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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 21h

#NoKings
#YesOn50

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Cybertronic Spree @cybertronicspree.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Adam J. Whitlatch 🚀 @adamjwhitlatch.bsky.social · 21h

When it’s No King’s Day, but you’re a metalhead. 🤘

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Seth Swanson @writerseth.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson's biggest and strongest defense seems to be his ignorance. "I, the Speaker of the House, am not informed and know nothing about what you're talking about so I don't have to talk about it."

Mike "The Ignorant" Johnson.

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DeepBlueInk @deepblueink.bsky.social · 1d

It's live!!!

DeepBlueInk @deepblueink.bsky.social · 2d

✨GAME CHANGER ANIMATED✨
Time for the final showdown. My most cinematic animation yet.
"Sam Reich Vs The Brennataur Lee Mulligan" goes up soon! ♥️
youtu.be/EuXUhs-DQxI

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Shut off your phones if you're attending a No Kings protest tomorrow.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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MBC @matthewbriancohen.com · 2d

I wish that, instead of the Titanic, James Cameron got really into Starcraft

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Buttons @buttons450.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in the #omaha #nokings rally tomorrow, but don't know how you'll get there? Here are some great options! Lots of bus routes nearby, bike share stations and bike racks, and PLENTY of parking!

See you in #turnerpark on Saturday.

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Seth Swanson @writerseth.bsky.social · 2d

Wish I could be there. Say hi to the Humanists for me!

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Seth Swanson @writerseth.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t want to live on this planet anymore .gif

a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a sign that says home

ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a sign that says home

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Seth Swanson @writerseth.bsky.social · 2d

An icon

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 3d

"What are you gonna do, set me on fire?"

Woman doused friend in fuel, set him alight for misogynistic comment, court hears

Her anger then flared when Mr Loader told her she should stay in the kitchen making scones where she belonged, and not to go drinking with boys.

She left the table where they were drinking to collect a five-litre container of petrol from her garage, and poured it on Mr Loader before waving around her lighter.

Mr Loader said, "Go on, do it," before Walpole set him on fire.

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EL BARTO ANTI-WORK @elbarto.bsky.social · 3d

One of the recurrent themes in Greta's testimony is soldiers stripping and photographing her, sexual humiliation being an out in the open policy of the IDF for years, particularly since Oct 7th. Israel torturing and sexially assaulting a bunch of foreigners should be the biggest story in the world.

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 4d

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 11d

and there we have it. Gavin Newsom is exactly who we told you he was.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 11d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 13d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 11d

Defending conversion therapy is like defending the prescription of heroin for a cough. That was done at one time, but we know better now.

Govt regulates the medical industry to keep ppl safe. This is no different than any other modern regulations to protect consumers & patients.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12d

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 12d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 16d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 17d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.