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ShipperX

@shipperxphile.bsky.social

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Architect, old school fandom, genre book lover, Democrat, gardener who adores dogs & cats, likes to cook, seeking light in dark times💙 (Profile pic is my sweet as pie fur girl)

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · Nov 11

So… I didn’t schedule for end times very well. I’m in the middle of a home renovation.

When my Dad died 10yrs ago, I sold my house and moved in to help Mom.

During 1st year of COVID, Mom had a stroke which stole her ability to walk in any sort of dependable way.

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 31m

Have noticed.

And that is their plan.

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 3h

Immortals After Dark limb count 😂

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 3h

Simple. Produce the license plate numbers on these invisible busses🤪

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 3h

Yes

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 23h

Remember folks saying there was no point in protesting Trump re: Palestein bc he ‘had no power’.

Guess he did have 😡

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 23h

Peace Prize! 🤪

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 23h

The media will deny it until it becomes ‘safe’ to say it

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

showing solidarity with the woman who is being belittled. In my experience, when their own ego is not at play, men develop sudden deafness & blindness when a man humiliates a woman.

Even the ‘good ones’

Which is why I asked has any woman experienced male solidarity irl. I want to find one.

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s the myth. But I’ve yet to find a woman who has experienced it

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone ever noted an event where men stood up to another man when a woman is being publicly shamed by a male misogynist? In the wild? For real? Because I never have.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I did not know this previously, but apparently a U.S. President can unilaterally dismantle a law passed by congress and freeze already awarded funding for essential services and face absolutely no repercussions for it whatsoever

hell, the press will barely even remember he did it 6 months later

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

So basically no one in Venezuela is allowed to boat because they might be killed by a decrepit old man trying to score points.

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

You sure this isn’t real?

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

If they find humor in it, they mean it. People actually horrified by something aren’t using it a jokes.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

Pepper jam? Bc…yes!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance claims Trump is deploying the National Guard because crime in Chicago and Portland has gotten "out of control."

But crime rates were already falling in both cities.

This is all a power grab — and a pretext for something much worse. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8vrfgHqs

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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JoseyRider @joseyrider.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning!
#WarRavagedPortland
youtu.be/anVROJ9_5kY?...

We’re the Frogs (Portland, Oregon Peaceful Protest Anthem for the "War Ravaged" city)

YouTube video by Delanae - Original Music. Storytelling. Cultural

youtu.be

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Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 1d

And if you have a flag, bring it. Conservatives like to think it belongs to them, but it doesn’t, and if the administration’s goons start cracking down on peaceful, American flag-bearing protesters, it’s going to look really bad for them, so it might offer some protection, too.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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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reclaimourflag.bsky.social @reclaimourflag.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a strategy to prepare and make sure they lose in the battle for public opinion.
@brianbeutler.bsky.social

ACTION: bring #AmericanFlags to all demonstrations. It breaks the right wing propaganda frame.

Also helps #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump/the fascists who’ve stolen its messaging power.

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. Keep the frogs, unicorns, and Cookie Monster suits going

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ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

This is why the frog and unicorn and Cookie Monster suits work. NO ONE looks cool or justified assaulting Cookie Monster

ShipperX @shipperxphile.bsky.social · 1d

Hire unqualified people for their administration’forces’
Give them quotas
No oversight
No limits
No repercussions

Yeah, they’ve set the stage for things to turn bad.

It’s an intention not an accident

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