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Currently at VTS near DC. Recovering Twitter User. I still do cool stuff like read the Western Canon for fun & now MDiv. absurdist 'holy theatre' pashit. Peter Brook (RIP) is still my hero. I live for cats (aka Iggyboos)

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · Dec 2

You know what we need is beyond anything I presume to imagine.

So I hope for every one reading this and I hope for the ones you hold dear.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 13h

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE

HE IS A WHITE WORKING CLASS MILITARY VET

with a stunningly sharp media package

They can’t update their website with a plan but they can kick the knees out fo somebody whose making waves form someone older than my momma !

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 22h

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 11h

Digital Editions of Aramaic and Phoenician Sources oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2025/10/digi...

Digital Editions of Aramaic and Phoenician Sources

James Moore has released the Digital Editions of Aramaic and Phoenician Sources database. This helpful tool includes an extensive, searcha...

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 11h

Going for a bike ride with a few friends, New Orleans

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 11h

Oh Lord, how many priests and bishops are outside drinking whiskey around a table right now & watch me go the opposite way unnoticed...

I am very much like an #Iggyboo

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 14h

Can we please do some pashit like creating giant puppets and wild character masks to stage absurdist processions as protest?

The possibilities are endless 😂

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 14h

OpenAI 2022- ChatGPT will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis

OpenAI 2025- ChatGPT will tell you that your dick is the biggest it’s ever seen

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/o...

Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users

"As part of our 'treat adult users like adults' principle, we will allow...erotica for verified adults."

www.axios.com

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 16h

LIVE NOW!

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left. With @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

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Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Join Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the…

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Sarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 16h

Remember when they told us they were going to find a solution to climate change and cure cancer?

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

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

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h

Looks like dude primarily specialized in paintings of fashionable ladies at leisure, but a small percentage of his religious work is pretty uniquely compelling.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h

Found a new artist to investigate, today.

James Tissot, "Jesus Ministered to by Angels." 1886-1894.

James Tissot, "Jesus Ministered to by Angels." 1886-1894. A painting of Jesus prone on the ground, surrounded by gray shades reaching towards him.

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 16h

These were the people holding us back 20, 30, yrs ago, giving the few internships & jobs available to their kids. With full knowledge of highly qualified & gifted non-establishment kids campaigning as well, they disqualified them to make room for legacy privilege.

Same shit, different day.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18h

ah the link is janky! here's where you can sign up for my newsletter rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/

Rewire News Group Newsletters... Spread the word.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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Loki Lakapumpkin 🎃 @runtimeerror.blackskycomra.de · 18h

it started with “illegal immigrant criminals.” then it was “anyone who looks latine.” then they extended it to anyone who’s brown. now they’ve extended it to black americans, who are obviously citizens. and they’re still launching chemical weapons at unarmed crowds of people.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 18h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 19h

Here's video of the crash. Top of frame the white SUV makes contact with back of the red SUV which spins into a parked car and a foot chase follows. Crowd gathers after. 105/N. #chicago (via kwisstin on IG.)

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20h

Janet Mills has jumped into the Maine Senate race against Susan Collins.

Recent polling we did with @ZenithPolls shows that Graham Platner is best positioned to beat Susan Collins, out-performing Mills by 6 points.

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Poll: Platner Best Positioned Maine Dem to Defeat Susan Collins

After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, Graham Platner leads Sen. Susan Collins by 14 points, while Gov. Janet Mills leads Collins by 8 points.

substack.perfectunion.us

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 19h

Saleh's body is barely cold and Instagram has already deleted his account, where he documented Israeli war crimes. They're trying so hard to erase us and the irony is they've already lost.

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 19h

They suck so hard.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 19h

I strongly urge you to read this interview with @alaskawx.bsky.social who has unique insight and perspective on the catastrophic surge event in western Alaska I wrote about with his help.

theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 19h

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Establishment jumped in to run against a younger, grassroots Democrat rather than collaborating or showing support. @grahamformaine.bsky.social has the focus, powerful message & energy needed to meet the moment.

& elitist legacy Dems do this shit again. #wtaf

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

Janet Mills is 77 and Democrats need to knock it off with the gerontocracy.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 20h

Don't ask who is going up against Janet Mills, ask who Janet Mills is going up against.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/1996...

The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

newrepublic.com

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Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social · 19h

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know about you, friends, but it's pretty clear the legacy Democrats have no interest in the change necessary to meet the moment or even "pass the torch" to a younger generation of leaders.

I support the Oysterman. Please amplify & send a message that we see past their bullshit politicking.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

Chuck Schumer should be focused on fighting Donald Trump and protecting healthcare for millions of Americans, not meddling in a Maine primary.

DC's choice has lost to Susan Collins five times in a row. We can't afford a sixth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 21h

Libtard: Noun. A person who did not get sucked in by Trump's lies and scams. A smart person. A streetwise person.

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