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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 5h

We are domesticating raccoons. Gonna put billions behind efforts to domesticate raccoons into THE BEST pets possible.

(the fact that actual billionares spend all their money on AI and funding fascism and hatred is so weird to me; silly harmless bullshit is RIGHT THERE)

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 6h

“Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.”

Incredible, timeless advice.

Also; don’t. talk to cops. If you get arrested, shut the fuck up.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · 6h

Happy throw a pie in the face of a big day friends.

Images of black-and-white photo depicting Anita Bryant‘s face covered in whipped cream and pie crust. Text reads;

TODAY IN GAY HISTORY
ANITA BRYANT GETS PIED, OCTOBER 14, 1977
While speaking at a press conference, notorious anti-gay activist and singer Anita Bryant was hit in the face with a pie by gay rights activist Thom Higgins. Bryant was known for leading the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal gay rights laws.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7h

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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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9h

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

bit.ly

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8h

Republicans: Shooting Christian pastors is OK, Due process is overrated, & bombing Venezuelan boats is good!

Young Republicans: We love H*tler, we should gas everyone who doesn't support us

Democrats: No Kings, No H*tler

Republicans: See that?? Democrats keep escalating the political rhetoric.

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 11h

This is a very scary bit of information. Think about this - no actual money. Worse, the centers rely on taking advantage of and destroying small communities with pollution (increasing health problems) and use of clean water (creating shortages).

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 9h

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

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15h

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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💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 8h

Mikey watching the ride and clutching his anti-masturbation surveillance app, trying to control himself.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10h

only surprising thing about the racist young republican groupchat is that jd vance wasn't in there dropping crylaugh emoji reacts

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 9h

Isn't his company being sued because their product has been actively counselling suicidal adults and teens to kill themselves and to not reach out for help?

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 12h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 12h

@sevenseasentertainment.com Any new yuri coming out in the next few months?

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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 15h

Groceries? More expensive.
Beef? At an all-time high.
Jobs? Slowing down.
Tariffs? You’re paying for them.

Trump called it “America First.”
Turns out he meant “Americans Pay First".

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15h

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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🔪 @tehsmarty.bsky.social · 17h

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 15h

That traffic safety robot is going to sass the evil chameleon lady SO HARD for not being able to parallel park.

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aru!! 🐇🌙 @magiinemagiine.bsky.social · 15h

i love this shot from gokaiger but it's so funny out of context because usually in these images it's only one or two people who are out of place but for this one it's like what are ANY of you doing here together.

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✪ daniel barnes ✪ @danny8bit.bsky.social · Apr 5

Reiterating this again because of the new trailer: they should turn TRON into a tokusatsu series on Disney+ where they fight a virus infestation

Power Rangers, cyberpunk, and zombie fiction all rolled into one package

“TRON: Corruption”

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 17h

“We’re saving God by shooting priests in the head with crowd control weapons” is generally something you only get in the most unhinged JRPGs from the SNES era

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 16h

This week's episode of Casual Magic features a guest I've been trying to talk to for a while, the fabulous maker of Loading Ready Run, Ian Horner! (@tiltyhouse.com) youtu.be/9IDOp-AEI1I?...

The Multi-talented Art of Being a Maker with Ian Horner | Casual Magic Ep. 298

YouTube video by Casual Magic with Shivam Bhatt

youtu.be

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 18h

Canadian TV does it occasionally, often in very normalized ways, but I can't think of any lesbian characters who have been central to the plot recently. I'm sure there's some.

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 18h

What, is Valgavoth gonna charge me a rewind fee?

*shudders* oh shit it might just.

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