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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 3h

October 16 2025
4 of Pentacles
#TarotSky
Don't cling too tightly to your wealth. Abundant energy needs to flow freely. Trust that you have enough, and that you will continue to have enough, and relax. The Universe provides.

The Soul Cats Tarot deck and a candle (pumpkin chai tres leches cake scent) are arranged on a purple cloth. The 4 of Pentacles card has been pulled and is displayed.

A close up shot of the 4 of Pentacles card from the Soul Cats Tarot deck. The card features a fluffy cat giving the side-eye to a hedgehog who is attempting to steal one of its coins.

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 3h

Samesies!!

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 3h

A very very happy anniversary to the love of my life @hmmadness.bsky.social !! 9 years down, forever to go!

two cats are making a heart with their tails and the words happy anniversary are above them

Alt: two cats are making a heart with their tails and the words happy anniversary are above them

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Keith Stack @keithstack.com · 6h

I actually am afraid of some ghosts.

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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 5h

Every time I see a bird, I think, "That's a government drone," and then I remember birds aren't real. But then I see a squirrel and think, "That's a bird in disguise." I can't trust anything anymore.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 12h

Glad to see reporters do this. And shout out to my @taskandpurpose.com colleagues in the photos.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 12h

The first people to go without paychecks during a government shutdown should be the politicians that got us here. In fact, they should be fined for every stinking day we’re shutdown.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

This sounds like a joke but the actual argument here being made by the white voters is that making state policy to enforce Black people’s equal access to the franchise is a violation of the 15th amendment, which was ratified to ensure Black men’s equal access to the franchise.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 19h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Art! @punsultant.bsky.social · 20h

This is hands down the best Trek fan art I've ever made

A hand embroidered bunch of flowers in the shape of the USS Enterprise D

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 22h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 20h

October 15 2025
7 of Cups
#TarotSky
The 7 of Cups has shown up for us today with a reminder: flights of fancy can be fun, but we musn't fly so far away that we get lost. There is a real world that we really do live in and must contend with.

The Spoopy Tarot deck and a candle (milk and honey scent) are arranged on a purple cloth. The 7 of Cups card has been pulled and is displayed.

A close up shot of the 7 of Cups card from the Spoopy Tarot deck. The card features 7 colorful baubles and amulets.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 20h

And we never will. Get your anti-fascist, anti-king, pro-amphibian, America loving butts to a No Kings rally near you this Saturday!

Or come to DC to really make some noise. Blue hair is optional, but democracy is not.

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · Feb 19

AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE KINGS.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

YouTube video by tennesseejed93

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

Founded in 1966, during the Vietnam War, the original 'Rag' emerged out of a sense that free speech was under fire. It's back again. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ut-underground-newspaper-the-rag-revived/

These UT Students Are Fed Up With Social Media. So They Revived a Newspaper From the Sixties.

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

www.texasmonthly.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 1d

October 14 2025
6 of Pentacles
#TarotSky
Share of yourself and your resources generously, dear friend. These kindnesses are what makes community possible. We are all our brothers' keepers.

The Horror Tarot deck and a candle (hot chocolate scent) are arranged on a purple cloth. The 6 of Pentacles card has been pulled and is displayed.

A close up shot of the 6 of Pentacles card from the Horror Tarot deck.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...