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puppet, podcaster + mass-cooperation strategist. spirited by the ghost of samuel langhorne clemens. unwaveringly invested in the common muppet. lover of democracy. big weirdo. podcast: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1744528?view=condensed

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2d

The @brennancenter.org has an important call to action for each of us. The Election Assistance Commission is trying to pull shenanigans to take away our right to vote. We can stop them, and the Brennan Center walks you through how. Link to comment is below:

www.regulations.gov/document/EAC...

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 23h

Three-in-five say Smith government has done poor job on education

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#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli

Teachers’ Strike: Most Albertans side with teachers as they criticize UCP’s handling of education - Angus Reid Institute

Three-in-five say Smith government has done poor job on education October 14, 2025 – The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) is set to resume negotiations with the government in an effort to resolve a...

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 20h

#ResistanceEarth

The widespread die-off of coral reefs represents the first climate "tipping point," according to the Global Tipping Points Report 2025. The report notes that our "new reality" is a series of tipping points with potentially catastrophic impacts.

www.sciencenews.org/article/cora...

Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

www.sciencenews.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 8h

good morning abolish ICE

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 52m

Dear @JDVance

To clarify:

The kids are the ones being zip-tied by #ICEstapo and who were raped by your dear leader.

As for the "kids", one of them is a state senator in Vermont.

Also, those are not edgy jokes.
If you think they are, you should resign.

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 38m

ICE doesn't like to be called Nazis, because they're Nazis. Keep calling them Nazis. Keep calling them fascists. Keep calling them un-American.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

They arrested a giraffe.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 4h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Dr. RL @papierg.blacksky.app · 1d

Happy Birthday George Floyd!

Rest in Peace - Loving Father, Son, Brother, Nephew, Cousin, Partner, Black American Man!

🙏🏽🌈💕🌹❤️🎈♦️💐💐💐💐💐

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 44m

More info on the Charlie Kirk fan who mowed down two teens in NJ:

"The suspect also was behind two SWATing incidents and that police allowed the teen's father to drive him away from the victim's home after the second SWAT hoax call"

nj1015.com/police-misco...

SWAT calls and stalking warnings: Inside the NJ police connections behind the Jeep homicides

In Cranford, the tragic loss of two teen girls raises questions about police favoritism and the suspect's troubling behavior linked to law enforcement ties.

nj1015.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 45m

friends, i legit think it's time to ditch smart phones.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

“This is essentially despotism as a service.”

Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.

A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1h

In the story the GOP justices told Wed, Louisiana’s cracking and packing of black voters to decrease their electoral power isn't racial discrimination - but remedying that theft is. Against white voters. It's the central grievance of Republican politics.

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism

A central grievance motivating today’s conservative legal movement — and the Republican...

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 48m

i block people who want to engage in back and forth arguments online. if you got the energy to go bitch at someone, go call your elected officials. i'm not dealing with fascism + your inability to keep a journal, sip water, and take a walk. foh.

your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 1h

what you're describing "fear of being yelled at" is shame. fear, actual fear, is about paying attention. i am usually happy to have a conversation, but this is a waste of my time. you just want to be argumentative. go do that somewhere where people enjoy that.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 1h

baby, no. emotions are embodied.

your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 1h

JD VANCE EXCUSES NAZI WORSHIP, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO DO NAZI SHIT.

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1h

One of those "young boys" is a Vermont state senator. Who's facing calls to resign from his fellow Republicans, BTW.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1h

I have said it many times, but the conservative movement has always been an anti-majoritarian movement, existing solely to insulate power and wealth from democracy.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2h

That would really be the end of majoritarian democracy in the United States.

It would represent the effective death of the republic. Horrifying to think they would leave people no political recourse to address their concerns or be heard.

Truly frightening place we’re headed in America.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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