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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

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

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t want to brag but the Dunkin Donuts near my kids’ school knows my regular order now. I’m kind of a big deal.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 17h

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Kevin Sarver @kevinasarver.bsky.social · 1d

Dad Guy said it’s Tongue Out Tuesday. So I obliged. 😊

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 23h

They will always be there

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 1d

🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Australian #Aboriginal
Attributed to
Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (1897 - 1985)
UNTITLED
(FLYING FOXES AND ROCK PYTHON), ca. 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Untitled--Rock-Python-and-Flying-Foxes-/C2D61245F0E4C7984B9E6FA2FAC72CA1

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20h

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 19d

I know what it means to be shot in the head, to have doctors say survival is unlikely, and to fight for every step of recovery. Hearing that 12-year-old Sophia is healing is a miracle. I’m praying for her recovery and for the strength of her family 💜

Girl shot in head during Minneapolis Catholic school shooting making 'miraculous' recovery

Doctors warned that Sophia Forchas was "on the brink of death," but now she is due to be moved from an acute care ward to an inpatient therapy program.

www.nbcnews.com

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 20h

RIP
Mhttps://www.davehoekstra.com/2025/10/13/tony-fitzpatrick-a-baseball-road-trip-and-a-lucky-tattoo/

Tony Fitzpatrick; A baseball road trip and a lucky tattoo | Dave Hoekstra

Tony, for my 2000 road compilation “Ticket to Everywhere.” He titled the book. In early 1992, I took a road trip with artist-writer-friend Tony Fitzpatrick to Kansas City, Mo. The weekend was covere...

www.davehoekstra.com

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 11h

🧵Spotted While Cafe Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A man (60s?) carefully fixes a wobbly table before producing a newspaper and pen.
Moments later, his wife joins him.
Talking softly with heads bowed together as they do the crossword, laughing at each other's silly guesses. (1)

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Gayle @gskh1237.bsky.social · 7d

#TheyAreEatingOurHealthcare
#TheyAreEatingTheEpsteinFiles
Thank you, John💙

John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 7d

The asleep mutter their mandated directive to the masses in unison across the land. Not realizing, the primary objective was not supposed to be revealed. The unwoke mind virus has mutated, Elmo must be brought back into the fold! Grok can manipulate the algorithm to protect the Masters!

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 5d

Oops

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 3d

(1) Time once again for my very own cartoon carousel of #myart from the last 7 days. Special thanks to all who repost and interact with my work, it is truly appreciated. As always, prints of my work are available.🧵

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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 2d

A hurry the fuck up and get well cartoon for my friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Clay Jones as he recovers from his recent stroke. If you’ve enjoyed his fabulous work over the years and are so inclined, drop a buck or two to help him out at gofund.me/abe906548

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 18h

Coming your way

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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 14h

ICE is just making it easier for rapists to kidnap women and children.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h

I couldn’t be more proud of this team! 🥹

If you haven’t listened yet, Ultra Season 2 is available for free and in full here:

www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcas...

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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸 @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · Nov 16

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H.L. Mencken, 1920

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14h

He's a sadist, a narcissist, a psychopath-sociopath (ASPD), a Machiavellian, a killer of innocent Venezuelans, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, an adjudicated rapist, an authoritarian, a serial adulterer, an insurrectionist, a decades-long cocaine and Adderall abuser, and a protector of pedophiles.

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sarcoidsally.bsky.social @sarcoidsally.bsky.social · 17h

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Ellen Fitzpatrick @vaughnglenwood.bsky.social · 14h

Hard to understand why anyone's shocked.

Iran did substantially the same thing to make sure Carter received no credit for the release of American hostages. Reagan got the political benefit.

Selective memory and ignorance are going to destroy us.