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J.C. Wilder @jcwilder.bsky.social · 7h

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 7h

It’s ICONIC.

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 2h

the things i've heard conservative republicans i know say would make antifa blush.

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 3h

i'm going to post this pic as soon as i can find the whitehouse account.

protest sign that says trump is a dick. picture is of a scrotum with an emerging trump head. very short.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8h

I love this so much

Eleanor points out that Portland's heroes tend to be offbeat, independent creative thinkers, which explains why the city is such a ripe target; the administration is cracking down on artists, she says, "because we point out what is true." And absurd metaphors are a serious matter; when armed federal agents tackle a clarinet player in a banana costume, it draws attention to the disproportionate gap between the perceived threat and the official response. "What I love about what's happening in Portland is that we're refusing the binary of 'cower or fight," she says. “As a city of creative weirdos, we're claiming a third option: irreverence, humor, joy as resistance. And here's the thing - fascists have no counter-argument to that. They can't match wits. Theirs is not a culture of humor, because humor requires surprise and creativity, the exact opposite of control and conformity. You can't legislate against a naked bike ride or a dance party."

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Stephen Uitti he/him/it/they/hey-you @suitti.bsky.social · 8h

Why is it?

Oh, and happy caturday.

Man kissing a cat. Cat looks angry.

Title:
The reason cats are so angry is they're god's perfect killing machines...
... but they only weigh 8 lbs (4 kg) and we keep picking them up and kissing them.

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Tanny @tannytanny.bsky.social · 11h

no paywall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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dacfrazer.bsky.social @dacfrazer.bsky.social · 1d

boingboing.net/2023/08/17/a...

American Evangelicals now think Jesus was too woke

American Jesus has always seemed like he came from a different continuity than the character contained in the original novel. It's been this way since those early Protestants first fled…

boingboing.net

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 8h

the trump administration is a satellite of pooty. epstein was a soviet operative along with ghissy's daddy robert maxwell. trump was recruited as a soviet asset, and moved on to pooty when given the chance, that's what is in the epstein files.

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CarynM @carynm.bsky.social · 11h

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

Members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them.

www.theatlantic.com

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sadie @sadiex.bsky.social · 11h

🇨🇦🍁 "Knowing he’s in over his head, #Hegseth has grown more paranoid & resentful—qualities we need in the supervisor of a nearly trillion-dollar budget, supervising troops and weapons all over the world." Right on Maureen!
#elbowsup #never51 #canadaStrong #democracy
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon

www.nytimes.com

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 9h

"It is a truth generally acknowledged that Pete Hegseth is a muttonhead."

great opening sentence.

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

gangster national socialists. it turns my stomach.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

My gym used to offer a great class that focused entirely on core strength. It was taught by someone training for the priesthood, so they called it Ab Solutions.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 1d

looks like marine one going to make a pickup, somebody gotta get to the golf course before the party starts?

Helicopter with distinctive green and white coloring

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

but.. but... but MERITOCRACY!!1!

Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

it happens a lot at picnics for some reason.

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

it's a shot across the bow of the new right converts.

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

we have a new contender for "the least-christian christian you know" award.

Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

ryan walters is/was a scourge of biblical proportions, right up there with locusts.

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jaguarr 🐆 @the-jaguarr.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Kill this shit with fire.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/okla...

Oklahoma drops plan to force schools to teach Bible lessons in social studies classes - LGBTQ Nation

The state may also do away with its collaboration with the right-wing propaganda outfit, PragerU.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 1d

‼️ The Ministry of Finance just made a very sneaky announcement. And I want to explain just how sneaky it is, and what it could mean.

I have not seen this picked up by the Russian press yet, and that may be by design. And all eyes are currently on the White House due to the Zelensky visit.

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John Mullinax @johnmullinax.bsky.social · 1d

"Absolutely not."
mobilize.us/s/6UWiYc

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 1d

we're getting to the point with this weekend where if you are a person who needs protesting advice, you should probably ignore any protest advice not coming from like the NLG, ALCU etc because random people are not having the best ideas about it right now

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Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social · 1d

if jesus really loved kirk that strongly, it seems like he could have moved the bullet out of the way. their god is immensely weak, and simultaneously awesomely omnipotent.

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