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River

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Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl. She/Her. Seeking validation, but in a chill way.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Biden's presidency and the aftermath we're living through should be enough to destroy the "let's the turn page, let's look forward, let's move on" mantra that has animated centrist Democrats for decades now. Accountability matters. There has to be a reckoning.
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Jocelyn Fox @jfoxtales.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Meryl Streep releasing a movie where she plays a character based on Anna Wintour (that had an incredible opening weekend btw) and then using her platform to boycott the Met Gala is another reason why she is a queen! 💃
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled her workplace sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit two weeks before it was set to go to trial. I’m relieved we don’t have to do Depp v. Heard again and I’m glad that her suit exposed a Hollywood smear machine that also influences politics and beyond.
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River @swiftriver.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Last Jedi is the best of the sequel trilogy. People's inability to let Disney escape the formula means that the sequel trilogy will always be a mid trilogy. The Last Jedi showed a willingness to break from tradition and build something new. "Let the past die, kill it if you have to."
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
BREAKING: Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is introducing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Supreme Court Justices. The ROBE Act would establish 18-year term limits for justices.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
An agenda for Supreme Court reform: - 18 year term limits - Expand the court to 13 Justices - Binding ethics rules - Congressional limits on what the Court can rule on per act of legislation We need to change the composition of the Court, but also its role. The Court has far too much power.
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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A lot of Star Wars fans come up to me and ask me to say "Luke, I am your father." And I'll remind them that the quote is actually, "No, I am your father." Then I use the force to choke them within an inch of their life while they weep and beg for forgiveness. - James Earl Jones
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Ben Hart @pavlovforgoths.com · 04/05/2026
walkable cities are also shittable cities
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For a city to be walkable. It must also be sittable.
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#every time I read this phrase the same thing happens#I read it as shittable and go wait that can't be right#oh right they were talking about public benches that makes more sense#but public bathrooms available without fees should also be a thing tho#cities should definitely be shittable#it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME

it must also be shittable
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Emma Jean Kitty @emmajeankitty.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Contributor: An emergency room is no place for immigration enforcement In a real-world California hospital, one resident was forced to discharge a patient with poorly controlled diabetes back into ICE custody. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: An emergency room is no place for immigration enforcement
Hospitals have largely cooperated with ICE rather than protect patients and staff.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
thinking we maybe should have been a little meaner to the confederacy after the war
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
2 data center developers pull Seattle plans amid opposition, talk of ban
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2 data center developers pull Seattle plans
Four companies had approached Seattle City Light with data center proposals, but two have since been withdrawn.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 01/05/2026
Brian Harpole, Charlie Kirk’s former security chief, sued podcast host Candace Owens in federal court, accusing her of spreading an “obviously fabricated” theory that he conspired to kill Kirk.
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Charlie Kirk’s Former Security Guard Sues Candace Owens For Spreading Conspiracies He Was Involved In Assassination
Brian Harpole, Charlie Kirk’s former security chief, sued podcast host Candace Owens in federal court, accusing her of spreading an “obviously fabricated” theory that he conspired to kill Kirk.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
What an evil piece of shit. I cannot wait to take over.
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Greg @gsarafan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
we dont throw away perfectly good food in this house! we put it in the fridge and wait for it to go bad and THEN throw it away. as is good and proper
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/05/2026
There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thank you to the families for standing with us through all of this. The court has to end this useless delay so we can pay them. “It just seems like the courts are enabling an abuser to continue to abuse,” said Robbie Parker, who lost his 6-year old daughter Emilie Parker in the Sandy Hook shooting.
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Texas court pauses Infowars deal as Sandy Hook families push back on delays
A Texas appeals court has paused an InfoWars licensing deal with satirical news outlet the Onion as Sandy Hook families push to lift the stay.
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some of Seattle's top NIMBYs live in the Laurelhurst neighborhood, where they have managed to force Seattle Children's Hospital patients coming by life flight to land a MILE AWAY from the hospital and transfer to ambulance because NIMBYs don't like the noise. www.tiktok.com/@voterondavi...
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Rich NIMBYs are delaying lifesaving care for kids so they don’t have to listen to helicopter noise. This is what happens when NIMBYs calls the shots. It’s got to stop.
TikTok video by VoteRonDavis
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
they are rewarding uselessness and punishing talent and this needs to be stopped right now
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
AOC tells PabloReports that the reinstatement of the agent who shot Renee Good is a reminder of why Democrats should not give ICE and CBP a dime. AOC: Every single person that that man encounters is in just as grave danger as she was in.
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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I took a class on negotiation from Harvard & one of the things they teach is that even a tiny, quick amount of small talk / friendly social noises really do make even important business negotiations go better. It very much is about establishing that you're both basically friendly, decent humans.
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homoquartz: i've warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.
as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it's just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we're small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, "i'm not here to hurt you. here's something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we're on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i'm being light- hearted and non-threatening right now.""
small talk isn't to get to know a person. it's just a greeting to affirm you're buddies in the universe.
i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

owlskitten: When I was a kid and would go hiking with my dad and sibling on vacation, every time we would pass another group, my dad would do the smile and nod and "hey". And then after we'd turned a corner, he would say more quietly, "I must make friendly social noises so they do not eat my young" and my sib and I would crack up laughing.
Gotta remember that we're mammals under it all.
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Citizen X @mayoubhappy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Okay, my landlady is on the warpath. I'm behind on April's rent and I have May coming up. Which means I have a week to get 3k in or I'm unhoused If you can donate and help, that'd be great: paypal.me/tormentedart... If you want to get something in return there's tormentedartifacts.com
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Pay Tormented Artifacts using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/TormentedArtifacts and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/04/2026
Step one: DON'T FUCKING GIVE "AI" YOUR CREDIT CARDS JESUS FUCK WHAT ARE YOU THINKING www.wired.com/story/the-ra...
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The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards
AI agents may soon be buying your stuff for you. The FIDO Alliance has teamed up with Google and Mastercard to try to ensure that shopping in the near future isn't a complete disaster.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Palestinian Media Forum has praised international broadcasters that have chosen to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest, describing the move as a stand “with truth and humanity” amid Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260428-pal...
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Flint @colonycollapse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
In case you were wondering if the Dems were going to capitulate to their corporate overlords in a hasty attempt to return to the status quo, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just answered that question.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The licence of a Nepal doctor has been suspended after a death from an abortion. The clinic and an associated pharmacy were not registered to provide abortion. While abortion is legal and free in Nepal, many still cannot access it and turn to unlicensed facilities.
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Nepal doctor’s licence suspended after abortion-related death
The Nepal Medical Council found the clinic was not registered, and the procedure was compromised.
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River @swiftriver.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Guys like this are why Palantir has been able to worm its way into so many governments. They love being superior to their neighbors and will vote to monitor them. They will inevitably ignore when bad actors misuse the technology. Technology can not save us. Robust public transportation will.
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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy anniversary of this not happening
Screengrab of a Twitter post about Marvel weirdo Joe Russo predicting a fully AI movie by April of last year
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Very happy for my trans siblings in Australia.
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MemeStar NSFW @memestarnsfw.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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onion person @junlper.beer · 24/04/2026
everything needs more COLOR. stop making the world we interact with and observe everyday BORING
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.
exchange on X 

Christoffer Bjelke @chribjel 
We hired a junior developer to write the simple code, so we don't have to spend a ton of money on tokens for those basic/primitive tasks

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Great, so now we're optimizing LLM costs by inventing employees again.
Full circle innovation.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Over the past 20 years, Seattle lost the Sonics thanks to the stewardship of Howard Schultz, saw dozens of stores close while the company engaged in apparent union-busting, and steadily reduced its local headcount. There's coffee everywhere, Seattle. Spend your money elsewhere.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 21/04/2026
amazon and anthropic announce an ouroboros dick sucking session
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Fun fact: The Onion's acquisition of Infowars was an almost 2-year long process that cost a shit ton of money. Much more fun fact: You can show your appreciation by subscribing to the Onion for $9 a month AND get a print copy delivered right to your doorstep. membership.theonion.com
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Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/04/2026
BREAKING: The so called 'SAVE' Act has FAILED in the Senate and will not become law. I wrote this piece on how in reality, this is the Voter Restriction Act to prevent women from voting. It is fascism and would have installed Trump as a permanent dictator. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-save-a...
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The SAVE Act Will End Voting Rights for Women in America
The SAVE Act has passed the House—we cannot let it pass the Senate
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River @swiftriver.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Do not come to the US. We do not have robust train systems. ICE is prowling the streets. Our president is a facist. Just watch it at home. Or better yet, do not support FIFA which is a garbage org anyways.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Mr Buster lived on his chain living on the cold concrete for years. Complete neglect as he was "Vicious and dangerous" according to his owners. Just look at this big gentle baby boy now!
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Unions lobby against VA governor’s changes to labor bill. "...Spanberger wants to delay collective-bargaining rights for local govt. employees... until 2030. ....[and] give governor-appointed members of the Public Employee Relations Board a much larger role..." www.courthousenews.com/changes-to-v...
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Changes to Virginia labor bill could gut worker rights, unions warn
Amendments proposed by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger could delay collective bargaining and impact the makeup of a labor oversight board, among other changes.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
In the 80s My grandfather tried to kill my grandmother by shooting her with a shotgun when she told him she was leaving him for beating her. Unfortunately this is not the most uncommon thing. Men are really scary sometimes.
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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What’s unfolding across the news is heartbreaking. When we name them, we remember them 🤍 Dr. Cerina Fairfax, Pastor Tammy McCollum, Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, Ashly Robinson (Ashlee Jenae), Qualeshia “Saditty” Barnes, Davonta Curtis, Barbara Deer, Ashanti Allen.
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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
i once threw up at a smashing pumpkins concert and billy corgan has yet to ask me if i’m feeling any better.
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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 18/04/2026
DON'T COME HERE.

 They kidnap people off the streets & throw them in filthy holes. They don’t care who you are.

 They don't care if you're white, either, if you think that'll save you.

 They have quotas. (It’s all about money.) THE US IS NOT SAFE.

 STAY AWAY. news.sky.com/story/englan...
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England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games
The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026
900lb crates full of onions in a field
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ScottCulkin 🇺🇸/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿/🚒🚑(ret.)/🚴/🥁/⚽ @scottculkin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
When you hear "Coachella," you probably think of a music festival. I think of an important agricultural region in SoCal with many Essential Workers who work hard every day to feed us!
California's Coachella Valley.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should be learning from other countries...
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Canadian system has its problems but I would take it any day over the US medical killing system.
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West Virginia dad dies after insurer denied his $50,000 cancer treatment 4 times — 93% of patients face the same delays
The vast majority of patients who require prior authorization from their insurer face delays, which can result in permanent disability or even death.
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Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 17/04/2026
Moby is putting his performance where his heart is. 🧡 He is donating his entire Coachella earnings to support the animal protection movement, and we are honored to be among the recipients! Thank you, Moby, for helping create a kinder world for all beings. 🌱🐔🐷🐮🐟 www.billboard.com/music/music-...
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Moby Is Donating His Profits From Coachella 2026 to Animal Rights Organizations
Moby donating Coachella profits to Animal rights organizations.
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