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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 4h

The CN Tower will never (and I mean NEVER) be as cool and fun as the Space Needle.

Still, go Jays!

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 4h

High heels with pants? Jesus.

29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · May 6

No immigrants are going to actually take this offer (which is a pittance at best) but even if they did Trump would never pay. It’s bait. He’s setting a trap.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

Trump Offers to Pay Immigrants Who Deport Themselves

The administration says the program to pay migrants $1,000 once their travel home is confirmed will save money because of how expensive it is to find, detain and deport people.

www.nytimes.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 2d

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 11h

Your failure to say what Mamdani should take back is just an attempt to associate him with antisemitism. Not working.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao you can get it if you try.

Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, Labour membership is a kink. I feel like I should have known.

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

Part of me wants to move to Britain just to dedicate myself to ruining Labour and consigning it to eternal humiliation.

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

As a start.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

I am so sick of living in a world where certain groups insist art & culture be re-oriented to serve their tastes and whims when their own pitiful inability or unwillingness to critically engage with and contemplate creativity clearly demonstrate that art & culture are too good for them.

Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie”

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d

never lose sight of the fact 10s of millions *want* these kinda things to keep happening

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 6

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 1d

In the Baltimore Sun today we ask Governor Wes Moore to cancel Avelo Airlines' contract with BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. He can do it today. It doesn't require the assembly. It will help stop ICE & help our patients and neighbors.

Please share widely.

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/11/w...

How Wes Moore can deal a blow to Trump’s immigration agenda | GUEST COMMENTARY

Guest commentary: Gov. Wes Moore has a novel opportunity to undermine Trump’s immigration agenda by targeting an airline participating in ICE’s deportations.

www.baltimoresun.com

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

@govwesmoore.bsky.social well?

If you can shut down this evil why would you do otherwise?

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2d

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

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Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

One day to be Mayor of Hialeah!

Serene Plateau @sereneplateau.bsky.social · 1d

@davidcorn.bsky.social Why are you using the word "irresponsible" when you know full well it's a campaign of lies? Come on, man!

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

"Platner has held events from Portland to Caribou, in venues ranging from the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland to local pizza shops. Crowds have overflowed to hear Platner speak about wealth inequality, health care & his plan to unseat five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins."

An article headline from Bangor Daily News: Graham Platner draws another overflow crowd in Brewer

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

is this what people on the right side of history say

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