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@qwotedmedia.bsky.social · 2d ago

You asked, we listened. Voting for Qwoted's inaugural Independent Media Awards is now open through 11:59 PM on September 8th. Cast your vote before time runs out: https://www.qwoted.com/the-independent-media-awards/

Have you recently gone to a Job Center in a red state where you went through an ID verification to file for unemployment insurance? I want to talk to you. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

Flood them with issue reports which you can send through Apple Maps:

Fuck Apple. Fuck Google. Chickenshit companies caving in to the weakest president in the history of our country

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.” Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...

Pete Hegseth has forced out Dan Driscoll as Army Secretary. Driscoll was JD Vance's friend at Yale; Hegseth was jealous. Many expect Hegseth will replace him with Gen. Christopher LaNeve: one of the 6 generals who dithered on Jan 6 - didn't call the National Guard, then covered up afterwards. 1/

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 5d ago

Breaking: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned following months of tension with Pete Hegseth on.wsj.com/4ydsav4

Since this is Burning Man week I want to share a spectacle I saw at my second burn back in 2007 when it was still cool. Not my video but I was about a mile away and thought my eyebrows were gonna burn off. Explosion allegedly fueled by 2,000 gallons of expired rocket fuel youtu.be/Wyc6LTVxhJA?...

Crude Awakening Nate Smith Fireball 2007 Burning Man

YouTube video by Mel Halbach (MH)

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Yo Texas

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 6d ago

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: - Dead Kennedys - Son Volt - DMX - Grateful Dead (with Jerry) - Goose - MGMT - Thievery Corp - KRS-One - R.E.M. - Cypress Hill - GRiZ - Pretty Lights - TV on the Radio - Souls of Mischief - Oliver Tree - Brian Jonestown Massacre - Run the Jewels

If you want to know how quickly things could escalate and go from horrible to a world spanning catastrophe, Trump is now going to allow farmers to butcher and prepare meat themselves. Mad Cow disease might be next up. Prions. A word that makes surgeons and epidemologists wake up in cold sweats.

Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.

The instant Lake Ontario was renamed Lake America it became obese, strapped on an AR-15, turned green from algae, forgot how to speak French and lost its healthcare.

Holy fuck

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2w ago

MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE NOW. SCOTUS just allowed the Trump admin to move forward, for now, w/major new restrictions on mail voting ahead of midterms. The order requires states to provide voter lists to the feds & could restrict USPS from delivering mail ballots to voters who aren’t on those lists.

⚠️ ALERT: Trump’s USPS is pushing a last-minute rule to restrict mail-in voting for the midterms, bypassing court injunctions! Don't let them suppress your voice. Request your mail ballot now, return it early, or vote in person. Check vote.gov today! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

USPS pushes final rule on restricting mail voting forward

The federal postal service acknowledges the new rule will impose burdens on states, but says its necessary to help law enforcement hunt for voter fraud.

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Even a little bit helps these guys. It is possibly the most impactful donation you can make to help preserve democracy in America

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2w ago

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

These people are so fucking weird and they deserve to get bullied for the rest of their lives

Black Intellect Media@blackintellect.bsky.social · 2w ago

Meme coins & misogyny: The dildo-throwing trend at WNBA games can teach how the trend, connected to a cryptocurrency group’s moneymaking scheme, is yet another example of online misogyny escalating to real-world violence against women. Reporting by Mariel Padilla 19thnews.org/2025/08/wnba...

This is outrageous. A free press cannot function under constant threats and retaliation from the government. Reporters must be free to hold those in power accountable — without fear of retribution. The assault on the free press must end!

Since when does a witness need the president to ALLOW them to testify? Sounds like witness tampering to me.

Declined MULTIPLE TIMES to seek a security clearance, surely nothing suspicious about that

MS NOW@ms.now · 2w ago

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House, sources tell MS NOW.

I see it too! A little bit “Church Lady” and a little bit “Russian asset”

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 3w ago

there's a little Dana Carvey about her face, i think. been bugging me

can you imagine these fucking imbeciles in 1955 grilling Jonas Salk over the polio vaccine

The five biggest defense contractors spent more than $100B on buybacks and dividends since 2020. I have a simple question for defense contractors: If taxpayers are giving you billions to build military equipment, why are you buying back your own stock? This needs to stop.

Oh nothing. Just @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social the leader of our party in the house spreading right wing talking points. We need new leadership yesterday.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

WELKER: Do democratic socialists belong in the Dem Party? JEFFRIES: What I can say is I do not support defunding the police, I do not support open borders, I do not support abolishing the Senate. We're focused on actually solving the problems hard-working American taxpayer want us to solve ...

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you are on the wrong side of history bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Jeffries stop short of committing to holding a vote to abolish ICE is he's House Speaker next January, but says he's "committed to dramatically reforming ICE ... the masks should come off, body cameras should come on, judicial warrants should be required."

I know it's silly to play "on pace for" games, but Baez is 23 years old. If he has a 17 year career and reaches, say, 10,000 plate appearances, he is on pace to total 10,000 home runs.

MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social · 3w ago

JOSHUA BÁEZ, ARE YOU KIDDING?! 2 at-bats, 2 HOMERS in his MLB debut!

My open letter to David Ellison has unexpectedly gone viral. Here is the full version for anyone who wants to read and share. If you like it, I would ask you to sign to Democracy Docket at the bottom. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

My open letter to David Ellison

You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...

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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.

Every symphony is really just a cover band

POTUS cowering inside a catering truck - who’s got photos??

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In Ankara, Trump .. was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane — an Air Force C-32A — via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals .. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...