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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · 7d

Nuh’haven.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Was Faith a 12-year-old?

MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 13d

Robert Morris "served as a faith adviser to President Donald Trump."

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in an Oklahoma jail.

www.nbcnews.com

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 13d

I know things seem bleak, but there is ample reason to hope.

Trump's regime is brittle and weak, he is deeply unpopular and I believe we can and will survive this. My latest:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/02/m...

Quit Being All Gloom and Doom. MAGA Has Not Won

MAGA has not won. Trump’s power is weaker than it looks, and American democracy is more resilient than the doomers believe.

washingtonmonthly.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Sep 4

We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories.

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans.

He must resign.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Aug 30

That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thousands of ICE agents are doing a lot more damage to our social fabric than millions of undocumented immigrants.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Aug 24

Bastards.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Jimenez Rosa, a legal permanent resident and mother of four U.S. citizens, was detained over what her lawyer believes was a decades-old, personal-use marijuana charge, which is no longer a crime in Massachusetts today… “I was just like, ‘Girls, we might never see your mother again in this country’”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Aug 24

Words/phrases Democrats should never use:

* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · Aug 21

James Dobson arrives in Heaven

Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, realizing he's about to get whacked

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · Aug 5

In memory Adam Nathaniel Yauch aka MCA, American bass player, rapper and founding member of the hardcore punkrock / hip hop group Beastie Boys, born on this day in 1964, NYC

Photo by Adam Plastik

#punkrock #hardcorepunk #adamyauch #mca #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 29

I’ve had nothing to do with that pedophile since he stole all of my teenage masseuses.

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · Jul 27

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 11, Episode 2

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Jul 27

his special lunacy stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred cannon upon its own mad mark

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · Jul 24

At a 60 hr vigil for Medicaid. The candles represent the over 800,000 people who could lose Medicaid. Congress' reconciliation bill will likely result in almost $1 trillion being stolen. And all to allow billionaires and millionaires to continue to steal money from the most vulnerable.

Photo of me and Zini in front of thousands of luminaries and the Washington Monument.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jun 26

A secret, never-mentioned fact is that the people who voted for Zohran are also taxpayers.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · Jun 18

This story was so good that I came to Bluesky to find and follow @dexdigi.bsky.social and share. And lo and behold, @rossminor.bsky.social himself is one here too!

Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Jun 13

Here's an article I have been wanting to write for a long time. Shout out to @wired for the chance, and to @rossminor.bsky.social for letting me tell some of this story.

WIRED @wired.com · Jun 11

Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios.

@rossminor.bsky.social's ultimate goal? To make it so blind people can play any game.
www.wired.com/story/ross-m...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · May 3

Take 3 minutes to listen to Draymond Green talk about Gregg Popovich

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Apr 28

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses.

Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence.

Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.

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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · Apr 27

Bernie Bro Joe Klecko

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Apr 27

I am finding myself unprepared, in a positive way, for the concept of Based Liberal Jumbo Elliott. Everything is on the table now. Bumping into Bart Oates at a DSA committee meeting. Prairie Populist Gary Reasons. All of it.

Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · Apr 27

This photo tells you everything you need to know about the cable news ecosystem in the United States.

It is the perfect distillation of the moment.

That Jumbo Elliott, by the way, is the former tackle for the New York Giants.

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · Apr 25

“All right next up on the line is Donnie from Queens, Donnie whaddaya got for us”

Nick Baumgardner @nickbaumgardner.bsky.social · Apr 25

jesus christ

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · Apr 17

I read this today and you should too. Absolutely fantastic.

andrejgee @andrejgee.bsky.social · Apr 17

My first @rollingstone.com cover profile: A crosscountry, all-hours-of-the-night journey to speak with Lil Wayne.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · Feb 22

There’s a lot of ways you could pose a gloved hand and they chose this.

Box of latex medical gloves with index finger extended, aggressively.

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Fred October @dolphinsafeham.bsky.social · Feb 4

BaT is my mental health break from (most of) the rest of my feed -comic book feeds are another- and more of you should follow these guys.

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · Feb 4

Custom 1977 Dodge Tradesman B200 Van

Bid for the chance to own a Custom 1977 Dodge Tradesman B200 Van at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #179,729.

bringatrailer.com

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