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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a hater bone deep. A hater par excellence. I hate fascists and other Republicans. I hate cruelty. I hate arrogance. I hate sanctimony. I hate phoniness. I hate dishonesty and injustice. Mostly I hate concepts over people, especially in ideology and ethics. But I may hate Brian Kelly most of all.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

There’s absolutely a story to be written about this transaction and Stonepeak, a PE firm focused on data centers and renewables with a side of transportation/logistics. These are not the kind of people that want the PR associated with this stuff.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 10h

This ICE removal operated by Omni Air International is now making its second stop, in Sri Lanka. So far, migrants onboard have spent 34 hours in handcuffs, leg irons and a waist chain. There may be more stops.

Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.

An ADSBx map of South Asia showing the flight path of Omni aircraft N819AX. It flew east, landed in New Delhi, then flew south and is approacing Colombo, Sir Lanka.

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 6h

I love how the Kennedy and the Cuomo names have both been destroyed by the biggest failson losers in existence. Generations could have ate on those names but now they’re snuffed out within one generation. Wonderful stuff

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The Traveler | Galaxy Pixels @ekvitki.bsky.social · 20h

late night doodle

#pixelart #art #space

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 2h

"Your father and I need to have a talk with you about drugs"

Pablo Picasso @pablopicasso.bsky.social · 13d

Seated Dora Maar
https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/31493

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 2h

The most important thing here is that the president is unilaterally raising taxes on you because he got mad at his TV

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

Hard to believe that we're 1 week away from November. I don't understand how or why time is flying in this way.

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ShannonWLocke @shannonwlocke.bsky.social · 3h

Explaining the reasons behind the Bexar County District Attorney's historic domestic violence backlog.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 4h

When it drops below 80 in Texas, we make chili. Pasilla, guajillo, and ancho. Half sirloin, half chuck. No beans.

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troyliss @troyliss.bsky.social · 7h

Highly edumacational thread:

Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h

if you have any ability to do so this is the time to contribute to your local food bank

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

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Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social · 5h

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 5h

Today would be a good day to unban Link and release the Epstein files

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 5h

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

"Anger over a housing crisis and the cost of living, campaign blunders by Fine Gael and its ruling partner Fianna Fáil, rare unity among leftwing parties and deft use of social media combined to make Connolly a symbol of change."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Leftwinger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide

Independent pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment

www.theguardian.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Miriam @miriam.blacksky.app · 7h

For the Americans I know you don’t hear much global news but Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly as our president by a laaaaandslide ✊🏽

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 7h

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, a TN sheriff had a 61-yr-old man arrested for posting a meme on Facebook, which the sheriff absurdly construed as a threat. It was pretty clearly bullshit but I dug into the case using FB & public records and now it looks even worse. My latest @theintercept.com:

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

theintercept.com

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 9h

it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct

The Weekend: Primetime @theweekendprime.bsky.social · 9h

In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 12h

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 12h