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Golden Öyster Cult

@theocean85.bsky.social

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For-profit healthcare is genocide #311,920 Fav bands: Blue Öyster Cult, Golden Earring, Pearl Jam, The Beths, Frank Zappa, The Kinks Fav films: Hot Fuzz, There Will Be Blood, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Jaws, The Towering Inferno, The Great Escape

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Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · Jul 27

My wife had to undergo emergency surgery and she suffered multiple strokes. She is DETERMINED to get better but nevertheless the bills and ongoing expenses are more than we can handle. Please donate, and please share. Thank you 💙

Donate to Support Laura’s Stroke Rehabilitation and Surgical Recovery, organized by Lauren C

In early February, my wife of 11 years began to experience severe… Lauren C needs your support for Support Laura’s Stroke Rehabilitation and Surgical Recovery

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic

Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 2d

Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!

#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy

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Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 6h

I want a Rottweiler just so he can be Rowdy Rottie Piper

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 9h

“Who said we were terrorists?”

I mean how more could it be spelled out?

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 9h

I voted for John Fetterman in 2022. I will donate to and campaign for ANY primary challenger for him (assuming elections still matter), and if it fails and he wins, I will not vote for him in 2028. He is a vile and contemptible monster.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 23h

So, a 79-year-old junior senator in 2027 is Dem establishment's play for Maine??? SERIOUSLY???
Does any polisci prof in America have any hair left they haven't pulled out?

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

77-year-old Maine Gov. Janet Mills has apparently been coaxed into jumping into the Maine Senate race, challenging Graham Platner in a Democratic primary.

The 40-year-old Platner has become a favorite of progressives and Democrats wanting a more muscular response to Trump. He has raised millions.

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Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 23h

Love his whole “I’ve been to Gaza, have you” routine.

I don’t need to go to the Sudan to know there’s a famine and I don’t need to go to Gaza to know it’s a Genocide.Glad you enjoyed your curated and guided tour by the IDF. Must have been a nice little bit of tourism.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, can I suggest that you look at your tone and what you’re saying once more, really close up, and actually think about what you’re saying and how you’re saying it. You could at least *apologise* to the people you think Democrats have to allow to suffer for the greater good…

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Employers pay fed taxes on your behalf. The money doesn't magically appear. It's yours. They send it for you. Gov can tell local companies to put fed taxes in escrow (or whatever) and make Trump come sue for it. Get creative! But try something. Don't throw your hands up and say oh well.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno guys maybe states should stop paying federal taxes weird no one has come up with a plan for this obviously no one saw this coming it was impossible to predict

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 2d

WOW....👀👀👀

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

This would be insanely stupid even if it were legal. "Come work for the federal government, where you randomly won't be paid whenever Congress is dysfunctional." What a recruiting poster.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

Ellison's CBS brought on the two editors that got NYT to publish Tom Cotton's 2020 op-ed calling for soldiers to shoot protesters in the streets. Hard to find a clearer editorial throughline than "anyone protesting murder by the state should be killed for it."

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Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

I got called a “dogfaced asshole” for criticizing the album on Facebook.

This album is like 9/11 for Swifties

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

The are the Final Bosses of DEI hires

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

Well you see the west does terrorism but with uniforms, so it’s totally different

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

The ultimate DEI hire

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

*taps sign*

The Onion: “Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing”

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Max Munchies @ghostdoggtv.bsky.social · 2d

Everything republicans say is a lie, they're all traitors and if they speak truth it's only to manipulate you into giving them more time to do their work.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives romanticize the Confederacy because no matter how much time passes, the Confederacy will never be 18 years old.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

It's no exaggeration to say that if the Dems do stop the shutdown Trump will literally have a HAHA YOU FUCKING IDIOTS press conference the same way Brendan Carr laughed and admitted Project 2025 was always the plan

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Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

Underrated. Especially considering Zemeckis followed it up with Forrest Gump which is…. a movie

Golden Öyster Cult @theocean85.bsky.social · 2d

Also unlike Charlie Kirk 🤣

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Yo Gabba Penten @whatevertron.blacksky.app · 2d

On the flipside, however: obsequious indirectness isn't a kindness.

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 2d

Hot tip: cruelty is not “telling it like it is” or “being honest”

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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