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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 7h

The people calling these thirtysomethings white men "young boys" are the same ones who always want to try Black and Hispanic adolescents (and pre-adolescents!) who are accused of crimes as adults.

Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 8h

These “young boys” are men in their 30s.

Real men in their 30s don’t tell Holocaust and rape jokes, because they aren’t funny.

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Merry Eliza 💜⁷ ⟭⟬ ⟬⟭ APOBANGPO @googieheim.bsky.social · 1d

ARMYs can you please help me spread this resource to help the people of Alaska who got hit by the typhoon? A lot of Native relatives have lost everything and need supplies. Thank you! Borahae! Copied links: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 1d

This Indigenous Peoples Day please speak up: another typhoon sweeping away homes of Alaska's Natives, who, during settlement (statehood: 1948) were forced to end ways of life (like my Grandma's) involving mobility across regions & stuck them in flood-prone/unstable villages with housing deficits.

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
ONLINE FUNDRAISER - DONATE TO SUPPORT
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to assisting communities.
PURCHASE ITEMS - AMAZON WISHLIST
Purchase items of immediate need to go directly to the Bethel Community Services Foundation to be distributed to villages most affected.
DONATION DRIVE AT AFN CONVENTION
Accepting items of immediate need including:
Cases of water, nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, phone chargers, blankets, sleeping bags, cots, flashlights, and hand wipes.
DENA'INA CENTER, ROOM 6 (2ND FLOOR)
Friday, October 17 | 1-5PM
Saturday, October 18 | 8AM-2PM

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 1d

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In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’

To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 2d

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
bsky.app/profile/ceau...

A clothing rack on a sidewalk, full of colorful inflatable costumes, with a sign that says free.

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 2d

You can arrest us or pepper spray us or whatever, but we will make you look stupid and feel silly doing it because wanting to assert control is stupid. You want to assert control? Do it to an inflatable frog!
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 2d

For me, this is one of the worst outrages to emerge so far from the Trump regime's coup.
You simply cannot threaten to shoot medical workers engaged in delivering emergency care.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents blocked ambulance from transferring an injured protester to the hospital, even going as far as to threaten to arrest and shoot the driver.

This crosses so many lines.

EMS and first responders need to be free to help whoever needs it.

Delays cost lives.

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

This is a very big deal 🧵

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2d

Jeffrey T Larson
Laundry 2015

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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🎃 Lichcraft 🎃 @onwinedarkseas.blacksky.app · 2d

She lived a long life and I'm glad she was surrounded by her loved ones at the end of it. RIP. 🏳️‍⚧️

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 2d

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day we honor the history, sovereignty, and heritage of the people who have called Oregon and our country home since time immemorial. Portland’s Native communities are diverse, resilient, and vibrant, and our city is stronger because of their contributions

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Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 2d

contingentmagazine.org/2024/11/30/t...

The Treaty on the Severn River

Baltimore is Native American land — that's the first thing I want you to know.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 2d

@driftglass.bsky.social they found out!

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Amy N-K @aankphd.bsky.social · 2d

I suggest the Feds stop making up lies about Portland being on fire and start looking at the truth that Alaska is under water, and use our federal resources to provide meaningful help for citizens coping with a major natural disaster. 👀

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 2d

Evangelicalism evolved to justify chattel slavery theologically. That’s its whole thing, rationalizing atrocities when it’s in the adherents’ interest to do so.

But they still believe God exists, Christ is Lord, etc. etc. Their church practice falls well within historical traditions.

Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 2d

Not all heretical Christians, but, yes. Their heresy is their support for those things— or rather, that support is a symptom of their heresy, which is:

1. Heavenly salvation is all that matters

2. The fallen world is vile

3. Being “born again” means their own vileness is “covered”

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Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 2d

Non-evangelical Christian here… white evangelicals *are* Christian. They’re just *heretical* Christians.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 3d

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon residents have a right to know the identity of this loathsome fascist terrorizing a U.S. citizen

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research. www.wired.com/story/more-e...

More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research.

www.wired.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Shout out to the Naked Bikeride who today ran hundreds of naked people directly through the line of federal officers and effectively blocked them from assaulting demonstrators. Being naked on a bike goes on the list of effective tactics if you get at least 500 of them and the city loves you.

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Mark Kille (he/him) @markakille.bsky.social · 2d

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Trump’s purging of black officials makes latent racism official policy

President Trump’s firings send a clear message that white mediocrity is always preferable to Black achievement. By Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital & Main Back in 1986, when I was a first-year ...

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