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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Jake Low @jacobylow.bsky.social · 16h
FYI, here’s my alt version of Rey I did several years ago.
Ink and marker sketch of Rey with a yellow saber staff and her hair down.
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Maia @meetingyourmaker.bsky.social · 10h
Day 1 - Clown. Last Clowns Standing #Reyloween
Ben and Rey as survivor clowns.
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aparnarajesh.bsky.social @aparnarajesh.bsky.social · 11h
Everybody need joined #blockthemerger or #undothemerger www.change.org/p/undo-the-p...
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Sign the Petition
Undo the Paramount-Warner Merger
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“A.I. has to work for the warfighter, and enterprises.”🤔 Yikes— frantic, all over the place Palantir CEO Alex Karp lashes out at reporters over their “stupid” Q’s about A.I. + makes it clear war & enriching themselves are their prioroties (Our Q: “will you pee in this cup?”😬)
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Clakka.bsky.social @clakka.bsky.social · 15h
Esp upon Trump's 'morally enforced', 'superintelligence' deal with Techbros, we are truly trapped. 75% of internet traffic is now Techbro Social Media & AI slop. Destroying, truth, trust, faith, hope & peace, one person at a time, super fast, now billions of folk foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/m...
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Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back.
A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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gal 🌿🛏️💚 @peculiargalaxies.bsky.social · 23h
...I spent way too much time on this and I have zero regrets. #reylo 📚🐁🦋💕
mockup of a newspaper front page: THE REYLO TIMES. special issue, September 2026. the main headline is THE RATS ARE WINNING, accompanied by an image of a white rat with pink hearts sketched below it. the other front page text includes: The Love Hypothesis, Olympus U: projects in Hollywood and 'audio fantasy' overrun. Ali Hazelwood announces Love Hypothesis sequel: The Two-Body Problem. Movie already in development.
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SallieMay97🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇧🇪🇫🇷✡️☪️ #jesuisunesaleconne #blockthemerger @salliemay97.bsky.social · 22h
#BlockTheMerger #FireDavidEllisonandDavidZaslav #FireTheDavids #CanceltheMerger #NoConcession ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
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Tara O’Connor @taraocomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
Joyce Carol Oates 
This is why Al-generated romance novels make perfect sense. Formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, so to speak; what difference does it make if a machine "writes" it? There are machine-made clothes & there are custom-made clothes. They appeal to different consumers.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who thinks Jack Smith is awesome?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
This is wrong: Trump and Republicans in Congress gave BILLIONS in tax breaks to Big Tech companies building AI data centers. So YOUR tax dollars are subsidizing their AI data centers — at the same time you pay higher electricity and water bills.
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Dr's Smite and Evil, Inc. 🧬🦋🧪 @porgs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ALI ANNOUNCED THE SEQUEL ON SEPTEMBER 29TH (THE FAKE DATING EXPIRATION DATE) TOO I CANNOT 😭😭
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Isabella🦋 @evendia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a very ironic way this meme has become real. 🙃 #Reylo #TheLoveHypothesis
A comic strip of a dog refusing to hand over a ball with the caption of "Reylo? No Star Wars. Only Reylo" written on top of it.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
- The best music in your life was music you didn't expect; it did something different that you did not know you needed, so you can't "prompt" for it - The emotions music brings out can be feelings you didn't know you needed to express. - Music is a cultural experience between listeners too.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just gonna leave this here. For reasons.
A poem and a drawing. The poem starts at the top left of the page, is titled "Humanities" and is made up of a set of 6 haikus. The first and last ones are on the left side of the page, but haikus 2-5 are increasingly indented, The text of the poem reads:

Who needs history?
Literature? Languages? 
Art? Philosophy?

These can only help
    you to better understand
        our humanity.

Best to let machines
    read your books. And write your books.
        Do your art for you.

You will never need
    to think. Never need to learn.
       You’ll learn to like it.

And when the end comes
    you’ll have never burdened your
        soul with any growth.

Someone selling this
sees profit in destroying
your humanity.

-- John Wyatt Greenlee

The drawing is at the top right. It's a black and white ink pen drawing made of abstract shapes and lines. It might look like a tree made of bird heads.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The feeling of questioning whether or not something is AI as part of its destruction of all visual art
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Reylo Whatcha Reading Wednesday @reylowrw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What Reylo fic are you reading today? Drop a link, leave a shout out, & scream some love into the galaxy! #reyloWRW #reylofic #reylo Help spread the love by reposting posts with the #reyloWRW tag!
Adam / Paterson reading
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aparnarajesh.bsky.social @aparnarajesh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#reylowrw Trails for contentment by @thedinkumreylo.bsky.social A sweet unrest by @ssadghostt.bsky.social Biology (and others made up things) by @peanutbabysith.bsky.social Age of Wolves by @vittra.bsky.social And every day I miss you by @sand-scorpio.bsky.social
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
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We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
Andrew Bailey’s comments come as fears grow that rogue models could take financial system hostage * Business live – latest updates The governor of the Bank of England has said authorities must retain the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage. Andrew Bailey said the risks posed by the rapid advancement of frontier AI models – a number of which have gone rogue in recent months – were “real and increasingly significant” and reduced the ability of society to supervise and intervene when things went wrong. Continue reading...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you believe in any way that the AI bubble exists and may burst in the next two years, this is like George W. Bush signing a "Blame Me for the Housing Market, Please" contract in 2006. Democrats have the opportunity of the century to own this issue.
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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Because nothing screams "we're hard at work making AI safer" than a White House lunch with other tech overlords where the president insists you call it Super Intelligence.
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OpenAI cancels its advanced model launch, then heads to lunch with Trump
The startup has apologized for several security incidents and canceled the public launch of its latest advanced model. That's not enough.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where did Donald Trump's money come from? For real!
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Where Did Trump's Money Come From?
YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 30/09/2026
A pair of lifelong friends have recently realised they know almost nothing about each other thanks to their autism and ADHD, it has been reported.
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Autistic and ADHD friends realise they have never retained a single fact about each other
A pair of lifelong friends have recently realised they know almost nothing about each other thanks to their autism and ADHD, it has been reported. Ben Espenson, 24, who is autistic, and Naveed…
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been a writer and illustrator for decades, and the rise of genAI slop has only provided further proof that many of the clients who hire creative professionals need them as much for their judgement as they do for their skills.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A big part of the MAGA thing is to never apologize or admit you screwed up. (Roy Cohn’s advice).
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senator Dirtbag Schmitt-head, even Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post is mocking his “perjury gotcha” moment. This is the only thing he’ll ever be remembered for. nypost.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What emerges when you take a deep breath is a picture of what we all know by now to be true. This is not a president who is committed to governing, to public service. This is a smash and grab, and we are the victims. joycevance.substack.com/p/flooding-t...
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Flooding the Zone
Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...
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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Michael Tracey is 38 years old. Being this hateful and misogynistic has aged him terribly.
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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. The legendary Tanya Tucker continues to post videos urging Texans to contact Governor Greg Abbott as the fight over Texas’s massive high voltage transmission line projects intensifies.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. This is wild! For the last couple of days, Patrick Howley has been confronting Benny Johnson about being closeted. Today, Benny starts engaging with him and answering questions about his sexual orientation. And Benny totally lies.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Head of Super Intelligence 🫠 "Donald J. Trump, President of the UNITES States"
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Briar 🦋🍂🐀 @briarlily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ALI ANNOUNCED THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS SEQUEL
Cover for The Two-Body Problem, the sequel to The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, showing the backs of the two main characters, Olive, a medium height white brunette, and Adam, a tall black-haired man, with their arms around each other. Olive's hand is in Adam's back pocket. Additional text bubbles read "In hardcover February 2nd", "More good news below", and "MRC is developing a filn based on the book for Amazon MGM Studios".Caption on the Instagram post by Ali Hazelwood: 
Ali says:
Friends! Hi! "I wrote a sequel to The Love Hypothesis" is not a sentence I thought I'd say a year or so ago, but now I weirdly can't imagine a world in which The Two-Body Problem doesn't exist. I'm really eager to talk more about this book and how it came about in the next few months. For now let me just say that the TLJ movie and its cast made me fall for Adam and Olive all over again, that revisiting them was an absolute pleasure, and that I am delighted to show you the amazing cover that @lilith_saur illustrated (I can't believe she and I go back almost a decade by now 😭)

As someone who gets VERY attached to stories and characters, I know that unannounced sequels can be blindsiding, so feel free to skip this book and overwrite it with whatever headcanon you prefer, and I'll see you on the next one! But if you want to read more about Adam and Olive, The Two-Body Problem spans a couple of years, and it's a mix of of slice of life, postdoctoral turmoil, and an unflinching exploration of the hardest challenge one will face in a long-term relationship: deciding what to have for dinner. If you pick it up, I really hope you enjoy 💙

And: Nothing is guaranteed, but MRC is developing a film based on The Two-Body Problem for Amazon MGM Studios.

More soon, ily, kthxbyeeee ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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lyssa ✨ @lyssahh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is a real photograph of me
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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aparnarajesh.bsky.social @aparnarajesh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We protection of her
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Their arrogance, in addition to their ignorance and cruelty, will be Trump, Musk, and MAGA's downfall.
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