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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 5h

Wow your post was flagged as "rude". WTF

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 20h

@knecessary.bsky.social

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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 18h

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 5h

I think people are rattled by what's happening.

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 5h

Inflation since 2020 has been officially 25%. 👀

The government statistics leave out energy costs (gas, heat) & food, which is ridiculous - those are things everybody needs. Real inflation is probably 30-35% or higher.

www.usinflationcalculator.com

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 5h

I've been doing my share of that too.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 5h

www.keranews.org/government/2...

ICE offered Dallas $25M to work with city police — and the police chief turned them down

Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux says he turned down federal money that would have tied the department to a program partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

www.keranews.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 8h

www.axios.com/2025/10/15/p...

"A dark day": Pentagon confiscates badges of Defense reporters

The Pentagon Press Association said the move raises public accountability concerns and weakening free speech.

www.axios.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

“It’s not clear why all physician payments have been cut off rather than just the programs that need to be renewed.”

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 9h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of liberals really don't want to admit that the Biden pandemic response prioritized the demands of corporate interests over the health of working Americans. They thought he'd "follow the science," ignoring Biden's decades of supporting horrific wars & policy. Can't admit they got it wrong.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 8h

Trump on South Park last week, with his teenie weenie peeny. 😂

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h

Reading the excerpts you kind of get the desperation from the powerful to make this story go away.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: 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...

www.theguardian.com

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I am extra tired of your armchair speculation on what type of protest works

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 16h

While making an arrest or conducting a search, ICE MUST present either a signed, judicial warrant to enter private property, or an admin. warrant from the government agency authorizing an arrest or seizure. Spread the word!

Spread "know your rights" information

dlvr.it

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 11h

Not a surprise.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11h

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South.

US Supreme Court Appears Poised to Gut Voting Rights Act

The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to gut a tool of the Voting Rights Act that's rooted out racial discrimination in voting for over half a century.

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 15h

Major fail there Pete...

RWLATSTETTER ♿🍉😉🤦‍♂️😜 @rwlatstetter.bsky.social · 16h

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 15h

This is an entire administration of sex abusers.
#Epstein

Enzo @enzomesiani.bsky.social · 15h

A former Fox News host, who paid a settlement to avoid a sexual assault case, is Secretary of the
Department of Defense. The former head of World Wrestling Entertainment, who is accused of covering up the sexual abuse of
minors, is over the Department of Education. A former heroin addict, who is accused of sexual assault by a former family babysitter, is over the
Department of Health & Human Services. A 34 time convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, who has been accused of sexual assault by 26
women, is president of the United States. When unqualified, morally bereft, white people occupy the highest positions in our government, y'all
need to shut up about Black people and DEl.

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Michael McKeon @grinch67.bsky.social · 15h

Since 1987, not a single US Border Patrol agent has ever been held accountable criminally for the killing of a migrant, resident or US citizen. That is because these teams were and still are the largest coverup unit ever known to exist.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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

www.independent.co.uk

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 15h

Fascist state.

Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 16h

Are we all still paranoid conspiracy theorists or can we talk about an authoritarian state now? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 16h

"Juan Cole contends that Israel (is) operating as a US airbase with a country appended. ...a vehicle for the two nations practicing aerial imperialism in the Middle East... I wonder if this is approaching its sell-by date faster than most realize."

www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/10/isra...

Israel, the US, and the New Aerial Imperialism | naked capitalism

Israel has used the US, or vice versa, to subdue the neighborhood via aggressive air campaigns. But is that sustainable?

www.nakedcapitalism.com

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 16h

We love our cat too!

Watching the deer...