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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 14h

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 22h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

TIL that the aggro af wasps you see in late summer are worker wasps who have finished their nest tasks and are all out seeking sweet stuff and raising hell for the locals with the last days of their lives while waiting to die, wasps are basically just the insect version of retired Brits in Spain

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 2d

I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow
A chimp or ape
Oh I'll go out in style with my sincere smile
And my famous shape

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 2d

That and the House with a Clock in its Walls were my formative weird books

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 4d

The Salvation Army really is the epitome of a certain kind of white conservatism

They prey on the most vulnerable. They happily leave the sort of people they don't like to die in the streets

But they smile a lot and don't cuss and say "Jesus", so they get to be respectable

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 4d

You can literally do an ethnography of American expectations of technology by watching all three Tron movies. Each one is a representation of our expectations and cultural narratives about technology.

Also, they’re a lot of fun.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 4d

Or do Oreos have a Dr Tilley problem?

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 6d

Also if you like Hellboy you should check out Marie Enger's work. Imagine if instead of Prague bridges, Mike Mignola was obsessessed with Indiana rest-stops.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 6d

Barnes and Noble moving out of the old grocery store location that still had the cow on the wall was my warning sign of dark times.

Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah...

That Hellboy in Hell though was REAL good

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 6d

Oh

Well dang

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 7d

Learning that Kathy Acker was really into the X-Files and the Simpsons has raised so many questions for me.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 8d

It's "comics accurate" which is becoming more and more meaningless as the publishers try to make the comics like the movies and the audience for the movies didn't cross over to read the comics.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 10d

No, this is wrong. The Thong Song is an antifascist anthem, thanks to its recontexualization in a Legends of Tomorrow episode where the Fates of ancient Greece have destroyed free will and the heroes have to fight the resurrected villains of history with As Seen on TV products.

What a great show!

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 10d

He's not THAT tall, he's just in the foreground!

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 11d

If I continue to follow the news, my mental health will suffer. If I don't follow the news, I'm being an irresponsible citizen.

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 12d

Jessi Zabarsky's diary strips at @hugbox.bsky.social are my cure for the Monday blues

A bunny attends a meeting, eats cheesecake--there is a variety of cheesecake, and she gets to take some home

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Ms. Delilah J⭕️nes @msdelilahjones.bsky.social · 12d

In case anyone wants to ask Pritzker why State Troopers with batons and face shields were authorized to push around protesters at Broadview today:

Springfield Office of the Governor
Phone: 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831

Chicago Office of the Governor
Phone: 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122

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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 13d

How do clams know what way is up? Mollusks have an organ called a statocyst. Inside is a little stone called a statolith. The stone rolls around in the bag of sensory cells, telling the clam what way is down! (286)

A diagram of a statocyst from wikipedia. A circle of cells with little sensory cilia lead to neurons. Inside the sphere of cells there is a round statolith, resting on the bottom

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13d

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 13d

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 14d

ICE may try to rappel into this classroom next week, but this is evidence that we are going to win. The look on the little Nazi's face when he sees a hundred kids coming after him--we will see that look from all the Nazis.

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 14d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social · 15d

Warfights, Jesus, 2000ad would reject this dialogue

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