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Andrea Mullaney @andreamullaney.bsky.social · 6h

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice?
"You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 17h

I am very lost and Gaza is full of chaos. I am really afraid for my family from all this. Everything is about money and at double prices. Destruction is everywhere. Money is the thing that I can protect myself with. I hope that you will help me and support me to go out and work a software engineer

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2d

We survived the genocide in Gaza, but our dreams and ambitions did not. Everything was destroyed, but we still dream. Support us here to rebuild everything we lost and protect ourselves from the effects of this genocide.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

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Pete Davidson @petedavidsonny.bsky.social · 2h

This did not make the front page of the NYT, which means the NYT is now state media. Unsubscribe and ignore.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11h

@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?

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Mr Peter Lyall @missedmycue.bsky.social · 2d

Why is the Reform Party's Russian links not a major news story?

Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 2d

Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?

Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

The event organizers say 7m people showed up. That would mean ~1 out of every 50 Americans came out to protest the president

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 35m

omg, the resemblance is truly uncanny! 😀

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celinawords.bsky.social @celinawords.bsky.social · 2h

Superb post. Read this #RachelReeves. BTW, why aren't you, as Chancellor, on this platform, it's a rational space?

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 7h

Labour whispers “hard choices.”
The Tories shout “more cuts.”
Reform shouts “maths is optional.”

The Bear hears only one thing: snip-snip-snip.

The ceaseless snip-snip-snip of a dying state

Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse – and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 5h

Is Rachel Reeves about to tell the country the truth about Brexit? Exclusive reasearch shows she would be wise to.

🎧👇

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2h

❤️ unsub today! They put this on page 23.

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 43m

No.

a black and white photo of a woman with a cross on her face

Alt: cute goth woman winking

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1d

I really love how in England they have modified No Kings to No Tyrants out of local sensibilities whilst in Ireland they are all like NO KINGS, do I stutter.

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 19h

The longest ride I ever did in a day was 100 miles. I was 23, in the best shape of my life, and was on a trip where we'd averaged 40-50 miles a day for the previous month. I have never been so sore as I was the next day 👀

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 9d

Another day, another water price hike.

Yes, these are new increases.

By 2030 you’ll be paying an average of 35% more for your privately-owned & polluted water.

Sign below if you think it’s time for water to be publicly owned.

actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 23h

“Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, New York City [in 1776]” by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, ca. 1852-1853, seen at the New-York Historical Society last year.

Painting of a group of people preparing to pull down a statue of a king on a horse.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23h

my god nokings.org

Map from nokings.org showing the US with lots of events planned

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 19h

I remember being quite shocked by it when I first moved to Australia. It's lost most of its shock value to me now 😂

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 23h

I think this moment of people feeling nervous about something and doing it anyway could prove quite liberating and profound

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 23h

My mother-in-law was nervous about wearing her #NoKings gear to the airport for her flight this morning, but she got *lots* of compliments. Even the TSA agent told her, "I like your shirt."

My mother in-law, wearing a "We the People" shirt at the airport, standing near an American flag.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.

To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”

It shows up as “removed by author.”

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 20h

Gee, why could it be? Hmm...really thinking here....nope, I got nothing

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 22h

A columnist at the Boston Globe accuses Seth Moulton of singling out Israel because it is a Jewish state after Moulton announced he is no longer accepting AIPAC support

Jeff Jacoby & @Jeff Jacoby
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I have admired @SethMoulton's willingness to challenge the crazier obsessions of the Democratic left.
But hostility toward the world's lone Jewish state is now so overwhelming among Democrats that even mostly sensible members of the party cannot resist it.
AlPAC exists to support Israel, regardless of the party in power at any given time. Of course Moulton is free to spurn donations from Americans who organize to strengthen US-Israel ties. But he hasn't announced a similar ban on Americans who support any other country. Why is that, I wonder?

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 22h

There was a girl, maybe 9 or 10, at one of the marches in Portland who was *leading* chants.

My favorite was her yelling "I NEED A GLASS OF WA-TER" and the crowd responding "NO ICE"

It was adorable af

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22h

Just One King

Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 22h

The handful of places that localize the branding still tickle me.

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MandaSCREEEAM @mandalee.bsky.social · 20h

They probably didn't intend the homage, but I imagine Janey Godley's spirit is cackling right now 😁

British comedian and all around legend Janey Godley, standing on a Trump golf course with a handmade sign that reads, "Trump is a cunt"

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 22h

Harrisburg, PA — there are so many older women in banana suits at the Capitol holding antifa signs and none of that sentence would have made sense to me 10 years ago

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