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andrea shea

@whattheshea.bsky.social

I repost this every time I see it now.

Corey the Street @cstrable.bsky.social · 25d

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The rules

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. A total bloodbath. The referee would have stepped in by now but they had knocked him out with a steel chair. The only others watching were either fascists themselves or the people trying to fight fascism with the power of love and kindness and they weren't having a great go of it either. I kept trying to explain in between haymakers that we were better than this and on top of that it wasn't likely to be ruled on favorably as far as the courts. None of it helped. I was on my knees now bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose. It spilled out of me onto the snow in a pattern that if you sort of squinted at it from the right vantage looked like a cartoon heart. See that I pointed. Look how beautiful the world can be I tried to say through my broken teeth. Alright well now he was pulling out a gun. I didn't think we were allowed to do that.

January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM

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People Selling Mirrors

@sellingamirror.bsky.social

How about this guy?

January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM

ɔɘlA

@lovespend.uk

An I ncredible obituary and a timely lesson.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!!

January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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The Lincoln Project

@lincolnproject.us

This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections

January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM

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@lovespend.uk

Apropos nothing …

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · Oct 7

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM

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𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎

@samsonite.bsky.social

January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM

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Esheru

@esherukweku.bsky.social

Jon Stewart on the ball, again

January 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Child’s Blow Into Car Breathalyzer Rewarded With Dicey Trip To Ice Cream Shop https://theonion.com/childs-blow-into-car-breathalyzer-rewarded-with-dicey-trip-to-ice-cream-shop/

January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM

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Wangleberry

@wangleberry.bsky.social

This makes me weep with laughter every time I see it

January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM

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Skye

@simplyskye.bsky.social

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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Eliot Higgins

@eliothiggins.bsky.social

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM

ɔɘlA

@lovespend.uk

AMEN

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 8d

This country will not heal until rhythmic audience clapping is eliminated from BBC television and radio

January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM

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@lovespend.uk

@cultureshipnames.bsky.social
GOU: Iron Age War Trumpet

Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 9d

@profaliceroberts.bsky.social !! I know you said there was a spectacular Iron Age fund, but you could have warned us!!!

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social and me are going to be fit for nowt today!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links

Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

www.theguardian.com

January 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺

@bagpuss.org

In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.

January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM

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Esheru

@esherukweku.bsky.social

A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM

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@lovespend.uk

🎯

Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 14d

Having Grok “apologise” for creating CSAM is like punching someone in the face and then having the Sooty puppet on your fist apologise.

January 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

@seamas.bsky.social

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.

On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future

Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.

www.thegist.ie

January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM

ɔɘlA

@lovespend.uk

Hoping @marcuschown.bsky.social can clarify these instructions for us. 🤔

A page of instructions for a child’s construction toy which also appear to call Newton's law of universal gravitation into question.

December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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Star Trek Minus Context

@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social

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Voyager Scene from "Christmas in the Delta Quadrant" season 3 episode 26. Kes, a humanoid alien with no recognizable differences from earth humans, stands with her arms raised high. She has a look of shock or fear as if she's at the top of a rollar coaster and heading down the first big drop. Imedjietly behind her in spooning proximity is Tom Paris, who has the encouraging look of a dad teaching his kid to ride a bike. Closed caption reads, "The sac is opening..."

December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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Rhodri Marsden

@rhodri.biz

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...