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Sharkhand

@sharkhand.bsky.social
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cynical & political elasmobranch; 3x lawyer; weird left low war den mother; with all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams it’s still a beautiful world

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 8h
"John" is an H-2A worker harvesting apples in Western NY. "We spend our day climbing up and down ladders, filling up a 30-40lb bag full of apples. Because of the Trump wage cuts we're earning less this year than in the past for the same thing. That isn't fair." #WeFeedYou
A New York apple orchard
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 8h
No paywall. Information should be free. archive.ph/wjnFc
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www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
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MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base
From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 23h
They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 9h
I’ve been seeing more police doing cutesy meet and greet events with their robots, I feel the need to remind people: many of these companies deliberately advertise the goodwill departments can get on social media via selfies, and that these are like putting a cute face on a rolling Flock cameras
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Police Robots Are Not a Selfie Opportunity, They’re a Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen
The arrival of government-operated autonomous police robots does not look like predictions in science fiction movies. An army of robots with gun arms is not kicking down your door to arrest you. Inste...
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a big deal. DC fed judge says that DOJ's pursuit (and use) of the state voter files is unlawful, on a bunch of different grounds. And effectively confirms that for the 18 states that submitted files willingly, whoever collected the files at DOJ Civil Rights committed federal crimes.
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Memorandum & Opinion – #51 in COMMON CAUSE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01352) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION re the 29 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and the 32 Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment. See the attached document for details. Signed by Judge Spark...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 09/10/2026
An Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/09/o...
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Ohio political blogger found guilty in explicit Shrek meme trial • Ohio Capital Journal
An Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10h
So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick
A man in a suit, standing on top of a van with loudspeakers on it, flinches as projectiles are hurled at him
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this guide equips street medics & health professionals to respond to some of the common injuries inflicted by police violence
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Protocols for Common Injuries from Police Weapons
These guidelines are intended to equip street medics and health professionals to respond to common injuries inflicted by police violence.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If nothing else, just read the opening paragraphs of the new @vevalenz.bsky.social piece. This sort of casual cruelty, and worse, is so common in U.S. jails/prisons that to most it barely registers as scandalous—but it is, and this reporting really matters: boltsmag.org/california-p...
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 11h
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A black woman in a grey suit with acceptable bangs and long hair says:

Yes, bitch, I'm a real-ass lawyer.
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 11h
The Venn diagram of the similarities between Christian and Muslim religious extremists is a circle. www.cair.com/press_releas...
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CAIR Calls Sec. Hegseth’s ‘Kafir’ Tattoo a ‘Sign of Both Anti-Muslim Hostility and Personal Insecurity’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “kafir” (Arabic for a person who ...
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 11h
Nidal Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down, was radicalized by hearing accounts of PTSD affected soldiers, and has publicly stated he wants to die as a martyr in the war between Islam and America. Fundamentalist religious zealots are not all that different from one kind to the next.
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 11h
A black rabbit in chainmail w/ the caption: 

"YOU'RE SO RESILIENT"

WTF WAS THE OTHER OPTION
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, the Archdiocese of St Louis is *mad*, mad, I see. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Archdiocese sues US government over denied Catholic sacraments for ICE detainees
According to the website of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, religious figures may visit detainees at any time after giving notice to the sheriff’s office. The lawsuit contends that ICE is failing...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23h
In WA State farm workers are harvesting Granny Smith apples. Hector says, "I feel very unhappy about what they're paying us. Last year, we were paid $33/900lb bin. This year they are only paying us $30/bin. It's increasingly difficult to cover my family's expenses. #WeFeedYou
A farm worker hand holding up a granny Smith's Apple
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ItsEasyBeingGreen @itseasybeinggreen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Apparently it's Tim Kennedy (former Green Beret also): www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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EXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources say
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's forces suffered a major battlefield loss in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September when enemy forces ambushed them, killing and wounding at ​least 20 pe...
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Special forces led by Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince suffered over twenty casualties after being ambushed in the Congo, with a popular former UFC fighter among the wounded - Reuters
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 23h
A shackled detainee was thrown to the ground, placed in a WRAP full-body restraint, and carried onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. This is the first time we've seen the device used in Minnesota. If a loved one may have been aboard, full loading sequence is here: youtube.com/watch?v=MEMv2ngB1GI
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tmbhmltn.bsky.social @tmbhmltn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I posted a little while back that no one ever talks about this but I really wonder if people just didn’t see this or store it in their memory
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22h
“Although she knew intellectually that it wasn’t about her, one refrain kept going through her head: “I didn’t deserve this. Why did this happen to me?”
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A 'Gut Punch': Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Tohono O'odham Nation leadership issued a release announcing that they’ve filed an emergency injunction after been informed by CBP that “it intends to remove thousands of Saguaros and other vegetation,” on sovereign tribal lands. The destruction is set to begin on Indigenous Peoples Day.
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRWOMAN

Verlon M. Jose CHAIRMAN

Carla L. Johnson VICE CHAIRWOMAN

Public Service Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Oct. 9, 2026

BORDER WALL CONTRACTORS TO START REMOVING SACRED SAGUAROS ON 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

Nation Files Emergency Injunction with the Circuit Court of Appeals

SELLS, Ariz. - The Tohono O'odham Nation has been informed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it intends to remove thousands of Saguaros and other vegetation in its misguided efforts to construct a border wall. On Monday, Oct. 12, federal contractors will begin ripping out these protected plants that have lived in the Sonoran Desert for thousands of years. The fact that this desecration will take place on Indigenous Peoples' Day is disrespectful to all tribal nations.

In addition, earlier this week the Tohono O'odham Nation filed an emergency injunction with the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop DHS from removing thousands of sacred saguaros on Tohono O'odham land. Nation leadership is demanding that the courts put a stop to this lawless behavior that has already caused irreparable damage to our environment and cultural heritage, all in the name of constructing a costly and ineffective border wall. Known as ha:sañ, saguaros are symbols of the Tohono O'odham shared faith, serving as spiritual monuments to customs and values. The removal of any saguaro is an act of atrocity, as they are considered people by the Tohono O'odham."Trespassing on our land to remove the sacred saguaros is like having masked men break into your house and take away your children," said Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose. "The ha:șañ are our family, as much a part of us as any blood relative. To destroy them by the thousands carves a wound in our hearts that will not heal. We call on all people for solidarity as we work to protect our culture and our land from this useless, destructive wall."

The mighty saguaro not only stands as an O'odham and American icon, it is also a critical part of our ecosystem, providing shelter, sustenance, and deep cultural significance. The saguaro, in Tohono O'odham custom, is akin to a person and any malicious action against one is as if harm is being done to our people. This belief is memorialized in Resolution 21-137 by the Tohono O'odham Legislative Council.

"This is a violation of our sovereignty, of our religious liberty, and of our land," said Chairman Jose. "The Nation will continue to fight to prevent this senseless devastation from going forward and we are grateful for the overwhelming community support we have received."

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P.O. BOX 837, SELLS, ARIZONA 85634

Together We Are Stronger

PHONE: 520.383.2028
FAX: 520.383.3379
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 09/10/2026
last night eyewitnesses saw Oscar Belgal — the man shot by ICE with his 5 year old in the car — discharged from the hospital into ICE custody, with feds speeding off as NYPD cleared the roads for them of protesters. his attorneys don't know where he is; he's seemingly been taken out of NY state.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hahaha.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what goes on Israel... sorry the West Bank which is Palestine. Terrorist invaders surround and try to kidnap Palestinians while armed with axes.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13h
Police arrest leader of India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement before mass protest ft.trib.al/5onXqE9
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Police arrest leader of India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement before mass protest
Abhijeet Dipke was escorted off a flight as authorities crack down on demonstrations in New Delhi
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Abby Ruggiero @ruggie13.bsky.social · 22h
I filmed this at Stadium-Armory Metro Station in Washington, DC this evening around 6:30 pm. He was minding his business waiting for the train, he wasn’t fighting them, but all of them piled onto him without giving him time to react to that many of them surrounding him.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Louisiana. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Children facing the camera | text: ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 09/10/2026
Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good morning. Federal prosecutors in Chicago filed partially redacted documents overnight in the "Broadview Six" case. The redactions appear to include the signature block (including the name) of one of the attorneys representing the United States government:
A partially redacted motion to seal a petition for order authorizing disclosure. One signature block on the document belongs to Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Walsh. The other signature block is redacted.The concluding page of a document in which "the United States respectfully requests that the court authorizes the disclosure of the unredacted Oct. 9, 16, 23 transcripts and related exhibits." The rest of the sentence is redacted. 

One signature block belongs to Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Walsh. The other is redacted.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/10/2026
Trump administration officials, facing numerous allegations of war crimes in its actions ranging from Iran to Cuba, issued punishing sanctions against the ICC that threaten the future of the entire body and its work to hold war criminals and genocidaires to account.
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Trump Administration, Accused of Crimes Against Humanity, Sanctions Entire ICC
Officials announced the sanctions just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a former ICC judge.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21h
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20h
Well folks it happened: a U.S. district court has ruled that Americans no longer have to go through the ATF and register to acquire short-barreled rifles, shotguns or suppressors. This is a massive change to gun laws in this country and also...not likely to change much. I'll explain.
Although the district court’s injunction applies only to plaintiffs and certain other specified 
persons, the Department has determined to exercise its enforcement discretion to create greater 
uniformity, consistent with the Attorney General’s statement today. Consequently, effective 
October 9, 2026, ATF will no longer require individuals to seek ATF approval under the NFA 
before making or transferring short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers, and “any 
other weapon[s]” as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(e). ATF will also no longer require such items 
to be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. These policies apply 
uniformly to anyone otherwise subject to these requirements, not just to the plaintiffs in the 
litigation
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 21h
Go birds.
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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 21h
‘Musk’ is Not an Easy Watch, But It’s Essential Viewing www.contrariannews.org/p/elon-musk-...
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‘Musk’ is Not an Easy Watch, But It’s Essential Viewing
The four-hour documentary paints a scathing portrait of the world’s first trillionaire.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 21h
It’s like they’re addicted to losing. Politics needs new blood & new ideas.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We ​will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Jerna's back! Huzzah!! @nextmooregoscinny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mohammed is fighting for his life. Share and donate! chuffed.org/pay/campaign...
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Help My Nephew Mohammad Survive and Get the Medical Care He Needs
My name is Ibtisam, and I am from northern Gaza, Palestine.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Do what you must to protect yourself. You have value. You are smart & capable.
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Bridesmaids: Pine Needles & Sunshine Quote
Alt: Bridesmaids: Pine Needles & Sunshine Quote
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No words.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Sharkhand @sharkhand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am angry that other books waste my time in comparison.
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