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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 50m

a black and white photo of a man standing next to another man .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man standing next to another man .

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 53m

Ride the Lightning

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 59m

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2h

Speaking as a dude who has a yearly family reunion, "aunt" and "uncle" fill a role, what the fuck are you supposed to call all those other older people you're vaguely related to, do you think there's someone running around with an org chart saying who's a second cousin thrice removed or something

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 20h

lmao

My Post headline

Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

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I Am The Gil-Monster That Lives In The House @thegilmonster.bsky.social · 3h

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

The Young Ones: Rick, Mike, Neil, and Vyvyan

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine where we'd be without Dumb and Dumber between the sticks

Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 3h

Would be nice

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 3h

I saw him post somewhere that Bluesky doesn't allow for video content as long as his.

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Bonobobananas @bonobobananas.bsky.social · 6h

For the Reds who like this kind of thing and are happy to visit Twitter (you don’t need an account, opens in browser)

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 5h

At this point MAGA/Republicans are simply checking their list to see if they have overlooked any innocent people to hurt. Senate GOP can open government today by blowing up the filibuster & taking a vote.

They have that power.

Mike Johnson has spent more time on Grindr than in House sessions.

Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely

The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is taking on new urgency this week. Millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food...

www.kens5.com

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 3h

Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 8h

Over and over in the Gospels, Jesus made it clear: food is not something people need to prove themselves worthy of.

This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...

SNAP is What Jesus Would Be Doing. That's Why MAGA Christians Are Trying to Kill It.

The sin of cruelty toward the hungry

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social · 7h

Aye wtf was yall eating up there in Seattle back in the day?! 😂😂

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 6h

My own father said this shit to me this weekend. I don't know which camp he falls in (neither of my parents skip an election😞). "Nobody voted for ALL THIS".

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🦇 @erikforrestjackson.com · 17h

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void

The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

www.whatimreading.net

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Dick Dickerson @miotchreddevil.bsky.social · 8h

Ralph Allman ( through seance fuckery)!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Crockett: You have a president who consistently is obsessing over two women of color that are members of the house, I don't know what black woman hurt him in his past, honey, but it is really taking him through it.

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 15h

The elected are NOT our leaders. They are our REPRESENTATIVES. We send them to capital hill to do our bidding, not impose their or billionaire visions upon us. Any who considers him/her self a leader; it's time to remove them.

Power should answer to people, not rule over them... 😳😳😳 #truelife #edwardgrobinson

YouTube video by TOONFY CLIP

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

Together, we're making the kind of country we want to live in.

Photo of a hand holding a cardboard sign reading "the power of the people is greater than the people in power".

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jaycbee73.bsky.social @jaycbee73.bsky.social · 23h

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

The reality is we have far far more power than the fascists governing us.

ОССиРУ
RESIST
STRIKE
DEFEND
REFUSE
REVOLT
DEMAND
ORGANIZE

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Mar 17

start your Gen X kid on the right path early

mother and child with cigarette. caption: "When You Light Up So Does He"

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tyler ⚙️🍉 @syllytyler.bsky.social · 1d

This is the reality of Trump’s America: Your neighbors are being abducted, disappeared, and killed; free speech is an arrest-able offense; children and a FIFTH of the nation’s capitol are set to go hungry next month, and the president is busy demolishing the East Wing.

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Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly why society needs socialism. We should not depend on charity, which is fundamentally unpredictable and depends entirely on the whims on the wealthy, to meet the basic needs of society. If the wealthy have excess and the poor have need, the wealthy should have less excess. Simple as.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Important column in @economist.com by @palfrey.org, head of MacArthur Foundation, on how foundations, NGOs, nonprofits, etc are standing up against MAGA attacks.

www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Paywalled, but here's a sample:

Article text:

In turn, every community in America depends on charitable organisations: hospitals, schools, museums, libraries, community centres, medical researchers—the list goes on. When the federal government reneges on its commitments to these pillars of society, it creates gaps in our social infrastructure.

This year MacArthur has increased its giving by over 20% to respond to the government-induced funding crisis that non-profits in America and around the world face, and we plan to repeat this in 2026. The extra money comes from tapping some of the excess growth from our investment portfolio—we are having to spend a higher portion of the returns from our endowment. Many charitable foundations are doing the same, and together we could put to work billions of dollars more than was previously budgeted in the coming years.

There are trade-offs here, and spending more now might mean less is available later. But this is a crucial time to support the social sector, with the sudden collapse in federal funding having sent budgets under water in field after field.

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