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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 2h

"yes." unfortunately, because they're relevant.

i got to teach my colleagues about them last week. :-)

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Skeletal Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 3h

“Amy! What is best in life?”
IDK, but watching somebody who loves Distressing Animal Facts share one with someone who’s equal parts delighted and horrified to learn it has gotta be pretty high on the list.

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Cates Holderness @cates.bsky.social · 3h

Asking for work: Hey anyone here fluent in Elvish (specifically Quenya) enough to double check a very short translation? If so, DM me!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3h

Same.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 4h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 3h

threw on some Toby Daye civvies to head up to @quailridgebooks.bsky.social and chat with the singular @seananmcguire.bsky.social about Silver and Lead, the 19th (!!) installment of her October Daye series. an exhilarating, poignant, only somewhat terrifying experience that I would absolutely repeat

Charlotte, in Elf ears, a black tee, skinny jeans, and a red leather jacket, stands beside author Seanan McGuire, who wears a fun dress in a black cat and jack o’lantern print. they are standing in front of bookshelves and wearing colorful KN95 masks.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 10h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 9h

“Massachusetts lawmakers proposed holding back more than $100 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill released Tuesday, citing ‘questionable spending practices’ after months of negative headlines and increased scrutiny over the elected office.”

#Massachusetts #mapoli

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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

Me after seeing the leaked texts of young Republicans *in 2025* praising Hitler & calling to gas all of us.

The only thing I’m more (not) shocked by is this will not in any way shame them, further empower them.

Remember this next time they pretend to be offended that anyone calls them Nazis. Smh.

a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

ALT: a cartoon character is screaming and saying `` i 'm shocked . ''

media.tenor.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 8h

If you write a viral post that contains errors or lacks context, I *will* fact check it.

But don’t worry, no one will like or share the fact check anyway because it won’t be as exciting/funny/incendiary as the error/exaggeration/clickbait.

🤪

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck offfffffffff with this.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10h

The unspoken meaning of regular "If this gets leaked we're cooked lololol" jokes is to remind everyone that they're in a position to coerce or destroy anyone who gets out of line.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 10h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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Arcturus SaDiablo @asadiablo.me · 10h

I say that as his creations fed me well after school as a growing teen.

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Arcturus SaDiablo @asadiablo.me · 10h

I knew the same sounded familiar. Glad I checked before responding.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11h

Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes - things that make Nixon's presidency-ending crimes look like harmless high school pranks - now happening daily:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

Ettore Boiardi, and it isn't fucking close.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

[sam reich "the whole time" dot gif]

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

when you tie a tie, try to put in a dimple, like so

a black and white photo of a man in a pinstripe worsted suit, white shirt, and textured necktie. the tie has a nice dimple under the knot.

a photo of donald trump upside down. there is also a nice dimple on his red tie

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 18h

Hello everyone.

Antifa is not a real organization.

Proud Boys are.

Oath Keepers are.

Patriot Front is.

KKK is.

Heritage Foundation is.

Antifa is not.

Thanks for your attention.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 11h

Mute butto--

Oh. Or that.

You were with me the whole time, I swear.

Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

Remove pedantic dinks with one common household gadget!

(a potato peeler)

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

Practicing mini-golf putting in the garage.

Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

Haunting someone who cannibalized your corpse by fucking with their organs/hormones from the inside.

"You don't get thyroid function today! Tomorrow, maybe it's adrenalin. Or spit. Or sphincter control."

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 11h

Remove pedantic dinks with one common household gadget!

(a potato peeler)

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Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 12h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b756...

Fantasia (1940) Night on Bald Mountain (1/2)

YouTube video by Jalen Moran

www.youtube.com

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