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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 1h

I like the part about how he gave her the finger.

Your people shot him in the head! Of course he did not greet you warmly!

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 22h

I hate living in a city that has awesome amenities 🤬

Genderless Rodent, Portland's Strongest Poster @genderlessrodent.bsky.social · 1d

I love it when people try to say bad stuff about Portland but we just end up sounding rad as fuck.

pamela-fitzsimmons.bsky....
@pamela-fitzsimmons.bsky.soc...

Yes. Sadly, those are what's left of Portland's bragging rights -- great food, beer, wine, coffee and donuts. Oh, there's also cannabis and sex shows.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Pony Keg @modernretrobear.bsky.social · 4h

Librarians are national treasures and I really mean that

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

doomscroll break

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The Grim Spectre of Christian Lipski @christianlipski.bsky.social · 4d

What is *your* local college summer wood-bat league mascot up to?

Hell yeah @picklesbaseball.bsky.social get 'em!

Post on the Portland subreddit from user dominic60 titled "We have a good mascot". It shows the Portland Pickles mascot Dillon T. Pickle in front of the Portland ICE building, holding a sign that says ICE SUX

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Brendan Hay @bhay.bsky.social · 4h

Californians, Gov. Newsom veto’d an education bill that included gender expansive language. You can call to express your disappointment, and to encourage him to still sign the remaining 8 LGBTQ+ safety & rights bills on his desk. His office’s number is 916-445-2841. I just did this. You can too.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 6h

This is what it's like in Portland all day every day in every neighborhood.

When they say the city is "burning down" they mean it in the Sean Paul sense.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Zack Haber @zackhaber.bsky.social · 5h

Statement from Jerusalem Coffee House. Someone smashed a window of the Palestinian owned cafe Tuesday morning...

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 22h

Hey @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team this account is still up - what are we doing here?

PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @jay.bsky.team this account has been skeeting at accounts for *hours* at this point saying that they "have been marked" - maybe your head of @safety.bsky.app could do something that at least looks like trust and safety - cc: @aaron.bsky.team

👻 willem dAHHHfoe’s rib cage @djdynastyhandbag.bsky.social · 1d

are these the blue skies you speak of
@moderation.bsky.app
@safety.bsky.app
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

Posted to the Southern Reach Reddit...

Southern Reach told me Area X keep eatinh his expeditions so I asked how many expeditions he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new expeditions afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding expeditions to Area X and then his daughter started crying.

(adapting a tweet about coyotes eating cats)

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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 1d

Any Magic players in Portland, Oregon looking for some part-time hours?

We're hiring a part-time shipping assistant to help out with merch fulfillment, as well as extra help sorting cards, sleeving decks, etc.

Pay is $24/hr, transport a plus! Apply at: forms.gle/h9eWo45r8bMF...

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

Not to mention that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team were both tagged in the original skeet which is now over an hour old. Besties... what are we doing here?

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team can find a pretext to ban Palestinians and trans people at the drop of a hat, but accounts like the one in my quote-skeet stay up for hours actually harassing and threatening people... And you wonder why people don't trust you?

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @jay.bsky.team this account has been skeeting at accounts for *hours* at this point saying that they "have been marked" - maybe your head of @safety.bsky.app could do something that at least looks like trust and safety - cc: @aaron.bsky.team

👻 willem dAHHHfoe’s rib cage @djdynastyhandbag.bsky.social · 1d

are these the blue skies you speak of
@moderation.bsky.app
@safety.bsky.app
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team

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👻 willem dAHHHfoe’s rib cage @djdynastyhandbag.bsky.social · 1d

are these the blue skies you speak of
@moderation.bsky.app
@safety.bsky.app
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team

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aaron @hillenjoyer.bsky.social · 1d

bluesky is not the product, bluesky users are not the product, it’s the code that is the product. the ability to set up your own independent bluesky. which does not exist. so there is no product

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

me when i'm head of trust and safety and my company has said they don't use user content to train gen ai but also i'd rather be liking porn on my work account:

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

thehive.ai evaluates all images posted to the site. We don't actually provide any input.

AI to Understand, Search, and Generate Content | Hive

Hive's APIs enable developers to integrate pre-trained AI models that address technically challenging content understanding needs into their applications.

thehive.ai

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

“Bluesky claims to want decentralization and composable moderation, but they still enjoy abusing the power of arbitrary banishment.” - Link

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

plus.flux.community

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Pony Keg @modernretrobear.bsky.social · 1d

good maps make my brain horny

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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PuBOOlic Defender @themmefatale.bsky.social · 1d

Once again this cousin of Joanna Newsom shows everyone else that he's a Nazi in liberal clothing.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I wrote about Weiss' hypocrisy when it came to @elivalley.bsky.social back in 2019. I think it really says a lot about how little integrity she has. www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...

Not all cases of campus censorship are created equal, apparently.
With so much going on right now in the world, you would think that there'd be less focus on a handful of college students at one campus or another protesting a speaker.
At very least, you might expect that instances of conservatives shutting down progressive speakers would be discussed with the same regularity as those about liberals.
Instead, readers are treated to a full-on case of free speech hypocrisy.
One example of this involves progressive Jewish political cartoonist Eli Valley's recent trip to Stanford University.
Days before his scheduled appearance, the Stanford College Republicans posted flyers around campus containing some of Valley's work alongside clippings from Der Stürmer, a Nazi-era German newspaper known for publishing vicious anti-Semitic propaganda. The group acknowledged that it did this in retaliation because posters for one of their events were covered up by posters of the group sponsoring Valley's appearance.
The groups bringing Valley to campus, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, took some of the blame for the backlash. In an op-ed for The Stanford Daily, the groups apologized for including Valley's work, which is meant to be a grotesque and provocative political criticism, without the proper context. In response, The Stanford Daily published an opposing op-ed comparing Valley's work to the propaganda of Joseph Goebbels, writing, "To apologize for the flyers but insist on continuing with the event is equal parts absurd and appalling."

This seemed like precisely the kind of campus controversy that would grab the attention of Weiss, Stephens, and the rest of conservative media: Here was a student group trying to intimidate a speaker out of appearing on campus as scheduled. On the principles of free speech and academic freedom, taking a stand for Valley seemed to be the obvious call. Instead, Weiss praised the article calling for Valley's cancellation on Twitter, thanking its author.
"Bari Weiss's attempt to get me de-platformed at Stanford, and her smear that my celebration of non-Zionist Jewish culture, politics, and art is tantamount to Nazism, should put an end to the myth that she is interested in a free exchange of ideas," Valley said in a Twitter direct message.
"She is interested [in] silencing the Left and in mainstreaming far-right ideology."
Valley's view of Weiss is in line with her own history of activism and protest against pro-Palestinian Columbia University professors during her time at the school. Far from a proponent of across-the-board freedom of expression, she and the Times' other columnists have been extremely selective about which stories get heard.
The idea that no-platforming and other efforts to control campus speech are tactics carried out primarily by students on the left is almost undoubtedly the result of outlets like the Times' opinion section giving such incidents excessive amounts of coverage -- while essentially ignoring the many examples of conservatives trying to shut out speech they don't like. You're unlikely to read Bret Stephens' take on the efforts of conservative students to use the court system to cancel a panel discussion about Palestinian rights at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. David Brooks isn't likely to weigh

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very well-reported piece and if you didn't read it last year please read it this year

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people.

Inside the movement to resurrect conversion therapy.

www.motherjones.com

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