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Michael Heath Pecorino @mhplives.bsky.social · Apr 3
Logging off.

This shit will never bring us true happiness.
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erikahall.bsky.social
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Eight months ago vs today. 🤡

@atrupar.com @cnbc.com @cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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bagleycartoons.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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xelahart.bsky.social
#drewsheneman
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
This moment will not last and the important thing now is to figure out how we can build a better system/society. Central to that is making sure everyone from the top to the bottom is brought to actual justice.
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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ffrancavilla.bsky.social
That's how you're gonna beat 'em, Butch.
They keep underestimating you...
Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
mhplives.bsky.social
Make this a brochure.
3fecta.bsky.social Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 6d
Do you know someone in a 12 step program? Wanna bet.
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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patrickworld.bsky.social
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
Hey in case someone wanted to take me up on this still-standing commission offer we are getting close to a cutoff for holiday delivery but we could do it if you got at me soon...
phineas.bsky.social Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · Feb 28
Going to try a thing here... If you want a 9x12 ink drawing of your D&D guy or a pet or an animal you'd like for a pet or something else similar to these, I will draw it and mail it to you for $100. I'll even do a little lettering. DM if interested.
An ink drawing of a tabby cat reclining and looking at you. Some hand lettering says the cat's name, which is Otter. The pen I used to draw it is laying across part of the drawing. An ink drawing of a woman with short hair, wearing chainmail and various pieces of plate armor over a long flowy garment. She's leaning on the hilt of a broadsword and holding a helmet under her other arm. No background other than an outline of tilting Celtic cross gravestone. The pen I drew this with is over part of the drawing. An ink drawing of Edward Gorey as an older man with thin hair and a large bushy gray beard. He’s shown walking wearing sunglasses, a massive knee-length fur coat with a big collar, a chunky knit scarf, jeans, and white sneakers. He’s holding some books under his left arm. Over his head some rough, loopy lettering reads ‘Ogdred Weary’. The pen I drew this with is on top of the paper. An ink drawing of the wrestler Ox Baker, a large, bald man with a huge muttonchop mustache, large eyebrows, and copious body hair. He appears to be shouting something, probably about how he's going to punch you in the heart. He's wearing a championship belt and making some elaborate hand shapes.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
In mid-November, one of the FEMA workers received a termination notice as the others remained under investigation.
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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tribelaw.bsky.social
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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joshgondelman.bsky.social
My new standup special Positive Reinforcement premieres TONIGHT at 8pm eastern time on Blonde Medicine’s YouTube channel. I’m really proud of this hour and grateful to all the people who helped make the special happen.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
Positive Reinforcement cover art!!! I’m wearing a cardigan with another cardigan draped over my shoulders. My name and the title are kind of styled like the Big Lebowski opening titles!
June 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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guante.info
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.

We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
miamidsa.org Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 18d
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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mattdelong.bsky.social
Love this: Pearl Jam kicked in to buy a Zamboni machine for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association after the group's executive director sent the band's official fan club a handwritten request in the style of a concert poster

www.startribune.com/pearl-jam-za...
The "Pearl Jamboni" with a band logo that includes two hockey sticks
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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jortsthecat.bsky.social
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
PITTSBURGH'S Public Source Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike After a court ruling in their favor, long-striking journalists declared victory and returned to a pivotal Southwestern Pennsylvania newsroom. They return as union organizing continues throughout the region. Stephanie Strasburg November 24, 2025 Natalie Duleba, local secretary of the guild, hugs Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild Communications of America, as she hands him the mic. "The first day of this strike, our folks went over across the street and they sat down at a table, and they started talking about that they were going to take care of each other," said Schleuss, acknowledging the guild could not have known how long the path back to work would be. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source)
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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parkermolloy.com
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell's makes "highly processed food" for "poor people" and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them "idiots." "We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? | don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f—'s in it," part of the recording said. "Bioengineered meat -- I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer."
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
Children are not therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy

only therapy is therapy
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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sherlynsvault.bsky.social
BETTING ON YOU x HAPPY PLACE

Meet Lysandra Guerrera, a best-selling author based in Scotland.

DONT FORGET ME is a second chance, dark academia, romance novel with themes of hispanic rep, women’s fiction, and trauma. 🖤

#wippit #Q #R #NA #amquerying
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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mcs212.bsky.social
Fuckin rocking out
ScienceAlert headline: Tinnitus Is Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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stelpavlou.com
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
Tom nichols racist tom nichols racist
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM