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Problematic Otter

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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · Jul 23

I've started a Youtube channel for uploading my mixes; I'll still post to Soundcloud as well. I'm going to be posting one old mix per week until Youtube catches up to Soundcloud, then I'll post to both simultaneously.

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Welcome to my Youtube page, where I post mixes I've made. I suppose I should make that sound more exciting to get people interested, but if you don't like the sets then you probably aren't reading thi...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4m

a real question for the roberts majority is what in their view distinguishes jim crow disenfranchisement from majority-minority districts? a related question is what in their view made the typical jim crow law — which was facially neutral — unconstitutional?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2m

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 28m

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 3h

Why does this exist, I asked, but presumably his editors did not

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 4h

I know this stuff isn't surprising anymore but I really can't stress enough how much everybody involved with CISA and cyber tried to keep the field nonpolitical and nonpartisan before this administration.

Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 4h

On CISA media call just now to discuss the F5 hack and source code breach, CISA staffer interrupted the discussion to blame the Democrats for the government shutdown and forcing workers to work without pay

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Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 4h

“Woke has no place at the Alamo,” Buckingham said of the building where everyone famously acquiesced to the rule, wisdom and customs of those in power.

San Antonio Express-News @expressnews.com · 4h

There’s trouble at the Alamo again, this time on social media.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said her staff is investigating the Alamo Trust following a social media post celebrating “Indigenous Peoples.”

The Alamo removed this social media post. A Texas official called it woke.

Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said her staff is investigating how the site's online content is approved.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4h

i'm the product manager at bluesky working on DMs. every time you complain about how long it's taking me i book another 3 week vacation to a remote village with no wifi. the bluesky team is powerless to stop me because of my generous unlimited PTO package and full WFH hiring conditions

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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 4h

CISA: Nation-state hacker has compromised F5’s systems and stolen a portion of its BIG-IP source code and vulnerability info, giving them ability to study the code for zero-day vulnerabilities. "This cyber threat actor presents an imminent threat to federal networks using F5 devices and software"

ED 26-01: Mitigate Vulnerabilities in F5 Devices | CISA

Section 3553(h) of title 44, U.S. Code, authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, in response to a known or reasonably suspected information security

www.cisa.gov

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 4h

The story of 2025 in cinema is that the backlash to Zaslav feeding popular shows & completed movies into an acid vat for tax purposes was so strong that WB granted massive budgets and artistic freedom to lure back top filmmakers across all genres. Culture benefitted immensely.

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 9h

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 5h

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5h

Among unelected Republican operatives, it’s probably a close race between Mike Davis and Leonard Leo over who has most shaped the federal judiciary from top to bottom

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5h

“Banter”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5h

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

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Thique Church Girl AUIYM 🪩 @teethegem.blacksky.app · 5h

I got a $38 settlement from Facebook yesterday. Ion know how y’all do this 9-5 sh*t

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 5h

This is great. I'll take all the Remember Some Guys-style interviews with character actors that you've got, and this is an especially good one.

Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 5h

Thought you’d want to look at this one: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

thereveal.film

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 5h

Austin police said not knowing about raids beforehand — or after — can be dangerous.

If a citizen reports a kidnapping or assault that local police don't know is part of an ICE raid, they may inadvertently clash with federal officers, the chief said.

www.kut.org/crime-justic...

Austin police don’t know when ICE is coming. The chief says that could be dangerous.

ICE doesn’t appear to have a consistent policy of how and when to notify local law enforcement about immigration raids.

www.kut.org

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 8h

ME: "Girls, I'm going to a college campus today. Would you like me to see if they have a stuffed animal of the mascot for your collection?

KIDS: "lets see the mascot"

(shows them the Penn State Nittany Lion)

GIRLS: (visibly recoiling) absolutely not. Please do not bring that to our house.

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 5h

your paycheck is a gift from the divine king, this is the american way and we love our wise and benevolent king and to insist otherwise is unamerican and possibly material support for terrorism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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will buikema @willbuikema.bsky.social · 5h

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 16h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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defending nat’l champion 6-0 #1 ohio state buckeyes enthusiast @tacoenthusiast.swifties.social · 8h

Well that’s a title

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 9h

The UK and Canada will join the EU in a plan to use part of the nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets held by G7 nations to boost financial support for Ukraine. The mechanism would allow issuing loans without formally seizing the assets, securing long-term financing for Ukraine.

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