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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 1h

Any "news" organization now covering these #Pentagon pressers should be regarded as state media doing the bidding of literal Nazis.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 1h

"On 27 Jan. 1649 the parliamentarian High Court of Justice had declared Charles guilty of attempting to 'uphold in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people' and sentenced him to death by beheading."

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 1h

This thing needs to burn once he's toppled.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2h

It's the worst thing watching resegregation happen in real time to please a bunch of white supremacist nazis in power.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Nick Wanserski @nickwans.bsky.social · 2h

Frog from Chrono Trigger sez:

Beloved video game character Frog shares a heartfelt sentiment.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 5h

Vance reacts to the Young Republicans chat leak

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 4h

again, it’s an open secret in DC that basically all of the GOP staff class are unabashed (literal swastika flags in their cubicles!) Nazis

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 3h

Werner Herzog in Star Wars saying "I would like to pet the belly"

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 3h

I'm hoping his success will inspire a lot of people like him to run for Congress, especially by primarying the incompetent old guard.

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 4h

Funny how they're always "kids" when they're under 40 and white, but they always demand 14 year old BIPOC kids get tried as adults

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 4h

These are the "kids" JD Vance is defending.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 7h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 4h

When I see tattoos on people's adam's apples I can't help but wince

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 5h

One of them was a Catholic high school guidance counselor!

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 5h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 5h

M.I.A. also performed. It was an amazing show

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 5h

I've seen her twice now, once at the 9:30 Club in DC and once at Red Rocks opening for LCD Soundsystem. Both were fantastic.

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 5h

The new IT director here is "all in" on A.I. and I think the others are trying to kiss up

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 5h

I got a VIP ticket! 🤩

Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 1d

Holy shit I'm there #teachesofpeaches

Peaches "No Lube So Rude" tour poster for 2026

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 5h

One of the IT guys wrote "How can A.I. help me do this?" on his office window. 🙄

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 1d

Sonic saying, "Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER"

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ekekekkekkek @ekekekkekkek.bsky.social · 7h

ekekekkekkek in training 🥹

ig/fluffynessie

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Dik Tater @chaensaw.com · 8h

My still-active eBay account is from 1999 😆

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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