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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 24m

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 44m

it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 2h

If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.

That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1h

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.

If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

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ben @spiritskyes.bsky.social · 49m

me: i am fundamentally opposed to the oligarchy and the ultra wealthy as ruling powers. history is a record of their atrocities

my therapist: that's fair

me: but i love when michelle yeoh buys out the hotel to spite the workers who are racist to her and her drenched kids

my therapist: who doesn't

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 57m

Nintendo launches website to look up Nintendo Switch 2 compatibility information on Switch games switch-software-compatibility.nintendo.com/en-US

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h

Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1h

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 14h

A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.

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karyl @paintedsky.ca · 1d

this one’s for all the adhd heads

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Cubivor @cubivor.bsky.social · 23h

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

So, we broke into your house and stole all your stuff, please give us money.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:

trib.al/CUazMCQ

OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect

For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.

trib.al

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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

Vote Republican 2026:

“We starved children & blocked air travel in order to double your insurance premiums”

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Jessica Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 1d

Oh! Oh!

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ben @spiritskyes.bsky.social · 1d

when characters A and B are in an Event and character B is gravely injured, and character A moves heaven and earth to see character B healed/stabilized/saved, and ONLY when they're out of the woods are character A's equally grave wounds revealed

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

Alt: A misshapen Elmo raises his arms to the heavens as a fire blazes behind him.

media.tenor.com

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Monkiinart @monkiinart.bsky.social · 1d

love these guys

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

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Eri :03 ΘΔ @mandateofheaven.bsky.social · 1d

Random Lumiose Child: oh boy oh boy! My very first night in the Z-A tournament!!! My parents lat me stay up late for it and everything. Man chikorita, this is gonna be so much fun!!!

Me and my lvl 86 Aegislash ambushing them from an alleyway less than 5 minutes into their night:

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Johanna Taylor 👻 ✍️ 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 1d

America should take all that data center money and invest it in more whimsical art installations and murals like these instead

Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

All Pokelids I've found on this trip

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Petra Erika Nordlund @pepurika.bsky.social · 1d

www.tigertigercomic.com/tiger-tiger/...
Tigers page...

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

this actually still fucking sucks because it’s still mocking disability and framing it as punishment. this dem influencer account posts shit like this regularly, and it sucks that some of my oomfies still follow it

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.

No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 3d

A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.

[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]

Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...

TikTok video by Nikalie 🌈

www.tiktok.com

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Juno @jsketch12.bsky.social · 15d

if you want to learn how to talk to a lady, ask your mum

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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 1d

me: i am fundamentally opposed to the monarchy and the zonai as ruling powers. history is a record of their atrocities

my sage: that’s fair

me: but i love it when the chosen princess reclaims her divine lightblade and leads her army in glorious battle

my sage: who doesn’t

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