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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 2h

The shriveled balls on these guys…don’t tell them they aren’t manly!

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 2h

“Zombie not go stop unless you tell them to stop!” -Fela Kuti

#GeneralStrikeNOW

Albumism @albumism.com · 2h

Remembering Fela Kuti today on what would have been his 87th birthday (born October 15, 1938) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/FelaKutiHBD

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17h

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

www.democracynow.org

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 10h

Bloody Tyrants
open.substack.com/pub/jonbaili...

Bloody Tyrants

Mob Summit for Peace

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 14h

Can this possibly be real? Please?

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 14h

It’s the opposite of white supremacy, lol. It’s white inferioracy

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 14h

I was an amateur artist and a midwesterner who dreamed. He was who I dreamed if being.
RIP Drew Struzan

Zaki Hasan @zakiscorner.bsky.social · 1d

So many iconic images throughout my life came from this man.

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

You can be factual and still frame things appropriately, the end

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

If your first thought as a reporter when racing to the scene where an invading fed paramilitary of murderous freaks are blanketing yet another neighborhood in chemical weapons after kidnapping people is to count how many objects are thrown at them, just quit. Just quit

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 16h

Tsunami of Hatch Act Violations

Makes it “NORMAL”

#CriminalTrumpRegime

Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 19h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 16h

The painfully sad truth is revealed. Life expectancy is not the same for “all males” in America. And it is not just genetically tied, or family based, or behavioral.
It’s environmental.

That’s right.

It’s environmental.

Yeah. The ghetto shortens lives.
Like it is designed to.

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 16h

open.substack.com/pub/jonbaili... NO to Monarchist Fascists YES to Aloha!

On The Warpath

Monterey Bay Aloha For You Beloved

open.substack.com

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

Every last bit of this is taught to them and encouraged by the adults in their lives. Every bit of it.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

They’d already printed the
T-Shirts…

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

😂 Winning! With or without Ted Nugent.

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

Trump’s diapers in a twist because he’s fucked the farmers so hard that they’re starting to feel fucked.

And I don’t think they’re gonna like the feeling

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

If you are, or know someone who is, an anti-VAXXer … start thinking of yourself as a murderer as well. You may not be a first-degree murderer.
But conduct regardless of life is a real thing, in the court of law.

Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks a bunch, you anti-vaxxer dipshit fucks.

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

A generation of our youth wasted on this regime, hopefully only one.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like we're going to have to do this with all of Tricia's lies.

www.thedailybeast.com/senior-ice-b...

Senior ICE Barbie Official Posts Totally False Information About Violent Arrest of Teen Girl

DHS communications lead Tricia McLaughlin made the false claim over a video that went viral.

www.thedailybeast.com

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

I bet they don’t know the word “endemic”

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C is for Cookie @ktmae.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @npr.org and @nytimes.com why aren’t you focusing any energy on the missing and thousands displaced on the western coast of Alaska from Halong?
There are journalists & correspondents covering this story locally, give them a chance to show & tell the world what climate change is doing to Alaska

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

Giving in will definitely lead to… A period of silence. Lol.

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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s get biblical, biblical…

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Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

Correction: the top 1% has stolen 50% of the wealth of the entire population

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

And the danger of that wealth is amplified by the power we've allllowed it to buy.

Power to influence elections.
Power to mold institutions.
Power to move markets.
Power to manipulate media.
Power to punish anyone who tries to challenge or question their power.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Jon Bailiff @jonbailiff.bsky.social · 17h

Being unrewarded from reality and meaning is so hot right now…

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17h

Articles like this drive me insane. The amount of tokens being used is going up because they explicitly made it so that models use more tokens. This is the tech section of a globally-renown newspaper and it's an argument that's unmoored from reality or meaning.
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...