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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Cracks are showing in the resistance

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4d

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Diane Keaton made The Godfather, one of the greatest films ever made, work. And she did so much more over more than five decades. @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...

Diane Keaton, 1946–2025

The leading lady of the 1970s.

www.thebulwark.com

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 4d

Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · 6d

This week I got to The Ledges in Vermont for the only time this year. But nice way to end the season! I missed most of the fall foliage, which came early due to a lack of rain that kept the reservoir low and the path dry. But while the distant hills appeared barren, I saw a bit more color closer up.

Bare me standing on a rock bed overlooking a lake with mostly barren hills in the background

Green grass and a dry creekbed with late-stage fall foliage and water in the distance

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · 6d

Zero plans sounds perfect to spend in your birthday suit! Happy Birthday!

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · 6d

So glad to hear: After an uncertain hiatus, next summer we in the Northeast U.S. will have an Eastern Naturist Gathering! And it’ll be back in the hands of the Naturist Society—and at a nudist venue (Penn Sylvan, host of the MoonGrove Festival). @naturistsociety.bsky.social

kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain .

Alt: kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain and waving his body wildly. The caption says “Yay!!”

media.tenor.com

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · 6d

This is amazing. Your poses are impressive! Just curious: Is the drop right next to you an illusion or is there more ground to your left in case you slip? 😬

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7d

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 7d

As I keep needing to be reminded, I thought I'd remind all my wonderful creator friends:

Art, creation — these are enemies of fascism. In times when we feel we shouldn't be mucking about with frivolous art because of what's happening in our streets, that's when we need to make it most.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 7d

If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.

Reuters story headlines:

Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 7

“Universally,” no, but there’s value even in just bringing up the issue through a survey. Once you start digging into what exactly people object to, I think there’s less disapproval than we think—if we can counter misperceptions. And allowing any “public” nudity at all doesn’t mean no restrictions.

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 7

Good article, with a personal touch.

When open and mutual nudity are only in sexual or abusive contexts, too many people associate nudity in itself with these things. But lack of simple exposure to nudity harms in different ways. When casual nudity exists outside these contexts, all harms lessen.

International Naturist Federation @worldnaturism.bsky.social · Sep 5

We’re protecting people from the wrong things.

Fear of natural bodies distracts us from the real crisis: body shame, social media pressure & unrealistic beauty standards.
by @simon.berrimansbareall.uk
It’s time to choose wisely.

🔗 Read more: blog.inf-fni.org/why-were-pro...

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 7

Is any parkland an exception? It’s really too bad this went from technically allowing someone to walk naked in the center of town to virtually no nudity at all within city limits. Tbh I wish people hadn’t overstepped. The Berlin, Germany model of some nudity in public parks could’ve worked instead 😕

Nudie News @nudienews.bsky.social · Sep 7

clothesfreelife.com/2025/09/publ...

Public nudity officially banned in Burlington — with a few exceptions » Clothes Free Life

Public nudity is now officially banned in Burlington, and violators face fines up to $500.

clothesfreelife.com

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 7

What’s “it” that you think won’t happen?

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you for this perspective. I feel like: Someone is embracing nudity; I embrace nudism; why do I cut this person off because of the particular way they embrace it? Plus it’s their own body. If someone else doesn’t like it, it seems counter to body acceptance to say “We don’t want to see that.”

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 1

Interesting data. See the whole thread👇

It’s hard for me to fathom objecting to someone being nude in their own garden (also living in the highly developed northeast US, it’s also hard to relate to even having a private garden!) But we should build on where majorities do think nudity is acceptable.

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · Aug 29

New polling on nudity
Do Americans like or dislike being naked?
% of U.S. adult citizens who…
Love it 10%
Like it 14%
Neither like nor dislike it 44%
Dislike it 19%
Hate it 6%
today.yougov.com/society/arti...

A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "One-quarter of Americans love or like being naked and just as many hate or dislike it."

The chart's sub-headline is: "How much do you like or dislike being naked? (%)."

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 1

One of the most helpful writings I’ve ever read on naturism/nudism/whatever you want to call it, and I’m sure I’ll revisit it. Divide #2 is particularly insightful; the bar should be very high before excluding anybody. (Tbh, my favorite crowd is at a site where many people just happen to go naked.)

OurNaturistLife @ournaturistlife.bsky.social · Aug 31

Spend five minutes in an online group or at a resort, and you’ll quickly find someone who thinks their version of social nudity is the one true way.

Check out our new article, and please share! 😊😊

ournaturistlife.com/2025/08/31/n...

Naked Divides: Why Naturists and Nudists Can’t Stop Arguing (and Why It’s Hilarious Anyway)

Explore the humorous divides in naturism and nudism, as we navigate labels, lifestyles, and the fun side of being naked together.

ournaturistlife.com

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Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yes! And all the traffic that entails. 😉 I’m still almost always at inland spots in the woods to go nude, but that’s a treat when I can make it down there.

Naked Wonderman @nakedallnight.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s the US holiday weekend marking the unofficial end of summer, and while I made it to inland swimming holes lots of times, I didn’t visit the nude ocean beach this year.

This is “from the archives” of the last few years. Gotta love a clothing-optional beach with a distant skyline. #GunnisonBeach

Me au naturel on the beach with a faint NYC skyline on the horizon

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