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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Mar 6

Lining up in the home depot parking lot for my turn at the salt lick. The other fellas got 'er almost licked down to nothing. im worried ill be lapping at mush.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 2h

Kids will ask you to tell them a specific story and then not fucking listen even a little bit at all

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20h

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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 20h

Photo of a vintage book cover featuring a linen closet with the door opening slightly revealing a smiling skeleton inside. Copy and title read:

When lonely nights turn bonely

Secret Sex Skeleton

PORRIDGE FIRM

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lilith kills u @deathcarpets.sisc.one · 22h

reblog to make something good happen, ignore to continue in the nightmare

lilith kills u @deathcarpets.sisc.one · 8d

what if something good happened instead

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 20h

If you don't turn the shitty things your parents have said to you into inside jokes, are you even married?

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 22h

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

www.pcmag.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

How many videos have you seen of protesters being brutalized? Pretending this imagery still changes the math the way you wish it would is an insult to the people whose bodies you would treat as props. Ghandi's era was more complex than many of you make out. This is not the 60s either. Things change.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

The two convoy influencers who got into a Greco-Roman wrestling match in front of the Ottawa Courthouse this morning would be "Wellington Street Regulars" Mathieu Venne & Brian Derksen

Venne is prolific on TikTok and Derksen has hung out in front of parliament nearly every day for the last 3 years

Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 1d

Supporters of Freedom Convoy leaders- Chris Barber and Tamara Lich get into a scuffle ahead of their sentencing today. Both have been found guilty of mischief. Their lawyers want full discharge, crown seeking 8yrs for Barber and 7years for Lich.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are now closing or at risk of closure because of the Republican bill that guts health care funding, per @protectourcare.org.

Map of the U.S. with dots for each of the 500 health facilities closing or at risk of closing.

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 1d

I guess a business actually is a lot like a family, in that it's built on a foundation of exploitation, resentment, dishonesty, and the abuse of power.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol this entire era of politics has proven to me that rules are indeed fake

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 1d

Some ppl are jerks. They love gen ai as a weapon.

But what really scares me are the ppl doing this to her who think this is “kind.” Reminds me of an article on Blood in the Machine that mentions an artist’s parents who sent her a gen ai birthday card with her name misspelled. Ppl are lost.💔

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even ..”

@variety.com
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

Coun. Markus Chambers has resigned as chairman of the Winnipeg Police Board.

Chair of police board makes ‘hard decision’ to step down, citing health issues

Coun. Markus Chambers has resigned as chairman of the Winnipeg Police Board.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 1d

There are people who will say, in earnest, that she's the greatest living musician! She's not even the best currently recording white pop star in her prime, never mind greatest living musician or voice of our generation or whatever. Be serious.

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not saying she sucks! She's a perfectly good pop star who's had some bangers. I'm saying the degree of her fame and the amount of breathless praise she receives are radically out of step with her vocal talent and songwriting.

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · 1d

If the music industry was a meritocracy, Taylor Swift would have Vanessa Carlton's level of fame, accolades, and notoriety.

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Jo @whatsjo.bsky.social · May 1

date: can you take off your work gloves

Jim Henson: they have names

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

My review of Taylor’s new album is that when Beyoncé turned 35 she made LEMONADE.

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