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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 10h

Asimov’s 3 Laws of Muppets:

1: A Muppet may injure a human

2: A Muppet must not obey orders given by a human

3: A Muppet must protect the existence of The Muppet Show Theatre as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 9h

Let's see if Pritzker can back up his talk. I want to see charges filled.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 11h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

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

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 7d

A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you

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Diamond Hands: #SmokeFleet Master @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 11h

It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"

The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 11h

Someone inside Twitter is absolutely leaking information to Nazis

onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 16h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 16h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez" @captainruck.bsky.social · 14h

Nazi doesn't care other Nazis expressed Nazi beliefs? uh, okay, buddy, we know

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 16h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez" @captainruck.bsky.social · 14h

Twitter is the Republican Party (openly Nazi) and Bluesky is the Democratic Party (ostensibly a place for people who don't want to be in the Nazi party to go, that inexplicably disregards those people in favor of trying to win over Nazis)

nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social · 16h

can’t believe it took you this long to leave that website run by admitted nazis and join this website run by closeted nazis

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 22h

Notice what they rally around - not unseating Susan Collins, but stopping Graham Platner.

As always, for the DSCC and the Democratic Party, it's more important to block the left than it is to defeat the right. One party standing together to protect corporate profits.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 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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jake-o-lantern 🎃 @baronduki.bsky.social · 20h

wii fit 🌴

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 14h

me in public: Donkey Kong is an upstanding citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom.

me in leaked group chat:
(donkey kong is mario's pet)😆😂

Reactions by: Princess Peach, Luigi

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 18h

all of this “see yourself as a ghibli/marvel/disney character” AI shit and “what if Marilyn Monroe was in Game of Thrones!!!” AI shit has made me feel very justified about the many many bad feelings I’ve harbored toward fandom shit for so long

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Allie @rally.luckyraven.cc · 13h

For Day 15 of #October I've got something special prepared. I've been keeping this one up my sleeve all month: it's an octopus in a coconut shell! I didn't want to lead with this one, we gotta build up to it. You can expect this theme to come up again before the month is over.

Drawing of an octopus hiding in a coconut shell.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

important note from libcrusher:

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13h

Pre-RIP Catturd, you’ll need to find a job and it will kill you

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 14h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 13h

Before it is bulldozed I hope to see the ballroom used to hold The Tribunals

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 13h

The messaging is both simple and true: Trump took 40 billion dollars of your grocery money and gave it to Argentina

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Community Notes @communitynotesof.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, we are an official part of the Bluesky team. No, don’t tell Jay we told you that.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 20h

Social media has destroyed the fabric of civilization buts it’s also helped me a lot personally

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21h

can we all at least agree that no one should ever be criticized for any reason

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h

The president freely admits he's using your tax money to repress you and interfere with your free choice of representatives. He's looking into the camera and telling you he's a tyrant bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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