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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 3h

That is WAY fucking darker than it has any right to be...

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Antifa Hoagie Assassin @ionotter.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent!

🚲5🇵🇸 @anyfishanytime.bsky.social · 4h

I saw this flyer yesterday, saved it to make one for my neighborhood

ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS

WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS

FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD

PROTECT EACH OTHER

A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.

LOUD.

RECOGNIZABLE.

IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.

OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.

WHISTLES GUIDE PEOPLE TO:

FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS

CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD

ALERT NEIGHBORS TO JOIN IN

NOISE VISIBILITY.

CODE I:

ICE NEARBY

BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:

PRE-PRE-PRE!

→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.

CODE 2:

CODE RED

BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:

PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!

→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.

FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.

WHY IT WORKS

INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM

FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA

TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY ACTION

ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY: @PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE

INFO@PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE.ORG

WHAT YOU CAN DO

WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK

TEACH FAMILY & NEIGHBORS THE CODES

USE IT WHEN ICE IS SPOTTED

PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS

TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.

THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY: PROTECT RP

@PROTECTRP_

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 4h

Takeaways after fab 2 days hosting at Everything Electric:

- vehicle-to-grid charging might FINALLY be here

- sodium-ion batteries are advancing quickly and could be made in the UK with local materials, reducing reliance on China for lithium.

- People want this. This was our biggest UK show yet🎉

Jack Scarlett, Imogen Bhogal, Robert Llewellyn & Helen Czerski

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🧑‍🌾 WATCH: Republican nominee in the TN-7 special election Matt Van Epps backs Trump’s trade war — even as it crushes Tennessee farmers 🤔

(Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) is his opponent, and opposes the tariffs)

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Deborah Timms @deborahtimms.bsky.social · 23h

💙💙💙

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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C. E. Monaghan @cemonaghanofficial.bsky.social · 8h

Real. One of THE most freeing bits of writing advice I ever got was, "you should be unafraid to alienate some people from your work. Trying to please everyone makes for boring storytelling, and that's worse than poorly-executed storytelling.

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 9h

No, you god forsaken subliterate.

*my* audience can understand me. And I do not have respect for anyone who thinks the way you do. I am not in favor of dumbing down to appease the incapable, the lazy and the willfully ignorant. Learn to read or get out of my face

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moringmark.bsky.social @moringmark.bsky.social · 8h

DEE-VEE-DEEs #theowlhouse #toh

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TekknoNerd - The Stellar Cartographer @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 7h

Because I'll never forgive Netflix for cancelling the series, go and watch the documentary on the original film. The work that went into it is *incredible* and deserving of respect.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 8h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 7h

@matthewmercer.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Lookit. :)

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emma @vasira96.bsky.social · 21h

was looking at that little Thimble i drew and i had a vision that i now offer it to you

four drawings of Thimble, from critical role. She's a tiny little pixie in green and brown clothes. In each pose she's spells a letter of the word "love"

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 7h

can sort of feed into a loop, and reinforce that negativity. Not saying you're doing that, just something to consider. Never wise to beat one's self up. :)

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 7h

Hee. Part of the relevent experience it taking those commissions! You'll learn what people want and like, and if you, felt like you needed to due to 'lacked skill', just charge less for those 'learning' commissions!

And part of why I said something is that when you start putting yourself down, it

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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 10h

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

Maintaining our right to public protest is essential for defeating dictatorship.

A few reminders for this Saturday's monumental 'No Kings' event.

Trump Determined to Remind Us Why We Say 'No Kings'

We have frogs everywhere—a few reminders for this Saturday's monumental event.

www.thefarce.org

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 10h

From what I've read so far (I have a bunch of collected volumes to still get), I think Catman.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 15h

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 22h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Sorien @sorien.bsky.social · 10h

Step one: Listen to me.

YOU ARE A GREAT ARTIST.

Step two: Keep listening.

COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHER ARTISTS IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE!

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 21h

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 22h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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