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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t be a Dick-Tator

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 4h

Hello!!

Try to always do alt text, but my mom asked if I was writing a novel 😂

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 5h

Taking a break from the wind at the no kings protest in Denver. Nice fall day of libations and liberation

A glass of Chardonnay wine on a table next to a silver gray cap with sequins. The hat has a button pinned on front that says NOPE in white letters on a black background. And the side is another button that is too blurry to read, but it says "I read banned books." In the background is an out of focus gray patio couch and some orange, pink, & yellow flowers. Red brick building form the back drop.

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 6h

Denver is really chilly with the wind today. Dress warm & come join us 🚫👑✊🐸

#NoKings

The gold dome of the CO State Capitol is shining in the sun against a mostly blue sky. The American & CO flags are on a pole at the top the building are waving in the wind. A crowd of patriots are in the foreground all the way up the steps of the Capitol smiling and waving signs. Unseen are the protesters behind me and folks are still coming

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 20h

I honestly hadn't thought of it that way before but yeah

kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 20h

Block & move on

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 1d

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 3d

1.) One of those „kids“ is a state senator in Vermont. (They’re not kids)
2.) kids are bigots is a weird stance
3.) going full boys will be boys about the „I love Hitler“ chat is quite a choice
4.) What else to expect from a guy who still follows Bronze Age Pervert on X? (Rhetorical question)

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6d

Stand tall. We will win.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 8d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 8d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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professoraxeman @axeeugene.bsky.social · 10d

If "We took the freedom of speech away" isn't in 1000 attack ads in the next 13 months, it's political malpractice.

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 12d

100%. Can't agree more. I'm like, this feels super important. Is anyone else alarmed? No? Am I overreacting? Like, y'all are seeing this too, right? Anyone...?

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 13d

Wow! Sorry I missed this

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 16d

Me too! Just need to watch the last episode. Mae Martin is amazing! They are so creative. If you haven't seen Feel Good, I recommend that as well

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BEAVE @beaveinflow.bsky.social · Aug 17

Here’s a photo of my cat trying to catch a bubble. You’re welcome.

Orange Tabby cat, Greg, standing tall on his hind toe beans with front paws stretched straight in the air trying to catch a catnip bubble floating above his head.

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 22d

Whiskers

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 22d

Run away!!!

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 23d

if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · 24d

I LOVE Pearl Jam, but I am also ok if I never hear Jeremy again. Gonna also mention Ironic. At one point you could be flipping through radio stations and be guaranteed to hear an Alanis M or Bush song.

Can't go to the grocery store without hearing some awful song that should've died in the 90s

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Erin Macdonald is on a social media break @drerinmac.bsky.social · 25d

Happy bi visibility day. Everything is terrible but I’m trying to find little joys. 🫶🏻

A cartoony infographic with the text

BI REMINDER
Bisexual women are still bi even if they're dating men
Bisexual men exist, and they're not "just gay"
Ace/Aro bisexuals, & Nonbinary bisexuals exist
Sexual orientation is about attraction, not action
Bisexuals dont need to have dated all the genders/gender identities they re attracted to - to know they re attracted to them
@CapriCampeau

A screencap of our bisexual god Loki bathed in bisexual lighting.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 25d

It’s actually the day of the velocirapture.

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · Sep 19

This book holds up. Give this book a read or a listen.

Sagan was gone too soon 🩵

Andrew Reinhorror, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social · Sep 19

I feel like it’s a good time to remind people of this sanity-gem from Carl Sagan: www.goodreads.com/book/show/17... Find it and read it.

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dar…

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increas…

www.goodreads.com

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · Sep 18

You can also check out library books on your phone without stepping foot in the library. But I still recommend going there to look around. You don't always know what will spark your interest

Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · Sep 18

THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW THAT COST NO MONEY:

1) Get a library card. If you already have one, great job. Check something out!

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The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · Sep 15

I wrote about the Reiser brothers and their hilarious, disgusting Listers documentary for Slate:

slate.com/culture/2025...

One of the Funniest Documentaries of the Year Is Streaming for Free on YouTube

Listers is a journey into the dark and cringy heart of one of the world’s most peculiar hobbies.

slate.com

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kirsten4813.bsky.social @kirsten4813.bsky.social · Sep 18

Oh wow! I couldn't put my finger on why he seemed familiar. I was thinking Joe Dirt, but yeah, Nic in Raising Arizona is spot on

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