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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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The girl Bar-boo-ssa (~'o')~ @thegreatbarbossa.bsky.social · 2h

oh you asked chatgpt? well I got high on paint fumes and asked the fae in the woods and they think you're lame as hell for that.

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power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 30m

Through many miles
Of tricks and trials…

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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 2h

It’s been a big part of No Kings, etc and buddy listen

If you’re gonna use the weapon of the enemy and not realize how many artists that you can pay are on your side, you’re deliberately doing a bad thing.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12h

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 35m

ICYM my newsletter yesterday:

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

For my newsletter today, I wrote about the American police state and how Democrats are going to have to kill it if they have any hope of rebuilding from the authoritarian Trump regime. www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

The EU has provided the first €10 million for a Special Tribunal to ensure Russian war criminals don’t escape justice.

EU Foreign Affairs head Kaja Kallas: “The evidence of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine is plain to see.
Unpunished crimes only encourage new atrocities.”

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 6h

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 14h

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 6h

I'm so glad we all get to burn to death so a bunch of losers can get a video of Spongebob kissing Shrek.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 9h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

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power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 6h

Marisa put words to my feelings here.

How can we possibly allow these cruel emotionally stunted failures of society to hold power.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

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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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 7h

He is frankly everything I wish actual mainstream news outlets would be - focusing on and informing about larger scale systemic problems and issues but remaining steadfast in support of smaller scale issues and marginalized communities.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 7h

John Oliver is what liberals imagine Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert to be — a genuine critic of America’s systemic failures who stands up for trans people and other marginalized groups, while actually offering real actions and hopeful solutions.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Argentina Bailout

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“America First.”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h

legit cannot wait to see how many frogs turn up nationwide. it’s going to make ICE lose their minds. they are more scared of looking Not Tough than anything else in the world

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Find a frog gathering near you this Saturday, October 18

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

just remembered that randy fine, israels strongest soldier in congress, posted pup play he had saved to his phone and blamed the left for it last month. why did he ever do that lol

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h

Marc Benioff, who used to lean kind of liberal, has decided it's more convenient to be right-wing, and he owns Time. (I heard an interesting podcast conversation about how MAGA despises Silicon Valley oligarchs because they have no real commitments except maximal profit.)

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 7h

Even Newsmax??

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 9h

OMG! Airports are in the resistance? Too cool (and thanks to @resistlist.bsky.social, which has been sharing all the best resist-y news for a while now.)

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 7h

And in turn covered by Bodyjar!

Bodyjar - A Hazy Shade Of Winter | LIVE ON RECOVERY

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 12h

the photo they use is of Lakota spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse, who has done really amazing work for his people and folks all around the world

we made this video with him

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 13h

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 12h

This sentiment, the "we do not demobilize" is what this campaign needs to preach from here on out. Getting the work done is going to require EFFORT. Taking the campaign's infrastructure and applying it to advocacy and political pressure will be crucial - mobilization is the right word.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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