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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · Jan 11

So it goes.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 3h

A good rock is hard to find in my neighborhood.

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Woman in the Moon @sassykadik.bsky.social · 5h

Y’all realize that when they say “Antifa” they mean Democrats.
You know that, right?

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 6h

I’d even get back on Twitter for that.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 6h

Hell yeah, Steve has my full support, he’d be the PERFECT CANDIDATE.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 11h

a cartoon character from ed edd n eddy looks at a radio

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 15h

Is this the United States’ future?

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 16h

TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

a man wearing a black t-shirt with the words `` oh my '' on it is making a funny face .

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

ICE now very literally at war with Presbyterians

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Like I believed in the first place.

Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I have opinions but I’m sorry, I probably swear too much.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago, right now!

Actually; Diego Rivera,
1931, 'The Uprising'

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone can do it , it’d be you. I have the utmost confidence in you.

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𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐁 @mrtonybones.com · 1d

😂

#BadBunny #SuperBowl

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Weathervane sales in my neighborhood have plummeted.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Random scene from a bookstore.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, I was in a hyper-literate space and people there still read the news, so take from this story what you will.

Of all the things happening in our country right now, I think the falling literacy rate is one of the most disconcerting and harmful.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Nerds and Geeks too?

Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

The new Trump coin is out!

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Probably me.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

All MAGA failed Civics class anyway.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 1d

Orwell quote.

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