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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 8h

Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
― Simone Weil

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 2d

Really looking forward to No Kings Day on Saturday

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2d

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Matt!

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 2d

Psyched to have a new poem up at @oneart.bsky.social #poetry

Scattering by Rob Spillman

Scattering Like gods gathering tiny psychedelic planets, we brim the red bucket with superballs I and my boy, now a man, just shy of twenty-three, scoop up balls cracked with age and love On three …

oneartpoetry.com

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 11d

Good.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 11d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16d

Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 16d

Not everything is terrible. At least we get #readingrainbow back, with the ebullient @mychal3ts.bsky.social hosting

Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian

After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.

bookriot.com

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Bittor @bittor.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure if this has already been brought up but the "controversial" @anntelnaes.bsky.social cartoon that the Washington Post refused to publish back in the day has proven to be more than accurate after the whole Jimmy Kimmel thing. Just saying.

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 23d

WFMU. Not college. Fully indie and Freeform.

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 23d

So embarrassing traveling abroad these days.

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 23d

ah, I see that we're reinvesting in our status as premier international laughingstock pariah nation

Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 24d

Psyched to have three new poems up in Canary #poetry

Canary - A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis

canarylitmag.org

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 28d

again, it is an especially great time to support & buy books from the wonderful team at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social: loyaltybookstores.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29d

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · 29d

When satire feels all to real…

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29d

"We want to change the perception of journalists away from the elitist East Coast Democrat of yesteryear to the rabid logical fallacy machine of tomorrow. And at the Times, that dream isn’t too far in the future."

In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits

Here at the New York Times, we believe that all sides of the story should be tolerated and explored, from white supremacists being actually kinda c...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 12

In all seriousness, I'd love to see a reporter try to get comments from all of these people about their initial impulse to declare a literal war on half of their fellow citizens and to see if any of them regret it, apologized for it or learned anything at all from it.

onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 12

like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · Sep 11

What @anandwrites.bsky.social said

ESSAY: A turning point

On Charlie Kirk, civic contempt, and the endangered idea at democracy's heart

open.substack.com

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Rob Spillman @robspillman.bsky.social · Sep 10

Smart, nuanced piece by @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social about having a speech at the Air Force Academy canceled because of her social media posts about Trump.

Opinion | This Is What Criticism of the President Cost Me

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 9

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.