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barperflarper.bsky.social @barperflarper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He'd be crossing his fingers as he said it - if they weren't too short and fat.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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barperflarper.bsky.social @barperflarper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Free from 'official' retribution maybe...
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THEE NWMagpie - I Don't Argue With Ppl John Brown Would've Shot @thenwmagpie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I enjoyed Mike Luckovich for years, and then he created this cartoon. I sat and cried for several minutes. Then I cut it out of the Los Angeles Times, and I've kept it ever since. Thank you, Mr. Luckovich.
Mike Luckovich's editorial cartoon showing the 9/11 NY firefighters who died in the collapse of the Twin Towers, finally making it to the top.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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barperflarper.bsky.social @barperflarper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coca-Cola, Kellogg's and Ferrero are keeping our kids addicted to sugar - and suing any government that tries to stop them. Journalists exposed it - now it's our turn. Sign for an EU-wide sugar tax: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-09...
action.wemove.eu
Big Food is making us sick - we need an EU sugar tax!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Big Food is making us sick - we need an EU sugar tax!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Back when I was a young man, CEOs made about 20 times the salary of their employees. Today a typical CEO makes over 280 times more. Here's what we can do about it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🔥 Jon Stewart Defends Democratic Socialism: “When you call it SoCiALiSm, I think it’s a misnomer — It’s about strengthening a safety net for a country that has suffered too long overvaluing capital and money, and undervaluing labor and work. That’s it.”
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What if hostile foreign governments were able to control social network algorithms in the United States, suppressing information vital to our survival as a democracy? That would be weird.
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Every state that hits a record like this makes it easier for the next one. That's how the clean energy transition moves—state by state, grid by grid, proving out what critics said couldn't be done. Colorado just did it. Who's next? www.denverpost.com/2026/07/10/r...
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ElleO 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ellohhlo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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RED DOTS REPRESENT TECH EXECUTIVES WHO LIVE WITHIN 5 MILES OF A DATA CENTER

This one struck a nerve.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales was killed by an Iranian strike in Jordan — she was just 19 years old. Our gratitude for her service should not be mistaken for acceptance of her death. We should not be sending our brave men and women like Isabella to die in another forever war.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/07/2026
This is nuts Anyone taking bets on whether Jared Kushner profits from this Saudi nuclear deal? WHAT SHOULD CONCERN US ALL Saudi Arabia could enrich uranium on its own soil under weaker safeguards, and they’ve already said if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, they’ll build one too. What could go wrong?
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yes I can imagine a photographer (unknown) sitting at Canon Beach, Oregon, just waiting for a shot like this. Have a blessed night BlueSky friends.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/07/2026
NEWS: WV GOP Assistant Majority Leader Elliott Pritt has been arrested and charged with enticing a minor after allegedly grooming a 15-year-old through Roblox and Snapchat, then having her meet him in his classroom. GOP leadership won't call for his resignation.
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John Andreini @jpandre52.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I pronounce the argument that Americans need guns to protect us from a tyrannical government officially dead. Kaput. We're living under a tyrannical government and the only people suffering from gun violence are innocent children and civilians. No one's using them against this government.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A large flatbed truck pulled up outside a remote immigrant detention center north of Los Angeles last month. On the truck bed, converted into a mobile stage, a band played protest songs. Huge speakers projected them loud across the desert landscape. (cont.) www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...
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These musicians are providing the soundtrack for anti-ICE protests in LA
Los Jornaleros Del Norte play protest songs whose lyrics reflect the hopes and struggles of undocumented workers as they evade immigration agents patrolling the streets.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 17/04/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is it, period. Trump ran for President to stay out of jail, make money and go after his perceived enemies.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
NO tax on naps. 💤
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Dee 🦋🦋 @do60een.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
As an American. A decision to buy a gun and go sh**t somebody. I get convicted and go to jail. An a health Insurance exec. makes the decision to deny care and kill someone. He gets a bonus.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/04/2026
As people across the country demand Congress reject mass warrantless surveillance, it's clear the pressure is working. But the fight's not over. Keep it up by calling your representative and urging them to vote NO on Section 702 reauthorization at 833-946-2258.
politico.com
GOP leaders delay FISA vote amid GOP rebellion
Speaker Mike Johnson and White House officials are still trying to strike an agreement with GOP holdouts.
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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Exclusive: Nigel Farage Urged To Sack Reform Candidate Who Said 'Islam Is A Cancer' - HuffPost UK No! Reform is a cancer on British culture
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 17/04/2026
The wealthiest and most powerful men on Earth have decided they will happily kill us all, whether with nukes or starvation or disease, to keep from facing the consequences of their lifetimes of crime The Epstein scandal, the warmongering, the worship of money, we're sick of it all Time for change
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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 16/04/2026
It’s cool how the people who control the US government right now just openly take it as a personal attack when the Pope says something like “God will not reward evil men”
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Teacher demonstrates a Van de Graaff generator, which creates high-voltage static electricity to illustrate Electrostatic Repulsion. TT: z_huSain
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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Home decoration nearly 1,800 years ago: a Roman mosaic with an octopus, now displayed at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Found in Villaquejida (León, Spain) and dated to the 2nd–3rd century CE. #RomanArt #Mosaic #AncientRome #InteriorDesign #HomeDecor
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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
i am SO PROUD of this drawing, i’ve been showing it to everyone.. and yesterday i told chat— “this is what it must feel like to be a dog with a cool stick!” 😂 so please… like my cool stick 😆 #art #drawing #coloredpencil #artstudy #ArtBites #sketchbook #Color&Light
a very detailed color pencil drawing of a lamp casting a warm glow on a red wood framed glass door
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
indiandefencereview.com/found-rock-s... #Archaeology
indiandefencereview.com
They Found a Rock Shelter in Egypt’s Sinai Holding 10,000 Years of Human History in a Single Place
A sandstone overhang in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula preserves nearly 10,000 years of human drawings, inscriptions, and debris on a single shared surface.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just want to be clear that when RFK Jr. said in the hearing today that he is “overhauling” the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, it is because this administration wants to reduce the number of services that health insurance companies are required to cover.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Epstein files really show us that we've been underestimating how much men hate women and children.
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Michael Eagle @michaelfulmer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I love this song. "What the world needs now is love sweet love, no not just for some, but for everyone......" My dear Bluesky friends. We have the ability, right now to spread that love. Share it with someone who needs to feel cared for. Just a kind word. A smile. We can do this. 😔
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Shortest Election night party EVER. TWELVE MINUTES after the polls close the AP declares Progressive Analilia Mejia the next Congresswoman for NJ 11!!!! We’re fighting back, baby!
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John Frellington @johndavidfraley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
There is no place in civilized society for RFK Jr. and no place in government for those who granted him his position.
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
BIG personal news: I wrote a book! And it's good. I promise. It comes out on September 15th! So what is I DISAGREE about? It's my answer to the question I get the most: How do you do it?
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Seraphina, reverse (2021), by British sculptor, Michael James Talbot (born in 1959). Bronze Weight 21 kg, 46 lbs Dimensions 13 × 33 × 92 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Botanical inspired watercolours by contemporary artist Sally Ann Langley #WonensArt
Painting of a flowing stylised plant in purple against a white background
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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Let’s count on it!
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isaac @sevier.io · 17/04/2026
12 more states have bills to ban new data centers but Maine passed theirs first. The future is absolutely up for grabs. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers
The Maine legislature passed the first state ban in the nation on the development of large data centers on Tuesday.  The temporary measure, which lasts for 1.5 years, restricts the constructio…
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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Australia's Medicare has its problems, but I'll take it any day over this shit.
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West Virginia dad dies after insurer denied his $50,000 cancer treatment 4 times — 93% of patients face the same delays
The vast majority of patients who require prior authorization from their insurer face delays, which can result in permanent disability or even death.
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F00 @thef00.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just noticed I haven't posted a single of this one from a few days ago. I like this one a lot but Reddit was indifferent #drawing #sketchbook #urbansketching
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gracepeace @gracepeace.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
‪Prof. Eliot Jacobson‬ ‪@climatecasino.net‬ Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 16, 2026 ~ a hard wind "... we now need a 'Category 6' rating for hurricanes with winds of 193 mph (311 km/h) or greater, because global warming is expected to cause significant increases in maximum potential intensity."
yaleclimateconnections.org
Global warming is making the strongest hurricanes stronger » Yale Climate Connections
Recent studies link human-caused warming to more powerful, more destructive storms worldwide.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Like, for example, a Secretary of Defense citing a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction to promote wars of aggression.
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
On his way to steal yo girl (Provided yo girl is a tan-morph female White-throated Sparrow, since each sex of this species has two morphs that mate disassortatively and function like genders with associated behavioral differences.)
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
No, it’s not a painting—these surreal skies are real! This is a rare ‘fire rainbow’ spotted over the Rocky Mountains, created when sunlight hits ice-crystal clouds at just the right angle. Seeing a fire rainbow requires extreme luck.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @eileenforco.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Washington is broken. Current officials are incapable of getting things done that help Americans. We need reform. A first step toward that is ending dark money and limiting corporate funds in campaigns. We need full transparency of political spending.
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