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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus bragged in letters about raping 9-year-old girls & selling them into slavery.

So of course, Trump is using him to replace Indigenous Peoples' Day,
calling Columbus the "first American hero."

Maybe he can rename it, Trump-Epstein-Columbus Day. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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LorriefromCanada @lorriefmp.bsky.social · 1d

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Shane Wood @fire-spy.bsky.social · 47m

Cause that's what a Peace loving president does, starts shit with a major world power, Good job Pedofuhrer.

Do you think he even knows what's going on in the world or do they just feed him AI slop showing him how powerful and awesome he is?

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

www.npr.org

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 27m

Yep another U.S. attorney who Trump HANDPICKED this time around who team trump quickly determined: nope sorry not authoritarian enough, next

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 45m

Big Youth Pastor vibe on this one.

Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 52m

The Master Race. Holy fuck.

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Kelly Miller @sqirlgirly.bsky.social · 3h

Young Republicans are appalled at how their own speak & behave such as racism, authoritarianism & misogyny. Why do those involved have to resign? Shouldn’t the Republican Party have launched an investigation & removed them? They’re expecting people who are morally lacking to do the honourable thing.

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Kelly Miller @sqirlgirly.bsky.social · 2h

#Trump #GOP #Republican
This is Peter Giunta, Chief of Staff to Assemblymember Mike Reilly and former state Young Republicans Chair. A Politico report has revealed that he said "I love Hitler" and joked about Holocaust gas chambers in a group text.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

In honor of Charlie Kirk, the alleged free speech champion, Trump's State Department has revoked the visas of foreign individuals who made critical, disparaging comments after his assassination.

What weak, pathetic snowflakes and hypocrites.

Fragile, porcelain tea cups.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1h

“‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.”

No, I’m not even slightly surprised. But I AM outraged. And anyone who isn’t is telling on themselves.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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John Zeeroh @johnzeeroh.bsky.social · 1h

If you go, everyone make sure to RECORD EVERYTHING AROUND YOU. Just like Russia in Ukraine, it's not IF the regime is going to attack innocent civilians, but WHEN. And this Saturday is their best excuse.

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

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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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 1h

Company of creeps, for creeps.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2h

I bring you: the pouty presidency. And the essence of MAGA manhood: everything is someone else's fault. Ran across this trying to look up a Biden-era order.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2h

@rweingarten.bsky.social, please cancel the @aft.org's partnership with this terrible company. They cannot be trusted to keep this away from products they offer children.

404 Media @404media.co · 3h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 2h

Doug Ford loves Trump and has hosted the government of the Hungary's fascist pariah Viktor Orban. You're bang on regarding his perversion of the courts. The police are already so corrupt they won't investigate him & the plutocrat's organs are compromised by the demands of ownership. #onpoli

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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 3h

They copied this strategy from Doug Ford, who is anxious to deprive observers evidence of his failures. Two years behind in mortality reporting.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 3d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 3d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3d

I really enjoyed this Coyne column. Said tech oligarchs need to way more attentive to the way public opinion is shifting against them. Coyne is just about the furthest thing from a "soak the rich" socialist, and yet....

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The tech oligarchy poses a unique threat to democracy

Today’s uber-rich have converted their obscene wealth into outsize power, wielded in the name of bizarre millenarian ideologies

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 3d

Premier Ed Stelmach, thank you for donating a tank of gas for the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and for joining us at the Andrew garlic festival 🧄 That’s what principled leadership is all about.

Volunteers, thank you for braving the cold and collecting signatures!

#ableg #CdnPoli

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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 4h

The best Canadians can hope for if Alberta gets their criminally irresponsible pipeline(s) is a colossal waste of public money alongside a real threat to our pension plans. The whole thing would be destabilizing, which is quite possibly the point.
#cdnpoli

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 3d

No, Premier Smith — Your Pipeline Won’t Build Canada

@abdaniellesmith believes in @OPEC's vision of oil's future: growth long past 2050.

OPEC's assumptions, unfortunately for her, are already falling apart.

Her pipeline will be a disaster.
@MarkJCarney
youtu.be/687_CIqiv14

No, Premier Smith — Your Pipeline Won’t Build Canada

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d

It is clear that Trump is not going to stop in his attack on Canadian manufacturing. The PM is going to have to put a strong plan in place to support our auto, lumber, steel, aluminum sectors.
This is a speech I gave to autoworkers in Oshawa.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HVb...

MAGA'S WAR ON CANADIAN AUTO: WE NEED TO RESIST

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

www.youtube.com

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

USA is understandable. What's up with Canada?

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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