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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 3h

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William Buchanan @williambuchanan93.bsky.social · 6h

I'm watching a childhood classic

The Birds (1963)

The Birds (1963)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
with Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette & Veronica Cartwright

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 4h

Nice! Have you started it yet? I think I'll pick this one up as well.

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 8h

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Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 8h

I guess I'll do this since I have to play Mother and Father.

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 8h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 IT IS!

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 1d

And this is why so many victims don't even bother coming forward. There is no safety net! These people who were put it positions of power abuse that authority under the guise of religious/moral superiority.

🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

They all are disgusting. The last one brought the vomit right to the top of my neck though.

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 1d

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Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 1d

No substantive evidence that this vessel was actually trafficking narcotics. Labeling them as
narco-terrorists doesn't justify extra judicial executions.

This is not a military issue, so why is the military even involved?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Lord..he should quit while he is behind. 🙄

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

NYT: "What Happened to Campus Activism Against the War in Gaza?"

What indeed? Those speaking out for Gaza continue to be silenced, while the civilians need us and our donations as much as ever.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

A flyer showing Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 2d

BTS Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly (1954)

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 2d

Employees within the offices of Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Administration -- the two divisions that make up the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) -- were cut over the weekend.

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 2d

Rainy day read 🌧

How The Marx Brothers got famous in Hollywood
December 22, 2022 | Saul Austerlitz

How The Marx Brothers got famous in Hollywood | American Masters | PBS

In the early days of sound in Hollywood, The Marx Brothers found a new popularity with their style and comedy in films like "Duck Soup."

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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 2d

Morning.

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 3d

"I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point." ~ Gena Rowlands

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Cuffian @cuffianart.bsky.social · 3d

‘Mindscaping’ 2021 🎨
acrylic on canvas
20x16”

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 3d

Irish News: "Palestinians return to ruins as Gaza ceasefire holds."

The Gazans who survived have no home, no work and nothing left of their cities. They rely on our direct donations.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. And to others. ❤️

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

Gaza in ruins.

Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 4d

Diane Keaton (1946-2025)

#filmsky 🎬 #movies 🎬 #cinema 🎬📽🎥🎞

Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 4d

Gravity-Sara Bareilles

Some songs sync up with the weather
Here's your rainy day tune 🌧🎧

#music

Sara Bareilles - Gravity

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 5d

Trump is going to keep making inane, grandiose 'deals' for years from the grave, with the same weed-like growth of his hair and nails. Curly-cues of inane deals sputtering from his tomb.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 5d

Perfectly articulated! He is on a tangent of 'if you can dream it, you can do it' and it's plunging the US into the abyss.