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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

Spread the word if you agree. Make an example out of one company, others will follow.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20h

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 17h

The basketball 🤣 on carpeted courts.

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 17h

Or to help families that were moving. That was one helluva time sink.

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like that's gotta be a very conservative estimate. Our small town went from maybe 100 in June to over 300 today. 🤔

electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 1d

This scene truly is the best example of what my ADHD azz does. Every day, all day 😂

cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 2d

This is what having #ADHD is like

electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 1d

Omg this scene NAILS it 🤣

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 3d

But will they be required to turn them on?

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans would rather protect Donald Trump from the Epstein files than pay our troops and reduce your health care costs. Republicans should get back to work.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 5d

Mfr thinks he's funny 😡

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 6d

PLA is biodegradable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine that

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11d

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11d

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 12d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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electrospunk.bsky.social @electrospunk.bsky.social · 12d

Can't they just mute her mic?

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 14d

its so funny our current moment is like 10 big companies pretending theyre building agi while knowing they are not and none of the other guys are too, but if they admit it then the investor dollars stop. big game of fraud chicken

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 13d

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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