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The Purple Octopus

@thepurpleoctopus.bsky.social
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Hi! I like reading, playing cozy games, looking at art, drinking coffee, seeing cool animals, learning about history, mythology, & folklore, and trying to keep plants alive.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 21h
1. Obvious bribe is obvious 2. This is an example of financial narcissistic abuse. 3. Republicans already control the House and the Senate, so he could've given every American $5000 anytime in the last year and a half and Republicans would have rubber stamped it. Promises dangled, promises broken.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 18h
Insanity 😡
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seriously 💥
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Missouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 29/09/2026
We’re proud to join workers with @sbworkersunited to #BoycottStarbucks until baristas win a fair union contract. We’re fed up with unchecked corporate greed and wealthy executives ignoring their workers. Let’s show Starbucks that working people stand together ➡️ buff.ly/aSGuneO
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/09/2026
Stopping the fascists from sabotaging the midterms is what the next No Kings is all about. On October 17, we need millions of people in the streets putting the regime on notice that We The People won’t accept any of Trump’s bullshit: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
VOTE EARLY
OCTOBER 17
NOKINGS.ORG
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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abcdef 🕶️ @onecaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The NFL is owned by rapists and genocide supporters.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/09/2026
Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike on September 30. Christa has spent nearly three decades in solitary confinement after committing her crime as an 18-year-old girl with severe, untreated mental illness stemming from childhood abuse. Tell Governor Lee to stop her execution now.
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Petition | Christa Pike
Sign the petition to support Christa Pike's clemency campaign in Tennessee.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is only happening because a courageous woman filed a lawsuit after the school and police denied her justice. And then you all cared enough to be outraged over what was done to her. Cops, electeds, schools seldom do the right thing until we demand it be done.
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't stop thinking about how many men read that Snapchat and did nothing. How many men in that house knew a woman was being gang raped and did nothing. This is why we say all men. Bc it's your friends, your besties, your fellow frat bros and you do nothing to stop them.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RepubliKKKans Are Bad For America, Vote Accordingly.......💙
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Better things are possible.
Graphic with a quote from KAPOW Handbook, it reads: 

 “Cynicism is for losers.
We can build the world we want to see”

At the bottom, it displays the URL: https://kapow.works/handbook
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/09/2026
Famed social movements expert @chenoweth.bsky.social says you’re doing a great job! Check out our full conversation: youtu.be/vffFEEIVDKc
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How a movement can check an authoritarian, w/ Erica Chenoweth
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026
We need organized people power to win and protect the midterms. At the next No Kings on October 17, we’ll kick off the voting season with our communities and continue to build a nationwide movement ready to activate at the first inkling of election sabotage by the Trump regime.
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/09/2026
Banning Flock and other surveillance companies from tracking our every move isn't a partisan issue. Tell Congress to ban automatic license plate readers at aclu.org/get-flock_out
Two-panel graphic featuring photos of Chad Marlow testifying before Congress with subtitles reading "More than 200 municipalities have terminated their relationships with Flock and other ALPR companies. The question is: Will their Congress join them? The time has come for Congress to prohibit any law enforcement entity who receives federal funding from using ALPRs — without exception."
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hear immigrant children also have heartbeats.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who else is way past impeachment and wants REAL accountability? 🙋‍♀️ I do. Who’s with me? #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026
Instead of standing up to Trump’s deportation and death machine that has brutalized their workers, DoorDash is lobbying for the regime’s legislative priorities — including a bill to weaken DC home rule. Delete your account and app until DoorDash speaks out against ICE’s brutality and violence.
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Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SHACKLE HIM
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/09/2026
Ban Flock cameras. Ban Axon cameras. Ban Motorola cameras. Ban ALL automatic license plate readers. That was our message to the Senate today. The American people agree that it's time for Congress to take immediate action.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 24/09/2026
STOP SCROLLING! It's time to level up your election protection skills. No Kings is training everyday people across the US to protect the vote, and we need YOUR help. Sign up for the next training on October 1. Let's get to work.
VOTE EARLY. ELECTION PROTECTION 201: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 & THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT NOKINGS.ORG
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
@houstonchronicle.com reported at 5:15 p.m. “DPS troopers fired pepper balls toward protesters” who had gathered at the location where ICE shot a man earlier today. Read more: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/local/a...
A 14-year-old boy has his face washed after DPS used pepper balls to clear protesters out of the street near the scene of an I.C.E. shooting at the intersection of Anderson Square and Research Boulevard on Sunday, Sep. 20, 2026 in
North Austin.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Protests have erupted in Austin, Texas after ICE shot 29 year old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.
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Missouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 18/09/2026
🧵 1/5 Confused about what's happening with Missouri's maps? That's the point. Join the call Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 7 PM to find out what's actually happening — and what YOU can do about it. 🔗 buff.ly/pCCLeF6
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/09/2026
We have 217 out of the 218 signatures we need from Congress to force a vote on the Dream and Promise Act. This bill would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of people being targeted by the Trump administration. Urge your representative to become #218 at aclu.org/dream-promise-bsky
"Congress is one signature away from forcing a vote on a bill that would protect over 4 million immigrants. Push your representative to sign on." Image of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty. ACLU logo.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/09/2026
There’s no better time to make sure you and your friends have a plan to vote in the midterm election. 🗳️
Graphic with a design that has a close up image of a ballot box. The graphic reads "There are 50 days until election day!" The number 50 is inside the ballot bubbles.
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The Purple Octopus @thepurpleoctopus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Block the EA Deal. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bl...
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Block the EA Deal
EA’s $55 billion buyout will give foreign investors and Private Equity massive control over gaming and turn the worst anti-consumer practices, like loot boxes and aggressive microtransactions, into ov...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test... McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What's shameful is: Speaker Johnson is not loyal to the constitution of the United States. He should be investigated for falsely swearing his oath of office
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
finished embroidering my jacket :)
a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Quakertown PA MAGA police chief puts a 15-year old girl in a reverse chokehold and SHE is being prosecuted for aggravated assault?! 😡
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