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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 2h

Goose meme with text of “Who were the Antifascists fighting in Weimar Germany?”

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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is everything Newsom wants you to believe Newsom is, including both actually brave and seemingly in possession of an actually beating human heart.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 1d

With farm bailouts back in the news, it's a great time to remind everyone that US Treasury Secretary Bessent owns thousands of acres of of soybean farms.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · 2d

It's Monday! Help me pick a game to play!

Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

Nonbinary streamer FaunAndGames, a tan skin femme perceived person with brown, blue, and purple hair, is wearing gaming headphones with antlers on them. Fawn is smiling and making a peace sign at the camera. Around them are Twitch stream decorations and a ton of nerdy video game and Pokemon memorabilia.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3d

I am so tired of seeing and hearing about people fighting the mods. You’re all like 37, don’t you have to do laundry?

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5d

Keep track of the wins. Where, when, why, how. azmirror.com/briefs/judge...

Judge blocks Arizona's surgery mandate for transgender birth certificate changes | Arizona Mirror

Federal judge strikes Arizona surgery requirement for transgender birth certificates in class action ruling

azmirror.com

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 6d

the whole reason i make the games and stories that i make is that i refuse to cede military history to reactionaries, and i want people to have non-reactionary art when they go looking for military stuff

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 6d

a) this poem is a banger b) it expresses the exact frustration that grips me every time someone ""feministly"" explains that military history is Boy Stuff

Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 6d

I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

As with Charlie Kirk, Republicans are fiercely loyal to the general idea of Donald Trump but will furiously refuse to grapple with anything specific that he actually says or does.

Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't see the tweet. I didn't hear the comment. I didn't watch the speech.

Republicans have been feigning ignorance about their mad king for eight years now.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 7d

“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.

These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.

slate.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7d

The entirety of this administration can be summed up by a show I was on for NatGeo Explorer in 2016 where Gavin McInnes tried to peddle his brand of alt-right bullshit, and I told him flat out “if you believe in rule of the strong, throw your coffee mug at me and see what happens”

He declined.

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Leon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 7d

You can buy Blazing Hymn, my most popular game so far!

A transparent Symphogear and Evangelion fangame about tactical battles, fueled by music and passion, to save humanity from the assault of Heaven.

ko-fi.com/s/6683dd749c

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

Trump has decided that no jobs report will issue on Friday due to the government shutdown. But it turns out there is a different reason: that report will, when issued, be catastrophically bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.

They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.

Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 7d

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war.. is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health"

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pritzker compares Trump to Putin, calls for invoking 25th Amendment for suggesting military use Chicago as "training grounds"

After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there...

www.cbsnews.com

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 7d

America is so large if you dont follow the news and haven't felt any direct repercussions you'd have no idea anything was happening. Just going out to buy a decorative gourd, they're sending US troops into cities, the president is a pedophile, oh hey this town has an apple festival this weekend

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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 7d

PWHL HOCKEY IS BACK ON NOVEMBER 21! 🤩

The countdown to Season 3 has begun. Don't miss a moment. Grab your season tickets!
➡️ thepwhl.com/en/tickets

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Daniel Suitor @dansuitor.bsky.social · 7d

Because the federal government shut down on the first of the month, everyone should know folks with a Section 8 Voucher cannot be evicted because the government didn't make the voucher payment, nor can their portion of the rent be increased to cover the voucher payment. 24 C.F.R. § 982.310(b)(1)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

the entire administration has Hitler strategic goals but youth pastor tactics and charisma

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8d

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 8d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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