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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve been around the block,
Like a whirlybird
I could afford to quit,
But I prefer the work…

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 1h

In D.C. this August, there were multiple instances where agents were observed with mismatched tags, bent tags, and other instances that suggested agents were removing license plates from one vehicle, and placing them on a different vehicle.

Federal immigration officers wear masks and no name tags. Now some are driving cars without license plates.

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1h

AH HA! I have devised a weapon SO DEADLY AND SECURE that surely war must end!

13.5 minutes later: your enemies have it too and they added white phosphorous.

PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1h

It’s so weird how every time we get introduced to some miraculous new weapon technology we are told it will reduce casualties and it does the opposite if only there was one or two huge historical examples people could point to and learn from

Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 3h

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones.
The U.S. military had believed that drones would keep troops out of harm's way. Instead they are making war deadlier for everyone.
My story on how the Army is reckoning with this new kind of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1h

It’s so weird how every time we get introduced to some miraculous new weapon technology we are told it will reduce casualties and it does the opposite if only there was one or two huge historical examples people could point to and learn from

Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 3h

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones.
The U.S. military had believed that drones would keep troops out of harm's way. Instead they are making war deadlier for everyone.
My story on how the Army is reckoning with this new kind of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

www.nytimes.com

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1h

There comes a point in every celebrity chef‘s career where they become so famous they can no longer resist the urge to just start fucking with the people who made their lives miserable back when they were mere cooks.

Jorge Escalante @escalante.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely dying at this tiny ass Po-Boy from the revived Emeril’s in The NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 1h

I was thinking Charlie Kirk should be played by Mikey Day in full Butt-Head makeup.

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assbutt @nasboat.org · 2h

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adam - i'm an elephant @a.falk.wtf · 1h

Welcome to the Brain Drain fan club Rem

Comic panel where Brain Drain is introducing himself to Ms Marvel. He says "Hello my name is Brain Drain. The 'brain' part is on account of how you can see my cool brain"

Ms Marvel asks "And the 'drain' part? For the rhyme?"

Brain Drain replies, "Yes, it represents my belief that even in a chaotic world such as ours, there is room for some slight frivolity.

I am fun at parties"

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Spooky Scary Sarahtons 🎃 (they/them) @sarahndipity.bsky.social · 1h

damn Hayley

Sam Raimi & The Midnight Sons @rochardscott.bsky.social · 6h

“They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children

They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face

So they don't have to pray to
someone they deem lesser than them

The South will not rise again
Til it's paid for every sin”

Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

youtu.be

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 1h

It is the fervently held belief of every Christian Nationalist that Jesus was a pussy

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2h

Listening and learning

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 4d

(cop getting rammed by ten cars) hold your fire boys, none of these drivers are armed

more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 4d

this is the least believable thing i have ever read

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department ofHomeland Security, said the shooting erupted after patrolling agents were rammedbb 10 cars" and "boxedii." Agents then fired defensive shots" when they discovered the woman " was armed with a semi-automatic
weapon" while driving one ofthe cars.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 2h

Fetterman proves there is no low he cannot sink to in his bloodthirsty depravity.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2h

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks theintercept.com/2025/10/08/v...

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks

Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.

theintercept.com

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 2h

meet the young stars of Britain’s newest hit show, Nonce Squad

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 8h

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 14h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 3h

of the moral conundrums you will be presented with, as an adult, "stop buying these specific children's toys" is like. the easiest possible

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29

evergreen

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James Russell @jamesrussell2790.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent coverage by my friend Ryan Sorrell of the @kcdefender.bsky.social . These Neo-Nazis are finally being called out for EXACTLY what they are... No more of that "White Identitarian" bs... Say it with me "NEO NAZIS"...

kansascitydefender.com/justice/fasc...

"Missouri Is Next": Neo-Nazi Network Expanding Whites-Only Towns—Here's Where They're Looking

How a fugitive and a porn-star-turned-fascist are exploiting legal loopholes to resurrect segregation—and why they think Missouri won't stop them

kansascitydefender.com

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John Royal @johnroyal.bsky.social · 12h

It would be nice to have a mayor who’d stand up to the MAGA assholes every once in a while instead of just caving every single time.

Alan Fossler @alanfossler.bsky.social · 13h

Metro to remove pride crosswalk after Abbott threatens to withhold funding from Texas cities www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Metro to remove pride crosswalk after Abbott threatens to withhold funding

He threatened to withhold road funding from cities and counties if they do not remove “political ideologies” from their streets.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 2h

The year I spent in NC open carry was law of the land there. Worked in a high end grocery store. Imagine going through Whole Foods or something and 2-4 shoppers in there at all times have a glock or 1911 strapped to their hip. Goddamned weird.

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logo, acting strange @logophobe.bsky.social · 2h

You could say they're going to be armed in publix

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 4h

Shoppers are split after Publix announced it will now allow customers to openly carry firearms inside its stores.

Publix to allow open carry in stores, prompting mixed reactions from shoppers

The decision comes about two weeks after an appeals court ruling overturned the state's ban on open carry.

cbsn.ws

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 6h

If you wanted to script a scenario to perfectly vindicate the work of Jean Baudrillard, it would be Trump II.

A simulacra of a president running a simulation of a presidency, based on simulacra of news broadcast by simulations of news media.

Baudrillard is to Trump II what Foucault was to GWB.

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 2h

Hahaha I do, somewhat! It’s fine the only other stuff in that pot is cilantro and some cosmos flowers that are a pure accident, it was intended as an all herb bucket. I guess peppermint and spearmint will have to fight it out!

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

When you say this, what I hear is "3D TVs and NFTs are here to stay"

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 16h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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