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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 1h

when you're doing it right

Pornhub Out of Context 🎃 @nocontextpornhub.bsky.social · Jan 10

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

doomscrolling < quakescrolling

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

🥰 pro-life america 🥰

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

I thought maybe you were this bro

a cover of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - a dude in a shirt & tie & vest, with his jacket held over his shoulder, staring towards the viewer, with a knight in full armor on a horse behind him, with a copse behind him, and King Arthur's Court behind the trees on a hill

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

it is a nazi party

it's these people and closeted these people

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 15h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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bobson dugnutt @bi-thany.bsky.social · Jul 19

The cover of the book “Dune” by Frank Herbert, with a twist. There is a vast landscape of sand and a giant sand worm with a ring of teeth in its gaping mouth. But someone has also photoshopped the Spice Girls into the scene. The text reads “Spice World.”

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

so are you from Connecticut, then

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

AAAB

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 7h

what if all the apples are bad apples

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8h

Hahaha come on haha

Cory Booker laughing but really it’s the worst thing ever

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nachoiskerka.bsky.social @nachoiskerka.bsky.social · 7h

Never pull out your credit card near a rhino- they'll charge you.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 8h

I use these when I have to go for an mri or as a modified nose mask for dentist appointments. When I wear them for MRI’s it’s the most secure I’ve felt in a mask. You can *feel* the seal.

C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 8h

Readimasks (certified N95s that use adhesive instead of straps) are 75% off w/code NONSMOKINGZONE.

They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!

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ReadiMask N95s protect against bacteria, viruses, debris, pollution, smoke, and diseases like colds, flus, Coronavirus.

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 8h

fighting fascism - playing chess with death

one of the famous scenes of a knight playing chess with death from "The Seventh Seal"

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

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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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 18h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 10h

if you tell this to a lady, be ready to be ashes

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10h

Thou canst consume; but I can then be ashes.

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 10h

one of the KKK's main targets were non-English Europeans, and especially *Catholics*.

also:

sign in a window (black & white) "No Irish/No Blacks/No Dogs."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 10h

the tragedy you don't see in 90s commercials is that 15% of emergency rooms were found to not do this with patients

Pablo @un5toppabl0.bsky.social · 10h

youtu.be/sxAqnOKrfq8?...

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 10h

republicans *want* us to burn

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 12h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 10h

straw them in passing

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