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Benny (he/they)

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lover of science and democracy. career in data analytics. polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist. not neurotypical. I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text. obv anti-fascist. formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social

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Benny (he/they) @benny.myatproto.social · 15h

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 7h

LAPD on horseback disperse protesters on No Kings Day in downtown L.A. ~ @shoton35mm.bsky.social

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7h

A lot of regular MAGA filth followed Trump administration accounts to Bluesky. Their only purpose is to troll, to trigger libs. Block them on sight, starve them of oxygen, let them scream into the void.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6h

Sir everyone online is saying "Diarrhea Donald" should we release a statement clarifying that you do not in fact fly around in a plane full of diarrhea

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Reminder: Trump deemed this "essential" under a shutdown even while the people who keep the nukes safe are at risk of being shutdown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around. n.pr/3WIkn7w

Protesters decry Trump administration policies in No Kings rallies across the U.S.

The second wave of mass protests organized by the progressive No Kings network saw protesters unite against President Trump's anti-immigration tactics, slashing of federal programs and other concerns.

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 9h

#NoKings signs in Belgrade, Serbia today, as protesters converged outside of (Dez)Informer media offices after the government-friendly publication called the 16 people that were killed from the train station canopy collapse in Novi Sad on Nov. 1, 2024, "alleged victims."

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 6h

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

There once was a family that declared themselves above all others. They had more wealth and used it to gain

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are eat the rich and pronounced ahkeestee oowaynahee

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Josh Drescher @joshdrescher.bsky.social · 10h

Has anyone ever lost an election so successfully?

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13h

@bradlander.bsky.social at #NoKings #Manhattan

I think this might be the eighth or ninth time I've photographed Lander in NYC? Dude shows up!

Brad Lander with one fist raised at the Manhattan No Kings march

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10h

A LAPD officer driving an SUV through a crowd of people knocks over and injures a man in Downtown Los Angeles.
@shoton35mm.bsky.social

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Benny (he/they) @benny.myatproto.social · 7h

post of the day.
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TheHerm @herminator12.bsky.social · 13h

A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 11h

Mom and dad are so proud of you for marching today. #NoKings

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14h

unicorn onesie and a fistful of flags and we're good to go

In a No Kings march, a smiling woman in a unicorn onesie holds up a fistful of flags and a sign reading "SO MANY CRIMES SO LITTLE CARDBOARD"

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10h

This is pretty much how AI works under the hood.

Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 10h

I mean it's very basic BASIC

A snippet of the app which is written in BASIC, showing an IF statement for each year from 1981 to 1989

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 13h

when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign

A young boy holds a sign that simply states in plain handwriting: Trump hit on my girlfriend

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 16h

Good example of how much of a hack Oren Cass is—on April 2nd he had *the White House* publish his praise for Trump's tariffs, and now suddenly those tariffs were "haphazard", created "heightened uncertainty", and have "needlessly antagonized Allies"

American Compass Chief Economist Oren Cass: “The new policies announced by President Trump today confirm the end of the disastrous WTO era and lay the groundwork for a new set of arrangements in the international economy that prioritize the national interest and the flourishing of the nation’s working families.”

But even though Trump defines U.S. interests and weighs costs and benefits differently than did his predecessors, he has not yet translated his “America first” instincts into a coherent vision of a new global settlement. His trade agenda has appeared haphazard, and confronting all countries suddenly, simultaneously, and harshly has needlessly antagonized allies and heightened uncertainty. On China, the administration has oscillated unpredictably, pursuing a sharp decoupling one day and a grand bargain the next. And it has been difficult to discern the logic behind moves such as imposing stiff tariffs on India, purportedly in response to that country’s oil purchases from Russia.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Jul 31

kragehund-est on tumblr: "sex isn't sexy unless it's a little bit gross. have you forgotten that you are a divine ape? plastic smooth skin, plucked hair, painted faces, scripted reactions, scrubbed til only the smell of perfumed soap remains, proportions that are conflictingly cookiecutter yet unattainable, none of this is even a little bit interesting.

you can laugh at napoleon's "home in three days, don't bathe" letter to his wife, but there's more sexuality in that one line then there is in the entirety of the hypersexualized but painfully unsexy internet."

the-ghost-of-jetstream-tormod: "What are your thoughts on musk?"

kragehund-est: "i hope he dies"

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 11h

As much as the conman psychopath wants the crown, it's No Kings. Not now, not ever in the United States of America. 😂🤣👇

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD

50+: Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130: Agents also can arrest U.S. citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

~20: Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 15h

Remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready to fight for our friends. Smut is our friend - John Waters

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h

World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

I’m old enough to remember when there was a whole debate over whether police used tear gas as they cleared Lafayette Square and the surrounding area of protesters in DC on June 1, 2020 (they did).

Now DHS agents apparently toss varieties of tear gas all the time.

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 11h

Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

Hard to estimate any of these crowd sizes other than “bigger than Trump’s crowds.”

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.

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