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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4d

Sorry luddites but this technology is here to stay and if you are not learning to use these tools then you are falling behind.

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Scott Wegener @scott-wegener.bsky.social · 1d

Grabbed this little gem at Richmond’s #zinefest the other day. I should have bought a bakers dozen. I want to put them everywhere!!!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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It's Me, Mike Olson @devlin1.bsky.social · 18m

"Orkin Rat Company"

On Cinema at the Cinema @oncinema.bsky.social · 23h

Box Office Poison or Box Office Smash?
Gregg Turkington sets the record straight in his latest Movie Time blog post.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Jan 20

Well, America, we had a good run. I mean, mostly. Okay, not entirely. *flips through a history book* You know what, forget I said anything.

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tt🪦RIP💀gifs @ttrpgifs.bsky.social · 23h

HEARTBREAKING: Person would rather spend 10 minutes trying to decipher their roll on their gorgeous unreadable dice set than switch to the plain readable set.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 20h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 16h

FINDS THEM AND KILLS THEM

"Finds Them and Kills Them (Osh-Tisch) looked like a man, but wore women's clothing and had the heart of a woman.... she was brave and good."
― Pretty Shield

Her strength as a warrior is what earned her the name Osh-Tisch, which translates to “finds them and kills them."

Who is Osh-Tisch?
Osh-Tisch was a Apsáalooke Badé, a role within the Crow Nation that defied traditional gender norms, embodying both masculine and feminine qualities. Before colonization, Badé were deeply respected for their unique spiritual gifts, artistry, and contributions to community life.
As a Badé, Osh-Tisch carried responsibilities tied to culture, ceremony, and social balance. Their life shows how many of our nations embraced gender diversity long before Western colonial powers imposed rigid binaries.

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It's Me, Mike Olson @devlin1.bsky.social · 8h

This video is maddening and has eroded my confidence in the Young People of Today.

Do people understand the scale of the universe?

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 18h

I’m gonna go to a No Kings rally on Saturday and I hope all of you will too! There are more of us than there are fascists and it’s time to remind them.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22h

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.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is not a product of social media, he is the last gasp of the TV era.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 17h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

www.cnn.com

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 14h

We must stop RFK

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 13h

Gamers! If you're going to Gamehole Con, you can donate to help out Rob Wieland's wife and daughter by purchasing tickets to our memorial event there. If you can, please do!

The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...

In lieu of our annual Baron's Ball, we will be toasting our beloved Admiral with our own tall tales of Rob, our friendships, and his legacy 8pm Friday at Gamehole Con.

Please join us and help support his family at this time through this link:

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 20h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22h

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.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23h

Unprecedented corruption

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Jesse Burneko @jburneko.itch.io · 22h

Haunted is entering its last week of crowdfunding. It's admittedly struggling a bit. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jbu...

Haunted

A Game About Murder And What Comes After

www.kickstarter.com

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It's Me, Mike Olson @devlin1.bsky.social · 20h

Someone will have to let me know.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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sam @wisconsam.bsky.social · 21h

I do think it's underdiscussed just how much climate denial today is performative white masculinity

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21h

a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.

Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 21h

Coal production and employment in Wyoming has steadily been declining, much like the rest of the industry in the US.

Coal is a dead industry.

(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )

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Christopher Helton @dorkland.itch.io · 2d

Hey! You can get my #TTRPG where you play characters inspired by the heroic pulps of the 30s and 40s, and fight fascists and punch Nazis in the contemporary world. The game is influenced by the first ever dice pool #RPG and uses a D6-based mechanic to play. There's also a print version available!

Adventures In The Unknown by Christopher Helton

A game where players play characters who are larger than life, and fight Nazis and fascists to make a better world.

dorkland.itch.io

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 23h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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