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The Jolene

@thejolene.bsky.social

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You want to compare brainpans? I won the Westinghouse prize when I was 12. Published at 19, double doctorate from MIT at 22. Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok? NO DMs. 💙💙💙

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · Jun 15

I'm going to repost this every day.

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Jun 15

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 3h

They need to have their moment on The Wall.

a close up of a woman 's face with the words " the handmaid 's tale " behind her

Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with the title "The Handmaid 's Tale" next to her onscreen. The character, June, is looking at the camera and slowly smiles.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

Now they’re indicting Letitia James…the woman who finally held Trump’s feet to the fire. You can smell the revenge all the way from Mar-a-Lago. This isn’t justice…it’s payback wrapped in paperwork. And every American with a brain knows it.

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WTF Just Happened Today? @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · 4h

🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, October 9, 2025.

Day 1724: "Simply unreliable."

Image showing summary from WTF Just Happened Today? The full accessible text is available via the link.

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 3h

I think I spelled that wrong. It's 'Damocles'.

You get my point.

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Jose Chavez @josechavez47.bsky.social · 5h

Trump Nazi ICE agents are ruthless to immigrants and citizens. Why can't local law enforcement arrest ICE agents who are kidnapping people? Where is the mainstream media showing Trump Nazi ICE agents kidnapping anyone?

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 8h

Under the Trump administration, fashion is losing its playfulness and taking cues from authoritarian aesthetics and conservatism.

How Trump-Era Politics Are Reshaping Fashion: From Barbiecore to Workwear

In this reported op-ed, writer Kelsey Stiegman connects the rise of MAGA politics to a darker fashion shift — where self-expression gives way to self-preservation.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 8h

from Thursday’s post, on the batshit White House ‘anti-antifa’ roundtable that featured Donny Convict, ICE Barbie, and a fetid fucktangle of MAGA halfwits and hangers-on.
you can read the whole thing in all its glory here: bit.ly/4mSP3Ol

Chris Wray — who had been appointed FBI director by Donny — had it exactly right. antifa isn’t an organization. it’s a belief — that fascism is bad.

pro tip: if you’re against the idea of antifascism, you’re on the wrong fucking side.

this is something that Pizzagate Jack and his buddies don’t seem to realize.
fast forward to today. Chris Wray is gone, replaced by Krazee-Eyes Kash. Donny no longer has adults in the room.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 8h

I'm always thinking she's some Sword of Damoclse and I'm trying to figure out the plot twist.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 9h

Sweet

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 9h

I'm looking for the parts most likely not to survive a shotgun blast.

a man with a mustache wears a shirt that says giggles

ALT: a man with a mustache wears a shirt that says giggles

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13h

here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake" — this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake

this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever

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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 15h

Reporters aren't even asking Trump about why Kushner is negotiating anything. And speaking of Kushner, Trump pardoned Kushner's convicted felon dad and then made him Ambassador to France. Yet they repeat that no one is above the law.

Luxury living on taxpayers' dime? That's above the law.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 9h

we’re still here ☕️ 🎶 🐶 ♥️

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 1d

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21h

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 1d

Every timeline needs a cute raccoon playing with soap bubbles!

😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #nature #wildlife #animals

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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