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Lorekeeper & Librarian 📦 Stay human. Save what can be saved. Preserve the memory of good in the world. Hold onto the hopeful lesson of Ozymandias. ⛔️ My modlist [blocks] = Chuckleheads 🚫 No tankies or accelerationists pls!

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🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 5d

October 18 —
🐸&🦄&🐶&👾&👻&👹&🐱…
But ❌👑‼️
#NoKings

🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 1h

Mile to the newsroom,
as the crow flies. And below,
ten million draw near…

—Kireji Karasu
🐦‍⬛切れ字烏

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone please call your local TV and radio stations and ask them to send a crew to the protests and report on them. Much of the media would prefer to ignore them like they did last time, even claiming they didn't know it was happening. Make sure they know this time and that we want to see it.

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Laurie Hutcheson @lauriehutcheson.bsky.social · 4h

I found my costume for saturdays no kings march! #nokings #taco

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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One Sassy Liberal @onesassyliberal.bsky.social · 6h

✊💙👊

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 6h

Remember kids: Spending trillions of dollars to "reindustrialize America" is dastardly socialist central planning...unless billionaires do it. finance.yahoo.com/news/marc-an...

Marc Andreessen Backs Call For Elon Musk To Spearhead $10 Trillion US Re-Industrialization Plan: 'This Is The Way'

Prominent tech investor, Marc Andreessen, expressed support for a suggestion for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk to lead a $10 trillion program to reindustrialize America. Andreessen Agrees Musk Sh...

finance.yahoo.com

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 7h

this would end us up with a democracy more rigged than Hungary's. actually, between 2010 and 2020, our democracy WAS more rigged than Hungary's. there isn't any international example of elections as rigged as Wisconsin's.

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 14h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 13h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 8h

Paging @thejan6plaque.bsky.social !

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

Put up a plaque. 🤡

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 10h

October 18 —
🐸&🦄&🐶&👾&👻&👹&🐱…
But ❌👑‼️
#NoKings

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 1d

Must have been all the nude booty.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 16h

🚫👻 I’m thinking
ten-thousand kazoos

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 17h

🚫👻 Let this be our rallying song

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Captain Kalmbach of the HCS Polaris🔜? @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 17h

One could hope that this will help convince local LEOs that these federal goons do not deserve any trust or cooperation. They're a bunch of thugs who want to hurt people from behind a uniform, but are too cowardly to join the military and too stupid to be police.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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🐦‍⬛ aqaraza ❌ 👑 @aqaraza.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. /godmode

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

that's right

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

GREER: I think China realizes they've overstepped

CNBC: You think they realize they overstepped? Their statement says 'if forced to fight, China will fight to the end'

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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tenorune @tenorune.bsky.social · 1d

The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ) to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.

ordersproject.com

The Orders Project: Legal Guidance for Military Personnel

The Orders Project helps military personnel navigate legal orders with confidence. Understand your rights and options today.

ordersproject.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 1d

Responding to knock knock jokes by standing very still and pretending I'm not home until they leave

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 1d

Every day it's like:

we're firing everybody

no wait come back

we're putting tariffs on everybody

no wait come back

haha yeah we're white supremacists

no wait come back

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