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How I feel about political candidates

"But Marines have always had elite units that display Nazi imagery" is not the winning talking point you think it is, per this 13-year-old post of mine www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

but brit you don’t understand… he’s OUR Nazi

Acting AUSA Essayli announces charges against the man shot by an ICE officer (who also hit a US Marshal) earlier today. His statement is below. Whether charges will stick remains to be seen. Trump admin prosecutors have lost *multiple* cases in recent claims of assaults on DHS officers.

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I accidentally got a Nazi tattoo.” “Yikes!” “And I’m keeping it.” “Get out.”

Jewish Insider just sent out an email with an article with more Platner info. And yeah, this guy is DONE done.

For Crinoid out loud! Kandace, the newest member of the #HMNS Paleo Lab team, explains the story fossilized in this grand slab of sediment from Germany. Now on display in the Morian Hall of Paleontology. #SeaLily #NotAPlant #FossilsThatArentDinosaurs #hmns #houston #museum #science

ICE increased weapons spending by 700% — including purchases of chemical weapons and guided missile warheads. ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans. Pay attention.

Absolute bombshell from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social: Meta's internal research found that Instagram's algorithms preferentially displayed harmful content to vulnerable teens. I'm glad I left Instagram back when I did, even if it was for other reasons (their anti-LGBTQ policies).

“Citing Portland protesters’ penchant for wearing inflatable frog costumes (or ‘nothing at all’),” Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, “wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be taken as ‘absurd.’” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/9th-cir...

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."

Drives me nuts that things like bike lanes get painted as luxury goods or harbingers of gentrification when making it easy and convenient to get around your city by bike could save low-income households thousands of dollars a year.

Finally! A California Quail that didn’t launch itself into chaos at the mere sight of my camera. Miracles do happen! #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

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When presidents have (and haven't) invoked the Insurrection Act. www.pbump.net/o/trump-want...

Former NFL running back Doug Martin died in police custody: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

3,500-year-old Egyptian military fortress with ancient ovens and fossilized dough discovered in Sinai Desert. Via @live_science #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

Bonjour l'automne ! GM fall ! #photography

I love your work, but with all the darkness around me these days, I need more color, and I love this.

Human artists!? Use one piece to convince people to follow you !

We just live in a john carpenter movie now.

See the difference? 👀 #NoKings

October beauties ~ 🍄

Some details on voters' views of Israel/Palestine more broadly

With alt text. Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Really think the biggest win today aside from just numbers is negatively polarizing the regime of 12-year-olds into fully adopting #YESKINGS as their official stance.

Says something that ICE is willing to take CBS along for a ride. Wouldn't if they didn't expect favorable coverage.

A churchyard homeless encampment was cleared less than 24 hours after the priest received the Toronto Book Award for writing about it

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

NEW: Zelensky hoped to leave DC with commitments around new weapons for Ukraine, but found Trump in a totally different state of mind a day after his call with Putin. One source said the meeting "was not easy," while the other simply said "it was bad."

When RFK Jr gives you an opportunity to talk about historical context and why it matters on the internet, you take it. 🗃️ www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AqwRLh/

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. Stay safe out there.

Honestly the Trump administration is one of the best ways to find out about LGBT+ shows and movies that I would have otherwise not heard of. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

Fuck these impotent trolls.

BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK

- I can’t believe I was hacked. - What was your password? - The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell. - And when was that? - 1234

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Blocking is your friend. You can block whatever official channels, brands, news, individuals, parody accounts. Block block block block block.

Look at these innocent faces 🪶

In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.