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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 6h

My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @schiff.senate.gov to stop the continued use of U.S. Armed Forces in the southern Caribbean Sea without specific authorization by Congress:

Blue background with the following text: "Americans want fewer wars—not more—and our Constitution clearly grants Congress alone the power to declare one. Yet President Trump has repeatedly launched illegal military strikes in the Caribbean, and has refused to provide Congress with basic information about who was killed, why the strikes were necessary, and why a standard interdiction operation wasn’t conducted. Should this lawless Administration drag our servicemembers into an escalating conflict without a specific authorization by Congress, every American will be able to tell from today’s vote if their senators tried to stop it, or rolled over."

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 7h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia with her hair up, wearing a white poofy coat.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 21h

Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen Sigourney.

And she's far from finished with sci-fi, as she'll be appearing in Avatar: Fire and Ash (Dec. 2025) and The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 2026).

Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

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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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JT Perry @circlejtp.me · 9h

Dear Mariners,

We don’t need this drama.

Signed,
fans

PS Anyone have the Venmo for the Etsy Witch?

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taylor.town @taylor.town · 10h

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 7h

Sweet mug

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 11h

We are now taking donations of blowup costumes to Portland. These blowup costumes are desperately needed by protesters who are continuing to fight the good fight. Please note that we already have too many T-Rexs, so please, no more T-Rexs.

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 7h

When I was on a jury last month, it really hit home for me just how important it is to take the standards you’re supposed to hold prosecutors to seriously — because they may very well not meet them.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly, people need to STOP claiming this is all about nullification.

These were people who were basically pushed, IDed their legal guns, and then arrested.

That's not an assault.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 10h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 10h

Frank Herbert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herber... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Bruce Pennington, Don Punchatz, Dean Ellis and Bruce Pennington):

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 10h

Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born 105 years ago today.

Here's Frank Herbert with David Lynch, who wrote and directed the first Dune adaptation in 1984 (and who passed away in January).

David Lynch and Frank Herbert during the production of Dune (1984)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 12h

Oh what a shame, this is a great topic to explore.

There must be dozens of great game or movie concepts that haven't seen the light of day in recent years so as not to offend fascists. 😤

At least there is Indy. The last game was awesome and I never got tired of killing Nazis with a toilet brush.

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 18h

Happy #WorldOctopusDay! 🐙

Fresco from Rome with an octopus clutching a moray eel and a lobster in its tentacles. Dated to the 2nd quarter of the 2nd century AD.
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

An octopus on the early 4th-century mosaic floor in the Basilica of Aquileia, Italy.

Mycenaean terracotta stirrup jar with octopus 1200-1100 BC.

An octopus battling with a lobster on a mosaic from Pompeii.

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 14h

So many "fun" activities that were encouraged by an unspecified older sibling

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 19h

Sounds right

Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 20h

That's how you win a pyramid scheme. Get in early and get out before it collapses

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 20h

They just want to get their shut eye

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 1d

Got a free trial of Shudder for the next week. What should I watch? Not into slasher films; I mostly like folk horror and thrillers. (I got the free trial to watch Starve Acre, which is good enough, but if you've seen literally any other folk horror film you already know how it ends.)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 1d

Be sure to include ample advertising so the innocents can stay out of the waves of chaos

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Laurence @piewords.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know you were working the the Times ;)

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is refusing to swear in an elected official, leaving an entire district without representation, just to block a vote that would release files on the world’s most notorious pedophile, whom the President once called his best friend. Why isn’t this on every front page?!

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