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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 17h

It is tacky for really famous people to be in TV commercials for products. Their gambling debts/boat repairs are not my problem, those roles should belong to actors like the Time To Make The Donuts guy and the actress who said "who are you calling a cootie queen you lint licker" in that Orbit ad.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James

Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio • 6h
S...
Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

I asked ICE why they couldn’t comment on their own arrest. The agent said to direct questions to DHS. And it appears DHS is making accusations via X to justify the abduction of a child.

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 17h

I do genuinely believe that fawning customer service turned Americans into complete assholes, for real though

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

Have to say I thought we’d do more with Steamboat Willie being in the public domain. I thought our entire society would be reorganized around being able to do whatever we wanted to the vile boat mouse

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 18h

Shot/chaser

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 19h

Every single "I voted for Trump but I didn't expect this" person is a goddamned idiot.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"His family is also affected. His wife is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said.

'I voted for Trump,' Reynolds said. 'I didn’t expect this'...”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

www.washingtonpost.com

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wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · May 6

arctic wolf pupy comic 05 - patreon.com/wolfpupy

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Avó chinesa muito católica @acexaman.bsky.social · 2d

Meowfeggio 528hz Healing Frequencies ✨️🌌

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 1d

Good Boy was a decent horror movie done extremely well. The boy was in fact very good. Seeing a dog get worried is absurdly effective.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but this came to me as I woke up this morning and I had to get it out

A bullfrog, submerged but for its head in the water, captioned with "they're turning the frogs antifa"

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

How many alleged TRO violations is that just today

Julian Dope @alex.vitreous.rocks · 1d

ICE detained a cyclist for filming them.

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago- dont dare record gestapo! Theyre dissapearing us citizens for doing so now

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

www.reddit.com

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Anton☮️✊🏼🌈 @politicalpunk.com · 1d

Graphic. Animals not humans. Which makes it worse for me

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 2d

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Late-stage HGTV @helvetiadelendaest.bsky.social · 2d

genuinely one of the funniest scenes in a horror movie

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 2d

They're Paul Ryan's favorite band lol

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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TechnoPoverty @technopoverty.bsky.social · 2d

A real Rock n Roll Leda and the Swan tonight

TechnoPoverty @technopoverty.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow at the TechnoPoverty Theater: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

youtu.be/T9yof8cwli4

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Official Trailer (HD)

YouTube video by ScreamFactoryTV

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