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Laura
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Page One in Cincinnati:

“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”

#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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gadyepstein.bsky.social
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
"I asked for their names. They didn't give me their full names," Hestmark recalled of the agents. "They didn't show me their badge numbers. They didn't remove their masks. They simply said, 'We have a warrant for his arrest, and they handed me a QR code, and they put my husband in handcuffs. And they took him and said I couldn't follow." "She was just stunned," Paul said. "She kept asking what was wrong, what did we do? We'd done everything right." "We kept asking them if there was something we could do, if there was any way we could keep her from being separated from the family," he continued. We’re just trying to figure out what's happening, and they're just telling us, I'm sorry. We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders."| • "I had to take my baby, our baby, from his crying mother's arms," Paul said. "We were completely shocked, and I feel like we were tricked," Hestmark said. "We went through every possible legal and appropriate channel. We followed the advice of our lawyer. We were told that our case was straight forward." "He just wanted to be part of this country and for us to start our future together. And he wanted to do it… "Tom isn't in the system. I can't find him," Hestmark said. "I can't call him. I can't put money into his account. The lawyer doesn't know how to proceed because he hasn't been charged with anything." Both said their spouses were able to call them Thursday night, and they believed they were still being held in the basement of the federal building as of Friday afternoon. "She said that she was scared. She was anxious, missed her baby. She just wants to come home," Paul said. "She said the agents themselves were in the detention down in the basement of the federal building, saying, What are we doing here? These aren't the sort of people were supposed to be arresting.” "They hadn't given him anything to eat or any information," Hestmark said. "They gave him a mat and a foil blanket to sleep on." As she was detailing his arrest Friday afternoon, Bilger called Hestmark again from detention. She said he told her they had moved him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center and back but he hadn't slept and still hadn't been processed. "My wife's alone and terrified," Paul said. "My baby doesn't have his mom to hold him. I can't work right…
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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wowcoolrobot.bsky.social
"Captain Planet isn't real but his enemies are" is a skeet that lives in my head rent free
darrylayo.bsky.social Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h
people older than me and people younger than me are equally ignorant of climate change as a global crisis

Captain Planet target audience stands firm
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Designed by Michael Schmidt alongside German not-for-profit farm Rainbow Wool, which rescues and cares for gay rams, "I Wool Survive" is being heralded as the world's first gay fashion collection.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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pymundgenealogy.com
Some people are very very weird
Bluesky screenshot, identifying details cropped: "I don't think the Hebrew language hyperfixating+ripping off an original Babylonian script off is the fault of the hyperfixated and stripped, it's the fault of the Hebrews. that's a really horrific crime, especially to do that publicly on things like altars, just for their own glory, money and fame."
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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jelenawoehr.bsky.social
half of the country literally voted for the No Lives Matter agenda
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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jtp.bsky.social
jesus honly christ
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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cooperlund.online
Realized what this reminded me of - Erick Erickson but Woke
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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scalzi.com
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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cmonmaque.bsky.social
Herzog voice: “Nathaniel Hawthorne said no one can wear one face to themself and another to the masses without forgetting which is true. I wonder if this Hannah Montana struggles with the same conundrum…”
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
i don't think i've ever seen a there/their typo in actual ad copy before. brilliant bit of strategy if the goal is to explicitly target dummies
from their website: a hand holding a cell phone with a chatbot conversation on the screen. the man is asking "Im hosting a party for 20. make something easy but note their is a peanut allergy, a dairy allergy, and no beef. can you make me a recipe?" to the right of this photo the text asks "Create AI-crafted recipes, instantly! Snap a photo or tell AI what you're craving- brand name creates a recipe tailored to your ingredients, guests, dietary needs and more."
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
That would be this, antisemitic and white nationalist activist, who was a cohost of The Charlie Kirk show.
Jack Poso @JackPosobiec Follow The Civil Rights Act was the Treaty of Versailles for white people 1:32 PM • 1/12/24 from Earth • 414K Views 459 Reposts 84 Quotes 3.1K Likes 180 Bookmarks
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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nutedawn.bsky.social
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
bbkogan.bsky.social Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*

The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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pattymo.com
The orc from Return of the King saying “The age of men is over. Now the Jingle Hop has begun.” He is wearing a Santa hat
December 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I have read part II and now I feel like I need to throw my laptop into the ocean.
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
went to the farmers market and now i'm at work. still haven't seen it. still pure. still innocent. focusing on things that are less fucked up (discrimination, police violence).
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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mel.bzky.team
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we got aethelred, aethelflaed, aethelstan, aethelwyne, aethelthryth, aethelgifu!
aethelmaer, athelwulf, aethelhard, aethelburg - and of course there's an aethelbert, too!
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animaniacs yakko pointing to the Bayeux tapestry
February 9, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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kennylogins.bsky.social
angel passing note to crank meme but the crank is advocating tolerance and the angel is announcing “now is the time of the Hater”
February 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
wompanafrank.bsky.social
Hot take: turkey and goose done properly are both extremely tasty. It’s just that most people only make them once or twice a year, if that, so knowing how to do it well is uncommon, and you get no practice.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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raccoonmoose.bsky.social
My expert opinion, after working at homeless shelters and then being homeless, is

Give homeless/unhoused people money

Give money. They’re adults, they know what they need
November 8, 2023 at 5:35 PM
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raccoonmoose.bsky.social
DO NOT call up the homeless shelter on thanksgiving or Xmas to see if you can pass a few plates and show your kids the “reason for the season”

The homeless shelter is not a petting zoo of human tragedy! The homeless shelter is not a drive thru nativity scene for you to enjoy!
November 8, 2023 at 5:19 PM
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lordbusinessman.bsky.social
Anyway you should believe all of the people who defended Nuzzi when they told you this is what they think journalism is
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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derek.bike
good morning, logging on to catch up on what i missed on a serene autumn saturday morning
screenshot of my popular with friends feed that shows a wall of skeets from people who are having a strong reaction to something that someone called ryan lizza did. it seems like it must have been unpleasant
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM