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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 4d

It’s perfectly valid to be the op and not wish success on someone that did you harm. People who virtue signal to convince you to forgive someone who did deep mental damage are not friends and also must have never been in that position. Fuck that. Be a hater until you heal and beyond. 👌🏾👏🏾🔥

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 4d

SO catchy!!

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 4d

It’s perfectly valid to be the op and not wish success on someone that did you harm. People who virtue signal to convince you to forgive someone who did deep mental damage are not friends and also must have never been in that position. Fuck that. Be a hater until you heal and beyond. 👌🏾👏🏾🔥

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 5d

Hehehe 💜💜

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 7d

Hi! Let me tell you what I’ve been doing at BOOM! 💁🏾‍♀️ I’m the Special Projects Editor—an awesome new role that works on all creative for our special editions, merch, and anything related to direct-to-consumer campaigns. The first kickstarter I’ve worked on is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...

Coming soon: Jem and the Holograms: Truly Outrageous Comic Collection

www.kickstarter.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 6d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Drake’s federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court, TMZ reports

Drake's Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG Over 'Not Like Us' Dismissed

Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.

www.tmz.com

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Sis. Petty Shabazz @deelo502.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine being the first artist in history to have your rap battle L cemented in a federal court opinion. 😭

Judge Vargas literally wrote that “‘Not Like Us’ dealt the metaphorical killing blow.”
Bro didn’t just lose the beef — he made it legally binding.

Take his shoestrings. 💀👟

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 7d

Hi! Let me tell you what I’ve been doing at BOOM! 💁🏾‍♀️ I’m the Special Projects Editor—an awesome new role that works on all creative for our special editions, merch, and anything related to direct-to-consumer campaigns. The first kickstarter I’ve worked on is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...

Coming soon: Jem and the Holograms: Truly Outrageous Comic Collection

www.kickstarter.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 23d

Disney is still on the BDS list. Unless you think one Jimmy Kimmel is worth more than millions of Palestinians

George Pearkes @peark.es · 24d

!!!

*DISNEY SAYS JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SHOW TO RETURN ON TUESDAY

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Charlot Kristensen @zolwia.bsky.social · 25d

Salon Saturday written by Janelle Harper and illustrated by me, is coming out the 23rd of Sep!

This is my 4th picture book to date, It's a story celebrating the beauty of hair salon communities & the dynamic variety of Black hairstyles.

buy the book here
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/705386...?

A photo of myself, taken in my home, holding a picture book called Salon Saturday

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 27d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Sep 16

It’s my birthday so you should go pre-order my and Richy’s picture book as a gift to me ☺️🙏🏾!

🔗https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742021/mamis-magic-words-by-kiara-valdez-illustrated-by-richy-sanchez-ayala/

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Shalesha @shalesha.bsky.social · 27d

“This isn’t the America I know”

Black People:

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Sep 16

It’s my birthday so you should go pre-order my and Richy’s picture book as a gift to me ☺️🙏🏾!

🔗https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742021/mamis-magic-words-by-kiara-valdez-illustrated-by-richy-sanchez-ayala/

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Sep 7

One of the few things that have kept me sane this year is digging deeper into my Kuromi hyper-fixation (and unfortunately drowning in a popmart & miniso blind box obsession). Here is my updated Kuromi wall!

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Sep 7

One of the few things that have kept me sane this year is digging deeper into my Kuromi hyper-fixation (and unfortunately drowning in a popmart & miniso blind box obsession). Here is my updated Kuromi wall!

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Aug 8

Simply me. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Aug 4

Today I finally did a thing I’ve been wanting to do for very long: I got my tubes cut! Happy sterilization day to me! ☺️🎊Now to make sure I take it easy while I’m healing!

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · Aug 4

It was my honor!! 💜💜

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hazel 🩵 @raspberryhazel.bsky.social · Aug 1

always raining here is coming to a bookstore near you SOON
(this november)

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