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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 1m

Love it!

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 6h

a pumpkin man sits inside a pumpkin house, is the house made of flesh, or is he made of house? he smiles for he does not know

a small pumpkin with a smiley face drawn on in sharpie pen sits within a larger pumpkin carved to look like its home

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h

Guys, I think we might have lost the element of surprise on this one.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h

That absolutely isn’t how it works.

- me to Trump … and the NYT

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 2d

I love the inflatable costumes from a purely strategic standpoint because it quite effectively takes the wind out of the sails of "war-torn portland" "antifa supersoldier" type rhetoric. it happened organically and dare I say, memetically, but it works

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

STOP THE ANTIFA TERRORISTS

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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 2h

Trump signs memo claiming power to do things he has no constitutional authority to do

Trump signs memo claiming power to do things he has no constitutional authority to do - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Classic “the subhed is fine, the headline is not”: President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum significantly expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters. Mr. Trump’s memorandum gives Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, […]

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 2h

Impressive.

Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 4h

The US is Orange on the Press Freedom Rank.

Not yellow,

Definitely not green like free democracies.

The US is no longer "The land of the Free"

Given the cowardly behavior of the billionaire oligarchs "leading" our society, the US is DEFINITELY NOT, "The home of the brave."

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5h

2025 Press Freedom Rank
1 Norway
2 Estonia
3 Netherlands
4 Sweden
5 Finland
11 Germany
16 NZ
20 UK
21 Canada
25 France
27 S Africa
29 Australia
31 Poland
49 Italy
52 Ghana

57 US

58 Gambia
61 S Korea
63 Brazil
66 Japan
89 Greece
112 Israel
124 Mexico
151 India
171 Russia
178 China
rsf.org/en/index

Global map with countries shaded to indicate level of freedom of the press based on the 2025 Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4h

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 4h

The upcoming adult leaders of today's GOP are racist, nazis.

That's exactly who Trump recruited. Those getting ahead resemble Trump's sensibilities.

Like Trump & Vance, these are racist, nazis.

Like Trump, these adults are there for power and grifting.

And cruelty.

That's their core affinity.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 4h

My interest is far more the literal mountain of research, including thousands of declassified documents and 1st person acounts from all over the world. Its super clear to anyone who actually looks.

For the video above, FAR LESS the individual UFO footage than the voices speaking on the video above.

Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 5h

An intelligent nonhuman species is operating craft and orbs all around the earth.

This seems newsworthy.

#ufosky

Disclosure Party @disclosureparty.bsky.social · 6h

Unidentified craft are operating within Earth’s atmosphere and performing maneuvers that surpass any known technological capabilities of the United States, China, and Russia. The most rational conclusion is that these objects originate from another species of intelligent life.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 6h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Peter M. Sullivan @citizensullivan.bsky.social · 5h

The group chat included elected officials, their staffers, and Republican Party officials and operatives. These were grown-ass adults.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 6h

America Last!

Trump Family First.

Based on his actions, That's his message!

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 6h

Dry pumpkins allow for hanging leaves.

2 examples -Predator from 2018 and Bag-End from 2019.

Not really as possible on a juicy pumpkin because on a dry pumpkin the skin compresses, and is harder to fully rip off.

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 6h

4 dead in O-H-I-O might do it.

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 8h

Love it! The trees especially!

Reminds me of a much earlier carve of mine from 2007 - Maleficent on the bridge with Prince Philip. "Now shall you deal with me!"

I actually revisited the final scene last year - no trees though.

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 8h

Love it! The trees especially!

Reminds me of a much earlier carve of mine from 2007 - Maleficent on the bridge with Prince Philip. "Now shall you deal with me!"

I actually revisited the final scene last year - no trees though.

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Moti Black 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @motiblackart.bsky.social · 9h

Today's pumpkin share is of the Dreel Halls in Anstruther.

#PumpkinCarving

A photo of a pumpkin carving of the Dreel Halls in Anstruther.

A photo of a pumpkin carving in progress with a craft knife cutting out detail.

A photo of a pumpkin carving in progress

A photo of the Dreel Halls pumpkin lit from the outside.

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 8h

His hair implants are falling out.

Time for another treatment.

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 12h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 8h

They should be playing on Thursday with that clown suit.

Its like the original horrid Thursday game single color outfits. My fav was there red and green christmas game.

Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 8h

Its shocking many of my fellow citizens look at these videos and say, "Get me more of that!"

That these same people proclaim they are Christians tells us how far removed from normalcy the GOP party and their supporters have gotten.

"Christian" GOP folk fervently yearn for more cruelty.

Why?

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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