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Jess B @jemma2485.bsky.social · 3h

People who think Palestinians deserve to live and be free are not our enemy. People who believe we should and will burn for eternity just might be.

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Jess B @jemma2485.bsky.social · 3h

I would just love if my fellow Jews who hate Palestinians/rights protestors could spare a moment off their fainting couches to worry about this shit instead.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 5h

Speaker of the House holding a formal presser to announce that Jesus is the king of everyone in the USA should be getting more attention

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4h

My most niche Boston urban planning opinion is that we should give the Seaport back to the sea.

It's a bullshit neighborhood, no soul, just a place for rich people to park their wealth, *and* sea level rise is going to destroy it pretty soon anyway.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4h

"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 3h

The enhanced premium tax credits are a thing Biden did to make the ACA better. They are in danger. If they expire a lot of people will be made a lot worse off.

People are defending the ACA because it actually has real material impacts not because of emotional commitment to institutions.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4h

Not trying to add to the pile on, but this way of understanding politics is totally mysterious to me. What is the appropriate amount of emotion to dedicate to any given issue and how do we know when that threshold has been met or exceeded.

bluesky is an even weirder place than twitter. does my post say we should repeal Obamacare

no

does it say that the institutionalist instinct to devote so much emotion to defense of it rather than sympathizing with what it didnt/still has not fixed (for many) is misplaced?

yes. and i stand by that

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You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social · 3h

Happy birthday to Bela Lugosi, born October 20, 1882! Our six episode season on Lugosi and Karloff is perfect listening for spooky season! www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/201...

Bela and Boris Archive — You Must Remember This

The original Hollywood Dracula and Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were two middle-aged, foreign, struggling actors who became huge stars thanks to a wave of monster movie hits released by...

www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America.

Link below.

No Other Land Film - Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land

supportmasaferyatta.com

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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 6d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jess B @jemma2485.bsky.social · 22h

Hard to tease out what’s most horrifying about this, but the thought that he’ll almost certainly do it again when he’s free feels way up there.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 23h

I hate to be a doomer but the pandemic broke me in this regard I think. After watching like a third of the country proudly say they wouldn't inconvenience themselves even if it cost other people their lives, where do you go from there

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 23h

We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative

tinybaby @tiny.baby · 23h

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social · 1d

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

If not peck why peck name?

Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

Gregory Peck and a seagull on set of THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.

Trump jabs 'No Kings' protesters with AI videos of himself wearing crown

In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.

bit.ly

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Now in a position of power at the network, Ms. Weiss is the one concerned about leaks. She has complained that her comments at private CBS meetings keep turning up in media reports, asking if the company can identify the leakers, according to three people familiar with her remarks.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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Jess B @jemma2485.bsky.social · 1d

My sign from No Kings yesterday 🐸

Drawing of a frog costume’s head, with the words “amphibians not authoritarians”

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The president needs your help! He's collecting diarrhea for his plane. He has a plane that's 99% toilet with other people's diarrhea in it and he wears a little crown when he drives it around. Brave patriots please send your loose stool to your favorite diarrhea president for his diarrhea plane.

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Dave of the Dead @aferaldavid.bsky.social · 1d

every day proves that we never should have stopped calling them weird

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

This is what the 25th Amendment is for.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

Millions march against the fascism the #BrokenTimes is blind to. It now refuses to count their numbers and it muffles their voices in small, BTW headlines. This is not journalism.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

Lotte Reiniger's director cameo in CINDERELLA showcasing her meticulous cut paper silhouette animation technique.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

I know folks have been litigating the value of these protests all week, and I would remind those who have been eyerolling that one VERY important part of mass dissent is making it impossible to round up all the dissenters.

They see the crowds and have to reevaluate gulag plans

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

You know the mass protests work because Team Trump has been freaking out about them

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