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Sean O'Halloween

@seanohowl.bsky.social

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Writer, poet, teacher, caretaker of Charlie Bear 🐻, lover of horror and Halloween 🎃

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Sean O'Halloween @seanohowl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good morning, All! I got some bad news about my dog Charlie Bear and need help. She needs a biopsy soon, and unfortunately I don't have the funds to pay for it, her medication, or her future treatments. Please give what you can. She is my whole world❤️

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Donate to Save Charlie Bear: Urgent Liver Biopsy Needed, organized by Colleen Finnerty

Hello Everyone! I am here on Charlie Bear's behalf asking for money to … Colleen Finnerty needs your support for Save Charlie Bear: Urgent Liver Biopsy Needed

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 36m

gop messaging around the shutdown absolutely could not be worse.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit

T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 3h

AMC and Netflix have finally decided to work together.

The theater chain will show ‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ on 400 screens during Halloween with discussions ongoing on other theatrical opportunities.

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Sean O'Halloween @seanohowl.bsky.social · 16m

Fucking better be. Get that money before you leave the room.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25m

Jeffries: "The Democratic alternative in terms of keeping the govt funded as well as addressing the Republican healthcare crisis also has guardrails in it to make sure if we reach a bipartisan agreement, the policies contained in that spending bill are actually implemented by the administration."

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2h

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

“Kids”

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 2h

$40 billion for Argentina.

$0 for U.S. soybean farmers, including in Minnesota, who are paying for Trump’s trade wars.

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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 2h

Wearing purple on #SpiritDay 💜

We are proud to join @mlb.com to take a stand against bullying and support LGBTQ youth.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · Aug 11

it's 30 years later and this still happens.

Jenna Ortega revealed in an interview with The New York Times that she quit Twitter after seeing explicit images of herself generated by Al when she was a teenager. She also became inundated with messages from fans that ranged from "disgusting" to "absurd."
"I hate AI," Ortega said. "I mean, here's the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That's beautiful. Let's keep it to that. Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It's terrifying. It's corrupt. It's wrong."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 2h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

FOX: The Washington post said all these terrible fearmongering things will happen if buses are free

ZOHRAN: good news - we did it already and here’s what actually happened

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s America: Brewers fan caught on video threatening to call ICE on Dodger fan because she was mad her team was losing. The man is a US citizen and military veteran: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

Brewers 'Karen' fired for racist rant at war veteran in Dodgers game

One month after the infamous 'Phillies Karen' broke the internet, another female MLB spectator has earned the same unflattering tag after her racist rant towards a US citizen and war veteran.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

I get paid 7 figures a year to come up with this shit. Some stuff I have cooking up for you to look forward to: Amazon Prime changing to Amazon Plus. Paramount Plus changing to Paramount Now. HBO Max changing to just HBO. I fucking hate all of you and I will never stop.

Headline about Apple TV+ changing to Apple TV.

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NewsNation @newsnation.bsky.social · 2h

Retired Major Gen. William Enyart, joining Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, slammed the deployment of troops in U.S. cities, saying “every day that a soldier spends sitting in Washington, D.C. or Los Angeles guarding a building is a day they are not training for their job.” https://tinyurl.com/3atmncaw

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 3h

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 18h

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 20h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...

From Epstein’s Chief Accuser, a Memoir Both Sad and Devastating

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WIRED @wired.com · 4h

Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)
www.wired.com/story/owning...

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WIRED @wired.com · 8h

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

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heather 🌮🔔 @crunchwrap.bsky.social · 2h

This is the best editor's note:

How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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