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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 8h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 10h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 @29rory.bsky.social · 2d

And all the politicians are now millionaires?

that dont need the jobs they do

They are millionaires that could retire for life 10 times over

They only go to work to make sure no one gets to govern the country for the people
and not for the oligarchy

#ANTIFA
#ANTI-FASCIST

Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 2d

“The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new ACOSS and UNSW report released today at the start of Anti-Poverty Week.”

theaimn.net/poverty-incr...

Poverty increases to 1 in 7 people: New report

ACOSS and UNSW Media Release The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new ACOSS and UNSW report released today at the start of Anti-Poverty [...]

theaimn.net

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K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 @29rory.bsky.social · 2d

His orange face painted master race president might disagree

Those with the fake spray tans
and excessive make up
are in the White House now

you White people are so outdated
follow your leaders
get a ridiculous looking spray tan

or fuck right off
#Racist

Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 2d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 2d

*Deep long sigh*

I STILL have phone numbers memorized for people that have long been dead, businesses that shuttered, restaurants that you can’t even Google what happened to them & friends apartments they haven’t lived in for between 25 and 40 years…

I’M 50!

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 23h

I heard the initial story, but the story is advancing and getting quite interesting!

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 3d

This is entirely predictable. The genocide continues.......

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA tells the Canary Israel is still mounting a 'strangling siege' on Gaza

Despite the ceasefire, aid is still not fully getting in - with UNRWA telling the Canary that 6,000 of its trucks are held by Israel at Gaza's borders
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA tells the Canary Israel is still mounting a 'strangling siege' on Gaza

Despite the ceasefire aid is still not getting in, with UNRWA telling the Canary that 6,000 of its trucks are held by Israel at the border

www.thecanary.co

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 2d

The USA
Gets more evil
By the day

WOMEN TO BE EXECUTED FOR THE CRIME OF HAVING AN ABORTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA

An all male committee of South Carolina lawmakers will decide this week if the state’s women will face the death penalty for getting an abortion & doctors will risk 30 years in jail for performing one

bonniefuller.substack.com

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Curry - a legend.

‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

www.10news.com/news/local-n...

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linlukey.bsky.social @linlukey.bsky.social · 2d

Naked Bike Riders Demonstrate against Federal Troops in Portland

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

I still have not gotten an answer as to why Donald would even consider pardoning Ghislane Maxwell. And Biden is not an answer.

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💙 The Chronic Pain 💙 @thechronicpain.bsky.social · 2d

Think about it 🤔

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

Weeks before the fire,
Judge Diane S. Goodstein had reportedly been receiving death threats for several weeks before the fire.

‘Rain Holy hell fire onto these judges who interfere with the Executive branch.’

— No Privacy (@NoPrivacy16) September 5, 2025

Still no news on the investigation

MAGA Demanded ‘Holy Hell Fire’ Before Judge’s Home Exploded

A judge who had outraged the Trump administration received an onslaught of violent threats before an explosion tore through her home. South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein was walking her...

www.yahoo.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The notion, not unfounded, of Democrats as humorless scolds is suddenly being overturned by inflatable frog costumes. Is humor and mockery the key to defeating Trump?
www.thebulwark.com/p/can-democr...

Can Democrats Mock Trump Into Defeat?

As the president embraces strongman politics, Democrats are increasingly trying to make him seem little.

www.thebulwark.com

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 2d

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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings' Day protesting is as American as apple pie.

What's not American is bailing out Argentina with 20 billion dollars while military members wait in line at food banks.

a close up of a man with a beard and mustache making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a man with a beard and mustache making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 2d

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Why is former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb speaking out so forcefully against his former boss now?

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to him about it on the latest Bulwark Podcast

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