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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 21h

finally an october surprise

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23h

i stridently reject mamdani on this subject: enya is great workout music. skill issue www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

giving high fives. " In chatty columns for the school paper, the Bowdoin Orient, Mamdani regularly sounded off on the topics of the day. On relations between athletes and non-athletes: "1 propose ... we start a process of 'integration." On dance-floor etiquette: "Whether it's grinding, the placement of your hands or leaning in for a kiss, you need to get consent." On the "horrible choice of pump-up music" at the student gym:
"How can I be expected to pump five-pound weights with Enya as my soundtrack?"

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Spooky Scary Sarahtons 🎃 (they/them) @sarahndipity.bsky.social · 23h

well now I have to show you my little sign by my desk and its entirely your fault

a felt letter board that says "I don't always whoomp, but when I do, there it is"

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Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 23h

Winter storm names 2025-2026

Fighting Baseball (1994) screen showing “American baseball player names” they made up

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johnmark @johnmark.org · 1d

Molly does hands-down the best reporting on the crypto industry. Shining a light on blatant corruption may seem quaint and inconsequential right now, but it will make a difference. It's important to have a record of the grift, and you can play a role by supporting her investigative work.

Molly White @molly.wiki · 1d

Newsletter: Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.

www.citationneeded.news/issue-94/

Issue 94 – Backdoor deals

Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.

www.citationneeded.news

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samueljoseph51.bsky.social @samueljoseph51.bsky.social · 1d

A Hereford cow wearing a Mariner hat contemplating whether or not to walk into the ocean. Goms

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 1d

The place names are too easy (Puyallup, Tulalip, University Way), so I'll go with "geoduck".

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2d

OMG MY COPY OF "I SAW THE PINK LIGHT GLOW" FINALLY ARRIVED

IT'S HUGE AND GORGEOUS

BUY YOURS TODAY:

www.lulu.com/shop/josephi...

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 2d

Okay, it's time. I have a prized Cult of the dead cow Zippo lighter. These simply do not exist anywhere. But a CDC member is hurting and I want to encourage donations to the GoFundMe, so out it goes. Details in thread.

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

This guy needs a one hour special before tomorrow’s game

Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

Dudes rock

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Kiki is a little hobbit @cornyonmain.bsky.social · 3d

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Help Andy get essentials by buying very cool things like these sexy ghost earrings. Tis the season!

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

Respect.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

Did not know this about the Jersey Devil!!

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 2d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

maybe one day Detroit will build a modern facility

Chris Vermilion @verm.me · 2d

this bullshit is why every ballpark should have a retractable roof

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 3d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Goth or Ostro-goth @edwardericsonjr.bsky.social · 2d

Graydon Carter could do the funniest political prank call since Spy's heyday.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

We all need to be prepared this week for when on Friday Donald Trump — much to his complete and total surprise — doesn’t actually get the Nobel Peace Prize and he loses his mind.

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Drone637 @drone637.bsky.social · 4d

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Reading this thread while in my 3rd airport in 2 days (on my way to a 4th) and whether you travel a lot or not, it's an amazing read.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.

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