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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 1h

speaker of the house mike "i have never felt so threatened as when i saw a nipple" johnson. these people are beyond parody

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 2h

beyond parody

"The mounted patrol is an important tool for public safety — one that helps bridge the trust gap between residents, some of whom have a less than generous view of police, and the officers tasked with protecting our city. Kids feel safer around officers on horseback, the presence of the animal offering comfort and evoking calm. This highly visible, less intimidating police presence does exactly what we want law enforcement to do: work in cooperation with the community.

And these horses aren’t just steeds, they’re living memorials bearing the names of officers who’ve died in the line of duty — the entrance to each stall is adorned with a photo and a tribute to the officer. In 2023, a horse was named in honor of Officer Ella French, who was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in 2021.

Is Chicago really going to sell off Ella French’s horse?"

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 8h

katherine dee is herself a reactionary who has written for TERF blog fairer disputations. her bio there cites her work at american conservative, unherd, and the washington examiner. interesting how the bio she chose here doesn’t reflect that bias. the work itself features no actual citations

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3h

A Tumblr post by beetledrink reading not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like "i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!" girl... what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 00

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 4h

Look for the helpers

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 7h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 4h

and uhhhhhh to be honest the things that have ever put me off their games has been the combat

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 6h

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

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

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 5h

which will almost certainly use AI age verification just like the UK

Sam Porter Bridges in Death Stranding, who was used to bypass UK AI age verification systems

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SPOOKYDEAD💀SKELEHEAD @mikeluckas.bsky.social · 23h

a good night's sleep in the Deadly Premonition bed could fix me

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mgayultra 👻 @mgayultra.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks to the tariffs, Dawson can only have a 30 load weekend.

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 7h

it's literally in your bio too, like, what's the issue?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 7h

himbo mode is closer to reach

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 7h

finally proof i am making myself dumber

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 8h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 8h

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 8h

with mills explicitly being who schumer is getting behind in my state and zohran who he wants to avoid as much as possible, so many thoughts about this shit

first and foremost, when dems talk about "we need better messaging", this is what they mean: whatever the hot new marketing aesthetics is

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 9h

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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SRM VWB Wight Blight @awexwane.bsky.social · 11h

Going to henceforth refer to all of my gacha games as Draftkings-likes

☆「ＹＡＳＥ」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.world · 12h

I just dislike that it feels as though any half-way interesting idea for a spin-off is relegated to Anime Draftkings On Your Phone.

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 9h

i always do

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brandon wyrms :Þ @branewyrms.bsky.social · 10h

you post something to your own timeline and a bluesky user that doesn't follow you takes it personally

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 10h

Channing Tatum watching Melancholia is one of the funniest mental images I’ve had in a minute

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

Can I just say that I love how wholesomely stupid Channing Tatum is? I love the freaking guy. He’s calling in to talk about the Steelers but it’s about Kirsten Dunst.

"I never get nervous about working with people, but that's Kirsten Dunst bro," Tatum tells Vogue. "I knew I was gonna have to up my game because she's a beast. She doesn't have a single miss on her resume, it's all bangers."

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 22h

Rogers Park and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard by immigration enforcement activity over the weekend.

There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 1d

My dad lost his best friend in a motorcycle accident when he was 17 and he’s used that as an excuse to not make new friends which is tragic bc if his friend had lived they would have stopped being friends a long time ago

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