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David [screeching horrible sounds]

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Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at it’s play – In accidental power – The blonde Assassin passes on - The Sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another Day For an Approving God – ~ Emily Dickinson (ca. 1880)

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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 9d

Trump's 2-front campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize
1- Bring warfare to American cities
2- Gaza uh huh

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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 1d

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades. By David Brooks www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 1d

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Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace

“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 1d

i'm feeling less bad about having skipped law school and having gone straight into saying random things

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 2d

One lesson for pro-democracy advocates currently sitting in opposition around the world -- hammer incumbents on corruption and link strengthening liberal democracy (aka accountability) to anti-corruption efforts.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

This is what I pay the New York Times for: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...
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Viktor Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ Is Starting to Show Cracks

www.nytimes.com

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Anxious Pickle @pdnell.bsky.social · 2d

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded sanctions imposed by the former Biden administration on far-right Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of being involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the new White House website said.

www.reuters.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

WATCH LIVE: All remaining living Israeli hostages released in swap as Trump addresses the Knesset
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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 2d

should Israel become the 51st state?

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 2d

the E. coli of the flowering plants

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 2d

it's cool that these are all varieties of a single species

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 2d

merely ensuring that passive voice was indeed used

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 2d

*this

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 3d

Saturn's giant moon Titan.

By Cassini.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 22d

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 3d

sorry to hear about Allar ... it's true they lost to Oregon but that game was unusual in a good way, both teams did great, both deserved the win

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 3d

i hope to see at least one on the 18th!!

David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 3d

watching replay of the recent Minnesota vs Ohio State game. Let me just clarify, never been An Ohio State fan, not today, not tomorrow. But this year's defense, they just harass and deny, disrupt and disappoint. When they get the ball, it's one interesting thing after another. Hate to admit it ...

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 3d

What does this ad say to me, a cis dude?

When someone plants a flag it tells you where they stand.

He's planted a flag, saying he will fight for the most slandered group in America today.

If he'll fight for them, he'll fight for everyone's rights.

That's what you want in a politician.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Laura Elizabeth @lauralizk.bsky.social · 3d

Greetings from Cabazon

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 3d

(Also public media is a public good and should be funded by the state, I am just saying…given everything…)

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David [screeching horrible sounds] @plaindavid.bsky.social · 3d

i think whoever is selling helium-fillable frogs online is making bank rn
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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 3d

This is why inflatable frog protests are something that completely throws them off balance. And why we need to do much, much, MUCH more of that kind of absurdist ridicule.