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Tressie McMillan Cottom

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM

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TheColfaxxx 🐢

@thecolfax.bsky.social

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.—1984

Pic of the day

#photography

Peering through some evergreen branches over a cliff at a small lake surrounded by mountains.

I think this is Colorado but I’m not certain, which makes me incredibly happy to know I’ve been to so many wonderful places like this that I’m not even sure where they all are.

It’s not a brag, I swear.

Don’t want to re-type but this is definitely Colorado. It’s near Dillon.

The forces of nature like wind, sunrises, and waterfalls keep on churning no matter what evil lurks elsewhere. Fight the power but savor the beauty.

January 8, 2026 at 5:36 AM

breenana.bsky.social

@breenana.bsky.social

Being a caretaker is so exhausting. I need a better way to release my frustration with the fact that my house is constantly in chaos. The gym has helped some. I’m also still not sleeping all the way through the night. On top of everything else going on with the US, it’s really been a lot lately.

January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM

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Fire Breathing Unicorn

@firebunicorn.bsky.social

This morning I saw the hoar frost and I walked to the banks of the Mississippi to watch the sun rise.

Sharing this moment of peace with all of you.

January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM

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Justin King

@justinkingdesigns.bsky.social

My kids get fun art supplies too!

#drawing

January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM

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Beyond Blonde©

@beyondblonde.bsky.social

I don't think some people realize what the President already making it plain he considers it a justified shooting is really going to mean.

January 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM

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Amy Borgman

@ireneaddie.bsky.social

#poem #poetry
#writingcommunity
#poetsofbluesky

January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM

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Mother Jones

@motherjones.com

Trump’s attack on Venezuela is for himself and even his own party is beginning to realize it.

January 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM

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Jimmy Ruffian

@theroughgo.bsky.social

If "he had a gun" is perfectly legal reasoning for police to shoot you, you don't have 2nd amendment rights.

If "they're promoting terrorism" is a perfectly legal reason to snuff out your protest and free speech, you don't have 1st amendment rights.

Its meaningless.

January 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

Never forget. 🇺🇸

January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."

—FDR, 1936

January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Lost Jan. 6 Rioter Still Searching Capitol Building For Mike Pence https://theonion.com/lost-jan-6-rioter-still-searching-capitol-building-for-mike-pence/

January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM

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Dr. David Pecotić

@djp1974.bsky.social

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

- J.R.R. #Tolkien

January 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)

@portlandken.bsky.social

Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.

January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM

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mint

@mintaii.bsky.social

i am so late but happy extremely belated birthday to mr viktor machine herald

#art #AnniViksary

an illustration of viktor, depicted as the machine herald, as though he is simultaneously reforming and coming apart. his mask and face are split apart, flames emerging from the crevices of his skin. jayce's gloved hand is extended towards him.

January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM

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Manteu 🏳️‍🌈

@manteuonblusky.bsky.social

Hollow tyrant sketch
#kaiju #horror #bodyhorror #oc #ocsky #monster #monsterdesign #drawing #sketch #illustration #art

January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM

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Suzy Dobie

@suzydobie.bsky.social

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago”--Friedrich Nietzsche

#poetry #poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity
#mpprompt
#Strength
#Thoughts
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social
@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

I absolutely HATE it when Marjorie Taylor Greene makes sense.

January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM

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Luca

@lucagalletti.bsky.social

The Great Indian Hornbill

Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
Sukna Forest, India
IG: ramamurthy_karthik

January 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM

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Scott Clement

@sfcpoll.bsky.social

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM

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Ranger Matt

@tamranger.bsky.social

Saturday afternoon along Cataract Creek #cataracttrail #cataractgulch #cataractcreek #cataractfalls #helenmarktfalls #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #mnwd #marinwater #waterfall #landscapephotography

January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why."

Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!"

First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization."

Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces.

Proud to be an American today!

USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster."

Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars

If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position"

Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM

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Luc Amkreutz

@prehistoryrmo.bsky.social

Lucky to have found this classic in the local bookstore! 📚 Originally the catalogue to the 1985 Edinburgh exhibition in what is now the National Museum of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 it had a grandiose successor in the 2022 British Museum exhibition ‘The world of Stonehenge’.