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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 8h

That’s the problem with theism that values an afterlife that diminishes this one as an audition; it breeds a sort of narrow nihilism.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Doocy: Does this help get you into heaven?

Trump: I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven. I think I’m not heaven bound.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 9h

The Middle East’s Only Liberal Democracy.

Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 11h

Anyone who celebrates the release of a prisoner will be considered a target for "punishment and arrest" by Israel. Are you fucking kidding me?

Israel warns West Bank Palestinians against celebrating prisoners’ releases

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www.timesofisrael.com

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been itching to binge watch the whole series to the movie.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 10h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 10h

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

Ask Russia if the nation they're invading should get weapons to help them fight back.

Trump works for Putin is what he means.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10h

Trump on Tomahawks for Ukraine:

Well, I don't know. I might have to speak to Russia, to be honest with you about Tomahawks. Do they want to have tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so.
I think I might speak to Russia about that, in all fairness.

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

He's certainly made things better for rapists, fascists, racists, grifters and scumbags of all sorts.

Some say that this means he knows he's seriously ill and or dying, I have no idea but I imagine he'd go through the stages like Mr Toad's Wild Ride, like a public freak out of rage and or tears.

Ahmad Algohbary @ahmadalgohbary.bsky.social · 10h

Trump:

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven. I’m not sure I’ll make it there, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

The wallet inspector's inspection can be deferred three times a year.

It will ask to inspect your wallet every other day.

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

slashdot.org

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

Measles was the first clue this may not be real.

Graham Allen
@GrahamAlle... 48m
THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST HALF-TIME
SHOW EVER!!!
THIS 100% BEATS BAD BUNNY!!!
TURNING POINT USA
USA
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KID ROCK
AMERICA'S HALFTIME SHOW TED NUGENT
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USA
JASON ALDEAN AARON LEWIS (OF STAIND) JOHN RICH
LEE GREENWOOD FORGIGATO BLOW
FEATURING A GUEST APPEARANCE FROM MEASLES
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

Grant Morrison explored this concept in Animal Man:

Animal Man Vol 1 5

"The Coyote Gospel": While driving through the desert, a truck driver for the Ajax Trucking Co. picks up a hitchhiker named Carrie, who is hoping to find stardom in Los Angeles. During their journey t...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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TheSecretDiplomat @thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social · 10h

Governments across Europe are seizing their "fire at the Reichstag" moments.

The UK government plans to introduce legislation to ban peaceful protests when the government dislikes the topic of protest.

If you're a European and you're not deeply concerned, then you aren't paying attention.

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but

www.bbc.co.uk

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 10h

No good Republicans, they keep telling everyone and everyone needs to believe them.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 11h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 14h

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 11h

She has me blocked, wish I knew what I said to earn that so I could say it again.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 11h

Oh but she was unaware! Because it’s not been in the news for years now and no one told her and gosh, she can’t stop now! That’s be rude or something.

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 11h

Why can’t we just tolerate intolerance?!? asks someone who has never had to deal with it because life’s been good to them.

All Knightley wants to do is make money working with a monster who takes absolute glee in hurting people, does that make her a bad person?

Yes, yes it does.

feral streep @seanpaulmahoney.bsky.social · 13h

lol how would you be unaware of what a transphobic pice of shit JK Rowling has been for the last 10 years?

"I was not aware of that, no," Knightley said when asked about the boycott.
"I'm very sorry. I
think we're all living in a period of time right now where we're all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren't we? And we've all got very different opinions. I hope that we can all find respect."

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 12h

Block, don't ratio, @sallyjenx.bsky.social, and help keep the bad opinions that are worth nobody's time off this website

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 12h

heterodox free speech types, especially those with massive national platforms, love to claim they're being censored the second you engage in counterspeech by saying something like "shut da fuq up"

Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck are we doing here?

Sally Jenkins •@sallyjenx.bsky.social • 2h
Oooooeeee there are a lot of people with gags in their hands on this site. Used to be a nice open space for idea exchange.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 12h

Not sure but when I went to find out I was blocked so that’s pretty much all the data I need.

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 12h

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Not a “globalist” but he has brought peace to nations around the globe by not engaging with foreign nations.

Oh hang on, he means “not Jewish”.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Rep. Van Orden: "Listen, at this point the Nobel Peace Prize does not deserve Donald Trump. It's just shocking and so in your face. I mean, this guy has done more for world peace in 9 months any any president in history. Period. And it should be recognized. But unfortunately he's not a globalist."

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 13h

Approval from Israel?

I was told by Israel’s supporters that Israel had nothing to do with the aid blockade. That is was all Hamas and the UN.

Weird.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Desperately needed aid is in position on the Egypt-Gaza border, ready to be delivered to millions of Palestinians. The UN says it has received approval from Israel to begin deliveries on Sunday.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 13h

If we did our jobs properly and the way we’re supposed to then where would we be?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 13h

Mamdani might make us slightly less above the law! What if we and our buddies and our families can’t park anywhere we want?!? What if we have to work our overtime rather than crush candy?!?

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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