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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 38m

And now for a little escape with the fam…

The Bay Bridge (San Francisco) in black & white.

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 1h

The ‘America First’ party, everyone.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 9h

I miss those more hopeful times. Gen Z really took a turn…

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

Remember when you tried to tell us “the younger generations don’t think that way.” And “the young people will save us.” There are a lot of great, humane, decent, bright young people out there. But there are also a lot of these young people. And they’re not going anywhere.

Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 1d

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 18h

Politically correct sirens?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "You hear those sirens going off? That's good. A good sound. That means they either got the bad guy or they're gonna stop the bad guy. You didn't hear that sound bc nobody wanted to do anything. Listen to the beauty of that sound. That's the real deal sirens, not politically correct sirens"

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 18h

I keep thinking he can’t get any dumber and he keeps proving me wrong.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution.”

Trump: I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don't need to purchase it from China.
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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 19h

If the ~ correction ~ does not immediately hurt, it will be because "AI" will get a bailout that is proportionally more harmful and ridiculous than the biggest banks got post-2008. These billionaire fuckos are running all the levers and gears, and it is folly to imagine they won't fuck us all.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 18h

The action of a strong, secure man.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 18h

Amen. Call this shit out exactly for what it is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 19h

Free speech absolutists.

US revokes visas from six foreign nationals for social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk – as it happened

The move marks a stunning departure for the Trump administration, which came to power vowing to stop social-media censorship

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 1d

If our soldiers were detained like this at war, I guarantee you we’d be screaming that it’s a violation of the Geneva Convention. Deploying them at will is just another Tuesday for ICE, though.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 1d

Amen, brother.

BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 1d

Last day of work before vacation. Can't wait to go eat some fresh seafood on the coast!

BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 1d

There's going to be a lot of rude awakenings among the MAGA crowd...

(comic) A man is in a hospital bed with a broken arm. His MAGA hat lies on the stand next to his bed. The doctor, looking at the man's chart, says, "You no longer have Medicaid, so expect a big beautiful bill."

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, not me. I can hand you a book I've read 4 times and you'll think you're getting it new from the store. I'm anal about keeping those spines/covers perfect! :)

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 2d

“The Free Press reports”

In case you were wondering what direction CBS was going to go…

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 2d

welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly

BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time to stop calling this guy a Democrat.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 6d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 2d

“A nation’s soul is measured not by the might of its military, but by the mercy of its people. When helicopters circle our skies in the name of order, while food pantries struggle to feed the hungry, we are forced to ask: What are we defending, and from whom?”

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

For nine nights now, the steady thrum of Black Hawk helicopters has circled over Portland. The sound is constant, invasive; a low mechanical beating above our homes. It’s expensive. It’s intimidating. And it’s unnecessary.

Our protests have been largely peaceful. There is no insurrection here. Yet this federalized military presence makes us feel like we are living in a war zone (the very kind of chaos this administration claims to be protecting us from).

The irony is painful: it is only this occupation that makes Portland feel unsafe.

Each hour of helicopter flight costs taxpayers between $2,000 and $4,000, depending on crew, fuel, and maintenance. Multiply that by multiple aircraft over multiple nights, and you’re looking at hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars burned into the sky.

Meanwhile, the Woodstock Food Pantry at All Saints Episcopal Church — which feeds working families, elders, and people with disabilities — has seen its federal funding slashed by 75%. How can we justify pouring public money into intimidation while cutting aid to those who simply need to eat?

This is waste, fraud, and abuse in plain sight:
* Waste of public resources on military theatrics.
* Fraud in the name of “public safety.”
* Abuse of the communities that federal agencies claim to protect.

Portland is a Sanctuary City. A sanctuary city is not a fortress. It’s a promise — a living vow that a community will protect the dignity and safety of everyone who calls it home. It means that local governments and ordinary people alike will refuse to criminalize survival. That schools, clinics, churches, and shelters will remain safe spaces no matter who you are or where you were born. But the term reaches far beyond policy. It’s an ethic of belonging; a refusal to criminalize need, difference, or desperation.

Sanctuary isn’t weakness. It’s courage. It takes moral strength to meet suffering with care instead of punishment, to believe that our neighbors’ safety is bound up in our own, to insist that safety is not achieved through force but through community, inclusion, and trust. It is living Matthew 25:40 out loud and in deed. It is an act of moral imagination and moral defiance. To hold sanctuary is to say: you belong here.

When we hold space for the most vulnerable — refugees, the unhoused, the undocumented, the disabled, the working poor, the displaced — we become something larger than a collection of individuals. We become a moral body. We do more than offer charity. We offer witness. We declare that the measure of a nation is found not in its towers or tanks, but in its tenderness.

Sanctuary cities are not lawless; they are soulful. They represent the conscience of the nation, a place where the laws of empathy still apply. To make sanctuary is to affirm that the United States is not merely a geographic territory, but a moral experiment: a republic that must constantly choose between fear and compassion, between domination and democracy.

A nation’s soul is measured not by the might of its military, but by the mercy of its people. When helicopters circle our skies in the name of order, while food pantries struggle to feed the hungry, we are forced to ask: What are we defending, and from whom? The soul of a nation survives only when we make sanctuary for one another. Not through walls or weapons, but through compassion and collective will. If we allow intimidation to replace compassion, we will have traded our conscience for control.

Please know that despite the hum of war machines overhead, the conscience of our city — whimsical, creative, stubbornly kind — can still be heard.

Portland is not the problem. Portland is the reminder. A reminder that a city can still choose to be sanctuary. That a people can still choose to be human.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 2d

Not aware? Unless she’s literally been living under a rock, not sure I buy that one.

Keira Knightley Was 'Not Aware' of J.K. Rowling Boycott Before Joining 'Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions': 'I Hope That We Can All Find Respect' — Variety

In a recent interview with Decider, Keira Knightley said that prior to joining the voice cast of Audible's

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David Clarke @davidclarke76.bsky.social · 3d

I was a cop. In a densely populated city. Full of immigrants and people all across the political spectrum.

I’m not going to get too deep into this, but when cops threaten to quit in response to a choice being offered to voters, you should be on the side of whatever the voters choose.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 3d

🤔

Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 3d

If Jan 6 was all Antifa then why did you pardon them?

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 3d

The press should refuse to interview Vance for anything anymore, since it’s known he will lie the entire time.

It’s the old adage:

Q: How do you know if JD Vance is lying?

A: His lips are moving.

Nothing of value is ever obtained by having him on these shows.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, it definitely seems to be the dominant trend among the younger folks right now.

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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 3d

After my daughters finish fixing themselves up to go out, it literally smells like a bakery in my house.

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