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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 5h

This may be my favorite cameo. @johnrogers.bsky.social

An actor I was unable to identify via IMDB looking put out, while sitting to her left is John Rogers Hizzownself, in a vacation-print shirt and stunned, bordering on stoned, expression.

Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux has just delivered an absolute humdinger of a detergent pitch.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

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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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

Same time that Pritzker is telling city and state officials to start arresting and prosecuting federal officials for assaulting Illinois citizens.

OT1H, this is clearly really bad.

OTOH, our federalized design might end up being an absolute godsend.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 6h

i cure world hunger while finding out what the worst dessert in the world is.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 6h

If I have to spend money being frivolous, I am supporting sculptors and making public art an interesting game.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 7h

(We already have a giant blue bear and a giant demon stallion.)
(A beloved bear.)
(An admired and respected horse. A DEFINITE stallion.)

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 7h

Giant blue sculptures of Colorado animals at the side of every road into Colorado. Must be blue.
Red glowing eyes optional.

Mountain lions and bobcats and moose, oh, my.
Mule deer and kestrels and wolves, OH MY.
Minimum 25 feet tall.
Each one has a collectable token.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 6h

[thing] go [brr]

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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · Jun 17

I posit that Kathy Hochul is actually very good at politics and often doesn’t get enough credit.

Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · Jun 17

Yeah you’ve got hochul uploading an official nygov social video calling lander’s arrest, and I’m quoting here, “bullshit.” They think the feds have overreached and are vulnerable.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 6h

I understand that there are right ways and wrong ways to have the age conversation about Dem leadership and I don’t know how I feel about specific solutions like age and term limits. I do know THIS PART HERE is a problem bigger than any one individual 78-year-old and it’s making us all furious

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 7h

I think my biggest betrayal is that it feels like they have not nurtured upcoming generations. we've watched them cut the knees out from people who get the base excited instead of mentoring them, it's aggravating as fuck.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 7h

I think my biggest betrayal is that it feels like they have not nurtured upcoming generations. we've watched them cut the knees out from people who get the base excited instead of mentoring them, it's aggravating as fuck.

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 6h

Keira Knightley cares so little about trans people that she couldn't even be bothered to prep an answer about working w/ Rowling & just seemed very angry to be asked. And no, I don't believe that she didn't know. Come on. www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co...

From the Fauxmoi community on Reddit: The video of her response to this was so much worse than the transcript

Explore this post and more from the Fauxmoi community

www.reddit.com

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 6h

*sad fistbump of solidarity

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 9h

"yes." unfortunately, because they're relevant.

i got to teach my colleagues about them last week. :-)

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Skeletal Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 9h

“Amy! What is best in life?”
IDK, but watching somebody who loves Distressing Animal Facts share one with someone who’s equal parts delighted and horrified to learn it has gotta be pretty high on the list.

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Cates Holderness @cates.bsky.social · 9h

Asking for work: Hey anyone here fluent in Elvish (specifically Quenya) enough to double check a very short translation? If so, DM me!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 9h

Same.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 11h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 9h

threw on some Toby Daye civvies to head up to @quailridgebooks.bsky.social and chat with the singular @seananmcguire.bsky.social about Silver and Lead, the 19th (!!) installment of her October Daye series. an exhilarating, poignant, only somewhat terrifying experience that I would absolutely repeat

Charlotte, in Elf ears, a black tee, skinny jeans, and a red leather jacket, stands beside author Seanan McGuire, who wears a fun dress in a black cat and jack o’lantern print. they are standing in front of bookshelves and wearing colorful KN95 masks.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 16h

“Massachusetts lawmakers proposed holding back more than $100 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill released Tuesday, citing ‘questionable spending practices’ after months of negative headlines and increased scrutiny over the elected office.”

#Massachusetts #mapoli

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15h

Me after seeing the leaked texts of young Republicans *in 2025* praising Hitler & calling to gas all of us.

The only thing I’m more (not) shocked by is this will not in any way shame them, further empower them.

Remember this next time they pretend to be offended that anyone calls them Nazis. Smh.

a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

ALT: a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

media.tenor.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

If you write a viral post that contains errors or lacks context, I *will* fact check it.

But don’t worry, no one will like or share the fact check anyway because it won’t be as exciting/funny/incendiary as the error/exaggeration/clickbait.

🤪

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 14h

Fuck offfffffffff with this.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 19h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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