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Bela Lugosi’s Dad
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Just another dharma bum somewhere on the Tobacco Road.
Pass the Absinthe. Please.
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Bela Lugosi’s Dad @skohare.bsky.social · 7h
February 9 2026
Moon. Trees. Backyard.
skohare.bsky.social
February 9 2026
Moon. Trees. Backyard.
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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rickaaron.bsky.social
BREAKING: Punxsutawney Phil emerges and is immediately detained by ICE. Six more weeks of fascism.
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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bookshop.org
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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chestrovert.bsky.social
Thinking about how Mary Poppins definitely gave those kids spoonfuls of laudanum and they were high as balls for the rest of the movie
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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tolcser.bsky.social
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
User @backintimeag: The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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carterforva.bsky.social
They all scream "WHO'S FUNDING THIS" because
1) somebody is funding them, and
2) they can't imagine that we all just fucking hate them for free
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
chip you put this on your website roy.house.gov/media/in-the...
Chairman Jerry Nadler: Very quickly, what do you use semi-automatic weapons for? Rep. Chip Roy: I use semi-automatic weapons to kill hogs. I use semi-automatic weapons for sport in shooting on our property, but I also have semiautomatic weapons- and I'm getting to the point-because a semi-automatic weapon is a weapon that you can use for self-defense. It is a semi-automatic weapon that you can use to defend yourself against home-invaders, but also, let's be clear, against tyranny. The gentlelady is talking about the Second Amendment in the context of hunting, as if my rights are reduced in the Constitution to a .410 or a single-shot or a lever action .22, as if that was what was expressly put forth as how we're supposed to be defending ourselves. Chairman Jerry Nadler: You said that you could use a semi-automatic weapon to fight tyranny, you mean you'd use it against American troops? Rep. Chip Roy: The very existence of the second amendment is designed purposefully to empower the people to be able to resist the force of tyranny used against them to step over their natural rights given to them by God. That is why the Second Amendment exists, that is very specifically why the Second Amendment exists. Let's be very clear about that.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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razzball.bsky.social
Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
skohare.bsky.social
Yep.
enrich12.bsky.social enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 17d
We wouldn't use ICE memes, would we?
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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enrich12.bsky.social
We wouldn't use ICE memes, would we?
January 24, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
genuinely stunning image
Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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maxnesterak.bsky.social
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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infinitescream.bsky.social
AAAAAAHHH
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM
skohare.bsky.social
1/17/26
Half moooooon window with bare trees
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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infinitefinite.bsky.social
sarcasm, motherfucker, do you speak it
January 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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timothypmurphy.bsky.social
gotta say, the vice president saying "watch this" about a video that ends with a dead mother being called a "fucking bitch" is [unprintable]
January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
This was written before today's video release, but this NY Times article is a really good rebuttal of the administration's lies that Renee Good's vehicle was a threat.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Geoffrey Alpert, an expert on police use of force at the University of South Carolina, reviewed a video that captured the shooting at the request of The New York Times. “The way you evaluate this is you look to see what’s the imminent threat to life, and there is none,” he said. “She’s leaving.” “Look at the wheels on the car, they are turning to the right, and all he has to do is step out of the way,” he said, referring to the federal agent. “She’s jacking the wheels all the way to the right.” “This is what we call officer-created jeopardy,” Mr. Alpert added, noting that the first agent to approach the car had escalated the situation, whereas local police officers are generally trained to de-escalate tense confrontations. Jeremy Bauer, a forensics expert in Seattle who has testified in police shooting cases, also reviewed the video. He noted that the officer who fired his gun is obscured at certain points, making it hard to tell whether the car had ever made contact with him. The officer is positioned in front of the car before it starts to turn, he said. And the street was slippery with ice, giving the officer less control of his footing. That the officer fired more than once was also significant, Dr. Bauer said. “If you’re able to keep aiming at something that is moving by you, then you have some innate knowledge that it’s moving by you and not running over you,” he said.
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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petemrogers.bsky.social
jonathan ross “feared for his life” yet calmly filmed the entire interaction & never set his phone down, even when murdering renee good
January 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.

When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."

REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.

Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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petefrasermusic.bsky.social
This case really is as good an example of a black and white moral test for news organisations as you’ll get, and many of them are failing it.

You cannot both-sides a factually unequivocal event unless you use ‘a lie’ as one of those sides.
sturdyalex.bsky.social Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Jan 8
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."

REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.

Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
*The WELL State of the World for 02026 is off to the races.

https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/561/State-of-the-World-2026-with-Bru-page01.html
The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky
The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky
people.well.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM