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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah. Suddenly, I'm less annoyed about the 25min jury intro video. I'll take boring facts over roid fantasy any day!

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

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.

zeteo.com

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 16h

Just me cackling like a mad woman on the bus

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 21h

This is so triggering for every woman of a certain age who had to deal with this BS as a normal part of workplace culture.

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 1d

YES!!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 1d

Also...a 25 freaking minute long video, at least 30% of which is a disembodied voice reading slides word for word?

a cat laying on the floor with the words sooooo bored written above it

ALT: a cat laying on the floor with the words sooooo bored written above it

media.tenor.com

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 1d

Yanno...sitting through a juror orientation vid in the current climate, with the regime running roughshod over the Constitution and rule of law, just hits differently. And not in an entirely good way.

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 2d

Why yes, the Montenegro v Liechtenstein World Cup Qualifier is FAR more interesting than every freaking news outlet airing the orange felon smirking and mouth farting. ⚽️🇱🇮🇲🇪

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 2d

Just had to shut BBC off (again) because they're showing him standing with that stupid grin and greeting each leader. I mean I'll give him credit for out-crazying Bibi to get the hostages released, but all this show... 🤮. Let's see if peace actually holds.

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t tease us with a good time

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 2d

So unsurprising that he’s making this all about him. 😡

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 3d

Oh HELL YES!! Go off!!

You got what you wanted. She lost. Go yell at the guy who’s actually in office.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 3d

"If you want to talk about legacy, let's talk about the legacy of not voting." 💥

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PJ Horror Dent @bsakat.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck, and I cannot stress this enough, the Salvation Army.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 4d

This! Even if you can't or don't want to march, showing up is important. Come to the start of the march or hang out on the route to support those who are marching. Some locations may just be holding a rally of solidarity rather than a march. Your presence and voice are power.

Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 4d

I would like to reiterate that everyone - even those of us who don't usually protest - should go to a No Kings March on Saturday, October 18th. Find one near you at this link. You do not have to register to participate.

www.nokings.org

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 4d

What could possibly go wrong? 🤬

Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 5d

"HELP Minority Staff asked ChatGPT to analyze job descriptions catalogued by the federal government for the entire U.S. economy and predict tasks that could be performed by AI and automation."

www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...

NEWS: Sanders Releases Report on Big Tech Oligarchs’ War Against Workers, Warns AI Could Eliminate Nearly 100 Million U.S. Jobs » Senator Bernie Sanders

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a sweeping report warning that artificial inte...

www.sanders.senate.gov

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 4d

These are not serious people.

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

Wars will continue until he gets the peace prize

a person is laying on the ground with leaves around them .

ALT: a person is laying on the ground with leaves around them .

media.tenor.com

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

CBS is no longer a serious news org.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

Too bad we can't withhold House and Senate paychecks and benefits during the shutdown. Especially when they are off on vacation instead of doing their jobs.

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

It was a blast. Needless to say, I had no luck. Hanging out in the pub and that hotel were fun. The town is a great base for sightseeing, too.

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

Can confirm it’s great craic! I went with my mom, and she ended up with a line of guys waiting to talk to her in hopes of an intro to me 🤣

NPR @npr.org · 5d

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

n.pr

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

The resistance will be inflatable

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

Fearless and fierce!

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 5d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Maud Pauncefoot 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇱🐧 @maudpauncefoot.bsky.social · 5d

Someday I will be able to afford a meal before shows again. In the meantime, I've developed a post-show chocolate milk habit. Hey, it's dairy so it's healthy!