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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 15h

@muellershewrote.com Here’s one for the ‘Flip it Blue’ segment. As detailed in the episode, Rs actively hoping for low turn-out and voter suppression because if Ds win, and ‘Dems will smell blood in the water’!

Georgia, vote D for Public Service Commission! Lower your power bills!

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7d

Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

www.volts.wtf

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 27d

The old Dazzle!

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Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Sep 6

Maybe 3 High Lethality Pull-Ups?

I mean, I nearly died laughing at his terrible form last time he did that on camera…

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 29

a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in a kitchen talking to another man .

Alt: a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in a kitchen talking to another man. “Rude.”

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 28

kermit the frog is wearing a black hoodie and kermit the frog is wearing a black hood .

Alt: kermit the frog is wearing a black hoodie and kermit the frog. The one with a black hood says ‘Do it.’

media.tenor.com

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 24

In for a Typhoon Sierra:

Picture of a signed ‘Team Yuri’ Ukrainian flag with an ‘$800’ graphic overlayed.

The flag is blue on top and yellow on the bottom. In the middle is a circular seal with a white border. In the border is the text ‘#TeamYuri. ВОЇНИ СВІТЛА. РЯТУЕМО ЖИТТЯ.ʼ In the middle is a short cartoon character with green skin, wide pointed ears, and large dark eyes. It is wearing green pants, a blue jacket, and yellow scarf. It is holding a sniper rifle.

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 18

FYI @muellershewrote.com

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · Aug 17

I have pitched seven left-leaning outlets in the past week with new and urgent reporting about ICE flights I’m tracking, and received either no’s, silence or OOO messages.

Then stuff I reported three months ago gets regurgitated.

Not naming names, just need to see a doctor for all this side-eye.

James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · Aug 17

The TNR piece is a summary of a CNN piece which covers ground we covered with @gbrockell.bsky.social. If we really intend to fight lies and disinformation, people in the press need to address the massive issue liberal outlets have with misleading statements about their sourcing & reporting

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 13

@muellershewrote.com Expansion of the court hack? Not just 8th Cir. but all of PACER now breached?

Maybe this was in prior reporting and I just missed it, but this seems like an expansion/getting worse.

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Aug 13

It appears that PACER has been compromised by a Russian threat actor for some time. This is a very big deal for people who have submitted sealed documents in federal court whose threat model includes RU.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 10

But hey, if an ass tattoo is what it takes to discover yourself; who are any of us to get in the way?

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’ll go with the patch please! Thank you Olimana!

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 7

I’m in for $200!

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 6

Im in!

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 2

No worries at all mate. Looks like you’re having a great trip yourself!

Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Aug 2

@dankaszeta.bsky.social Just in case it comes up while you’re out of town, we stopped by to check on the palace for you. We have confirmed they haven’t boarded it up in your absence.

Also, I’m up to chapter 5 of “Toxic” and it’s a very engaging read so far. Looking forward to the rest!

The front of Buckingham Palace. There are hundreds of tourists in front of the closed gate but, contrary to the conspiracy theory, the windows are not boarded up.

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m in!

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’m in!

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · Jun 25

Really bad, y'all. It's been shaky but this, what is getting announced right now?

This is us losing Earth & Space Science in the US.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · Jun 25

NASA is being radically reorganized, starting almost immediately.
The Town Hall is here, if you're interested:

video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Jun 23

a white duck with an orange beak is sitting on a railing and the word inhales is below it

Alt: a white duck with an orange beak is sitting on a railing and the word inhales is below it

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · Jun 10

Strongly concur.

Please enjoy this beverage I recently also enjoyed.

A can of beer next to a full pint glass, sitting on an outdoor cafe table.

The beer is ‘Putin Huylo’ from Pravda Brewery in Lviv. ‘Putin Huylo’ roughly translates to ‘Putin is a Dickhead’

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SpaceAustralia.com @spaceaustralia.com · Jun 5

An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡

Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.

@cosmicrami.com writes about this new study.

www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...

📸 Astro_Work 🔭

#SpaceAustralia

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · May 23

Punt Guns ride again!

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Sighting a ‘Punt Gun’. Black and white photo of a very large shotgun (>6 ft long, ~2 in. diameter) in a small rowboat. A man is laying down in the boat behind the gun aiming the gun by moving the boat.

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · May 21

Regional Car Dealership Rococo (RCDR) from @katewagner.bsky.social

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kate wagner @katewagner.wehwalt.net · Apr 17

IT'S HERE: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a Treatise
www.patreon.com/posts/mcmans...

Trump and Lindsay Graham in the Oval Office full of cheap gilded kitsch

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · May 12

@governorferguson.bsky.social Please follow @govpritzker.illinois.gov ‘s excellent lead here and keep our fellow Washingtonians safe from government surveillance.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · May 11

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to sign an executive order preventing state agencies from obtaining or disclosing data that personally identifies people with autism, unless required for medical care or legal matters.

“Every Illinoisan deserves ... the freedom to live without fear of surveillance.”

Dem Governor Launches Plan to Counter RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to undermine the autism registry RFK Jr. keeps talking about.

newrepublic.com

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · May 5

Strangely, no! I checked that at least, but have been away from The Gooder Blue Website for several days, so have missed many A Thing.

I do feel good about my follows that there are multiple people bring such goodness into my life.

May the start of your week be Blessed By Brass!

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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · May 5

@funranium.bsky.social In case you require More MEMES and More BRAMP in your life.

Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · May 4

I swear this has been in my phone library a WHILE.

Photo of the Soecials from the back of their debut album. It says “Transphobia?
That's not very ska of you.”

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