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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 11h

I have folded over 100 of these so far and will be headed to the library to print more for free once I finish up this first batch.

Tip: Do your folds and cuts in batches rather than doing one zine start to finish. It'll make getting them assembled go faster.

Thank you Megan!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Dem staffers tell the people you work for that if they use the words 'across the aisle' or 'bipartisan', we're all gonna remember this shit come election time

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

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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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 18h

Hoping the AI bubble collapses soon so we can get a bunch of new Spirit Halloweens in these data centers

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 17h

hey georgia, early voting is happening now -- please vote out the shitty republicans who keep increasing our electricity bills for no reason and show them we can kick them to the curb if they don't work for the people!!!!!!

find your early voting precincts here:

mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

“Editor’s Note: The Sun Sentinel values the views of our readers. We received many letters about the decision by Publix to allow customers to openly carry guns in its stores. We invite many more of you to send us your opinions, too”

Packing heat in Publix makes no sense | Letters to the editor

Readers respond to Publix’s decision to allow customers to openly carry their guns in its supermarkets.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 18h

I read this yesterday in the latest @contrabandcamp.bsky.social and every cell in my body said “hell yeah.” medium.com/@crtnywrite/...

I’m not arguing with anyone Harriet Tubman would have shot.

I heard this saying before, I’m not sure from who, or who first came up with it…but it resonates with me deeper and deeper the older I get…

medium.com

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 18h

I read this yesterday in the latest @contrabandcamp.bsky.social and every cell in my body said “hell yeah.” medium.com/@crtnywrite/...

I’m not arguing with anyone Harriet Tubman would have shot.

I heard this saying before, I’m not sure from who, or who first came up with it…but it resonates with me deeper and deeper the older I get…

medium.com

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 18h

Great 🧵👇🏼
Reminder: if you’re disabled or tired or unwell but have access to a car, you can participate by driving by & honking & showing your support. No car or unable to do that? Share photos on social media & via text to friends &family. Use hashtags like #IHaveFriendsEverywhere & #NoKings

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 20h

Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

There is a LOT of No Kings art already available made by actual humans. You can just use that. You don't need to use some AI shit. Need GIFs? visit giphy.com/search/no-ki...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

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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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Research done, we filled out our ballots and went out into the rainy Monday to put them in the dropbox!

Suz, a short haired sixty-something woman with clunky glasses and a purple jacket and Ed, a handsome older man in a sage green fleece hold the envelopes for their MA vote-by-mail ballots as they pose for a pre-ballot dropbox drop selfie in the car. Rain streaks the car windows. They voted their progressive, liberal, democratic values.

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Research done, we filled out our ballots and went out into the rainy Monday to put them in the dropbox!

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

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

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it's Operation Inflation! An inflatable costume for anyone who wants to peacefully protest ICE. You can donate a costume at operationinflation.com 🎈

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Discovered near the ICE facility in Portland this morning.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

You can download @meganpiont.bsky.social's HOW TO REPORT ICE zine and give 'em out yourself! She's got them for locations all around the country! Hero!

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Also downloaded, printed, folded, and gave out a bunch of @meganpiont.bsky.social's incredible HOW TO REPORT ICE zines! Folks were THRILLED to see them and I gave 'em all away! blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4d

Restocked with @meganpiont.bsky.social's incredible "How to Report ICE" zine - also collecting donations for @thenyic.bsky.social ! #NYCC Artist Alley L25 - come see, come see!

part of greg pak's artist alley table showing "How to Report ICE" zines, free photo prints, and a donation jar for the New York Immigrant Coalition

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news! After all that, only O.03% of families opted out of LGBTQ+ Education in Maryland after the Supreme Court gave them the ability to do so. Not just a majority, not just most families, nearly all families want their kids to have access to this education. We are the majority

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/13/2025 noncooperation thread*

This is so important.

The regime is trying to terrify us into quiescence by grabbing people in broad daylight & then disappearing them into the void.

Refuse to accept the disappearance of your neighbors. Talk about it. Call electeds about it. Hang signs.

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 3d

Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend.

Every sign marks yet another step in the march toward authoritarianism.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

I'm celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day by doing the research necessary to cast my local #Framingham MA ballot. I'll probably take a quick trip over to the Framingham Library's McAuliffe branch and put it in the dropbox there, too.

❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

OK #Framingham District 4 voters who are squinting at your vote-by-mail ballots that just arrived: the candidates for councilor are incumbent Dem (Cannon) and Rep challenger (Belcher). Their party affiliations are NOT listed on the ballot. My research w links is below.

I'm voting for Cannon. 🌊

❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up Framingham MA! Doing research for my local election ballot & found a video w interviews between the 2 candidates for District4 councilor. Michael P Cannon is the Dem incumbent, Steven Belchor is an R challenger, but their party info is NOT ON THE BALLOT!! 👀 www.theframe.news/article/meet...

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

I love being reminded why the progressive romance writing community adores following you. 😂 Yes for the science, but oh-yes for the ability to communicate effectively!

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Her FB page has a post thanking everyone for showing up to the June No Kings Protest in Framingham. Yeah. She's a keeper.

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