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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 4h

V. From our enemies defend us, O Christ;

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 7h

I feel like *sigh* this too is an anti-trust concern

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 15h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15h

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

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Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 5h

Sweet Bruce, of blessed memory. Perfect little princess catta.

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Sam Miller @kaisermiller.family · 7h

Nobody wants to listen to me but the logical counterpart to "doggo" is "catta."

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Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah ok I'll incorporate that into my worldview.

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Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 5h

Rubio to the Hague.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 10h

It is the official position of the Trump administration that if you make fun of the wrong person that you get punished by the state

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

a free viral art project idea is hiding inside this comment for anyone who is interested

Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 7h

if I were 2% meaner, I'd want them to advertise a suicide hotline for agents that is chronically underfunded and has as low standards for hiring as the agents themselves

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 7h

nudging my little pine box derby car to the Race of Ideas

Snowden St. @snowden.st · 21d

Someone running a little webshop or supplier of badges and challenge coins for ICE officers would be a decent way to snag some uhhh archival records for later

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This post was written before today's car crash and chemical attack. Was referring to the preceding car crashes and chemical attacks.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 8h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 7h

beetle bailey arc where we learn who in camp swampy will obey orders to fire on american citizens once the insurrection act is invoked. my picks are rocky, zero, and, surprisingly, plato. killer surprises everyone by making a big show of not doing it. beetle simply goes AWOL

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 6h

Part of stuffing the press pool with cranks is they get to ask "will you do [crazy thing]?" and he'll give some version of "maybe yes" even if he's never thought of it before. Sometimes it then becomes real policy. They're not reporters there to influence the public, they're there to influence him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 7h

@grayathena.bsky.social said it better

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Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 10h

since I am engaged in horn-tooting:

I created a tool to systematically consult the records for every volume held at the Spanish Archivo General de Indias, and almost nobody uses it.

www.scottcave.net/classic-inve...

Classic Inventario Dinámico — Scott Cave

www.scottcave.net

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

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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Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 8h

There's a species of beetle. Big, green and shiny. Humans, being the thoughtless little shits that we so often are, left beer bottles in their environment. Male beetles kept trying to mate with them, to the exclusion of female beetles.

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults