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Cynical optimist & fan of Rush. Cat servant. Mother of Caracals. Wannabe writer/actor. Eater of the weird. Hardcore Carnivore.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4h
Such a good thread both for letting you know what's going on in Paris and for showing standard police tactics. Telling protesters to disperse while blocking all the exits, singling people out with the intent to harm, and using tools that we know cause serious bodily harm? That's the cop playbook.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 9h
@jackohman.bsky.social in solidarity with @anntelnaes.bsky.social a series of protest cartoons by artists who supported Ann when she resigned from WaPo
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 22h
Indigenous artists! Help us make a cool game. Let them know I sent you. Share where you can! Wado! www.montecookgames.com/call-for-ind...
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Call for Indigenous Artists for Between Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying Game! - Monte Cook Games
Celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Dreamwalking, sea-singing, and crow communication. Dangerous gods, difficult choices, and sweet romances. This […]
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A day later, what I’m thinking about is how the people in the audience actually cheered after the crazy man suggested Iran taking out LA or San Diego. WTAF?
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My collaboration with the great satirist, Andy Borowitz @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/unfit-to-s...
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Unfit to Serve
Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made headlines by offering this vision of the military: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” Inspired by this wisdom, we’...
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Neo Nazis rising in Germany. What could possibly go wrong? Meanwhile, here at home, our Bozo Fascist seeks to cling to power by undermining the midterm elections. Will We the People allow it? November is EVERYTHING. Stop the Bozo Fascist and his MAGA flying monkeys. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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Germany’s Far Right Claims Its First Statehouse Speaker Since 1945
After winning a state election last month, the Alternative for Germany is the first far-right party to oversee a state legislature since the Nazi era.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Cornell fraternity sexual assault scandal should spark deep change: ouster of Cornell's leadership, closure of sexual assault clubs (fraternities), real accountability for student attackers. Other universities and colleges must close their sex assault clubs. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n...
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Cornell Faculty Members Signal Deep Anger With University Leaders
The faculty senate plans to vote on a rare resolution of no confidence over administrators’ handling of allegations of sexual assault by fraternity members in 2024.
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G @gpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sums up my feelings. 
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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rape culture.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deadly plague in Russia? Sure. Why not? I'll just wait for the locusts. They should be here any moment 🙄
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
One thing has led to another, and now I have a folder full of news headlines about people getting beaten off. I offer no apology at all.
Woman, 86, beats off supermarket mugger with packet of bacon.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/10/2026
“If I’m racist about noticing you, you haven’t assimilated” has always been the standard.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Respect.
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K. @cygnia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Barcelona. This ain't right.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This seems unwise to me. The victim will get blamed for snitching, not the alleged rapists. Of course, that's often the point of these collective punishments: to scare victims out of reporting. I hope that's not the intention here. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Ithaca Mayor Calls for Moratorium on All Student Event Permits, Including Greek Life, Amid Chi Phi Lawsuit
Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo M.A. ’20 called for an immediate moratorium on all student event and special event permits, including Greek Life events, in a Monday statement. He attributed his decision ...
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Desperate Christian women are turning to "wife school" and similar courses, hoping they can save their marriages. But there is no hope, ladies. The only fix is to divorce your MAGA husband. www.salon.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Wife school can't fix MAGA husbands - Salon.com
A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
L.A. TACO reached out to Brew Ha Ha’s contact email asking if Cameron Collins still supports Trump or regrets it, but there was no response. This is the second time Collins has refused comment when requested by us. The full story: lataco.com/punk-in-the-... By @theglutster.bsky.social
Art in similar style to a punk fest flyer that depicts Donald Trump and Cameron Collins at the center with rows of masked immigration agents behind them. "Silver-dollars over any moral principles" is written at the top. 

Headline reads "Trump-Donating Promoter Behind ‘Punk in the Park’ Tries Comeback With New OC Music Fest"
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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2012 One Direction crazy crazy crazy w/ @jasonlipshutz.bsky.social! -Boat shirts & Bieb haircuts -Watching 'iCarly' for the first time -"What Makes You Beautiful" vs. "Are You Jimmy Ray?" -"One Thing" as Phillies anthem: Still not too late! @patgallen.bsky.social www.billboard.com/music/pop/on...
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How Did One Direction Become Superstars in Less Than a Year’s Time Upon Their 2012 U.S. Invasion? Greatest Pop Stars Podcast Discussion
This Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at One Direction's 2012 of becoming stateside superstars.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The recent arrest of Clavicular on rape charges shows that misogynist beliefs become misogynist actions. This *should* be obvious, but in the world of "cancel culture" hysteria, it's not. Unsurprisingly, MAGA is painting him as the real victim. www.salon.com/2026/09/25/c...
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Clavicular's charges shows the real danger of MAGA manhood
Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Storm trooper thugs marauding across the land. This is the U.S. in the time of Trump. They're in my town, arresting my neighbors. I want them out. VOTE like your country, your life depend on it. We can oust MAGA. But we all have to come out to do it. Stand up. Resist. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Inside the Record Summer ICE Surge That Swept Across the U.S.
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Netanyahu and his evil coalition have turned Israel into a pariah state. Remember that he facilitated Qatari financing of the Hamas nihilist death cult. He laid the groundwork for Oct. 7. If Israelis don't oust him, the country is truly beyond redemption. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/w...
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Netanyahu, Addressing U.N., Denounces Israel’s Critics as ‘Moral Cowards’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also reserved some of his ire for the mayor of the city hosting him, Zohran Mamdani.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also a notable representative of the supposedly independent judiciary and his lovely spouse, Ashley. Please pass the pepper, dear. History will not smile on the polite appeasers, smartly dressed capitulators, and grinning corporate enablers. #RESIST #VOTE
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off #AIslop #graphicnovels #graphicnovel
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Novvel.co Produces Graphic Novel Adaptations with AI Assistance
The Singapore-based startup says its AI-powered platform can halve graphic novel production time and cost. “This is not a self-driving car,” notes CEO Anumeha Bisaria. “It’s more like handing ...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026
Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump at the UN stinking up the place
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE is scouting men driving to work early in the morning, but DoorDashers are most at risk while they drive all day for work. Read more from the ICE Watch newsletter: lataco.com/ice-watch-dr... By @eltragon.bsky.social
A masked ICE agent looks down at his phone. 

Headline reads "ICE Watch: Driving To Work or For DoorDash? They’re Hunting You"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I used to wonder, "How could someone as seemingly reasonable as Cheryl Hines be married to that obnoxious, stupid kook, RFK, Jr.?" Well, now I have my answer:
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As we all expected. CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO reporters are still being denied access to the White House this morning, despite a federal judge ordering the administration to immediately restore their press credentials.
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Politico, MS NOW, CNN denied access to White House despite judge's order
Politico, MS NOW and CNN reporters were barred from the White House, ​just hours after a judge deemed President Donald Trump's ban of the three news ‌outlets likely unconstitutional and ordered their ...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Siri, how can I take that Boston Globe headline and make it worse
Prior to entering law school, in an email to a friend, Velchik described Hitler's
autobiography Mein Kampf as "my favorite book I've read this year" according to correspondence obtained by The Boston
Globe.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026
There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/09/2026
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US Congrats on your space potato @alyankovic.bsky.social!
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 24/09/2026
We're doing infrastructure all wrong. Just a few well placed high speed rail lines, with of course wildlife overpasses in key places, and we'd alleviate some of that highway congestion. But nooooo We gotta prioritize fossil fuels.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA etc
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fuck. The Dead Kennedys were one of the most influential bands on me. While Jello's scathing lyrics and distinct voice defined their message, Ray's psycho-surf playing defined their sound. He made me a lifelong fan of surf guitar.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine thinking people are gonna have the time of day for you after this.
Chris Christie and family enjoy an entire "closed" public beach all to themselves, which had been shut down by his government amid a budget showdown. Not shut down for him, though. Of COURSE not for him. He's special, you proles.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Natalie Harp story started off as a joke, a sign of how pathetic Trump has become. But the latest revelations show that she's really quite dangerous. She knows how to manipulate the doddering narcissist, and it's scary. www.salon.com/2026/09/23/n...
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Natalie Harp isn't a joke — she is Trump’s dangerous enabler
The aide’s constant flattery makes the president’s narcissism worse
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He sounds like a mad dictator -- a Hitler or Stalin or Kim -- threatening to "annihilate" a country he attacked in the first place, sparking a war spreading across the Middle East, all because he believed Netanyahu that it would be over in a matter of days. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump warns U.N. he might ‘annihilate’ Iran as war overshadows diplomacy
The president signed an agreement on Greenland after a speech in which he said domestic politics won’t sway his Iran policy.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We can expect Trump to use his UN speech to once again to demagogue on immigration at home and abroad, just like last year @anntelnaes.bsky.social (from the archives 9/23/25)
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These fuckers have started to appear in my part of Cleveland. They're loud as hell. Our local council ok-ed Flock cameras, which set off a big firestorm, now this. Why? #flock #drones #amazon
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It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
remember to thank Gavin when the network changes its name to the Donald J Trump Cable News Network (DJTCNN)
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Treat enemies like enemies. Crypto is an enemy.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Holding the Line 101: When you're winning, Don't Capitulate. NO CONCESSIONS. BLOCK THE MERGER.
Graphic with 3 emergency Block the Merger actions in Oakland, NYC, LA
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