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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 7h

When I began drawing antifascist animals, I didn't anticipate one of them to be playing the clarinet in a banana costume, but apparently that has become an arrest-worthy act of antifascist action according to the US government.

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Dale Denwalt @denwalt.bsky.social · 12h

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world

what a fucking thing, man

that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

And the motherfucker wants a Nobel Peace Prize

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 14h

Beat your Ring camera to death with a bat

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a... yeeeeeah

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 14h

Don’t get me wrong, I love cheese but I don’t eat 90 lbs of *anything* a day.

a man says i 'm a little skeptical while wearing earrings

ALT: a man says i 'm a little skeptical while wearing earrings

media.tenor.com

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Heather H (she/her) @oneeyedgraeae.bsky.social · 14h

WOW.

@rmkhie.bsky.social look at this. The entire monorail route.

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 14h

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 15h

Eat your heart out Pepe-perverting 4channers.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

Frogs for freedom. #NoKings

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 19h

Selkie is so mad we insist on coats but she would absolutely make herself sick. After once getting her treated for bronchitis, we decided her wishes on the matter could not be accommodated. We’re monsters.

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 20h

Geography doesn’t define someone’s humanity.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 20h

While I obviously find the large urban protests impressive, it's the smaller ones in towns with small populations that make me tear up. That takes a lot of courage and it's a good reminder that people object to this everywhere & geography doesn't define someone's humanity.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d

I have blocked
the account
that you opened
In bluesky

with which
you were probably
hoping
to pwn me

Forgive me
it felt delicious
so sweet
and so cold

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ayo @jay.bsky.team and the BlueSky team, if you’re gonna permaban Link and Palestinian aid accounts, it’s not a good look if you also don’t ban government accounts engaged in obvious violations of the Hatch Act, which is an actual federal law.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 1d

Also, they don’t care.

You’re there. As far as law enforcement is concerned, you’re a threat.

Sitting down isn’t going to change that when it didn’t change it in 200fucking11 or have we forgotten this specimen of a man?

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 1d

Our lawyer went through point by point saying (in legalese), “This is bullshit and here’s why.” [more details at link]

www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 2d

I have another rabbit tarot that’s also nice but this one really leans into the cute.

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 2d

Got my crowdfunded rabbit tarot deck today. The art is perfect, I love it!

Some example cards spread out to show the bunny art.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5d

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Nikchick @nikchick.bsky.social · 4d

Dinner Tonight: Baked Ziti

Game night tonight was wrapping up some loose ends and working on our bastions. Kate had been down with a migraine all day so the adventure based around her character was postponed.

Baked Ziti went off flawlessly at least.

www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-...

This Cheesy Baked Ziti Is One of the Best Recipes We've Ever Published

It's lasagna's lazier cousin.

www.thekitchn.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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