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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

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David Whitaker @repwhitaker22.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When you're in the need of some soul salve. ❤️

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/11/2024

Sound off if you’re still adamantly and unapologetically PRO Ukraine and PRO NATO 🇺🇦

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“Trump and his enablers will not experience non-stop, unimpeded success—as long as there is a vivid, consistent and courageous opposition.” Here are “two historical snapshots to remind us of the depth of commitment required to make a better future.” www.americaamerica.news/p/sacrifices...

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Sacrifices for a Better Future

Two great Americans who escaped slavery have a lot to tell us about how to live now

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

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mojodoctor.bsky.social @mojodoctor.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Transgender, 2-Spirit people are created in the image of God. Read it again.

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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 16/11/2024

Reuniting with old Twitter friends when they join Bluesky:

Merry and Pippin in the ruins of Isengard welcoming their friends, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Yes, it can happen here. No, it’s not what defines America and Americans…yet. Yes, the opposition is larger than the minority that voted it in.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

18M + 1. 💙, Mar🐫

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

Post from Latino pollster Mike Madrid:

“Doing some research for an upcoming article on the last “mass deportation” of Mexicans during the 1930’s.

Over half of those deported were US citizens.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/11/2024

Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 16/11/2024

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 16/11/2024

A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.” We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Alas I did.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Releasing the Gaetz ethics report would “breach protocol”? Really, Mike Johnson? Who cares? It must be released, leaked, whatrver. This is an emergency.

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 15/11/2024

Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The purpose of Trump’s picks are not only to dismantle the government and kowtow to him, but to humiliate senators who would confirm these people while knowing full well how unfit they are.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky

Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here's the post mortem no one's brave enough to write: We actually have a very clear and recent example of how a party comes back from a clear and convincing electoral defeat, and that's the way the Republicans adapted to their loss in 2020.

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ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info · 15/11/2024

I have to agree - this is a nice place.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

“Let’s not be surprised…let’s not wonder why he would choose people who would significantly weaken key institutions of our democratic system…this is not about building the future, but about ripping apart the world most Americans rely on for safety & security.” www.americaamerica.news/p/let-us-not...

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Let Us Not Be Surprised

We should have expected Trump to make clownish picks—even for Defense, Justice and Intelligence—driven by fealty. Are there enough sane senators to stop him from dismantling the government?

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Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Kids to bed. Laundry going.Time to sign 2500 copies of Papa’s Coming Home for @barnesandnoble.bsky.social! What should I binge watch?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My comments in this Salon piece: Forget "the tired and wrong notion 'we' are better than this...Yes, fellow Americans, it can happen here...Plenty will just want to disengage from the body politic, but that’s how Trump and his enablers succeed." www.salon.com/2024/11/13/f...

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Fake nostalgia and skillful propaganda got us here — but there's hope on the other side

An expert panel on how we got here — and how we can survive the dark times and start to build anew

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14/11/2024

There are so many of you joining right now that things may temporarily glitch! If you’re seeing “invalid handle”, this is probably one of those things — see this thread for more information.

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Ashley Rae @ashleyraexo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I'm a Toad girl. 🍄 Hbu?

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Lissy 💍 🩸TROP/ IWTV @twitterlissy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Still trending 😁

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Blimey! @bsky.app has hit 16 million users. Up a million on yesterday👏 bsky.jazco.dev/stats

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Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

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Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com · 14/11/2024

your annual reminder that The Lord of the Rings is a Christmas movie

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

RFK announcement puts a fine point on something I've been trying to articulate and is a theme of the Trump years. It's something I've wrestled with and that a lot of Dem messaging has gotten wrong. Part of what Trump does is constantly divide the country along the lines of pro-system and anti-system

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Caz🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @blackcatgarden.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

🌱 Tidying up the garden is a job for the spring, not the autumn. All these dead leaves & stems provide shelter for overwintering insects like bees, lightning bugs, and moths & butterfly pupa. The seedheads provide winter food for birds. #LeaveTheLeaves #GrowNative #Wildlife #Gardening #Insects

A garden bed with dead stems and seedheads

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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 14/11/2024

speak "⚠️ invalid handle" and enter

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David Whitaker @repwhitaker22.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just when you think you've seen everything!

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14/11/2024

Gently reminding liberal law professors that by participating in Federalist Society events, you are lending your name and your credibility to an organization that is working to undermine everything you purportedly stand for. Cut that shit out. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

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Stop Playing Nice With the Federalist Society

FedSoc is the engine of the conservative legal movement. Why do so many elite liberal lawyers still take its "debate club" act seriously?

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Two people appointed to run the department of government efficiency So it’s already starting with waste

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 13/11/2024

15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫 The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!

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Emily Liu @emilyliu.me · 13/11/2024

rare to have a social network where the CEO isn't the main character and we'd like to keep it that way but for the record, @jay.bsky.team is the CEO of bluesky, jack dorsey is no longer on the board and he owns 0% of the company

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13/11/2024

Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Bluesky keeps freezing because so many people are trying to use it and I think that’s beautiful

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