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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 5h

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 16h

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Barrel-Aged American Mayonnaise @cormorants0.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently conservation workers used to get kākāpō riding on their gumboots, beak hooked into the rim, in much the same manner this smaller parrot is riding a leg.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 19d

Samwise: TOES
Aragorn: *looks pained*
Samwise: Mash 'Em
Aragorn: Screams

A reference to the tale of Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) breaking his toe in LOTR.

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Bonnie ⋄ 🌿🌙 Druidic Guildmaster @bonniebeevt.bsky.social · 2d

If you are chronically ill, just remember:

🔸️ It is not your fault.
🔸️ You deserve to be clean, fed, and loved.
🔸️ You are doing the best you can when your body is against you.
🔸️ Regardless of what you think, you are worth it.
🔸️ You deserve to be heard and taken seriously.

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EL BARTO ANTI-WORK @elbarto.bsky.social · 1d

One of the recurrent themes in Greta's testimony is soldiers stripping and photographing her, sexual humiliation being an out in the open policy of the IDF for years, particularly since Oct 7th. Israel torturing and sexially assaulting a bunch of foreigners should be the biggest story in the world.

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 1d

Nemiscam, Alberta

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 1d

The govt is deliberately doing this to drive down the fiscal costs of being accountable for past actions.

Yet there is plenty of $$ for wealthy labdlords, tobacco and oil industries, and for tax breaks.

Shameful behaviour by this govt who clearly don't care about our most vulnerable citizens.

André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 1d

Excluding survivors of state abuse from redress because of their subsequent actions is a horrific move. Rights aren't rights if they can be disregarded when they're inconvenient.

Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress

The same week the Government announces the Solicitor-General is leaving the role, the coalition has introduced legislation that will further shield the state from taking responsibility for the horrifi...

newsroom.co.nz

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 20h

‘Arguably’ not required.

Never privatise a public good.

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kiwionyourleft.bsky.social @kiwionyourleft.bsky.social · 20h

Arguably the Key Nat'l govt CAUSED it by selling 49% stakes in the gentailers in 2013/2014 despite a referendum showing 67% of NZ'ers were opposed. This made the gentailers focus on profits for investors rather than providing a service, and also resulted in them investing far less in infrastructure.

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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 22h

At the 2026 election it will be worth remembering that National did nothing about excessive power company or supermarket or bank profits, despite all the rhetoric about being focused on the cost of living

Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 22h

Contact Energy prices are rising AGAIN.
This feels particularly despicable when so many people barely got through winter this year with astronomical electricity bills - and because it was recently reported their full year net profit is up 41% to more than $331 million, & underlying profit is $774m.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 22h

Contact Energy prices are rising AGAIN.
This feels particularly despicable when so many people barely got through winter this year with astronomical electricity bills - and because it was recently reported their full year net profit is up 41% to more than $331 million, & underlying profit is $774m.

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Disaster Millennial @dimillennial.bsky.social · 17h

not only am i okay with Pokemon not having voice acting, i think less games should have voice acting in general

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Disaster Millennial @dimillennial.bsky.social · 17h

idk, there probably isn't a correct answer here. i get some folks wanting Pokemon to have voice acting and people that struggle with reading could probably have a better time with it if that was an option. maybe have a storybook mode where one guy reads all the text? maybe have better fonts? idk

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 12h

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

your regular reminder that Ben-Gvir is a proud war criminal who used to have a portrait of a mass murderer in his living room and in a remotely functional political culture would never be allowed anywhere near the levers of power

one of the worst people alive

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

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TieTuesday @tietuesday.bsky.social · 10h

"So tie why are you fighting tooth and nail to stay on windows 10 doesn't it make streaming and audio more annoying"

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 15h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Panic Restaurant @panicrestaurant.bsky.social · 10h

Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 9h

Gary Larson's still got it

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 8h

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 7h

women don't like the vehicle

a Games Workshop forge world Marienburg Landship

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

Whenever Democrats are tempted to pull out the old “spirited disagreements but we’re all Americans” bromide, they need to remember this first.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

Wait so he’s *cool* cool huh.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 10h

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

If you intend to keep using Windows, you can remove the "AI" garbage and telemetry with Windows 11 Debloat.

It also works on Windows 10, because Windows 10 ALSO has Copilot.

GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve you...

A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11D...

github.com

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