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lime! 🍋‍🟩 @riot-ghoul.bsky.social · Aug 8

commission i did for my wonderful partner of us in cosplay! ^w^ #digitalart #homestuck #davejade #commission

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Dudoser @dudoserswag.bsky.social · 1d

How r u doing guys? Im a lil bit saaad but in love with davejade
#homestuck #art #fanart #jadeharley #davestrider #davejade

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 8h

‘It’s another colonial plan against the Palestinians.’

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the Gaza peace plan and lays out his vision for a fair peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.

Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

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thaena @thaena.whitefore.st · 8h

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CNN @cnn.com · 10h

A Marine veteran turned oyster farmer who is now a rising Democratic Senate candidate once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural White Americans “actually are” racist and stupid, according to deleted social media posts seen by CNN. https://cnn.it/47sXon6

‘I got older and became a communist': Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful's raw views on politics, war, and police | CNN Politics

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time when he felt disillusioned and angry and expressed those emotions online.

www.cnn.com

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 8h

Media is awesome because it can show an organization trying to get rid a guy who is underwater with state Democrats by 50 points, undermines any Democratic policy, and is just completely off-putting to anyone who has to spend five minutes around him; and they phrase it as “seeding discord”

Axios @axios.com · 11h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 21h

🚨The war on Antifa has begun, with the FBI canvassing informants for insights on the group, scrutinizing financial records and gathering intelligence on left-wing affinity groups, sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/inside-the...

Inside the War on Antifa

Feds target "affinity" groups, informant networks, the Tides Foundation, and more.

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

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Meowgical Berri @meowgical-berri.bsky.social · 3d

#Cringetober day 13 - Animal traits!

Jade Harley best girl

#cringetober2025 #jadeharley #homestuck #homestuckspoilers #dogtierjade #berridraws

A drawing of Jade Harley from Homestuck in her dogtier form. She is sticking her tongue out at the viewer, holding her hands up and barking.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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breathe 🫧 you’ll pull through 🪽 @blackquadrant.bsky.social · 2d

don't let this be forgotten

art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 2d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 4d

Overheard a guy last week telling a buddy he got a tattoo in latin, but ChatGPT gave him the wrong translation, and after he got the tattoo, he confronted ChatGPT about the error and it was like “You are totally right I gave you the wrong info. That is my mistake.”

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ari :ariYeah: @fedi.arimelody.space · 3d

π

finally, π-thon. (python 3.14.0, released october 7th, 2025)

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mcc @dryad.technology · 3d

If you are a Canadian citizen or resident, and you hate "AI"¹, please fill out this survey.

ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

The survey questions are *extremely* biased, so this will not be a fun experience, but I think it is worth it.

¹ (And if you like "AI"… how have I not blocked you yet?)

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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flips_bad🐀 @badflips.bsky.social · 3d

this is shockingly not that bad when you get a feel for it

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flips_bad🐀 @badflips.bsky.social · 3d

this is the shit i live for

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M-AAAH!!!-tty 👻 @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 4d

Once again, I want to point out how effective silly frog suits have been in fighting fascism.

Following Kirk’s assassination, the administration ramped up its authoritarianism and signaled that it was looking for justification to use violence on “violent” protestors.

We’ve denied them that, lol

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.