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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 14h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

Illinois State Rep Norma Hernandez (D): "Just days ago, we saw a 15-year-old U.S. citizen from North Lake aggressively detained even though she just had undergone kidney surgery and needed medical care. After that attack provoked by ICE, she had to return to the hospital."

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Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · 3d

Devour Your Nice Things
Burn the fancy candle.
Wear the special-occasion dress.
Pop the good bottle.
Scribble hurry slowly on the first page
of your leather-bound notebook.
Gorge on your pearls,
your cashmere, your silks.
Use the high-end eyeshadow
until the silver pan winks back.
Baptize your wrists in Baccarat Rouge,
a little extra for the collar.
Devour your nice things—
don't let the best go cold on your plate.
The anticipation of living is empty calories
and you were meant to be full.
Elise M Powers

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 4d

Looks so serene and post-apocalyptic at the same time.

Chicago, IL

Taken from Indiana Dunes State Park

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Laura Knapp @lauracknapp.bsky.social · 5d

Are you kidding me?!?! Does Miller live in the same country as the rest of us? Put federal agents in a sleepy Southern town and expect them to be ok with it???? Get this idiot outa here!!!

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 6d

Sure, fascism sucks ass, but at least it’s funny sometimes.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6d

🚨🚨🚨University of Arizona students, staff, and faculty are speaking out against Trumps demands in exchange for money. Let’s boost their voices! 1/2

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 6d

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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Louis Porter Jr @lpjdesign.bsky.social · 6d

Experienced #Comic #writer only! Stories will focus on #superhero genres: #ScienceFiction, #Mystery, #Crime & #Drama. Minimum: 3 Published Works, 8-page stories, Pay: At least $25 per page.

#Marvel #DCComics #imagecomics #indiecomics #makingcomics

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yes Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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CaptainTono @barkiologist.bsky.social · 7d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 9d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 9d

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Laura Knapp @lauracknapp.bsky.social · 9d

Hilarious…

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 9d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Laura Knapp @lauracknapp.bsky.social · 10d

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2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

apnews.com

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Laura Knapp @lauracknapp.bsky.social · 10d

What am I not seeing more about Italy on Bluesky right now?