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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6m

"‘Prince Andrew believed having sex w me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at hands of #Epstein, Maxwell & the King’s brother

..‘apex predator’ recruited her from MAL at 16; trafficked to succession powerful men, everyone knew what was going on" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1m

Kids saying "i love hitler" and joking about gas chambers: Stupid things that shouldn't follow them around

Kids saying "free palestine" or making a joke about charlie kirk: things that should blacklist you from society forever, possibly get you put in prison

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

I’m not even engaging with the rest of what’s wrong or factually incorrect about this; would he apply this standard to young job applicants to any profession making a cruel joke online about Charlie Kirk’s murder

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15m

They literally want more Nazis:
"The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been 'targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.'”

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18m

"According to the rationale laid out in the documents submitted to Mr. Trump, America’s acceptance of refugees has made the country too diverse." There is no bottom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12m

Here's the question I would pose to those saying the only thing that counts as progress is defunding ICE entirely and sending them all to the Hauge: Is it really your position that accomplishing all the reforms discussed in this piece *with divided government* would count for nothing at all?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 2h

The way these guys strain against mortality is only going to get weirder tbh. I would caution anyone against conspiratorial thinking that "they know something we don't" because, first and foremost, these techlord guys are morons

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 5h

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"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Over the decades, there’ve been many moments where I’ve been struck by the parallels between climate activism and tech activism. In both cases, the foundational challenge is getting people to care about the looming catastrophic effects of bad policies.

The curious, intertwined history of climate and digital rights activism

It’s going much [better|worse] than expected.

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Within a few months of taking office in January 2025, Trump’s war on so-called “gender ideology” has shocked the world. But it is nothing new. To understand why, let’s look at the history of the first trans clinic — and the long, dark history of being “un.”

Trump War on “Gender Ideology” Is Nothing New

Nazi forebears were the fathers of cancel culture

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1h

Oh god. I grew up in AZ during his reign of terror. He's just a bad guy.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h

To be clear how this came about, Arpaio called me because I am an "expert on sheriffs" (?) and said enough that Kavanaugh should feel shame about his opinion.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
slate.com/news-and-pol...

He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been a banner year for the stand-ups whose idea of free speech doesn’t extend beyond their right to make trans jokes and say “retard” onstage.

Who’s Laughing Now | Adam Wilson

Must we concede to broadband sanction of all comedic material, no matter how repulsive we find it?

thebaffler.com

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 2h

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement Republican control of Congress.

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 2h

US supreme court to hear case that could upend Voting Rights Act

Dispute over Louisiana district returns to justices after long legal saga – and could have far-reaching implications

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

US supreme court to hear case that could upend Voting Rights Act

Dispute over Louisiana district returns to justices after long legal saga – and could have far-reaching implications

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Osaka: None/bun - A sack of nuns @osakanone.bsky.social · 19h

remigrate is not a dog whistle, and is open nazi language

Remigration

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing[1] via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.[2][3] It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement.[4][5] Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.[6][7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 13h

JFC

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 14h

Attorney General Pam Bondi Says Antifa ‘No Different Than MS-13 or Any Gang’

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Attorney General Pam Bondi Says Antifa ‘No Different Than MS-13 or Any Gang’

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News that Antifa was "no different than MS-13 or any gang out there."

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Rosiemarie 🌱🌱 @rmz1961.bsky.social · 14h

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 14h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 15h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

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

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Democracy Dies in Dorkness @lizamazel.bsky.social · 14h

Trump/this regime just Streisanding the shit out of exactly the people a smarter villain would not want to give a bigger spotlight.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 22h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

Some Thoughts about Fear, Death, and Christianity

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 14h

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city