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Tommy Valdez
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So today @safety.bsky.app gave Saeed a lifetime ban despite going out of his way to prove his existence. I don't know what problem @jay.bsky.team has with Arabs, but if you find @bsky.app's draconian and racist targeting bad, donate and email [email protected].
A "More Dunkey" review for Kirby Air Riders OH SHIIIIT.
Kirby Air Riders (dunkview)
YouTube video by videogamedunkey
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November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So, @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team are telling us who they are. We should believe them.
Reinstate Goran NOW. Literally the only thing he's ever used his platform for is posting cool art and fundraising for people trying to survive a genocide.
Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Wait, Goran Gligovic? THAT Goran Gligovic?

The one who does rad art and allows people to use personal pieces for book covers and stuff?

This is who bsky is making a priority out of banning?

www.gorangligovic.com
Goran Gligović
www.gorangligovic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.

Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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OMG people are calling respecting BDS a “purity test.”

It sure is a test. Of your most basic willingness to materially stand behind Palestinian liberation. Lot of people failing.

A lot.

Is it a “purity test” to ask someone not to cross a picket line?
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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"Purity Tests" is just one in a long line of efforts put in by various groups, at various times, for various purposes, to stigmatized accountability and political discipline
OMG people are calling respecting BDS a “purity test.”

It sure is a test. Of your most basic willingness to materially stand behind Palestinian liberation. Lot of people failing.

A lot.

Is it a “purity test” to ask someone not to cross a picket line?
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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"Medicare-for-All would guarantee baseline health coverage for every single American, without co-pays, deductibles, or premiums. It's just there for you," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, explaining why it's better than a public option. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Wow. The Israeli government is now so desperate that it is cutting out the incompetent middleman (looking at you, Greg Abbott) and attacking CAIR directly. What an honor. We must be doing something right. x.com/CAIRNational...
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Rebecca Park went missing on November 3, her body was found in an area already searched near her family's home. I haven't seen this confirmed anywhere yet, but early reports said the baby was missing.

Now police have arrested her sister and fiancé.
Fiancé, sister of missing pregnant woman arrested after body found in Northern Michigan
Rebecca Park was last seen on Nov. 3. She was 38 or 39 weeks pregnant.
www.mlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There's been real fear that Duggan would be a stinker for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, but between this and his refusal to condemn Trump threatening @slotkin.senate.gov ... The opposite might now be true.
Among the many Republican megadonors funding Mike Duggan’s campaign is Richard Baird, who is a former top aide to Rick Snyder and was criminally charged for his role in the Flint water crisis.

Duggan can’t be trusted.
www.metrotimes.com/news/duggans...
Duggan’s campaign draws big money from Trump supporters and wealthy GOP donors
The Detroit mayor’s donations raise big questions about his political realignment as he runs for governor as an independent
www.metrotimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one wants this data center, but Whitmer keeps pushing it. And @jocelynbenson.bsky.social is financially benefitting from this and similar projects.

If you haven't reached out already, DO SO NOW.
Nessel: MPSC under political pressure to pass DTE data center deal
The commission's next regular meeting is Dec. 5 in Lansing, when it could rule on DTE's request to expedite the case.
www.freep.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So sad. My dad knew Sister Phelps. He saw her just a few weeks ago.
Theologian and Racial Justice Pioneer Jamie Phelps Dies at 84
ADRIAN — The Adrian Dominican Sisters have announced the passing of Sister Jamie T. Phelps, OP; she died Saturday at the age of 84. Phelps was a theologian and lifelong advocate for social and racial ...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.

Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless

www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This has real, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” energy.
From the nextfuckinglevel community on Reddit: An engineering student in China made a prototype of a sword that levitates towards you and flies around on command.
Explore this post and more from the nextfuckinglevel community
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November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So, there's a GBBO-style knitting competition called Game of Wool, and it's awful. The knitting community seems to be in an agreement. PLUS, until halfway through the season, they were not compensating the winning knitter despite selling patterns based on their design.

Also, Tom Daley is the host.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Once again tapping the sign that @jocelynbenson.bsky.social is making money off the Saline Township data center. Stabbing Michiganders in the back is not going to help her become governor.

If you don't like Duggan, and don't like our politicians profiteering—go with @garlingilchrist.bsky.social.
Michigan’s Benson has familial, professional ties to company pushing data center project in Saline • Michigan Advance
Ryan Friedrichs, vice president of Related Companies and husband of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, is a vice president in the company that is now pushing the development of a 1-gigawatt O...
michiganadvance.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.

Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?

Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Since @jocelynbenson.bsky.social is financially profiting off the construction of data centers no one wants, I'm glad we have @garlingilchrist.bsky.social in the primary race.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Cancel your Paramount Plus.
This guy is where America is at?
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM