORE!
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Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Lester the Jester's gig in Riyadh

Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world: JOIN THE INNER HIVE! Coming soon! Volumes 1 and…

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · May 21

Digital illustration in comic book style of 1966 Adam West Batman. He’s making a very manic and stressed out gritted-teeth grimace as he runs with a comically large bomb with a lit fuse held in both hands over his head. Three speech bubbles, the last being a red and orange burst, contain the words ‘Maybe it will happen today!’ 🦇 💣

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 14h

"Brian, making fun of people's appearance is wrong." Fuck off. He chose those from the most disgusting display case you can imagine.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 14h

David Ellison is lobbying hard to get Bari to do a story about how "Putting large veneers in your mouth so your skull is more porcelain than bone makes you look smart."

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 14h

Unfortunately, trickle-down elder abuse is real and we're getting hit harder than the primary victims running both parties.

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 15h

mascots outside of protests: off-putting, scary. there is a grown man inside of there.

mascots at protests: cool and funny, there is a friend inside of there.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Spirit Halloween is going to need these data centers to close up shop quick. Inflatable protest costume aisles are a better use of the space.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Just like every week, this week's comic is up for free on Patreon. Paid members see it days earlier as soon as I finish.

Pariah State Comedy Festival | Brian McFadden

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 1d

A terminal case of main character syndrome.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, "Let's do the fucking news" is instant cringe legend

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

I am not a hustle culture person, and hate constant promotion, but that's what you gotta do when your ancestors fled a famine eventually depriving you of Irish UBI.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Just like every week, this week's comic is up for free on Patreon. Paid members see it days earlier as soon as I finish.

Pariah State Comedy Festival | Brian McFadden

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

And people who need oxygen generators consume almost as much energy as 0.0001% of data centers pumping out nostalgia slop for brain dead boomers.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Can't roast my maternal side without giving up a security question, but they should've waited, too!

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Reading about Ireland's UBI for artists and getting pretty miffed about certain McFaddens not toughing out the famine for another generation or two.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

The Plymouth County Correctional Facility is the only ICE detention center in Massachusetts and the linchpin to ICE's infrastructure in New England. It seems like the easiest way to weaken this infrastructure is for the Mass. legislature to pass a law terminating any county-level contracts with ICE.

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 2d

What Now: "War Zone"
#portland #ice

4 Panel Cartoon

Panel 1: A male reporter in a helmet and khakis addresses the viewer. Behind him two men are enjoying a beer at a table on the sidewalk outside a downtown pub.
Reporter: I come to you live form WAR-TORN PORTLAND!

Panel 2: The reporter interviews a bearded man in a D20 tee shirt, examining his pint of ale.
Reporter: As you can see, people here live on a knife's edge! Sir, how has the war affected you?
D20 Guy: Uh, well, this pale ale is a bit too hoppy. I might get a stout next.

Panel 3: The reporter sticks his microphone at a mom walking down the street with her kids. Behind them are houses and trees. It's a pleasant day.
Reporter: Ma'am, how do you get by day-to-day?
Mom: The city built a new park, so I'm taking the kids to play in the splashpad.

Panel 4: The reporter stands in front of a gated facility, the ICE building, as a group of naked bike riders passes by.
Reporter: A weary city cries out: "Send in the troops!"
Bike riders: Hey hey! Ho ho! ICE and feds have got to go!!!

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RJ “Quantity Over Quality” White @rjwhite.bsky.social · 2d

And most of them were about the CEO being a colossal jerk who bans people! 🥳

Bluesky @bsky.app · 2d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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