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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 7h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 10h

EXCELLENT NEWS!!!

Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · Aug 7

We learned from @milliedechirico.bsky.social's Professional Sweetheart newsletter that she's programming Pam Grier's (!) SOUL FLIX, so it's kinda like the TCM Underground is back as a Roku/Plex Channel. Congrats Millie!
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Pam Grier's new channel increases Free TV Networks' portfolio  - WS Chronicle

Pam Grier's new channel increases Free TV Networks' portfolio

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WIRED @wired.com · 10h

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11h

If possible, do not bring your real phone. Write at least one phone number on your body in sweat-proof sharpie in case you get kettled and need to call someone.

Wear a mask, if you're going to be crowded in with people.

Wear the most common and nondescript clothing you can.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 12h

I didn’t know the head of FIFA is allowed to just run out onto the pitch whenever he likes.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 12h

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the Group Stage

Screenshot from ESPN FC showing Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courteous attempting to catch a rat that ran across the pitch.

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 12h

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 11h

Fuck cancer. 😓

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 20h

Same.

Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 3d

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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 23h

Fuck the both of them.

Axios @axios.com · 1d

Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 23h

Underboob WHILE devouring a rotisserie chicken then? 🤷‍♂️

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

Giving big GIF energy:

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

It’s only the 2nd inning. There are still 16 hours left in this game.

Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners fans? Breathe. It’s ok. It’s early still.

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners fans? Breathe. It’s ok. It’s early still.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Tintin and the Somerville Polyculeans @jamtoday.bsky.social · 1d

Bye, Indian motorcycles. You had a good run.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Specialty vehicle manufacturer Polaris is getting out of the motorcycle business after reaching a deal to sell its Indian brand bike operation to Carolwood LP, a private-equity firm.

Polaris to Sell Indian Motorcycle Business to Private-Equity Firm

The sale of the heavyweight bike brand is expected to boost Polaris’s profits and allow the company to focus on its core off-road vehicle business.

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

Play stupid games…

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 1d

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
bsky.app/profile/ceau...

A clothing rack on a sidewalk, full of colorful inflatable costumes, with a sign that says free.

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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 1d

"Nah!" Today for #inktober with the prompt 'drink', I decided to draw a poster based on the famous and often memed poster by Govorkov. #inktober2025

An ink drawing of a cat political poster based on the anti-alcohol poster of Govorkov from 1956. It features a cat in a suit eating a fish at a table. He is offered a drink by an extended paw holding a glass of cat nip drink. The cat refuses saying "Nah!". Additional tect reads "No nip today. My friends and comrades need me."

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 1d

This is GORGEOUS and powerful artistry. Go look.

Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 1d

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝)
For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

My hand holding a pair of long black beaded dangle earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

My hand holding a pair of black beaded loop earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 1d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 1d

Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

“But if you focus on the nose it changes to look like an old woman.”

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Trick Charles 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 1d

An easy layup for Dems to military: “We tried to keep you paid. Republicans didn’t. Why are you still voting for them?”

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

When Aaron Fucking Rupar is doing more reporting than CBS News and The NYT

I think this was a plotline on the second season of The Newsroom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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