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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9m

THIS. If a politician is willing to abandon today's Inconvenient Vulnerable Group in the name of political expedience? They'll abandon them all. And fascists will not be appeased by any of it, anyway. They just switch targets. That's how this works.

shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 12h

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 1h

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 33m

No honey, we criticize you for free because you lie.

From MAHA Action, "Dr. Eric Berg just REVEALED the real reason behind the sudden wave of anti-RFK Jr. and MAHA content online.

Big Pharma is literally paying influencers $1,000 per post to attack the MAHA movement.

(Video from MAHA ACTION Weekly Media Hub)"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28m

Anyway, reminder that it was the NYC police—yes, THE COPS THEMSELVES—who distributed over a million copies of this fear mongering propaganda pamphlet in 1975 when budget cuts threatened police salaries and pensions.

They need you afraid to maintain power.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Ci...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 34m

lol liars, every one. Chicago cops threatened to quit if Brandon Johnson was elected mayor. Police union leader LITERALLY threatened "blood in the streets," saying between 800 to 1,000 would walk.

Guess what never happened.

And even if they'd made good on that threat... OK??? BYE????

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · Jun 28

you have a right to be angry

Drawing of Little My, a small girl in a red dress, sliding down a hill. She is drawn by Tove Jansson from the Moomin series. The text reads: "WHEN you're angry, then you're angry," thought Little My, peeling her potato with her teeth. "Sometimes you have to be angry. Every little creature has the right to get angry."

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 7h

Or says "heebie-jeebies!" Another phrase that originates with a comic!

Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 7h

Yet it lives on every time somebody says (or buys) “googly eyes”!!!

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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

This. This exactly.

A lack of interest in prioritizing goonerbait characters is (correctly) interpreted as an acknowledgement of the widening of the audience for video games, and "gamers" don't want anyone else's wants or desires to matter. Only their own.

Lucky_Bun @luckybun.bsky.social · 17h

This isn't about porn or gooner brain or whatever, it's not even about looks, this is about power. They don't want to see beautiful women, they want all women in media to be nothing but objects for the pleasure of (white) men.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 2d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

Barney Google had novelty songs, multiple films, serials, and cartoons. Barney's racehorse, Spark Plug, was the reason Charles Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," was nicknamed "Sparky" as a kid (and an adult). This strip was capital-P popular.

But you'd never know it now.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

I've talked before about Al Capp's "Li'L Abner" & the kinda-shocking speed at which what had once been a decades-old juggernaut IP just... EVAPORATED from the American consciousness.

But that's not a unique story. To wit: The story of "Barney Google & Snuffy Smith." www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi5...

The comic strip that won't die

YouTube video by Don McHoull

www.youtube.com

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 8h

Bonhams is auctioning off original artwork by beloved artist Bob Ross to support public television stations after Trump funding cuts.

Bob Ross Paintings Auction Will Support Public TV Stations

nerdist.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

One day.

Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 9h

Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 1d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

sudansolidarity.com

Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective

Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

sudansolidarity.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

Hey cousin can Chicago borrow The Swiss Guard for a sec, we've got some fed-level trash to take out

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 8h

"Riyahd."
"King Salmon."
"Vetrans."

Central casting leather jacket, fake-ass introspective pose, insane downplaying of a literally murderous regime as agree-to-disagree type shit.

Perfect. 10/10. No notes.

John Calvin’s Strongest Soldier @waveturtlejake.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Heidecker putting out an apology for performing at Riyahd (he did not) is such a good bit.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

This is good and you should watch it.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 9h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

Hello, Bluesky. It's 8:00 AM on a Sunday morning. Have you still not watched Katsuhiro Otomo's MEMORIES?

youtube.com/shorts/ZyOz1...

One of the most UNDERRATED animated films EVER made 🤯 #whattowatch #anime #cinema #moviereview

YouTube video by It’s Just Cinema

youtube.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, like, no idea. Definitely curious, but Tatsuya has always been an enigma. I've always assumed he has a dayjob somewhere, bro doesn't even have a Patreon.

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 10h

Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and Child, 1956
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137316

Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, The Modern Women's Fund, and Dr. Alfred Gold (by exchange)

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proletkvlt @proletkvlt.bsky.social · 3d

Mainstream American Protestantism is basically a bronze age-esque civic religion where the purpose of the faith and community is, expressly, to justify and reinforce state authority

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 10h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 20h

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Anarchist Memes @anarchistmemes.org · 11h

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 10h

If democrats weren’t also so married to nakedly corrupt insider trading like the stuff done by Pelosi they could run on anti-corruption and win in landslides.

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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