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A. Torch

@torcho.bsky.social

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Activist, Surrealist artist, vintage shopkeeper, anti-racist. Music is life-giving. #Jazz #Punk #CraftBeer ☂️ ⚔️ 🥪 #surrealism #yourbackseat #twinpeaks #STL

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · Jan 16

A watercolor of Senorita Dido I created after watching the masterpiece: Part 8 (The Return) of #TwinPeaks #art #davidlynch

Watercolor of a lady in cool blue moody colors, gazing upwards. The lady operatic singer from the Twin Peaks Return.

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 6m

Yes. 🥴

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 8m

Her sister seems melodramatic. 😂

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 2h

The fact that everyone totally ignores C3PO when he says stuff like this makes a lot more sense if you think of him as a ChatGPT type computer who just says plausible sounding sentences without any real analysis behind them.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 2h

if I was someone hired to protect the substantial assets of Wash U medical, I might notice what @jamellebouie.net has been saying about immunity in trump's cabinet, and notice that Miller might be vulnerable to prosecution for a few different things

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Canada vs. America

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Will Bauer @will-bauer.bsky.social · 2h

Blight — the most ambiguous word used in municipal government.

From @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social:
www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Officials say Cortex area still blighted after all these years, move renewal forward

An aldermanic committee moved forward with a plan to renew a blight determination for St. Louis’ Cortex district in an effort to finish redeveloping the area.

www.stlpr.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

It’s official - Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is throwing his hat in the ring for Congress in MEMPHIS. (For the only congressional seat Dems still currently control after racist GOP gerrymandering)

www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/p...

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 4h

The dumbest of regimes.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 4h

Ben Meiselas reports on furious Canadian people striking back at Donald Trump after his awful meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday where he continued to threaten Canada’s sovereignty and he continued to behave like a sociopath.

youtube.com/watch?v=fNrH...

FURIOUS Canada STRIKES BACK after DISASTER WH Meeting

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 1d

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 4h

The late rocker Ozzy Osbourne accidentally became part of St. Louis sports lore. This season, the Blues will honor him in a pregame video to pump up the fans.

Hochman: How the Blues will honor accidental fan Ozzy Osbourne all year

The late rocker Ozzy Osbourne accidentally became part of St. Louis sports lore. This season, the Blues will honor him in a pregame video to pump up the fans.

www.stltoday.com

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 4h

#wellsfargo

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 5h

I can find people but not words.

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Shutdown _Doom_Loop @midtowndoom.bsky.social · 5h

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 5h

It was the candy corn. I told RFK Jr without the red dye it becomes a fruit. 🤠

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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Mr. Mark Dobalina @archcityhistory.bsky.social · 16h

A percy clip from the JeffVanderLou archives...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking news: A Portland police officer threatens a ICE thug with arrest if he continues to try to drive through a crowd of protesters and police! Listen to what the thug says to him about not caring and then how there aren’t to many protesters so it won’t be messy! 🤬

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 17h

Funny (to me at least) Dolly Parton was my first concert, I was dragged as a small child to see her play in the old STL Arena. I have no recollection of an opening band. But she shimmered in rhinestones like some type of musical angel.

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