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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 9h

RAIN
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 12h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9h

“On any given week, the administrator of CMS could speak for a few minutes before a shirtless Russell Brand calls in from what appears to be a bathtub, or a former member of The Pussycat Dolls argues that the COVID-19 vaccine destroyed her ability to dance.”

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'Fluoride Disconnects One from God': Inside the Weekly Call With RFK Jr.'s MAHA Hype Squad

A growing weekly call gives insight into RFK Jr.'s biggest allies, showcasing how a fringe movement now holds legitimate power.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Looking forward to the congressional hearings in which Republicans demand that the president of an Ivy League school resign over this.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

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.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 7h

🎃 October 15 🎃
Urban cowboy

Large tortoise wearing jorts and a tiny black cowboy hat

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

For an admin run by a President who apparently loves show tunes, no one in it seems to have ever heard of Barbara Streisand.

Anyway, what’s that you’re talking about EVERYWHERE? The “No Kings” protest? I’ll go look that up now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 5h

and hey, defending their lost cause just spends our money, not theirs.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 22h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 5h

never. He would have to admit that he was wrong about the Firefighter deal.

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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 6h

“'I was using race as the reason to determine whether somebody was here legally or illegally,' he said. Now, he says, the Supreme Court is just fine with that approach. 'I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.'”

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
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He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

slate.com

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 5h

How does he feel about South Asian racism?

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6h

this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Alan Jackson @akjackson.bsky.social · 6h

Today's walk

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 17h

JUST IN: Kansas Young Republicans were deactivated after a Politico investigation uncovered racist messages in a group chat among young GOP members.

Chair Alex Dwyer reportedly reacted to “Great. I love Hitler” with a smiley face and heart-reacted to a message about killing political opponents

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

OMG.

Like I feared, media is already framing the Young GOP Nazi group chat as LITERALLY "bad apples"!

And props to Hochul: in the complete clip, she calls out the systemic environment--calls out as BS that NY's top GOPer called Mamdani a "jihadi" then tried to say the Nazi group chat was wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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The Register @theregister.com · 13h

AI is the flying car of the mind: An irresistible idea nobody knows how to land or manage

And which will crash, repeatedly, until users learn how to handle it safely Column Steve Jobs probably didn't remember how many times he skinned his knees learning to ride a bike before describing a personal computer as a "bicycle for the mind." Jobs' point was that both tools help us to go further, faster, with just a little extra effort.…

dlvr.it

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 11h

15th of Owltober!

After weeks of care for barbed-wire injuries, this Burrowing Owl healed well at Ojai Raptor Center. He/she moved to a flight aviary and was set to be released soon after.
Want to donate to OJR? ojairaptorcenter.org/donate Source: fb.com/339616491049... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

Close up of a Burrowing Owl wrapped in a pale pink towel with a folded edge at the collar. The owl wears it like a cloak, but back to front. He/she has yellow eyes, a pale olive beak, and tabby cat patterning of grey, brown, black and white feathers. There's brown spots along the forehead and thin black bristles under the beak, which look like hairs but are really a type of feather. Then again, it's all keratin proteins at the micro level. However you define it, having a few wayward chin hairs is pretty relatable.

The owl in the flight enclosure, on the ground. He/she looks up at the camera, wings outstretched and pupils wide. Sans towel we can now see the rest of his/her plumage: cream spots on brown feathers.

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial

A court order makes it clear the Texas National Guard was sent to Illinois on a lie. Gov. Greg Abbott should use this as an excuse to bring them home, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

HISD's board is powerless. Here's why we're endorsing anyway. | Endorsement www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...

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Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings from Houston.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

Absent from today's rainbow crosswalk presser in Houston? Mayor John Whitmire. A Houston LGBTQ community member who is attending shouted "Where is the mayor?"

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder for night sky, I post one of these every morning.

Collage of various animals on our farm wearing Halloween costumes

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