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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 59m

Ignoring the actual content of the clip, is Rogan’s guest the Midnight Gospel dude? I swear it’s the exact same distinctive voice…

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

The con worked, until it didn’t?

ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members.”

ME: He still doesn’t get it. That’s what Trump wanted everyone to believe. They’re not even trying to go after “the criminals”.

Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 4h

To be completely transparent, I haven’t lived in Portland since the 90’s. And I know the city has changed a lot since then. And I hate the circumstances that bring it, but I love getting to see that the lovely weird heart of my hometown is still the same.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 17h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 7h

Surprising no one who paid attention over the last decade, except for NYT headline writers:

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 7h

Lord order my executive function!!!!!!!!!

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 7h

I wish I remembered where, but I read an article about a house where a Black family had an appraisal done twice, and after they had hidden all family photos, the *exact same* house appraised for I wanna say 100k more. Absolutely craven.

MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 7h

Did yall know that house appraisaers will undervalue your house if they know you're a Black owner? So you gotta erase all trace of yaself before they come?

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 1d

“Gosh, I think I really like this new Pope!”
-me, who’s been an atheist for over two decades.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Also weird to see the Pope being clearly so much better and less personally strange than anyone in power in the government, this is what it must have been like to be in Switzerland in 1250 or something

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

So Maine is lucky enough to have its own version of Mamdani, yet the old Dems are determined to shoot themselves in the foot.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

Tear warning! I’ve done fucked up my eyeliner!!

Maghan 🤎✨ @itsmaghan.blacksky.app · 2d

I would absolutely love this for me. 🥹 A Disney Pixar proposal?! Sign me up!

Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

The Kevin Hart scene from 40 Year Old Virgin!

“You throwing a lot of big words around. Because I don’t understand ‘em, I’m gonna take ‘em as disrespect.”

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

This one was painful to witness.

ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 2d

The Brawl, by Ernest Meissonier, 1855, 📸 by @kevsabitus

Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

My OG battle buddy simply has the *best* gossip right now. I haven’t even been in the community for over a decade, but it’s so small that even years later, the tea is piping fucking hot.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

Sir.

Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 2d

Well, Mr. Duffy got one thing right, I haven’t seen a single protest check. Who *is* funding these?! I’ve got unpaid invoices!!

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

This thread (scroll up for the whole thing) explains the Portland vibe very well, at least to me as someone who grew up up there in the 80’s and 90’s. This poster hung in our downstairs bathroom for that whole period. And I can attest that “Keep Portland weird” is far older than 2003!

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a poster that hung in my house my entire life, and which my mom gave to me when we moved to CT. The photo in it was taken in downtown Portland in 1978, and the man in it was a bar owner at the time - six years later he became the Mayor.

THIS is Portland humor, which is not new!

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

A dude I served with DM’d me an IG reel of the Portland naked bike ride, asking incredulously “Is this what you support?!”

Bruh, you are an E8 in the goddamn Ranger Regiment. If you’re triggered by naked hippies on bikes, I don’t know what to tell ya.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

So I guess green chem lights are the IR tape equivalent for these cosplay operators. What chodes. Gotta have something to prevent blue on blue pepper ball sniping.

What an embarrassing fucking timeline.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

It’s kinda surreal to see a human body without a soul. Just a talkative bag of meat.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

I try to not dwell on the minutiae of current crisis. This sounds heartless, but I have to protect my mental health in order to fight this administration with every effort I can.

Because this wrenching story is just one, out of THOUSANDS. The sheer scale of the cruelty is maddening.

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 3d

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

I implore you to go read the entire HONY piece about Tanqueray.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, who went viral on the "Humans of New York" account by sharing stories about her life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970s, has died

A photo of Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, sitting down, holding a photo of herself

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 3d

Four centimeters, late decels.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 4d

See, I kinda feel like a bad mom, myself, cuz I did NOT see that coming. She seemed so normal! But then when it was her, I realized that my mind can’t even conceptualize doing something that bonkers, and she’s just chatting about it like some silly lil’ mistake.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t live in Maine, nor plan to move there in the future, but this position is an absolute necessity for any Dem that wants my vote. And I’d bet a lot of folks feel the same way.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like I’m uniquely qualified to say that both are correct.

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · 5d

I am a former L&D RN who was/is terrified of any cardiac related. But I even my dumbass thought the ‘14yrs younger’ thing was horseshit.

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 5d

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.