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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 6h

Minnesota recently changed our flag, but that's OK. We still have Virginia's battle flag that we captured and still refuse to return.

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 7h

About half the organizers and volunteers at the rally in rural Minnesota I went to were PTA moms and older church ladies. Armies wish they had that kind of support structure!

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 14h

I took this video 45 minutes before the official start time of the downtown Minneapolis NO KINGS rally. Many thousands already here, thousands more streaming in constantly. It’s a beautiful day and people are excited, joyous, ready to be heard. Everyone’s done with this shit! #NoKings

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:

“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

10M adults on ACA plans are self-employed or small business owners and employees.

A restaurant owner in Virginia could see his monthly premium double, shooting up to $1400 a month.

Small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities – and Republicans are shafting them. Hello?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

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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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 16h

Yep. He insisted on going through every single case and commuted 265 sentences. He was warned he would lose votes in Minnesota for that and replied something like he couldn't afford to hang men for votes.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

I've recently been reminded that at least some of the immigrants that Abbot sent the Texas national guard to kidnap, are the same immigrants Abbott flew to Chicago in the dead of winter in flip flops and a t shirt to overwhelm the city. Instead Chicago residents clothed, fed and resettled them

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🎃 Xero Reynolds 🎃 @artificerind.bsky.social · 3d

Did manage to finish this up, so I call that at least one win.

Hope it brightens some timelines for y'all.

🎃 Xero Reynolds 🎃 @artificerind.bsky.social · 3d

Have a thing where I make a thing out of other little things, set to music. #maker #minipainting

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 3d

I have that Clockwork Dragon mini, and I really love the way you painted it. Then the display takes it to 15! Amazing!

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 3d

I read this decades ago, so don't know if it holds up, but Faerie Tale, by Raymond Feist.
For a less spooky, but thematically appropriate choice, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 3d

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 3d

Only the most artisanal "content marketing"

Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 3d

My youngest asked for an inflatable shark costume to wear to our local event. Very proud.

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 3d

Have we ever seen him in that color tie before? Is he slowly transitioning into a gold outfit?

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3d

uh, if it's no longer protecting consumers, it's because Russell Vought decimated it

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent choice. Finding something that both brings you joy and helps preserve wild-ish acreage is all sorts of win.

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 4d

RIP Drew Struzan

Star Trek TOS art, featuring floating heads of Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

Poster for Blade Runner, featuring floating heads of the characters.

Poster for Back to the Future Part II, with Doc and Marty both lifting shades to look at their watches with the Delorean nearby.

Poster for ET, with ET in the woods reaching for a floating UFO, with the lights of a city grid in the background.

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 4d

It's me

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 4d

Even this Supreme Court can't stand Alex Jones. Finally, a bipartisan issue.

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 5d

Alpha male and beta male is nonsense BS. Just call him a gutless sycophant, it's more accurate.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 5d

Also, measuring chip by wattage consumed is a stupid metric, akin to putting a louder exhaust on a car so it seems more powerful.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5d

It currently takes 2.5+ years and $32.5bn+ a gigawatt of data center development and OpenAI says 10GW of Broadcom chips will be deployed by 2030.

Blandly repeating this stuff is failing readers. Call it what it is: nonsense

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Omnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 5d

They're going to design and fab miracle chips in less than a year?