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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 16h

Congress shouldn't immobilize itself to protect pedophiles

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N.S. Dolkart, elected official @nsdolkart.bsky.social · 2h

The Republican Party is dissolving Congress before our eyes.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19h

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 18h

the american public in 2025 thinks the republican party in 2025 is less bad than the american public in 2017 thought the 2017 republican party was, and there is really no good answer for why besides "republicans run every company that decides what your phone shows you"

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

Kind of insane that the generic House ballot is still hovering around D+3 right now considering that the Republicans have essentially disbanded the House.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19h

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 17h

The median American can name one member of the house of representatives

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

Kind of insane that the generic House ballot is still hovering around D+3 right now considering that the Republicans have essentially disbanded the House.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19h

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

Democrats have had quite the arc since November where some started out openly discussing abandonment of the coalition and moving to the right. Scared of their shadows when it was clear they needed to man the barricades for what was clearly coming. It's taken months with way more work to do.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

Kind of insane that the generic House ballot is still hovering around D+3 right now considering that the Republicans have essentially disbanded the House.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19h

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 2h

“And I’m jealous of the guy in the chair!”

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Achilles @achilleslaststand.bsky.social · 2h

Ghost Waldorf from Muppet Christmas Carol as a ghastly apparition

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 2h

You know the conspiracies about DSCC are out of control when folks ask why the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee didn’t endorse MAMDANI. it’s just angry ad libs.

Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 2h

Go to Hogsmeade and try the “Triwizard Cafe” for me!

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James H-B @fitgeekuk.bsky.social · 17h

"The TARDIS is going nowhere"

So, season 3 will be a rerun of season 7 then :D

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 22h

Dunno if it’s just me, but I’d much have rather had two 13-episode seasons of Doctor Who.

"The plans for Doctor Who are really simply this: the BBC and BBC Studios had a partnership with Disney+ for 26 episodes. We are currently 21 episodes down into that 26-episode run. We have got another five episodes of [spin-off series] The War Between The Land And The Sea to come. At some point after that, decisions will be made together with all of us about what the future of Doctor Who entails," Tranter said in the interview, marking the 10th anniversary of Bad Wolf.

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Maddy 🎃 @multifndomss.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 33rd birthday to the wonderful, talented and hilarious Ncuti Gatwa. Thank you for making this fellow queer Scot feel represented and comfortable in their own identity. I loved your portrayal of the Doctor and was heartbroken when you left but I’m sure you will go on to do many great things.

A man in a green checkered shirt is clasping his hands and grinning.

A man in a white suit and chain earrings is grinning at something in the distance.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3h

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 2h

Mochi in her little house does not look pleased to be disturbed.

Happy #Caturday!

A seal point kitten in a cardboard house.

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bioreconstruct @bioreconstruct.bsky.social · 12h

The last track standing in the demolition of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Called Crowd Surfer. Passed over the attraction entrance and alongside the station and queue.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans care more about George Santos than they do about your healthcare.

Shameless.

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bioreconstruct @bioreconstruct.bsky.social · 12h

Current demolition of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Tower removed down to the service elevator level at left.
Ride track out to CityWalk, called Crowd Surfer, used to be overhead. Protective netting remains.
This walkway is access to the #HHN house, El Artista: A Spanish Haunting.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 12h

Personally I think she's doing a great job

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bioreconstruct @bioreconstruct.bsky.social · 12h

Current view of where the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit attraction entrance used to be.
Compare to photo in first Post of this Thread, from one month ago.

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Keith (vibe spreadsheeter) @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 14h

There are like 5 million chud microblogging apps at this point.

And yet they always end up flocking to the lib one because a site overrun by chuds sucks and is boring.

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 13h

i don't think it would have made it into the 80s tbh

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 13h

i'm more frustrated by how it felt never ending in the 2010s talking about SCREENS and 3D and here we are now, same folks sad it's being removed. it's just so frustrating to constantly but against such a conservative viewpoint.

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 13h

thank god Disney didn't build Western River Expedition with the its 60s depicitions of Native Americans in it. WOOOF

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 13h

Truly amazing. A huge part of this guy’s political identity is “no foreign wars”

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 16h

The U.S. military mobilization in the Caribbean:
• 8 Navy warships
• 10 stealth fighters
• About 10,000 troops
• New ammunition storage sites in Puerto Rico

The goal, officials say privately, is to oust Maduro from power.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean

www.nytimes.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 13h

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

Screen grab of the WeRate Dogs podcast where they’re talking about cop violence against dogs

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