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@fireflyathon.bsky.social
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Not getting any younger, Pratchett fan, Supernatural forever. UU, cat lady

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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Okay.
For a which medieval creature are you? A brown bat upright facing you with wings spread and a blue border. Caption says bat. You're not afraid of the dark.
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good for her!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lots of good suggestions here.
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aaron @imaaronrobert.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
rip bob mackie 😭🤍✨
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Black, queer, radical, female, femme people & orgs literally diagnosed the problem so well that "them goons are coming" became accepted wisdom and so now everyone thinks THEY had the idea and don't need to acknowledge the work that so-called Woke Movement damn near killed themselves to teach you.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
OMG
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I have recalled the groceries that are in your pantry and which you were probably planning to eat forgive me they’re full of salmonella and maybe broken glass
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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 05/08/2026
What I would give for a capybara to show up to anything I'm doing.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I was way too young when I saw this movie for the first time. This scene scared the bejeezus out of me, but it's so brilliantly done.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh, man, do I want a tomato sandwich right now. What a delightful thread!
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Stepping off of Marcy's "Machine for Fascism" concept, I tried to lay out "The GOP’s Large Hadron Collider for Fascism," all of the right's advantages that don't go away when the current Republican president turns out to be the worst president in history, again. www.thefarce.org/why-trump-be...
The GOP’s Large Hadron Collider for Fascism
Fox News, 24 hours of hate. Not a network with a conservative lean — the GOP’s assignment desk that decides what counts as news for the entire right side of the country, every hour of every day, with nothing on the left built at that scale to compete.
X, rigged for Elon’s pleasure and influence. Marcy Wheeler calls it, “The Machine for Fascism.” A randomized 2026 Nature study put nearly 5,000 real users on the algorithmic feed for seven weeks. They moved right, grew more sympathetic to Trump and to Russia’s position on Ukraine — and switching them back to a plain chronological feed didn’t undo it. The shift stuck.
Meta, running the same play without Elon’s erratic tells. Mark Zuckerberg didn’t just deprioritize political content on Instagram and Threads; he neutered fact-checking and algorithmically choked news distribution, handing the advantage directly to right-wing outrage machines that thrive on engagement over accuracy. Now it’s just basically an AI hell of casual racism and boobs bouncing in your face—forever.
CBS, now Diet Fox. One more legacy outlet that used to be a check drifting into stenography while killing the stories 60 Minutes would likely be telling about the horrific corruption of Trump’s Gilded Age.
Fox’s imitators and AM radio. The infrastructure that reaches the voters who never opened a newsletter or a podcast app in their lives.
The Bro-Cast Pipeline. While Democrats buy billions in ads, conservatives dominate low-information environments—the endless web of comedy, sports, and lifestyle podcasts where millions of politically disengaged voters get passive, low-key right-wing messaging without ever tuning on Hannity.
Local TV and Sinclair Broadcasting. For voters who still tune into local news for traffic and weather, conservative syndicates deliver forced, scripted right-wing editorials directly into living rooms across battleground states—disguised as trusted hometown journalism.

Elon’s money, spent like he’s running a scam, not a campaign. Musk has abandoned the traditional ideas of targeting high-propensity voters. He wants to hook anyone, and he knows that the less informed a mark is, the more Trump-friendly they are likely to be. It seems comical but if you doubt Elon Musk can be successful shamelessly selling people crap based on fraud, think harder.
The money. Flush with Trump’s tax cuts for the rich and an AI bubble inflated beyond all human ken, Republican-leaning donors have outspent Democratic-leaning donors $880 million to $290 million in just the first half of 2026, per a Washington Post analysis. Musk alone has put in roughly $90 million since June. In 2024, his PAC ran an 18-day “$1 million a day” sweepstakes for registered voters — his own lawyers later admitted in court the “winners” were preselected. That’s not the gentle old approach of two candidates shaking hands with somebody’s baby. That’s a mark getting worked.
The Voting Rights Act, finished off this spring. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on April 29, 2026 left Section 2 what Justice Kagan called “all but a dead letter.” States are already redrawing maps because of it.
A neutered FEC. No quorum since April 2025. It cannot investigate, cannot enforce, cannot do anything but watch super PACs and dark money run past whatever’s still nominally on the books.
The lag from Biden’s real shocks. Inflation exploding, Roe dying, and Democrats failing to stop a second Trump term all happened on the last watch. That damage to trust didn’t clear when the administration changed. It’s still being spent down.
Corporate centrists and “Never Trump” Republicans who barely exist as voters but dominate the microphone. The persuadable, Republican-aligned Trump-disapprovers — the actual data says — are 89% already going to vote Republican anyway.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Reposting this thread today as ICE begins their horrific raids on Haitians who have lost TPS.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For anyone taking note of what’s getting posted to the president’s little homepage, I just wish you’d remember that lots of people post to that account, not just the presidential pissbaby, and their stated strategy is to flood the zone with shit, so reposting the shit is actually helping them.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/07/2026
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@amberdreams.bsky.social
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Very much, and they would suck at mine.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Verify your age" I watched Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans in black and white on a big boxy television.
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Eileen Oz @eileenoz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum September Song, composer Kurt Weill
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Please enjoy this prime baby killdeer footage!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 07/07/2026
BIIIIIIG stretch! 🪶 🐣
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Henry George @madkinggeorge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump is on the phone to Infantino right now, demanding he find him 3 goals.
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was thinking about the rise of serialized television and cinematic universes in the era of Everything is a Subscription Instead of focusing on appealing characters and making every episode good (though both certainly happened), they could lock people into a subscription via cliffhangers! Splunge!
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Brosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth
Two banners

First banner reads:

Welcome to the Great Experiment

250 years of American invention - a story still in the making

Two hundred and fifty years ago, America made a bet: that ordinary people with extraordinary ideas could build a nation unlike any before. That bet is still paying off.

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention presents this exhibit in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce - home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the institution that turned creative freedom into economic fuel.

At the Cade, we believe so deeply in thinking and acting like an inventor that we gave it a name: Inventivity.® This exhibit is brimming with it.

The race is well underway, but it's never too late to jump in. So gear up, strap in, and take a lap

GEORGE WASHINGTON April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefito, and humbly to implore his protection and favor

SERVICE

"Let me serve voluntarily; then I will, with the greatest pleasure in life, devote my services to the expedition without any other reward, than the satisfaction of serving my country"

RELIGION

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."

CHARACTER

"To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian."the journey continues from here" with QR codes to Wallbuilders, the American Journey Experience, Patriot Academy, PragerU, and AmericanMinute.comStickers with a QR code to sign up to be a constitution coach with Patriot Academy
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
His decency is sorely missed.
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 04/07/2026
Anyway, Happy Union Victory Day to all who celebrate, as the military successes on July 3 and 4th would ultimately enable the liberation of 4 million enslaved people and the attempt to forge a new birth of freedom on the basis of equality
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The WeRateDogs guy is doing the lord's work. Watch to the end.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm very glad Rep. Kean was able to take time off of work and get treatment for his depression. Rep. Kean also voted for the OBBB, which will kick Americans who need to take a month from work to seek mental health treatment off of Medicaid because they're "able-bodied adults".
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ceasefire strained by unwillingness to cease firing
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Thread
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ahahaha!
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Great story.
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Hiding in the Burgh @hidingintheburg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This cat video should become a rule like Tom's - if you see it, you must repost. So:
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lovefiber.bsky.social @lovefiber.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Call for dishcloths! #knitsky #crochet 🧶 #charitycrafting
Image of yarn, knitting needles, and dishsoap. 

Send dishcloths to:
Each Stitch Counts
1358 Hooper Ave.
PMB 125
Toms, River, NJ 08753
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Solomon is preaching today.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/05/2026
They’re turning the entire federal internet apparatus into a galaxy of phishing sites that are controlled by the president and do not adhere to any federal privacy or disclosure rules.
While I was finishing this piece, I typed passports. gov directly into my browser, just to see what was there. A sign-in page came up: enter your email and we will send you a six-digit code. No State Department seal. No agency name. No privacy notice. Just a black button that says Send code. The owner of passports. gov is the Executive Office of the President, White House Office. The State Department does not own this domain. The security contact field is blank. The first certificate was issued May 5, three weeks ago.
Based on what I can see in the staging environment, the next step will ask Americans to upload their passport photo through a White House-controlled website, on the same Cloudflare account, by the same people, with no privacy notice on file. A passport photo is biometric quality. Linked to your identity through Login.gov. Collected through infrastructure the White House owns, sealed from public view. They are building it this week.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
thedreydossier.substack.com
I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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Yarn Over Hook @yarnoverhooksocial.com · 27/05/2026
Turn your yarn stash into kindness. 💛 Download the free Sea Moss Soap Sack crochet pattern and join our Summer Stash Bash x S.A.C.K. challenge to donate 1,000 soap sacks with soap to local communities. 🧶🧼 yarnoverhook.com/product/sea-...
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Free Sea Moss Soap Sack Crochet Pattern
Make a beginner-friendly crochet soap sack for Summer Stash Bash 2026 x S.A.C.K. Download the free pattern, add unopened soap, and help us reach 1,000 donations.
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My favorite sportscasting duo. I love this clip so much.
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Okay things are getting too serious Join my art club that I just invented We are doing olive this week Make a picture of this olive (I took the photo, no rights issues) Share the picture All skill levels, all media, no AI #OliveArt
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
@cassiopeia7.bsky.social Happy, happy birthday, my dear!
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a group of cartoon characters are celebrating a birthday with balloons and a sign that says happy new year .
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are celebrating a birthday with balloons and a sign that says happy new year .
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 26/04/2026
It's a testament to how fucking useless these guys all are as journalists that a major news item just happened *in front of them* and none of them have any work to do about it
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RoBat out of Hellême @rbelleme.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I have seen one good example of this plate
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
@cassiopeia7.bsky.social @cassiopeia7.bsky.social Almost launch, bb!
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Hot damn! What a play!
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aramtopwitch @fireflyathon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Nigel gets my vote!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
All this could have been avoided with the addition of one person into this administration who has ever read anything besides a tweet
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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