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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 6h

With the Radio Free Europe 2025 EP arriving in record stores this Friday (and @RFE.RL's mission still as vital as ever), we’re revisiting our We Are Hope Despite the Times playlist — a collection of songs that offer a little light through the static.

📡 Listen: found.ee/rem-wahdtt

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 1d

It's ironic that an administration hell-bent on using fear, the threat of violence, and ACTUAL violence, is accusing the Left of being the violent ones. The entire point of No Kings and non-violent protest IS NON-VIOLENCE!

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Great day featuring sushi, beer, and Rummy on a blanket. Long live fall! ♥️

A woman with a gray sweatshirt and jeans, wears a gold bangle while shuffling cards. Her hair obscures her face as she looks away from the camera.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Oh sure, totally agree

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Except that Hogan’s phone work during the election relied on racist tropes about Alsobrooks which meant I couldn’t possibly vote for him. But she suuuucks.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Hey let’s make this guy director of the FBI as a joke! Can you imagine?!?!

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 8d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Isn’t this reason enough for the 25th Amendment? He BELIEVES this. It’s fantasy. And if he’s being manipulated by AI videos, does no one in his orbit will tell him he has no clothes???

Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

I will remember that @alsobrooks.senate.gov voted against the rights of trans people. Do we have a JK Rowling-sycophant representing Maryland, or simply an opportunist who thinks of civil rights of trans people as negotiable. Shame on you, Angie.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Oh cool. Maybe you can talk about your vote against trans people in the military. That will be fun. “I’m Angela Alsobrooks and I support our military…just not those trans ones.” At least I know why you’ve failed to respond to my messages to your office.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no!

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

His solo album is pretty cool. You can hear the Smiths in his writing, and of course his playing. (Wow I sound like a dork)

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 5d

…and wash your gd hands 😂

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 7d

I am so sick of well-resourced people, companies, and members of our government refusing to do the hard thing, so choosing to do the easy things, which make everything harder for UNresourced people.

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

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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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Agreed

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Awful

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7d

This is so dark

Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Two schoolgirls in Rabat, Morocco, 2018

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 8d

Ah yes, the familiar law enforcement trope, “Do something, bitch!” You know,
Like you hear on Law and Order and other procedurals. What in the world?!?

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 9d

Try to remember this when you—a human being who believes in equality and compassion for others—feel alone and outnumbered.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

😭

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 9d

Fred’s work is amazing

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Dave Cooper @davecooperphoto.bsky.social · 9d

Is the first the wife of Medger Evers? That one kills me every time.