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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 1h

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hasan and Duaa have social media that predates the war, are related to @ahmadjohar13.net whom I’ve shared before and are #1423 on the Butterfly Effect spreadsheet linktr.ee/butterflyeff... (actually the latest entry on there)

Hasan lost his home before he could even move into it. Help if you can

Donate to Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives., organised by natalie taffal

Deep within the alleys of Gaza, a life story full of pain and challenges unfolde… natalie taffal needs your support for Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives.

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 2h

Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders red-tinged color photo of writer M.L Krishnan, a woman with light brown skin and straight, glossy hair pulled back. Her hair may be black or may be purple; the red light makes this a mystery. She wears large plastic-framed glasses, a red silk tank, gold earrings with ornate hearts hanging from sunburst decorated with red hearts, a gold ring in her septum and several gold rings on her fingers, red lipstick, and black cat-eye eyeliner. She rests her chin on one beringed hand, her face in three-quarter view, and regards the camera with a serious expression.

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8h

I had no idea of the scale of these digital fraud operations before reading this—or that they involved human trafficking and slavery:

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 8h

Fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims are still in business and growing, an @afp.com investigation reveals. Satellite images and drone footage show frenetic building work in the compounds on the Thailand-Myanmar border. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investiga...

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 3h

Hey guys, if you’re not too busy this weekend, maybe it might be a good time to go see a movie. Just a thought. I heard there is something good playing.

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Mike-ghoul Half-man @michaelhoffman.bsky.social · 3h

Then, everybody clapped

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 3h

oh my GOD what a doofus

That’s when Ford decided to take matters into his own hands.

“I was in my car and I said, screw this. I’m going after him. So by this time, my heart’s beating, I’m ticked off. So I go racing behind, no one can see, and I pull up behind him and I jump out of the car and I said, ‘Buddy, what’s in your bag?’ ‘Nothing’s in my bag.’ I said, ‘Buddy, I’m going to kick your ass all over the parking lot. Show me what’s in your bag.’ I did. I couldn’t help myself.”

The premier said by this point the Home Depot store manager was at the scene as well and the two of them watched and yelled profanities as the alleged thief emptied his bag.

“So he went in there, and he pulled out one of those saw blades that you open up … and the store manager said, ‘That’s what he stole!’ And then … I said, ‘Keep emptying out the baggie.’ He pulls out some cutters … and I’m by this time, I’m in a pretty rage, and I’m just in a full outrage on this guy.”

Ford said the alleged perpetrator also had some “rusty” blades in his bag.

“I said, ‘OK, those are yours, but the rest.’ And then I went on to tell him, if I ever see him in the parking lot, he’s gonna get a beating like he’s never got before. Well, that’s, that’s what you have to do.”

It is not immediately clear whether Toronto police were called about the July 19 incident.

Home Depot did not immediately return calls and emails seeking comment on Tuesday afternoon.

Ford’s office was also caught off guard by the anecdote, which the premier shared after a 36-minute speech and a 24-minute fireside chat with Mulroney.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 5h

So just in case anyone's wondering, Cal did indeed get to Gran and Grandad's okay! As I knew he would. :)

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 5h

Happy book birthday to @gemmafiles.bsky.social for her new collection, LITTLE HORN, out today from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! Gemma even illustrated it with her macabre & mesmerizing style! Don’t walk, RUN, to get this horror tale treasury! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 6h

I was very pleased to hear from Soad today. I had feared that she and little Omar were dead, but they're not, just stuck in a place with very little internet. They still really need help, if you're able to donate. tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

A Palestinian woman cradles her exhausted young son.

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 6h

Trying to help Ahmad out

www.gofundme.com/f/dnmxx-save...

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 7h

"We can't afford Republican health care cuts" by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)

We can't afford Republican health care cuts. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 7h

as gem anscombe put it in a somewhat different context:

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7h

"We've saving God."

I'm no theologian but I'm pretty sure in Christianity it works the other way around.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Richard R @richardr.bsky.social · 8h

Anyone using this guy on signs?

Woodblock print of a frog. It's dark grey and appears to be frowning.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 8h

Oh this is sad news. His posters were iconic.

Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 8h

Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.

Drew Struzan, Iconic Poster Artist Of Star Wars And Indiana Jones, Dead At Age 78

Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.

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Kirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · 8h

And since they managed to regain power, they’re now trying to retcon Jan 6 as an antifa/FBI joint mission in order to run the same playbook: “Leftist violence has actually *already* happened so we need troops to stop the thing that didn’t happen from happening again.”
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Kirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · Jun 7

The miracle of January 6 was that counter protesters knew it was a trap and had the discipline to stay away, so all the violence belonged to Trump.

The GOP was/is desperate for some “Antifa” violence to justify why we need the Army in the streets and a dictator in the White House.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 7h

Got Cal off to Mississauga in fairly good time; he was a massive PDA jerk about it all, so I’m going to have to trust he isn’t going to end up in Burlington again, but I barely care.;)

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

Alex Jones' arteries have the chance to do the funniest thing right now.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 9h

BREAKING | Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

www.independent.co.uk

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 8h

With that in mind, Morning Memo catches you up on some of the holiday weekend developments in the three highest profile political prosecutions: Jim Comey, Letitia James, and John Bolton

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The Justice Department Is the Tip of Trump’s Retribution Spear

INSIDE: James Comey ... Letitia James ... John Bolton

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 8h

Anarchists are known for our courage. We have gotten used to acting boldly in an array of contexts.

What is needed now is the courage to establish public positions around which a fighting movement can cohere.

This both scarier and simpler than many of the things we have done in the past.

No Kings, No Masters

A call for anti-authoritarian blocs at the October 18 "No Kings" demonstrations.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

“Editor’s Note: The Sun Sentinel values the views of our readers. We received many letters about the decision by Publix to allow customers to openly carry guns in its stores. We invite many more of you to send us your opinions, too”

Packing heat in Publix makes no sense | Letters to the editor

Readers respond to Publix’s decision to allow customers to openly carry their guns in its supermarkets.

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 8h

I mean "technically" it’s been centuries but — specifically speaking about ICE — yes, couple of decades is correct. I’d really like to find out historically how immigration has been (the treatment, I mean) either way the system always is fucked up.

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 9h

hey look, a broken system that's been broken for over a decade, never been fixed at all, and only made more abysmal...

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Raw chicken dinner, no soap: ICE detainees recount rough conditions in Tacoma facility

The population of the detention facility is surging, exacerbating long-standing complaints about conditions. But its oversight is shrinking.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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