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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 1d

one of those, "if ya know, ya know" kind of things. and, tbh, she's vaguely terrifying in this shot. didn't notice through the viewfinder, but chilling in the photo. #iconic #nostalgia #kindacreepy #photography #lx100m1

A photograph in muted tones of an iconic Rolls Royce hood ornament, looking, for some reason, particularly spooky.

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 1d

Jfc. Bottom trolling parasites. Vote them out AotearoaNZ. #nzpol #LevelUp #HumanityFirst #NoMoreHate #OneTermGovernment

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 3d

this is a genuinely fantastic composition. really love how you framed that up. it's such a photogenic fungus that it becomes somewhat generic; you've managed to make it really interesting again, and demanding of a longer look. nice work!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

👇👇

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that didn’t go how I hoped it would. To say I’m a little disappointed in the NZ voting public’s decision on Māori wards is an understatement. Here’s a thought about aspiring to the bare minimum (& given our #nitrate problem even that might be too much)
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol

Cartoon. Title: “A Traditional Local Body Election Blessing” Image shows a fairy with a wand, dressed in orange, beside a levitating voting box. She’s saying, “May all your municipal dreams come true!” And then, “And if you can’t have that, may your reticulated water be potable”

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 4d

hundred percent cats

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 4d

and you got great weather for it!

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

and _such_ a sweetheart. still partly feral; we've never been able to pick her up. but she'll accept pets and happily sleep in a warm lap. and sometimes, to our surprise and delight, she will lose her little mind and go all in for headbutts and rubbing. then she'll suddenly sprint away. 😂

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

concur

rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

brilliant! long may he reign.

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

last month in the north valley of albuquerque you could walk across it and not get your feet wet. they've had some rain, tho. i guess there are a couple of channels with water at the moment.

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

Poppy Cat. rescued as a feral kitten. now a rescuer herself, on the daily, with her random acts of affection.

#cats #blackcats #catsofbsky #catsofaotearoa #blackandwhite #photography

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Dave Merritt @goldenseals67.bsky.social · 9d

Peeps are calling for this to be officially entered into the lexicon, and I’m down with that. I could use a break.

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 8d

MAGA will be historically understood as the movement that Made America Go Away and replaced her with 'Murica, the avatar of reactionary white grievance.

What she'll go on to become is unclear. One thing seems fairly certain: she will never again be the United States.

#uspolitics

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 9d

what's the o-u on sleestack miller simply having clump declare martial law before the end of 2025 and seeing if they can make it stick? #uspolitics #fashyas

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 13d

aw, stink. damn. sorry, mate. since the collective decided the pandemic was _over_ --yeah, we're pro-virus in this era. best luck w/recovery and do what you can to avoid marinating in the data.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.

Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 14d

Because the Deaf community is extremely funny politicians definitely cannot count on a loving and complimentary sign name like this one—it really demonstrates people’s genuine enthusiasm

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

Stephanie and Najia started "Deafies for Zohran" to make this movement accessible to their community. They even created a signature hand sign for “Zohran.”

Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!

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james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 14d

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14d

File this under “essential function.” 🤡

#Shutdown
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 14d

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 15d

Persistance. Resilience. Renewal. #Spring #urbangreen #breathe #persist #photography #resistance

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 15d

wait. WAIT! i got this. if i'm understanding the masculine zeitgeist of the era, ahem, "Not all men!"

<<man spreads and starts to cry>>

yeah, the emperor's got no clothes, but patriarchy never been evidence-based or biased, eh.

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rkdemay @rkdemay.bsky.social · 15d

what the absolute f**k?!?

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 19d

Why do we have an FBI base in New Zealand, again?

Aligning our politics with what is happening in the US is influencing our values in deeply troubling ways, and the utter lack of scrutiny over the FBI base is one of the signs.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19d

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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