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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 16h

Like ... is anyone gonna do anything about this?

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 16h

This is so many flavors of fucked up.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 17h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 17h

Things in your story being "plausible" is overrated.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19h

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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K8 Häxan 🦇 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 1d

All day, every day now.

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good ...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 6d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 1d

This is what Democratic lawmakers need to be doing: not giving up on groups that are unpopular because they've been targeted by hate campaigns, but TEACHING the public why those groups are being targeted and standing up for them.

Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 1d

"New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani released a video this weekend honoring the life and legacy of legendary transgender rights activist Sylvia Rivera, reaffirming promises to protect and expand services for trans New Yorkers if elected."

Watch Zohran Mamdani Give a Sylvia Rivera History Lesson in SOPHIE-Soundtracked Campaign Video

The New York City mayoral hopeful laid out his pro-LGBTQ+ plans.

www.them.us

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 2d

I'M AT THE PIZZA HUT
I'M AT THE DOMINOS
I'M AT THE COMBINATION PIZZA HUT AND DOMINOS

Fat Kid Deals @fatkiddeals.com · 2d

This Dominos is in an old Pizza Hut building 😭😭

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JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 2d

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss truly has Ted Cruz level haters. I keep seeing people who are like “I knew her when she was nine and I fucking hated her” lol

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 1d

* turns to dust *

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

since we're letting podcasters run the FBI now, I'd like to make it known to any future presidents that if you appoint me i will pronounce the "human" in "human trafficking" like Quark from DS9.

there will be no other substantial changes

thank you for your attention to this matter

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 2d

Photos from Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride: Hundreds held a die-in on the Burnside Bridge before continuing to the ICE facility in South Portland.

Photos: Portland Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Die-in on Burnside Bridge

Elayna Yussen and Suzette Smith

www.portlandmercury.com

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Make it illegal for presidents to be online

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives have built their own social media platforms, Trump has his own Twitter alternative, his allies are buying major social media platforms to weaponize for their propaganda and influence and we’re still arguing if having a left-leaning social media platform is a bad thing

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 3d

Remember that if the Democrats take power again, they will go into great detail telling you why they can't do things.

You will tell them that Trump did those things, and they will say he broke the law.

You will then ask why he hasn't been arrested, and they will be very quiet.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

the boys who landed at Normandy or fought in Stalingrad couldn't have imagined the horrors of 21st century war

A picture and headline from an article: Unicorn bride marries Kenny from south park at Portland ICE protest

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 2d

especially since immigrants take the jobs that NO ONE WANTS and AI takes the ones that a lot of people want or do creatively(or pay good salaries)

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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