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Bix, Fella

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Bix, Fella; Bix@Counter.Social Liberal USAF vet. Our country needs much stronger anti-corruption laws. Rock&Jazz & Edgar Allan Poe

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 9h
Why is my search engine buying nuclear power. Why are there like six companies that own every facet of life now.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 11h
so incredibly massively fucking tired of this
Three National guard soldiers walking through a metro station
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 14h
I literally had a white worker tell me he did not want his children to do better than he did because what was wrong with the life he provided? They are incredibly small people.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 16h
I believe that she is a troll, and that she will say anything for attention. But, this is so disgusting that she should be booted off the air, or burned at the stake.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
Mayor Mamdani and others make an announcement at a podium with signage that reads “Child Care for all”Children hold hands in front of signage that reads “Child Care for all”
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 20h
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Putin has a secret plan to crush Ukraine. And the place of honor in his plans belongs to Donald Trump, whose faithful support is essential if the plans are to succeed. www.ft.com/content/cc96...
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Russia’s new drive to crush Ukraine
Moscow’s relentless offensive on cities and ports has halted the country’s grain exports, severing an economic lifeline
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 22h
Hastert wore a flag pin and preached morality. In Republican politics, that counts as passing the background check.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 23h
#CoSoMusic lo-fi fun just uploaded Cheap Trick - Rehearsal 1975 @911-blondie.bsky.social @martywombacher.bsky.social @rustysquirrel.bsky.social @skellyfilms.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiTp...
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Cheap Trick Rehearsal 1975 Pt. 2 Bun E's Basement Bootlegs
YouTube video by Bun E’s Basement Bootlegs
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
My mother got certified in cosmetology and that’s part of how she was able to raise my three brothers and I. These people are assholes who experience the world solely through “takes” hinging on misogyny and the like.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔥 "Down with the Tsar!" Communists in Moscow chanted anti-Putin slogans at a permitted march… leading to ~20 arrests. Why is Putin arresting his rubber-stamping controlled-opposition?? Check out the live today at 15:30 Kyiv time to see what’s going down in Russia.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Absolutely 100% we need to add this to criminal code explicitly
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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Abandoning Texas would be catastrophic for the conservative movement. They would rather burn through hundreds of millions than cut and run.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What's going on now is what would've happened with communism during decolonization if foreign intelligence services didn't stand in the way www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump wants control of South America. If Bolsonaro Jr wins in Brazil, that could become a reality | Steve Bloomfield
The US president has taken credit for far-right victories across Latin America, but those wins have had more to do with fears of gang crime than his meddling, says journalist Steve Bloomfield
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.info
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new.
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brazil don’t be stupid please. We’re stupid enough for the whole of the americas.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It would be interesting to check back in with this guy in like a year or two to see what his thoughts are, given that he has his mom and her friend pouring poison in his ear about how pierre was a white-hating suicide bomber & bad waiter, & the other trucker is still complaining about immigrants
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I had the non-original insight last night that the reason AI naturally hacked to achieve their tasks is bc the oligarchs who created it (based on stolen content) are willing to do anything to make this work, to find a new killer app to replace Facebook.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I had a black Ohioan tell me, "We don't go southwestern Ohio because that is Klan land."
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@beel.bsky.social everything is spooky in October.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FU #Florida -Cuban voters. "Even though Trump is ripping families apart, the other side is worse."
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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You get the sense that so many voters are just bone-deep convinced that nothing bad can ever happen as a result of their vote, no matter who they vote for, like it's all just different flavors of ice cream, some tasty and some awful, but surely none of the ice cream is *poisoned*...
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bix Tip: Always keep spare milk in the pantry.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump-appointed head of DOJ's civil rights office wondering why the most powerful women in Washington are primarily on the left when the current vogue in right wing politics is debating the merits of the 19th Amendment
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Marty Wombacher @martywombacher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
—The Marty Morning Song— “Friday I’m In Love” by The Cure. “I don’t care if Monday’s black…” youtu.be/mGgMZpGYiy8?...
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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Its a beautiful world For you, for you, for you Its not for me - Devo, 1981
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So weird that fuel prices shot up at the start of the #GOPsIranWar
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/r...
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Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing - emptywheel
Russia's interference in the 2016 election is not the past. On the contrary, the latest news shows how much Russian has simply relentlessly pursued the very same plan it put in place starting a decade...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He destroyed the economy of Springfield, OH, yahoo! Go back to being another depressed small city that time has passed by.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
People that believe our world is not hotter are too stupid to pump their own gas. "Do I use the regular or the diesel pump?"
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please, please get vaccinated, it is for people that cannot take the vaccination. One of my gift links: share.inquirer.com/2tgZS8
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A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decades
After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ohio we will be unmerciful in our mockery if you elect this guy
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please, please get vaccinated, it is for people that cannot take the vaccination. One of my gift links: share.inquirer.com/2tgZS8
share.inquirer.com
A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decades
After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ties are fine in the regular season.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh: I really can’t emphasize enough how useful it is to check — literally right now, do it. Likely, it’s peace of mind in a couple of minutes. At worst, you still have time (barely) to remedy it.
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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff doesn't get to run for president cause I don't trust another Dem to win his seat.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 03/10/2026
looking at trump’s polling, i am not sure that “donald trump should have a stranglehold on the judiciary for an entire generation” is really the strongest argument for the midterms
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tbilisi now. The 675th consecutive day of protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Agree with all of the below, with this distinction: -Alito is the most *predictably* partisan-R member of the court. -Roberts is the most *consequentially* partisan-R member.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t want to give them my son. After the recent elections, you just lose hope. You stop believing in anything. You’re sitting there in your seventies. You’ve already lived your lives. Please, leave us alone. Let us live. We want our children to know they have a future."
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Bix, Fella @bix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You can never go wrong with Etta or Muddy
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
East of Eden is a series now on Netflix, so I decided to reread. What fun. Steinbeck is very much my man. Grapes of Wrath changed me fundamentally at 13 and here at 40, rereading him for the first time in many years, I am reminded why I wanted to be a writer. I recall how I fell in love with him.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
WSJ has this story about how 73-yo Xi Jinping needed rest time during the summit with 80-yo Donny. It features this picture to show how Xi grabbed his spouse's hand while walking up the stairs. But Trump's inability to walk straight is more noticeable.
A picture of Xi Jinping, his spouse, Trump, and Melania, walking up red carpeted stairs.
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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
School music programs are getting absolutely bodied by tariffs, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
The effective tariff rate on instruments in June was about 13 percent, said Cullen Hendrix, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. That was down from a peak of nearly 24 percent last September but more than twice as high as before Mr. Trump’s second term.
Band and orchestral instruments have been hit the hardest, he said. In the second quarter of this year, imports of instruments were down nearly 20 percent from the same period in 2024. Imports of orchestral string instruments, including violins, violas and cellos, dropped 50 percent. Brass instruments fell 43 percent.

“It’s hitting the horns, it’s hitting the strings, it’s hitting the percussion,” Mr. Hendrix said. “All of those things combined are kind of sapping the available pool of tools that we can provide these children to begin their journey.”
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