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Silence is assent

@stef47.bsky.social
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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 Silence is assent. I voice my dissent every day. We are never not apes, never not mammals.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 14h
You're one of the heroes of my next book.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 17h
Canonical example of NYT delighting in trolling its readers. See also: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-... and the all-time winner presswatchers.org/2022/12/just...
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New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13h
We're now halfway through @kkomaitis.bsky.social's amazing 10 part series on "The Metric is Not The Mission" and each piece seems better than the last...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 15h
Introducing the President of the United States... Yes, you heard right! He just offered up Los Angeles & San Diego for annihilation! Insanity! Approximately 60% of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is based out of the San Diego! California accounts for approximately 15% of the total U.S. economy! Vote blue!
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15h
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST HEAR? The President of the United States, talking about Iran: “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.” Those are AMERICAN CITIES. AMERICAN FAMILIES. AMERICAN LIVES.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 14h
Never thought i'd see the day when a US president called for a foreign nation to destroy two major American cities and people cheered.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
WATCH — Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on Fox: “Obama had contained the Iranian nuclear threat. Trump came in and tore the JCPOA agreement up… and started a war people in the state of Michigan are now paying for.” (Piker: “and never wanted”)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
“You didn’t protect my son!” Netanyahu heckled by the father of a 10/7 victim at a memorial ceremony. (Netanyahu was reportedly warned an attack was coming and did nothing — then said nobody woke him up that morning🤔)
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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 17h
Compare El-Sayed with Hegseth. Hegseth is a beta boy and always will be. We are never not apes.
In human societies:
• Dominance forces compliance because followers fear the consequences of disobeying. It requires constant energy, vigilance, and physical or institutional threats to maintain.
• Prestige attracts followers voluntarily because they value what the leader knows or does.
Followers grant status in exchange for knowledge, guidance, or group benefit.
While dominance can yield short-term compliance, prestige fosters genuine loyalty and long-term authority.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
🔥 WATCH: “The IDF is a military that constantly lies, and gets caught lying. It’s total bullshit.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social shreds Israel’s unsupported claims that hundreds of journalists they’ve killed were actually militants.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h
The White House today prohibited Politico from traveling on Air Force One.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15h
“If you could see what’s inside my head you’d never stop screaming.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h
in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump is upset that Fox News interviewed El-Sayed today
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 18h
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18h
how do you send the guy who clowned himself on crudités out to do this
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18h
Someone told him this was not only illegal (which he doesn't care about) but also an impeachable offense. (Which he does care about.)
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 18h
📌REPEAT: I will ALWAYS hold his repulsive supporters in more contempt than I do Trump. Without them there is no him.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h
If you put Trump on the spot and told him to name all his accomplishments not only would he struggle to articulate a single one in a way that made any sense but he'd be done talking in 5 to 10 seconds Anyone who thinks this man can convince anyone of anything is on every level kidding themselves
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17h
AOC and Bernie Sanders take the stage to address the crowd before introducing The Strokes! All credit to happystrokes on YT for capturing a great moment. Video by Phillip Hawkins
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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 17h
*stares into the abyss*
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Argent @sedahr.bsky.social · 18h
Good evening to each of you, #FiresideFriends and guests, and welcome to the Bonfire Snack Shack's Monday Night (American) Football party. 🏈 Tonight, we share favored stadium-inspired foods, music and wonderful stories of favored players and plays made through the years. 🎶 youtu.be/ATMR5ettHz8?... 🎶
The Bonfire Snack Shack offers a great night of entertainment for beach-combers and sock-hoppers alike. And tonight, football fans get to show their team spirit, too!

Did You See That Play!?!
Oooh, loaded nachos!
What's your favorite cheer?Inside the Snack Shack, it's more intimate but has that nostalgic feel that let's you think you've stepped back in time. Grab a soda, order a malt and onion rings, and put a school fight song on the jukebox to get everyone fired up!Argent and Jaye offer a bit of their own spirit tonight, as they welcome you to the Bonfire.Frenchie and Ramsey talk about the plays and calls those "blind refs" made, and they might be bribed by a plate of nachos or a Chicago dog and a nice bone-broth brew from you.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
Imagine choosing to be this vile and doing it day after day. Megyn Kelly is toxic waste.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump: "But the word 'refineries,' where's Russia's uhhhh rouesing a lot of refineries because of Ukraine. That has to do with a lot of the uh diesel that you're see. Where ours is being. Think of it."
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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 15h
I’m old enough to have watched Republicans spread fear and hate since Nixon. They really did choose the dark side.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 18h
Oh my god, this is horrifying listen to the screams. This is so hard to watch.🤬🤬🤬 Our fucking government
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 17h
**blinks in Melania**
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Paxton’s office has been sending intimidating letters to pediatricians. The division believes you may be involved in misleading or deceptive acts regarding incentives associated with childhood vaccines, which could violate the law. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17h
NASA astronaut & biochemistry researcher Peggy Whitson holds the US space endurance record. Cumulatively, she spent 695 days in #space--the equivalent of a hypothetical round trip to Mars. First woman NASA Chief Astronaut, 2009. #WomenInSTEM #WorldSpaceDay 🚀
A wide-angle interior photograph of legendary astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson floating effortlessly in microgravity inside the seven-window Cupola observatory module of the International Space Station. Dr. Whitson is angled diagonally across the frame with one outstretched arm while smiling confidently at the camera. She sports her signature short, blonde pixie haircut and wears a dark blue and black commercial flight jumpsuit adorned with the prominent embroidered logo of Axiom Space alongside a mission patch on her chest. Behind her, the large, panoramic circular and trapezoidal windows frame a breathtaking, brilliantly lit view of planet Earth below, displaying bright blue oceans blanketed by swirling white cloud patterns. The geometric framework of the spacecraft interior, lined with handrails, switches, and wiring, creates a complex border around the vivid windows. The overall mood is triumphant, serene, and awe-inspiring. This image carries profound historical significance, documenting Whitson's groundbreaking transition to commercial spaceflight as a mission commander, continuing to break age and endurance milestones well into her sixties.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 17h
Rosie O’Donnell: " It’s not that the fascists are coming, the fascists are here. This is an emergency." #VoteBlue
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h
Everything about her and everything about the way he interacts with her and everything about their relationship and everything about the US president going around the world with arm candy decades and decades younger than him is just thoroughly grotesque before you even consider that she's a cultist
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 17h
🗳️ Nebraska, early voting starts October 5! Vote early in person at your county election office. Remember to bring an acceptable photo ID. Make a plan. Know your choices. Make your voice heard. Your vote. Your voice. Make it count #Nebraska #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
🗳️ Nebraska, early voting starts October 5!

Vote early in person at your county election office. Remember to bring an acceptable photo ID.

Make a plan. Know your choices. Make your voice heard.

Your vote. Your voice. Make it count.

#Nebraska #Vote2026 #SheShed
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 17h
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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 16h
Says Dim Trump
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
Faced with outrage over his use of taxpayer money for campaign ads, Trump now says he’ll use his PAC money. Will he pay back the money from ads that already ran? I want proof of what he says, because he’s a lying criminal.
Trump: The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money. This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17h
Megyn Kelly sounds exactly like Donald Trump. Imagine that. It's impossible to express how absolutely vile this is.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
NEW: Republican congressional nominee Brandon Herrera laughed and joined in as podcast hosts spent an extended segment joking about necrophilia and sex with dead bodies. And it somehow got more disturbing from there.
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“Hot Pocket with a Cadaver”— GOP Candidate Joked About Necrophilia
Brandon Herrera joined in during a podcast segment where hosts discussed having sex with dead bodies.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 17h
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17h
Soul wrenching.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17h
"May Block..." My God. www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Schumer warns Democrats may block Trump’s judge picks if they flip Senate
Republicans used their Senate majority to block vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination after the 2012 death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
Trump says Iran should attack American cities: “Let ‘em take out Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 16h
The last Americans to lose their human rights can thank the first Americans who claimed trans people have no human rights .
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
🔥 🔥 🔥
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 16h
Maybe kash patel is going to Russia so he can find an oligarch to pay for his wedding too.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h
As Minnesotans prepare for an uptick in Ice activity, the people united took to the streets of Minneapolis to let them know they are not welcome here.
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