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space pirate tikistitch⁷

@tikistitch.bsky.social
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KPop stan, wastin’ time on intarnets. Dope Old Person. Warning: I doomscroll US politics. Cutie icon by heymomo.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Excellent instructional video pass it on
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/01/2026
The US Department of Health and Human Services will recommend fewer vaccines for most American children, a move that health experts fear could lead to a resurgence of preventable diseases. cnn.it/44UZM4B
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
JAMES MERRILL
CHRISTMAS TREE
From loes torn hamin Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew— of course I knew - That it would be only a matter of weeks,
That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me,
The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep
Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining —
Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver,
A heart, a little girl, a Model T Two staring eyes. Then angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song
Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead
Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals
Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come — No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear,
Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin.
Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting
About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully!
No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's
Dusk room aglow For the last time
With candlelight. Faces love-lit,
Gifts underfoot.
Still to be so poised, so
Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.
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preternia @preternia.com · 25/12/2025
Hot Toys K-Pop Demon Hunters coming soon.
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Uh oh, look out!
Box art for the Cobra Hydrofoil toy from G I Joe.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Here’s the highest-quality upload of the 60 minutes CECOT segment I’ve found so far: www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w8gyi
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Banned 60 minutes segment on CECOT
Dailymotion video by fond_.mhb423
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/12/2025
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/11/2025
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.
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Ian Casselberry @iancasselberry.blog · 16/09/2025
Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
Excerpt from report on layoffs at Rolling Stone, including TV critic Alan Sepinwall.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
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Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
About to watch an IMAX screening of Spinal Tap II at the Chinese and the entrance is appropriately epic for such an event.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Jesus Christ. It's depressing how many of these I'd forgotten about.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Me, looking at timestamp: This seems like a long time to get to the joke Me, watching for 15sec: I am absolutely watching this whole thing
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/08/2025
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Really psyched about this episode. @davedaley.bsky.social is one of the best analysts of right wing election subversion out there. He goes big on Trump's effort to ban mail voting, the Texas gerrymandering scheme, and other ratfucking, connecting the dots. Don't miss this one. You'll learn a lot:
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16/08/2025
Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
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OκULTRA XP🧿, writer for The Economist @0kultra.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
It keeps happening
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
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Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000
The Night of the Hunter underwater shot
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Journalism lesson for reporters: Antoni has "alleged" accuracy concerns. There is ZERO reason to believe he cares one iota about accuracy. Don't lie to your audience by asserting that he does.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/08/2025
Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week
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Fires, Storms and Blazing Temperatures Forecast for Western US
Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I don't understand how anyone can justify this www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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David Jenkins @david-jenkins.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Before you spend money on that auction, please know that those are only props and costumes. They hold no magic. The coolest things are the things you made around the show. I’m ambivalent about auctions around Our Flag that don’t benefit an independent artist or larger cause.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
A newspaper wrecked on purpose.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Democrats need to ban the word "distraction" from their vocabularies forever. @taraemcg.bsky.social and me on why the "Epstein is a distraction" impulse reflects deeper problems within the party: newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Trump seems empowered by his settlements with Paramount and other media companies... but the WSJ was not deterred by his threats, and today staffers are expressing pride in the publication for running the story despite the president's aggressive attempts to squash it
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
As promised, in light of the WaPo report of Everglades camp detainees being swarmed by mosquitoes in the shower and unable to sleep at night due to being bitten, I want to briefly address concentration camp history and mosquitoes. I won't be comprehensive but will give a few examples. [1/17]
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—but is said to be facing pressure from the White House, with Trump himself calling Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker to object. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...
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Trump's WSJ Epstein Fury
The Wall Street Journal is said to be working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting protest from the White House.
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
TPM goes to church with Pete Hegseth. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ch...
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Fire, Brimstone, and Hegseth: Idaho Christian Nationalists Establish a DC Beachhead
WASHINGTON DC—This past Sunday, Pastor Jared Longshore looked out at his congregants,...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
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Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Awful: Stephen Miller is urging red states to build their own versions of "Alligator Alcatraz." And guess what: Buried in the budget bill is funding that states can try to tap for exactly that. This could become a route to MAGA glory for young GOPers. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1978...
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The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA
Sunshine State Attorney General James Uthmeier is the real brains behind this notorious migrant detention camp in the Everglades. The more barbarities that emerge, the brighter his star will no doubt ...
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Toonami Nation @toonamiswim35.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I think it's important to bring up this post I found on FB a long time ago,Just a Comic Book PSA.
This is a post I read from FB a long time ago,Comic Book fans should read this.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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justine⁷ •ᴗ• @seokjinzero.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
#ITSEp3 gave us some iconic moments: • The 10-second gamasot bokkeumbap • How the soundtrack came to be • What if he flings it? JOIN US!
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Periodic reminder (and this isn't specific to anyone), please check what you're seeing on social media before sharing. Source it. I've been on TikTok to check trends for work, and I'm seeing a lot of random accounts share news about Texas without sourcing, w/ thousands of shares/views.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/07/2025
Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Social Security Administration sends out mass email to all recipients cheering passage of the BBB talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/norms...
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Norms, Shnorms
Late this afternoon Social Security Administration sent out an email, seemingly to...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I knew it! “Some companies may actually find it profitable to create hassles for complaining customers.” (Harvard Business Review) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
i am wrecked
The late DFL House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, along with their dog Gilbert, lie in state at the MN Capitol on Friday. [shown: two caskets and a pedestal with an urn of ashes] An urn holding the ashes of Gilbert, the golden retriever of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, is displayed with his portrait as the couple lies in state at the Minnesota State Capitol on Fridaya photo of an adorable golden retriever with the caption: After Gilbert failed the service dog training program, the Hortmans decided to keep him as their pet.Corin Hoggard @corinhoggard tweeted a photo of a golden retriever named Cleo and this: 
Cleo is part of the dog Honor Guard at the Capitol today to watch over Gilbert as he lies in state with Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman.
12 golden retrievers will rotate in to make sure two dogs are always standing guard.
Public access starts at noon.
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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
An unidentified person just shot and killed two firefighters in Idaho who were responding to a blaze. Police are now taking sniper fire. I am only telling you this because, unless the shooter is not a white nationalist, the story will disappear by Friday. Nothing to see here...
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