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contendinginvain.bsky.social @contendinginvain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I hope you live every day so as to be able to smile like this dog.

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept just one. They promised to take our land—and they took it.” ~Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), c. 1868-70. Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day. Image: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

This sepia-toned image shows a Native American man, Red Cloud, seated and wearing traditional Native dress.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sen. Roger Marshall says he didn't have the pregnant patient arrested over a $50 late bill. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND DEFAMATORY!!! He had her arrested for not showing up to court when he sued her for being late for $50.

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contendinginvain.bsky.social @contendinginvain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks so much for all the follows! I think I got everyone back.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just give peas a chance.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Like a dog

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I give you : the Potoo

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good luck little guys

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When you’re in darkness, look for light. Know that we all go through storms. They end. And we go on

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Corporations: I’ll think about taking one of your annoying “surveys” and answer *your* questions when you go back to having humans in customer service to answer *my* questions.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's Song is "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker, recorded in 1948. Emerging from the Delta but a very different version of the country blues. Hooker's songs are less songs as freewheeling/apt-to-change talking blues stories over percussive often single chord grooves. youtu.be/G4pp02_GN9A?...

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John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen original 1948 version

YouTube video by SonoranDub

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This. This is happy

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Perfect request

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This. This is what it’s about

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Stop. Breathe. Deeply. I know. And it will be ok.

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contendinginvain.bsky.social @contendinginvain.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My spider friend is still on the patio. Her web isn’t as large or elaborate tonight, so perhaps she’s getting tired. Still plugging away though. I feel like there’s a lesson for me there somewhere.

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contendinginvain.bsky.social @contendinginvain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A large (3/4”) spider has taken over my patio. Every night she builds a beautiful 2’ web. Too pretty to knock down. Every morning, a bird has flown through it. Every night, she builds it again. I’m torn between mourning the loss of my patio and admiration for her determination. Admiration is winning

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026

It's hard to fathom that anyone thinks ICE can be reformed or retrained. ICE needs to be dismantled and then cauterized so it can't grow back. #AbolishICE

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026

I mean, seriously. Were there politicians back in 1945 who thought "Yeah we should just reform the Schutzstaffel. It would be politically foolish to say we should defund or abolish them. I bet we can reign them in by re-writing laws that already exist. I'm sure they'll follow them this time."

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I wish Ken Paxton would protect puppies the way he protects pedophiles.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pretty stark contrast between these two candidates for Governor of Tennessee (H/T @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social — who we’re guessing didn’t consult @MarshaBlackburn on the pic choice here😬🤷🏼‍♀️)

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Here. You deserve these

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contendinginvain.bsky.social @contendinginvain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thank you for all the follows! I will follow back as soon as I can!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That's a very good thing. May it hold.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Stunning

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You'd have to be in a cult to think differently.

Social media post:
atheistadam
Donald Trump has stolen an obscene amount of our one
and only lives from us. I'm 48. He has dominated politics
for roughly eleven years now, which means almost a
quarter of my entire life has unfolded with this man
occupying an absurd amount of our collective attention.
Nearly one year in every four that I have been alive. I
fucking resent that. We were never meant to live under this
kind of constant political duress.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For those of you who voted for Trump because you thought government was the problem, congratulations! It is now.

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests" Sounds alot like Earth before humans became a thing.

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goma @soigomaa
Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a
complete untouched paradise, crystal clear
waters, lush green forests, enough food for
everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a
utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here
on earth it's considered a leftist ideology

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Meanwhile anytime somebody arrives on the scene with an idea like "hey maybe we should spend our money on healing kids instead of bombing them" the entire institutional narrative apparatus immediately brands them as a dangerous radical whose ideas will never be popular enough with people to succeed.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Also the planet will become uninhabitable unless we stop burning fossil fuels and it's already heading that way quickly, literal Nazis are at the reins of a nuclear superpower, and our economic system saves its biggest rewards and protections for a South African white supremacist tech fraud.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

PSA: It’s way more insane that corporate-owned Marsha Blackburn could be Governor of Tennessee than that working class champion @francescahongwi.bsky.social could be Governor of Wisconsin— and the fact that the media acts like the opposite is true is them telling on themselves.

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God @thegodshow.com · 09/08/2026

Can I get an amen?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social masterfully handles Trump’s racist post: "He's right. It’s two very different Americas — one where your overlords are 2 people who don't like each other joined just to making billions off you vs. 2 people who genuinely love each other enjoying pancakes…“

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One America, where sociopathic couples opportunistically use each other to get money/power with icy distance. Another America, where affectionate couples actually love each other and enjoy each other's company.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

♥️ @abdulelsayed.bsky.social turns Trump’s racist “two Americas” attack on his wife into a chance to show he’s a loving husband in a good marriage whose wife actually likes him… Every ugly attack is an opportunity — to show who the bigger man is, and who the good guys is in the story.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And the answer is easy enough, I think. We're going to make a society that takes care of people. We aren't going to allow anymore this society that caters to a shrinking number of billionaires and bosses. Call it what you want. Feel however you want about it. We're doing it.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We could have not had deadly fungal storms, but who would PAY for that?

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

At the end of the day it's a simple question: do you like who you are when you're with them?

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I remember every one

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Reminder: progressive is mainstream

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The RNC admits that Donald J. Trump is a pedophile:

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.

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