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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 2d

what did she call us | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: MATTIE and one other person are handcuffed on a platform over a big cylindrical vat full of glowing liquid. Behind them, TWO ARMED TROOPERS stand. One is shouting, next to a big lever.
TROOPER: You have all been charged with sexual deviance under the new statutes!
TROOPER: You are hereby sentenced…

PANEL 2: Closer in on MATTIE and the person next to her.
TROOPER (VO): …To being dropped into a big vat of acid, thus dissolving your perverted bodies!
MATTIE: I sure did prefer life before we were overrun by fascist stormtroopers.

PANEL 3: The TROOPERS look at each other.
TROOPER 2: Sorry…What did she-he call us?
TROOPER 1: NOT Cool…

PANEL 4: The other TROOPER from panel 3. He's crying, and pulls the lever. Some acid splashes into the frame.
TROOPER: STOP BULLYING ME!
SFX: CLUNK
SFX: SPLASH

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

ICE Whistles packed and ready to go.

If you want to make your own kits, the Pisen Arts & Community House has PDFs you can download and links to whistles (though often sold out, so get creative) linktr.ee/pilsenartsco...

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 3d

Even in blue, affluent localities, most people have to work hard to advocate for their children and make the school do what they’re required to do. The end of federal enforcement means a lot of kids will go without the accommodations that can make them succeed.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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jenni @msjennimiller.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so glad we're taking back frogs.

Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 4d

So, my old buddy Matt teaches Canadian kids how to play rock'n'roll music- and if we could make THIS song the Theme Music of the Revolution, I would appreciate it. Thank you for your consideration.

Frogs Rule, by LITTLE NIGHTMARES

from the album Class of 2024

noisepollutionrockschool.bandcamp.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 5d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 5d

Me when the doors for the show are at 9pm

Dog Solution @dogsolutions.bsky.social · Jun 24

OUaaa... Dog have became too sleep to exist

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 5d

Nearly every clip I’ve ever published was once on the internet and isn’t at all anymore, sometimes not even in the wayback machine.

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 5d

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 6d

As you fight ICE in your neighborhoods, always look for potentially positive outcomes to counterbalance your anger and despair. For me this continues to be meeting more neighbors, talking to more neighbors, and finding that others close by have also been fighting in ways I was unaware of.

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 6d

Sensitive lady!!!!

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 9d

Everybody will tell you about sunscreen and working out which are two of my faves, but my other recommendation is find a hobby you love but you are not good at. You will have fun, you will learn a bunch, you might make friends but you will never be tempted to make it your job. Start a band.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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The 51st @51st.news · 9d

Since 2021, DCPS has become D.C.'s leading sponsor of H1-B visas for its employees.

But some 200 teachers who took jobs under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.

51st.news/dc-green-car...

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 9d

I dunno I feel like people spend a lot of time trying to like, make book clubs to be better leftists when what most need is to do stuff churches and rotary clubs used to do before everyone went off the deep end, ex: food, diapers, coats. Feels basic, can feel pointless, but it’s the whole point.

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 11d

Do It For Him

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 11d

Yes it’s a brighter image in Dupont, there is a nice bulldog in the shop who makes your shopping experience so pleasant.

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 12d

It’s nice to be in community!!!!

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 12d

Become so beloved by your neighbors that the kids chat with you on the porch and the cats gently bring you a small dead rat.

Sagwa, a beautiful calico cat, is sitting on the porch with a shadow that makes her look like the Alfred Hitchcock of cats. In the background is a garden where she left Lindsey a dead rat.

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 12d

Huge thank you to @laurentheisen.bsky.social for correctly calling out the “Indiana-fication” of Ohio on today’s Distraction podcast

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 13d

Wow yes I feel this for you deeply

lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 14d

open.spotify.com/track/2qX8Xw... for listening when you do actually gotta stay alive

You Gotta Stay Alive

open.spotify.com

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 14d

This is definitely a good song for your spooky playlist, but I also wanna flag that Roger’s song “you gotta stay alive” is working as my anthem to get through these absolute garbage times.

Roger (Perpetual Stu) @iamtherog.com · 14d

Since it's spooky season, that means it's time to listen to my SCARY song "SCARED." Add it to your favorite Halloween party mixes and tell a friend, if you daaaare.

cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social who says we should share stuff we're proud of (even if it scares us).

open.spotify.com/album/1cJHtP...

SCARED ("Scared All The Time" Theme)

open.spotify.com

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 14d

You ever see a guy (gn) and feel like you’re seeing yourself for the first time

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 14d

Udon Nou, who has noodles for brains, is a mascot from Kagawa Prefecture. He was handing out certificates to winners at this year’s Yuruverse mascot popularity contest (having won in 2023).

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 15d

Project 2025 was literally written down and included all of this. The only real surprise is the speed of the willingness of the media, courts, business, and Congress to bend the knee.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 15d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 15d

Like two hours left on this! Help support hands-on science and sound education, maybe win a minimoog!

lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 16d

Really suggesting strongly you enter this raffle (that ends Monday night!!!) because it would be cool for you to own a minimoog signed by Todd Rundgren. bit.ly/ToddRundgren...

Last day to win this minimoog! It’s a picture of a vintage synthesizer

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 16d

Really suggesting strongly you enter this raffle (that ends Monday night!!!) because it would be cool for you to own a minimoog signed by Todd Rundgren. bit.ly/ToddRundgren...

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 16d

The report completely neglects the way that much of the momentum in far right extremism has now become part of STATE VIOLENCE. It does not count ICE actions, militia actions, vigilantism clothed in state authority. THIS IS WHERE THAT VIOLENCE NOW RESIDES. (4)

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