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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 3h

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand.

Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 3h

Man, as a white guy, I think I can safely say, some white folks gotta fucking shut up. Especially this guy. And all the white folks behind him.

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 4h

It's skuuuuuullllicious!

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 4h

DoubleplusFuckYeah. Damn but they were good.

Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 8h

*Good* vibes!

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 8h

**Shudder**

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 12h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlaw.social

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 10h

#80sTop30 - Alphabetical by title
#MusicChallenge
Day 15

Paul Simon - Late in the Evening
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIwi...

Daaang - That's Tony Levin on bass. Recorded around the same time as Peter Gabriel III and Double Fantasy and about a year before King Crimson's Discipline.

Paul Simon - Late in the Evening (Official Video)

YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 4d

Can't take credit for the awesome Amphifa logo, but the one I designed is free to use!

Here's a png with no background. You can buy sticker paper everywhere and use a normal printer to print them out!

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, Edge of Tomorrow (Tom Cruise/Emily Blunt flick loosely based on this story) was quite good, but the source novel was *so* much better. I'm so looking forward to this. I hope it comes to the Netherlands.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 1d

New trailer for "All You Need Is Kill" animated feature by Kenichiro Akimoto & Studio 4°C.
Coming in Japanese theaters on January 9, 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrHi...

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Doubleplusfuck*Yeah*

Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

See my body and I dream of the deadweights...

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Finland Tread, Egypt Mill

Cardio workout to Sisters of Mercy

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Non, General Zod, and Ursa from the 1970s Superman films, with the caption Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Only tangentially related - I have many copies of a favourite fairly long novel. At one point (25 years ago, maybe), I pulled it apart into 75 or so page bits that I could keep in my pocket to read on the bus. E-readers have made that habit obsolete, but it was a great way to reread Ulysses.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 1d

It's always a good time to read Sontag on Riefenstahl:

archive.is/72jqK

Although Triumph of the Will has no narrative voice it does open with a written text that heralds the rally as the redemptive culmination of German history. But this opening commentary is the least original of the ways in which the film is tendentious. Triumph of the Will represents an already achieved and radical transformation of reality: history become theater. In her book published in 1935, Riefenstahl had told the truth. The Nuremberg Rally “was planned not only as a spectacular mass meeting—but as a spectacular propaganda film…. The ceremonies and precise plans of the parades, marches, processions, the architecture of the halls and stadium were designed for the convenience of the cameras.” How the Party convention was staged was determined by the decision to produce Triumph of the Will. The event, instead of being an end in itself, served as the set of a film which was then to assume the character of an authentic documentary. Anyone who defends Riefenstahl’s films as documentaries, if documentary is to be distinguished from propaganda, is being ingenuous. In Triumph of the Will, the document (the image) is no longer simply the record of reality; “reality” has been constructed to serve the image.

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Phylosoma™ @phylosoma.bsky.social · 1d

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

Only EUR 271 needed (within 36 hours) for this excellent project to meet its goal... www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/19...

The Mezrab Book - Stories of Home door Mezrab

De crowdfundingcampagne The Mezrab Book - Stories of Home staat op voordekunst.nl. Doneer nu en maak dit project van Mezrab mogelijk!

www.voordekunst.nl

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/u-...

Do NOT put Donald Trump on any U.S. currency!

Rarely in U.S. history have living presidents minted their image on U.S. currency. Trump wants to change that.  In October, it was reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled plans f...

sign.moveon.org

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 1d

#80sTop30 - back to alphabetical
#MusicChallenge
Day 14

Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
www.youtube.com/watch?v=plPu...

Midnight Oil - Kosciusko (Blackfella/Whitefella / 1986)

YouTube video by The Making of Midnight Oil

www.youtube.com

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 2d

* Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar (audio, appropriately enough)
* The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 2d

And now we meet in an abandoned studio...

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

SWITCH TO TIDAL TODAY

YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR PLAYLISTS WITH THE LINK BELOW

IT IS EASY, THE SOUND QUALITY IS BETTER, THEY HAVE MUSIC VIDEOS, AND THERE'S NO GESTAPO ADS

tidal.com/transfer-music

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 2d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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Bishop Joey (he/him) @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 2d

I would also direct you to the version by Bardo Pond. In '72, King Crimson had it in their repertoire as well, but Live At Summit Studios is not streaming as yet.

soundcloud.com/bardopond-mu...

The Creator Has a Master Plan

Listen to The Creator Has a Master Plan by Bardo Pond #np on #SoundCloud

soundcloud.com

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