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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 16h

I'm so proud to live here.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17h

Minnesota nice

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'No Kings' protests to be held in 69 Minnesota cities this weekend

An estimated 2,500 rallies will take place nationwide on Saturday.

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 16h

I'm thinking a child here is a girl they don't want to fuck or a man they don't want to hold responsible.

Hell Ray-ser @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 17h

Between the vice president's misbehaving "young boys" and the news media's "underage women", I'm starting to think nobody actually knows what a child is?

Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 19h

It's extremely telling that Johnson would call a rally named No Kings a "hate America" rally. Did you ever attend a history class, Mike?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

Mike Johnson on the No Kings Protests: “The Hate America rally that'll happen Saturday…I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters. I bet you you see Antifa types. I bet you see the Marxist in full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.”

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 20h

3 weeks after her overwhelming victory, Speaker Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva and give 800k Arizonans the representation they deserve.

Why? To deny the 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition.

The GOP is choosing to protect pedophiles over accountability.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

This is the same Speaker who has repeatedly refused to put up the congressionally-mandated plaque honoring the Capitol Police members who were viciously assaulted by MAGA goons on January 6th.

We've seen your deeds, you oily liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 2d

I think the wealthy of this town are trying to rewrite history with their Precarious State circle jerk on all their corporate stations & papers

I think they don't want us to realize our PBS is telling the accurate history of Mayors & Cops in this town.

Watch Paradox next Tuesday at 7pm on TPT2!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 3d

Read this thread. Especially before you ask a fiber artist why they don’t make and sell their own designs.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 3d

Davis has been my #1 since I accidentally took a call from his phone bank and had a lovely conversation about public safety reform and the recommendations Frey ignored.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 4d

Amazon would literally put surge pricing on guillotines.

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 5d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 4d

With alt text, so everyone can get it

Two posts from account called covie that reads in succession: "Notice how Trump took the COVID booster, not ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine. Trump is vaccinated. All six of RFK Jr's children are vaccinated. These are the people telling you to not get vaccinated and to not vaccinate your child"

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 5d

This is also the app Josh Duggar was using to prove he wasn't watching porn while viewing CSAM on an untraceable computer partition. Effective!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t think we can call it “pedocon *theory*” anymore, the evidence is in, the hypothesis has been proven, the peer reviews are in

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 5d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 5d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 6d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 5d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 5d

This is awesome.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

drake, amazingly, still finding brand new ways to lose to kendrick lamar

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6d

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 6d

Also also also, I should have tagged this #minneapolis.

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 6d

Also, you get to suggest questions in your registration form. Also also, I cannot attend due to theater obligations, so anyone who live-skweets it will be my bestie. Please share widely!

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 6d

Humphrey students will be hosting a Minneapolis Mayoral Forum on Monday evening. They are using a Constructive Dialog approach, which should limit the mudslinging and foreground the actual platforms. The top 5 polling candidates have all agreed to attend. www.hhh.umn.edu/event/pasa-h...

PASA Hosts Minneapolis Mayoral Forum

Join the Public Affairs Student Association (PASA) for a student-driven, community-focused Minneapolis mayoral forum on Oct. 13 from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at Cowles Auditorium, featuring candidates sharing t...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Your friend CJ @xturtle.bsky.social · 7d

This is what happens when you grown up admiring the stereotypical, priggish villains in 1980s small town teen rebellion movies. You become a caricature.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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