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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 5h

That's like all of them

Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

Probably at least a third of the normies would be perfectly comfortable with an open police junta so long as the money circulates and the treats flow.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr would stomp all over the fish

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

Sean Murphy. He's the one who got hit by pitch bc he had too much going on back there. Makes sense that it's always the catchers, I suppose.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

I mean you can only make so many butt-related jokes about yourself before this starts happening

Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

There's a reason Mamdani won't - and frankly can't - center police accountability in his campaign.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah. Unfortunately this isn't a strike threat, this is a coup threat. When Giuliani whipped up (drunk) cops under Dinkins they rioted, blocked the bridges, assaulted Black people, destroyed cars, yelled slurs at Black politicians, I think they even threatened Councilwoman Clarke's life?

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 7h

If they followed through on this whining even 10% of the time then there would be no cops left in all the land.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 8h

I consider the Giuliani campaigns as an open police coup. The second De Blasio even flirted with being the first Mayor to make a move to check the pigs since Dinkins they kidnapped his daughter.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 9h

It's likely both bc they've probably been trying to work on it for years and used these fears as an additional excuse to smother it bc ubisoft is a rancid workplace. Ubi Montreal finished work on Valhalla at the end of 2023.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 11h

The return of public health will 100% look like that. Those Soviet posters saying "hey, dummy, don't operate heavy machinery drunk" look silly as hell but the post-covid US has shown us what society looks like when they aren't there anymore

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 12h

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 11h

I was gonna ask which one bleeds the most but let's be real that's obviously JP

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 14h

"the new Creative Director"

Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, actually. The first person sentenced under the law was a Coinbase employee who i think would just be getting out of prison. The SEC's been going after Binance for years too. Not all crypto is covered, but anyone who buys from a memecoin drop or other central source is regulated.

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