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Matt the Starting Over Guy @theinfinitedadness.bsky.social · 6h

New wellness grift just dropped

Twitter post from a grifter: CO2 healed or improved all of these, even homosexuality. ® 4
Anxiety? CO2
Alcoholism? C02
Allergy? CO2
Anorexia? CO2
Asthma or shortness of breath? C02
Compulsion? CO2
Constipation? CO2
Concentration difficulties? C02
Cephalagia? co2
Cardiac disturbance? CO2
Depression? CO2

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primordialstew @primordialstew.bsky.social · 3h

this is sick nicely done

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Geoffrey Palmer @livingcardsmtg.bsky.social · 21h

Did I really edit Paddington into over 500 pieces of Magic the Gathering artwork? Sometimes it feels like a dream.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 6h

Tapping the sign

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 1d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Elisa 🌶️🥔 @spicytater.bsky.social · 1d

Oof. Idaho Dept of HW has officially halted the distribution of SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown.
smh
This is going to be devastating to nearly 131,000 Idahoans.

Next, housing.
#Idaho

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 1d

Americans, man

www.them.us/story/laker-...

Cisgender Boy Forced to Play on Girls' Sports Team Because of Birth Certificate Error

He was "physically removed" from the boy's team basketball tryouts.

www.them.us

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 17h

Heads up San Francisco. Help your neighbors.

Matthias Gafni @mgafni.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area

More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.

www.sfchronicle.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 14h

The reason Zionists want to end UNRWA is because it is a registry for Palestine refugees as well as their patrilineal descendants. It is the sole agency that officially considers someone like me Palestinian. This of course is a nightmare to an occupier who wants to pretend Palestinians don't exist

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 15h

#BREAKING | An Israeli official told Kan public broadcaster that UNRWA “will not step foot in Gaza again,” despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cooperate with the UN agency.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING | ICJ Court Rules Israel Violated International Law

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s ban on UNRWA and restrictions on aid to Gaza and the West Bank breach international law.

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 22h

Full self driving is such a bizarre name for assisted driving.

Like, for anything else it sounds insane.

“I present to you a full-self shower!”

Okay, so I just step in the shower and it cleans me?

“No, not at all, it dispenses soap.”

So, it’s a soap dispenser?

“? No, it’s a full self shower.”

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19h

"It's OK, they were 14" is getting really tired.

Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 21h

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.

The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.

idahocapitalsun.com

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primordialstew @primordialstew.bsky.social · 17h

wild

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

The most insincere man alive: Look I did something super insincere for insincere reasons, in a very cynical way, I'm basically mocking you to your faces lol

The most credulous voters in America: To me u are my president

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 21h

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primordialstew @primordialstew.bsky.social · 21h

seems like he’s paid to not get it

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22h

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

Mainstream media doesn't show this shit, but we also have this going on daily in Southern CA with locals.

People are out there. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. they are just grabbing people, putting them in cuffs,” said Kaden Cummings, 23, who witnessed the arrests. “Nobody’s identifying themselves .. There’s no due process .. It’s just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 1d

dude I'm getting ads to have a witch blast off my dick

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

Overstaying its welcome. Making New Yorkers’ days grimmer. Something we should relegate to the past.

No, we're not talking about Andrew Cuomo. We're talking about scaffolding.

Today we released our plan to take it down more quickly.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.

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Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City.

“Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” said Attorney General James. “If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.”

Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney General’s new online portal.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Platner should've fixed it by adding Calvin peeing on the existing tattoo

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Threads post from julieceye

At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Running for office and revealing a giant back tattoo that just says WOMEN. Nobody can agree if it's good or bad

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Firefox @firefox.com · 2d

We’ve been working to make encrypted DNS as fast as it is private.

This year we hit that goal: DoH lookups are now 61% faster and within milliseconds of native DNS (plus, it’s finally available on Android) Full breakdown → blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/d...

Firefox DNS privacy: Faster than ever, now on Android | The Mozilla Blog

All web browsing starts with a DNS query to find the IP address for the desired service or website. For much of the internet’s history, this query is sen

blog.mozilla.org

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