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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 13h

I love when they blame protesters after they indiscriminately pepper spray each other

vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 14h

In case you’re hearing about the “protest that turned violent” in Boston last week, here’s the “violence” in question, per the police report

Following the protest, four officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. One officer had a broken nose and had his glasses broken, another was treated for pepper spray exposure, one sustained a finger injury while handcuffing and another sustained a lower back injury attempting to make an arrest.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 16h

I don't know how long ago this meme was made , but I still love it!

Text atop of a picture of a Starfleet bridge featuring all the non-cartoon Starfleet Ship/Station Doctors from various Star Trek series...
"I doctored this image."

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 16h

My mother, who was born just after WWII, loves to talk about her grandfather who was born in the 1840s and served in the American Civil War.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 20h

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 21h

Do what you can where you can. Rest when you need to do so, but don't stop. This resistance needs all of us ... And these roles may look different than marching on the streets (I appreciate those that do. I don't appreciate the folks who act like marching on the streets is the be all and end all).

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 22h

I hope you're betting "no" because I have never heard of fishfucking discourse.

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Jack O'Lantern Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 23h

AI is a classic bubble and is about to pop. Most AI is based on companies investing fictitious capital in each other, artificially pumping up stock values that enrich billionaire tech monopolists in theory. It brings no actual profit for most investors. It's sub-prime and dot com all over again.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 23h

365 Movies in 365 Days: Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)

This year I'm trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I'll be selecting movies randomly from this list that's already way too long, but I still welcome suggestions for…

365 Movies in 365 Days: Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)

This year I'm trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I'll be selecting movies randomly from this list that's already way too long, but I still welcome suggestions for short films. Title: Transylvania 6-5000 Release Date:November 30, 1963 Director: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble…

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Sir Charles Anthony @sircharlesanthony.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you’re all having a great weekend in this fucking hellscape. The world may be burning, but please.. still live.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

Brewers because they seem more able to beat the Dodgers which is a moral imperative.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

And that is beautiful.

They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

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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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, that’s a significant change. Thanks!

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Haunted Rickobrine @abnormal.gay · 1d

There’s no medicine better than committing really hard to a really terrible bit

(There is please take your medicine)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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elaine @elainealimonti.bsky.social · 2d

Dems are terrified of not being—and more importantly, not seeming—“bi-partisan,” as though there could be no higher goal in life.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw the Huntington production and now I’m really curious how it ends in the UK.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

Fell asleep around the 13th/14th inning and missed the finale.

Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 2d

C'mon Mariners, I want to go to bed.

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

The Hills of California at The Huntington Theatre

The Hills of California Written by Jez Butterworth Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco In association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre October 9, 2025: The Huntington Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts Cast Allison Jean White -…

The Hills of California at The Huntington Theatre

The Hills of California Written by Jez Butterworth Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco In association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre October 9, 2025: The Huntington Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts Cast Allison Jean White - Veronica/Joan Amanda Kristin Nichols - Gloria Aimee Doherty - Ruby / Mrs. Smith Karen Killeen - Jillian Kate Fitzgerald - Young Joan Meghan Carey - Young Gloria…

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Patrick Stevens @d1scourse.bsky.social · 2d

All-time LCS featuring expansion-era teams that began play the same year ...

1986 NLCS (N.Y. Mets-Houston, both debuted in 1962)
2025 ALCS (Toronto-Seattle, both debuted in 1977)

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 1d

365 Movies in 365 Days: Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)

This year I'm trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I'll be selecting movies randomly from this list that's already way too long, but I still welcome…

365 Movies in 365 Days: Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)

This year I'm trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I'll be selecting movies randomly from this list that's already way too long, but I still welcome suggestions for short films. Title: Boulevardier from the Bronx Release Date: October 10, 1936…

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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 2d

C'mon Mariners, I want to go to bed.

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