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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 13h

Earlier today I finally reached the halfway mark of Schattenfroh. It only took me 22 days! 😱

22 more & then some left to go!
#booksky
💙📚👀

Image of pages 516-517 of Schattenfroh, a book by Michael Lentz. This is just past the halfway mark.

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing to it. Never in doubt.

Gronowski's passing was off tonight but man, dude is just a winner.

#hawkeyes

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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 1d

If America defeats fascism with absurdism - well, that would be just too beautiful. #NoKings

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 1d

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 1d

Gobsmacked by all of the amazing protest photos in my feed. Y'all are amazing!

#NoKings

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 1d

Looking great!

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Billiard Lentil @billiardlentil.zone · 1d

Coily the Spring Sprite with the words No Springs, and a red K drawn over the first part of Springs so it looks like No Kings

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 1d

Two of my favorites are a Japanese band called COLLAPSE @collapsejpn.bsky.social
and a Brazilian band called Terraplana

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, how fascistic, dumb, and fucked-up in the head do you have to be to identify as a MAGA Republican. 😂🤣👇

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 2d

There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone.

A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 2d

Biffo in hot pants...

a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .

media.tenor.com

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 3d

Define your music taste in 8 artists

1. Broadcast
2. Viagra Boys
3. Radiohead
4. Mint Field
5. Gordon Lightfoot
6. Charles Mingus
7. Duke Ellington
8. Brad Mehldau

DocBray @docbray.wafflesky.com · 3d

Define your music taste in 8 artists (ack, only 8 ok ok, buckle down...):

1. Daft Punk
2. Primus
3. Queens of The Stone Age
4. Talking Heads
5. The Cure
6. Also MF DOOM :D
7. Op Ivy/Rancid
8. NOFX

scorchtheground - commissions open| 🎨🔞 @scorchtheground.blacksky.app · 3d

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

1. mind.in.a.box
2. MF DOOM
3. Light Asylum
4. Clipping.
5. Assemblage 23
6. Front Line Assembly
7. Alice In Chains
8. Iszoloscope

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 3d

a close up of a cartoon character 's face with the words yurlly awesome below

ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's face with the words yurlly awesome below

media.tenor.com

Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #globalcatday from Finn and Penny!

#catsofbluesky

Finn, a brown & white tabby, shows off his big ol peepers

Penny, a buff ginger cat, has beautiful peepers as well

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 3d

women love the vehicle

The Bluth family's stair car, as seen in Arrested Development

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 3d

mean liberal: nice car, weiner. did it come with a divorce

me in my Cybertruck: no. my ex wife gave that to me. computer, please take note of another injustice I’ve suffered

computer: confirming your destination is the Hoover Dam. cruise control set to 97 miles per hour

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3d

I really need Democrats to announce, daily, that there will be consequences when they are back in charge. And then for them to actually follow through.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Derek @thomsirveaux.bsky.social · 3d

Super tired & super cranky today.

It'd probably be best if I'm not here too much today. Buuuuut it's also a non-truck day at work so I will have plenty of time to waste. How angry do I really need to feel today?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4d

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level.

If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad.

It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

Okay. Who did this?

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4d

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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