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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 36m

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 6h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Yayger @yayger.bsky.social · 5h

Don't look away, America. This is your country now.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

WTF 🤬
Goons brutally pushed a peaceful protester to the ground and dragged them across the floor.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time

(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)

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The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 2h

This contract is ambiguous.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 11h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4h

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4h

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

chicago.suntimes.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 16h

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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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 5h

Cancelled

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 5h

I’m convinced he’s dealing with a serious health issue and they’re hiding all of it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 5h

That sounds absolutely fantastic!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Co-sign. Under no circumstances should you EVER consider doing something so insanely reckless, dangerous, and illegal.

I hope this is a false flag; if not, whatever person did this thinking that they were striking a blow for justice is a moron.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 6h

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

if “you could kill a bunch of people and go to jail for approximately forever” isn’t a good enough reason not to shine lasers at aircraft, may I also note that it’ll be trivially easy to catch you doing it

James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

There's also the fact that, assuming its night time, you are putting up a giant laser arrow to your exact location. No one interested in protesting this crap is going to be stupid enough to do this, I hope. More likely they're baiting people into trouble

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty sure after he dies Trump is going to spend eternity forcibly cleaning out Satan’s arsehole with his tongue.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Look, maybe not *all* ICE and CBP agents are bloodthirsty psychopaths, but there are plenty of stories like this one and the rest of them sure as shit don't seem to mind, so ...

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 7h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

“The single most important problem for pro-democracy forces is that too many people — especially in position of power — seem unable to truly believe that we are living in a consolidating competitive authoritarian regime.”

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money

If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 7h

That’s right! #Portland

Don’t tread on me with the Portland toad

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 8h

So she's saying they're just lazy and incompetent instead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 7h

If you post something deeply unserious and ask to be ratioed, I block you. Life is too short for dumb takes from people who should know better.

The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 7h

It is anti-Semitic to assume that being Jewish must equate to being a supporter of Israel as a modern-day nation - no matter what side makes the argument.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 9h

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 8h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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