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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · Dec 22

Gather round Bluesky, while I tell a tale that happened 100 years ago in a magical place called “Louisiana.” One of the more incredible “what-ifs” of turn of the 20th century USA, and that’s saying something. Today we’re talking about House Resolution 23261: The “American Hippo Bill”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1h

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 4h

Haha, suck it stupid MAGA city council

(all of us here know they’re going to try and appeal the appeal which is gonna waste even more of our tax money, and we’re facing an $8million deficit in the budget)

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: California appeals court STRIKES DOWN Huntington Beach's voter ID requirement for municipal elections. City is BLOCKED from enforcing voter ID law. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...

🚨 People of the State of California v. City of Huntington Beach

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 4h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social get Sarah Jessica Parker to do an “And Just Like That… New York Politics was done with Andrew Cuomo” read pleeeeaaaaassseeee

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 6h

seattle university has done a crime survey of seattle residents for a decade and it’s interesting to see how people that live there view things vs what’s been largely projected onto them www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Interestingly, Helfgott found that when faith in police fell, neighbor-to-neighbor ties strengthened.
"As police legitimacy went down, social cohesion and informal social control went up," she said. In other words, people were more likely to talk with neighbors about safety concerns and get involved in things like block watches, community councils and simply being more alert.
"It's as if when people don't trust police, they rely more on each other," she said. "Then, when trust in police goes up, that community involvement goes down." She hopes moving forward, Seattle residents can sustain both a renewed trust in police and continued investment in neighborhood relationships.
Each year, the survey identifies Seattle residents' top five public-safety concerns. When the survey began, the top concerns centered squarely on property crime, particularly car prowls and residential burglaries, and lack of police capacity.
Since 2023, however, something new has topped the list: traffic safety. "That was surprising," Helfgott said.
"Historically, only West Seattle mentioned it a lot. But now it's citywide."
Residents across precincts are voicing frustration about reckless driving, drag racing, unsafe crossings and conflicts between cars, bikes, scooters and pedestrians. In the survey's qualitative comments, Helfgott notes, people describe tense encounters among cyclists, walkers and drivers and frequent complaints about construction zones and speeding.
Helfgott suspects the issue's rise reflects both real hazards and changes in enforcement. "People don't think police will stop them for speeding anymore," she said, adding that reduced traffic enforcement after 2020, coupled with denser development and new mobility devices like scooters, has made streets feel more chaotic.
She also notes that traffic safety ranking as the top concern reflects the fact that Seattle is relatively safe and doesn't have the level of violent crime found in some other big cities.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8h

A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers

Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 15h

A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 9h

Power protects structure. That’s why people want something like Mamdani or AOC or Bernie, we are desperate to leave the political fundraising machine that does nothing

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 10h

Moon Pie marketing dept right now

a man in a tutu is dancing in a field with a group of people .

ALT: a man in a tutu is dancing in a field with a group of people .

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 10h

“Sir, we’ve assembled a group of the top Tony Hawk Pro Skater gamers to name Exhibit 1, and they’ve decided.”

“Frog Squat Downward Dog Nose Stall”

*everyone claps*

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 10h

This is why you should feel fine fighting conservative men

Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · 12h

A huge brawl broke out at the Bass Pro Shop grand opening in Odessa, TX. From the looks of it, no one was seriously injured...

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 11h

“Thanks for the help but fuck you were going in another direction”

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 11h

Cannot recommend it enough

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 11h

Or the national guys have a lot more they can cover and talk about, and the state of Alabama will only cover sports

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 11h

You think their livelihood depending on covering a local despot who is higher paid than every state politician who will ban you if you’re too critical means no skin in the game? Woof

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 12h

Going from mispronouncing Zohran's name to not pushing back on Trump falsely calling him a communist straight into calling Trump charismatic is a truly incredible eighteen seconds of journalism.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

Some have called Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist front-runner for New York City mayor, a left-wing version of President Trump.

"I think I'm a much better looking person than him," says Trump, after calling Mamdani a "communist."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 14h

this is still unbelievably weird because he begged the president and rest of the government to help him … schedule an iv? it was already approved and appears he just couldn’t figure out how to get an appointment setup. wtf are we doing here

Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 12h

Yes like politics but it’s the politics of a schools athletic dept as dictated by the richest. Like Trump and Miriam Adelson or Trump and the PayPal mafia

Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 12h

This was helpful

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 23h

Fissure

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 1d

He has collected Oregon and Colorado, if he finds his way to Vermont he will become a sentient Grateful Dead song

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Hughbris

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 1d

Wrote this three years ago. The football parts held up fine, not that it was hard to predict

Rub some church on it

"If this is found, then I'd rather be lost."

www.jasonkirk.fyi

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