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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

There are many ways in which every billionaire is a policy failure, but the most corrosive and destructive way in which billionaires are policy failures is this: billionaires, despite being unelected and unaccountable, possess the power to control - and ruin - millions of peoples' lives.

The Warner Brother tower posed against a vintage map of Burbank, keeling over, tearing up a huge clot of sod and concrete. Standing atop of the tower, forcing it down, is a sad, spavined donkey in Democratic Party livery. Being crushed under the tower is the California flag bear, with blood pouring out of its eye and mouth.

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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026

The Sophie Cunningham Best of 2026 highlight reel is incredible.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is the only political ad that understands the situation

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

If you're on here telling trans people to shut up and vote, you should be angry that Republicans have manipulated you to such a degree. Why aren't you angry about it

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

You should be angry about this. Everyone should be angry about this.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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The Falcoholic @thefalcoholic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The doorbell rings. You open it and Kevin Stefanski is there with a jersey that seems unlikely to fit you. "Congratulations, you are the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons," he says, slightly out of breath. You giddily reach up to high five him and tear your rotator cuff

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“if you want to look at childrens penises and vaginas then ken paxton is your candidate” is all you need to say

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“are you saying you want to check high schoolers genitals if they want to play sports you goddam freak?” is a free one you can use whenever, i wont accuse you of plagiarism or anything

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“how often do you think about the genitals of other peoples children?” is a simple phrase to say

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“im not interested in your childrens genitals” is just such an easy thing to say

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

first principles, clarice. simplicity. read marcus aurelius. of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? what is its nature? what does he do, this man you seek?

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 08/09/2026

this information has broken my brain

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 08/09/2026

Everything ends here. Watch the new trailer for GODZILLA MINUS ZERO. In theaters November 6.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 15/03/2026

I’m not immature, you’re immature

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big bleat from badsville @djepelgesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time

a picture from the NY Post titled " today’s leftists are possessed by the spirit of France’s 18th-century guillotine-loving revolutionaries" (way too long) that shows Mamdani (the specter haunting Europe) smiling in the sky as a bunch of French people goof around

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Nick Dixon @ndixon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Donald Trump wearing an unusual hairstyle that definitely is not a wig, in deference to Lloyd Christmas of Dumb and Dumber

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

ostentatiously counting out thirteen fresh $1 trump coins for the blue-haired barista, smug satisfaction on my face. oh are you triggered? i say. sir, a small coffee is *seventeen* dollars, she says. lol, i say, lmao. let me hit an atm real quick and ill be back. youre going to be so mad lol

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Booort @senatorgiggity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Why isn't this weird fucker in jail

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Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hire me for more after-the-fact marketing insights

A venn diagram. On the left a blue circle labeled 'People who would read a book' Inside that is a pink circle labeled 'People who would read a James Patterson book'. To the right, not touching any of the first circles, is a yellow circle labeled 'People who would piss on mr beast if he was on fire' Between the two large circles is a very small dotted line, non-existent circle with an arrow pointing to it labeled 'Potential market for a mr beast/James Patterson collaboration'

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CryHavocDOW @cryhavocdow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wow, dude activated her like the Winter Soldier. She is hyped.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dolly Parton lived with a gay man for years. She was a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ folks and a philanthropic champion of childhood literacy and education, vaccines, and the black people in her community. "We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...

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Dolly Parton’s Cautious Politics Resulted in Widespread Affection

Bipartisan tributes demonstrated the success of the singer’s long-running effort to stay out of party politics in a sharply divided country.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

some heroes wear plaid, this man is a hell of an ally, turned the perv’s approach of bothering people in public right back on him while allowing the girl to get a clean exit

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Orville Peck in London: "Dolly was my hero…I think as a gay man coming into country music and feeling sort of alone, the thing that always felt comforting is, like, just knowing Dolly existed in country….made me feel like maybe I had a friend there" 🥺🙏 Via: attitudemag(IG)

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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Neutral in the culture war"

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So being pro-labor, pro-education for the poorest, pro-vaccine, and pro-LGBTQIA is a “neutral” position🤔

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy

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Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Cleaned up this Dolly sketch from a few years ago, mostly to make her hair twice as big, because she deserves it.

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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly was internationally beloved but her death hits Tennesseans differently: she was one of us. I will be wearing black and sitting redneck shiva the rest of the week. Good night, sweet Queen.

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Mr. Deal Closer @primelikedeion.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

😭😭😭

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don’t have much to add to the tributes except to say that she was the rare person who only grew more kind, decent, and compassionate with fame. The best of us. Also, you should listen to this wonderful podcast episode about the global appeal of “Tennessee Mountain Home.” It choked me up.

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Tennessee Mountain Trance | Dolly Parton's America | WNYC Studios

We journey to the center of the Dollyverse: Dollywood. And find much more than we hoped for.

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wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It is always crazy to know that Dolly Parton wrote two all-time classics (Jolene and I Will Always Love You) as part of the same creative outburst. The legend says it was the same day. Most of us will never manage even half of one of those in our lifetime.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A little thread about Dolly Parton, Richard Dean Anderson, and Make a Wish. This was the late 80s. My neighbour's young nephew was dying and had three wishes: 1. Meet Dolly Parton 2. Meet Macgyver (aka Richard Dean Anderson) 3. Go to Disney World

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026

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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Street art in her honor from SE Seattle

A glittery tinsel-fringed illustrated portrait of Dolly Parton on a telephone pole. There's a cartoon voice bubble with a quote from her that says "find out who you are and do it on purpose."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My favorite story is that she anonymously gifted high school band and music programs across the South, especially majority Black schools, with music, uniforms and instruments. We are all made better for living in the era of Dolly Rebecca Parton. May her memory be for a blessing always.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Trump realizing, today, that people will dance on his grave listening to Jolene

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I remember watching an interview with her and they asked her why her imagination library sent books to all children, even those whose families could afford books. She explained that all children should get the same opportunities and means testing was expensive and inefficient.

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wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I always enjoy being Southern because I feel like there are some real fundamental great things that no one can take away from us. Dolly felt like one of those. Now she is gone.

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