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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One of my personal favorite performances of Tim Curry:
Tim Curry as Hexxus in "Ferngully"
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IT’S KENNIE AKA “TINDER THANOS" @kenniejd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
DOLLY AND TIM??!!! WTF IS GOING ON
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Five facts that you should know about the current Cyclospora outbreak.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Knicks only lost one game in the last two months and it was the one Trump went to lmao
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Zohran Mamdani will be mayor for life.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Peabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 www.tmz.com/2026/06/02/p...
A photo of Peabo Bryson singing into a mic
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 26/04/2026
gotta get this burn with the alt text.
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**zellieimani** (verified): 9h
I’ve realized I’m not as invested in celebrity relationships as everyone else.

**brookeobie** (verified): 8h
This has nothing to do with investment in celebrity relationships. It’s about the socialization and behavior of men —across class— and the lack of any male counter to that socialization, particularly among Black men, and particularly those who date Black women who have already survived abuse from Black men. If seeing an abused Black woman be mistreated by yet another Black man were as upsetting to Black men as it is to us, we might fck around and interrupt patriarchy in our community
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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Kolya Flower @kolyaflower.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
what more can be said
Tim Curry looking fine as hell in red robe with white collars and cuffs, tugging up to show a little boot, Gameboy in hand

Caption: tim Curry with his Gameboy on the set of the Three Musketeers (1993)

reply post from chiliconcarnage:
cunt levels off the charts
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
as a non Christian I am wildly impressed by how well they predicted Trump in the Know Your Antichrist section of the Bible
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halcyonrising.bsky.social @halcyonrising.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This soft launch of Ovi’s retirement is starting to piss me off* *makes me really sad and I don’t want to think about it
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Defector @defector.com · 07/04/2026
I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...
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I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector
There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is a clip from Usher's "Behind the Music," aired 2010, and it will tell you a lot about what people would just say on television not very long ago
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halcyonrising.bsky.social @halcyonrising.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
MICHAEL B MOTHERFUCKIN JORDAN
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I don’t know that the world deserves Black art but we sure do make it anyway. With excellence.
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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 11/03/2026
Don't believe the lying-ass paid promotions disguised as "news articles" that claim the organizers of the Target boycott have called it off.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….
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Benjamin Easter, Free Palestine @pighway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Another friend I know who is an American Citizen has been detained by ICE and is 1000$ short of his family’s goal for legal representation. www.gofundme.com/f/help-olive...
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Donate to Help Oliver Fight His ICE Detention , organized by Valeria Maldonado
Hello everyone, On February 4th, 2026, our loved one was detained by ICE in… Valeria Maldonado needs your support for Help Oliver Fight His ICE Detention
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/02/2026
Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to god, I'm going to say, ICE out. We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans.
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halcyonrising.bsky.social @halcyonrising.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Goddamn. I love her.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make it viral.
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The Opinionated Lab 𓅄 @opinionatedlab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If only we could have seen this coming…
List of all the years the polite Blue fascist party happily gave ICE huge amounts of money.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I really painfully struggle with the fact that the Republicans, Democrats, the media and so many other institutions act like Trump is extremely popular and not one of the most widely unpopular administrations in history after less than a year.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Don't stop talking about us:
Palestine, Congo, Sudan.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 26/10/2025
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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halcyonrising.bsky.social @halcyonrising.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This hurt my heart
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved): Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm! Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...
A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹 This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨ Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌 youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​
YouTube video by Kidzuko
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 30/09/2025
Black people actually did call all of this, so did Indigenous people. White people just thought we were exaggerating because you were fine with the violence toward communities that you thought wouldn't include you. But the thru line from eugenics, bleach, and Ivermectin to here was incredibly clear
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 18/09/2025
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna would require an overhaul of FCC ownership rules - Poynter
The proposed sale would exceed the FCC’s 39% cap, igniting debate among broadcasters, unions and press groups
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
im getting really tired of everything being bad bc like 12 ppl can't fill the hole in their hearts despite being billionaires
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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 14/09/2025
Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.
the trans pride flag
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Anyway, seems like the white community should really do something about all this white-on-white crime.
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a man stands in front of a wall that says nba finals on it
Alt: A black man walks away
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Sidney Morss @sidneymorss.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
the unfortunate cost…
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 10/09/2025
“the recent event is justification for what we are already doing”
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2025
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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halcyonrising.bsky.social @halcyonrising.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Sometimes it's the weight of the day. But relief comes at night.
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 05/09/2025
Wild that even the NRA understands that when the gov't arbitrarily decides who no longer gets to have rights, it's the start of the slippery slope. The NRA is still awful, but I'll be slightly impressed at this one thing for a few minutes. How bad must your policies be when the NRA is like "Nah."?
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Mel Broussard Singer-Songwriter @melbroussardmusic.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
The truth about how much money musicians can make on streaming platforms. If you see local musicians playing live... Go out and support them. 🎵🥁🎸🎹🎤🤘 #Musiciansky #Musicsky #Blueskymusic #indiemusic
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