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Hi I'm Troy McClure. You may recognize me from films such as "The Amazing Imploding Submarine" and "I Can't Get Over My X"

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A wall full of mugs arranged in such a way that it looks like the mugs are repeating themselves, creating an uncomfortable illusion

A wall full of mugs arranged in such a way that it looks like the mugs are repeating themselves, creating an uncomfortable illusion

Woe, wall of astigmatism be upon ye

25.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 7941 πŸ” 2569 πŸ’¬ 199 πŸ“Œ 179

the tourettes at the BAFTAs thing, with its lack of clear baddie and its need for sympathy for all and a bit of saneness and restraint, is perfectly designed to send a specific type of (usually american) ultra liberal mental

23.02.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Posting β€œmy lungs got no oxygen and PlayStation got no games” as I start to black out

14.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 1099 πŸ” 392 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Resetera mods are beyond parody

14.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's the problem, they did

13.02.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Would you rather get a bunch of money or be disemboweled by a helicopter

12.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Much like America, I don't think Japan comprehends the rate at which it's burning through decades of hard-earned soft power by openly making it clear they only exist to serve a cabal of Genocidal Nazi Pedophiles

10.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post from @haecnicola on UpScrolled β€œFor months now l've been transparently running a Bluesky account for Fidaa because they kept deleting her for having an IP in Palestine.
This account was an online aid corridor to her family and it has just now been closed by Bluesky.
BLUESKY FACILITATES GENOCIDE.”

Post from @haecnicola on UpScrolled β€œFor months now l've been transparently running a Bluesky account for Fidaa because they kept deleting her for having an IP in Palestine. This account was an online aid corridor to her family and it has just now been closed by Bluesky. BLUESKY FACILITATES GENOCIDE.”

BLUESKY FACILITATES GENOCIDE.

05.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Dril has been banned for doxxing Jeffrey Epstein.

04.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 696 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
I asked 
@AmericanAir
 lines about this…. Complete radio silence.  I want to know that my flight attendants know what to do in an emergency… I do not want to know their political views.  Especially when they display them in an effort to provoke.

I asked @AmericanAir lines about this…. Complete radio silence. I want to know that my flight attendants know what to do in an emergency… I do not want to know their political views. Especially when they display them in an effort to provoke.

It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.

04.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 922 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 22
email from bluesky

Hi, We've reviewed a Post on your account @leyawn.bsky.social and found it violates Bluesky's Community Guidelines on Anti-Discrimination. We protect people's fundamental rights by prohibiting identity-based harm and hatred.

For example:

    Do not attack, harass, or incite hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups based on protected characteristics such as age, asylum-seeker/refugee status, caste, disability, disease, ethnicity, gender identity, immigrant status, race, religious affiliation, sex, or sexual orientation.
    This includes hate speech, slurs, dehumanizing comparisons, supremacist content, conspiracy theories targeting protected groups, and coordinated harassment campaigns.

The following Post was removed:

    imagine showing up to your office job and there's a crowd of people in the lobby heckling you every morning. "no one likes your emails" "your tie is ugly" lol. anyways i think everyone who works for ice should kill themselves

Your post was classified as a Moderate Violation, adding 2 strikes to your account. You now have 2 total strikes.

If you believe this action was taken in error, you can appeal within 14 days by emailing moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Please include context about why you believe this decision was incorrect.

Bluesky Moderation Team

email from bluesky Hi, We've reviewed a Post on your account @leyawn.bsky.social and found it violates Bluesky's Community Guidelines on Anti-Discrimination. We protect people's fundamental rights by prohibiting identity-based harm and hatred. For example: Do not attack, harass, or incite hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups based on protected characteristics such as age, asylum-seeker/refugee status, caste, disability, disease, ethnicity, gender identity, immigrant status, race, religious affiliation, sex, or sexual orientation. This includes hate speech, slurs, dehumanizing comparisons, supremacist content, conspiracy theories targeting protected groups, and coordinated harassment campaigns. The following Post was removed: imagine showing up to your office job and there's a crowd of people in the lobby heckling you every morning. "no one likes your emails" "your tie is ugly" lol. anyways i think everyone who works for ice should kill themselves Your post was classified as a Moderate Violation, adding 2 strikes to your account. You now have 2 total strikes. If you believe this action was taken in error, you can appeal within 14 days by emailing moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Please include context about why you believe this decision was incorrect. Bluesky Moderation Team

according to bluesky, working for ice is a protected class against discrimination lol

26.01.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 6313 πŸ” 1621 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 207

lol this jacket

29.01.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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free speech isn’t legal anymore

29.01.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 5267 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 30

We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason

28.01.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 25057 πŸ” 6031 πŸ’¬ 321 πŸ“Œ 266

Since Oct 7th 2023 only one Congressperson has been censured in Congress for their rhetoric and it was literally the only Palestinian in either chamber. Meanwhile dozens of Republicans trot out each day and say Hitler-level things about Muslims like Ilhan Omar and absolutely nothing is done.

28.01.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 1507 πŸ” 365 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
26.01.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 6438 πŸ” 2230 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 24

In these difficult times, when ICE agents are demoralized by the onslaught of leftist antifa warriors and unsure if they might even come home safely, the least you can do is provide aid and comfort to their struggling wives. They don't have to knowβ€”but it's funnier if they do.

26.01.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

I’d love to show Sam Altman my expensive cask of amontillado stored deep in my family’s catacombs.

26.01.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 490 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

21.01.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9090 πŸ” 3343 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 193

Using this moment to run a defense for Joe Biden is utterly bizarre behavior

22.01.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop arresting Palestine Action supporters, White House tells Britain Sarah Rogers, Donald Trump’s free speech tsar, says β€˜censorship does more harm than good’

BREAKING: White House says stop arresting protestors for supporting Palestine Action

Extremely embarrassing for Keir Starmer, this exemplifies how the ban & arrests for holding paper signs have made the UK an anti-free-speech outlier on the global stage

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

19.01.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 49
Ineptitudinous & just now
Simon, you posted something just now (since deleted? or maybe I just can't find it? that included this statement:
"I realize that things are tense in Minnesota right now, and hard; but l, this community, and the DFL are not the enemy. Trump is, Miller is, ICE is, Putin is. That people there took so much time today to degrade this virtuous mission of ours these last 24 hours since wildly and dangerously off-mission."
Simon, the constant text messages from the party-you know, the ones that essentially scam the elderly (cnn.com/interactive/202...β€”have a really poor track record of delivering resources to candidates, but a tremendous track record of enriching consultants. A recent analysis shows that, of $100 gathered by these text message campaigns, only $1.60 gets to candidates (thenation.com/article/p...). If this is a bad look for institutional Dem fundraising, l'd like to politely suggest that the party commit to no longer doing it. To be sure, I'm in perfect harmony with you on this point: Trump, Miller, ICE, and Putin are the enemies of our party. But do you understand that, with Dem leaders not even deigning to visit Minnesota, we might reasonably infer that the party is less invested in fighting ICE (you know, defending our immigrant neighbors) than Minneapolis activists? Time and again we see Dem institutional leaders fail to use every ounce of their power through every available means to meaningfully obstruct the MAGA regime. (Yeah, including objecting to unanimous consent!). You know, democracy is... actually on the line. More people are going to die. We really just want a party that can pretend to understand these things.

Ineptitudinous & just now Simon, you posted something just now (since deleted? or maybe I just can't find it? that included this statement: "I realize that things are tense in Minnesota right now, and hard; but l, this community, and the DFL are not the enemy. Trump is, Miller is, ICE is, Putin is. That people there took so much time today to degrade this virtuous mission of ours these last 24 hours since wildly and dangerously off-mission." Simon, the constant text messages from the party-you know, the ones that essentially scam the elderly (cnn.com/interactive/202...β€”have a really poor track record of delivering resources to candidates, but a tremendous track record of enriching consultants. A recent analysis shows that, of $100 gathered by these text message campaigns, only $1.60 gets to candidates (thenation.com/article/p...). If this is a bad look for institutional Dem fundraising, l'd like to politely suggest that the party commit to no longer doing it. To be sure, I'm in perfect harmony with you on this point: Trump, Miller, ICE, and Putin are the enemies of our party. But do you understand that, with Dem leaders not even deigning to visit Minnesota, we might reasonably infer that the party is less invested in fighting ICE (you know, defending our immigrant neighbors) than Minneapolis activists? Time and again we see Dem institutional leaders fail to use every ounce of their power through every available means to meaningfully obstruct the MAGA regime. (Yeah, including objecting to unanimous consent!). You know, democracy is... actually on the line. More people are going to die. We really just want a party that can pretend to understand these things.

Simon Rosenberg
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Seriously fuck off. Don't lecture me. Do your homework. Understand what we do here. You and your community acted shamefully today. This is not the right place for you. These posts are insulting. The treatment I got today from people in Minnesota was disgusting. You have no idea who I am, what we do here. Some dude sent some email to a list and the pile on happened. It's ridiculous. What we say and do here every day is that we respect one another. We lift each other up not tear each other down. We stay focused on the mission - beating Trump - and not fighting with one another. We are all playing different positions on the same team. Here we demand respect, dignity - something that your community did not give me today. Literally hundreds and hundred of lying, slanderous posts. I have never been been spoken to or attacked by others in our own family in my entire career as I was today - all for just helping. It was shameful behavior. You are an arrogant asshole coming in here for 5 bucks and lecturing me under a pseudonym, too cowardly to use your own name and image, without having any idea what we do and say here every day. So fuck off and good luck.


Ineptitudinous just now
So you don't have any factual disputes with anything I've asserted?

Simon Rosenberg Author 7m Edited Seriously fuck off. Don't lecture me. Do your homework. Understand what we do here. You and your community acted shamefully today. This is not the right place for you. These posts are insulting. The treatment I got today from people in Minnesota was disgusting. You have no idea who I am, what we do here. Some dude sent some email to a list and the pile on happened. It's ridiculous. What we say and do here every day is that we respect one another. We lift each other up not tear each other down. We stay focused on the mission - beating Trump - and not fighting with one another. We are all playing different positions on the same team. Here we demand respect, dignity - something that your community did not give me today. Literally hundreds and hundred of lying, slanderous posts. I have never been been spoken to or attacked by others in our own family in my entire career as I was today - all for just helping. It was shameful behavior. You are an arrogant asshole coming in here for 5 bucks and lecturing me under a pseudonym, too cowardly to use your own name and image, without having any idea what we do and say here every day. So fuck off and good luck. Ineptitudinous just now So you don't have any factual disputes with anything I've asserted?

Ineptitudinous 3m
User was temporarily suspended for this comment. Hide So you don't have any factual disputes with anything I've asserted?


Simon Rosenberg β€’ just now
Holy shit. What a response. I have suspended you from posting. The disrespect, arrogance, and insults just keep coming. Fuck you guys.

Ineptitudinous 3m User was temporarily suspended for this comment. Hide So you don't have any factual disputes with anything I've asserted? Simon Rosenberg β€’ just now Holy shit. What a response. I have suspended you from posting. The disrespect, arrogance, and insults just keep coming. Fuck you guys.

I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.

18.01.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 1842 πŸ” 352 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 133
jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from
"more training" to "turns out they're untrainable and we have to start all over."
10:24 AM β€’ Jan 12, 2026

jamelle @jamellebouie.net maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from "more training" to "turns out they're untrainable and we have to start all over." 10:24 AM β€’ Jan 12, 2026

I’m glad Jamelle woke up from his six year coma, hopefully he catches up soon

12.01.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 808 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 19

Eclair Force

11.01.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SCOOP: Senate Negotiators Eye Another ICE Funding Increase GOP pushes for even more "operational capacity" while Schumer and Jeffries balk at drawing red lines, fearing "Defund" optics.

Senate Democrats are CURRENTLY negotiating a plan to INCREASE ICE funding by another 10%

09.01.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 917 πŸ” 434 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 278

People call Worf a deadbeat dad without considering that Alexander just had bad vibes

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1/7: i don't think this is quite right in terms of first-order purpose, which is to invite you into the in-group. it's less "this is what we're believing" and more "this is the play we're running, you in?" it's this participatory aspect that makes it so powerful.

08.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

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Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.

We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.

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