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Nick Chowske

@nick-from-earth.bsky.social

Hi! I'm Nick, from Earth! (audible sigh) Yes, THAT Earth... Reader, writer, runner, Stay-at-Home-Dad, retail veteran. Millennial. Curmudgeon.

created November 27, 2024

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Yeah, I've been wondering for a while, now, how we should go about a mass deprogramming. Psychology has come a long way since the last Civil War, but I think we're going to need to get the media back into The People's hands before we can do anything else

22/9/2025, 2:05:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel like we need some sort of "scared straight" immersion program that forces these kids to live on minimum wage or something.

22/9/2025, 12:01:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/9/2025, 3:08:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/9/2025, 12:13:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The reason that they encourage us to use "official channels" is that they control those channels, and they know that they won't work.

21/9/2025, 4:23:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I still say the greatest contribution to the entire planet of Earth that Anonymous could ever make would be taking Fox News off of the air.

20/9/2025, 11:23:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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20/9/2025, 5:16:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes, the truth is so painfully obvious that you can't see it at all.

20/9/2025, 4:02:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#boycottSinclair, but also every business that supports them.

19/9/2025, 1:03:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#boycottSinclair, but also every business that supports them.

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19/9/2025, 1:02:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick Chowske (@nick-from-earth.bsky.social) reply parent

He didn't say anything at all; he let Trump say it for him. It's like comedic judo - let your opponents do all of the work.

18/9/2025, 5:44:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's almost like he goes out his way to look like the villain from a 2000s dystopian sci-fi movie.

18/9/2025, 2:29:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#boycottABC #NoKings #DoNotObeyInAdvance

18/9/2025, 1:05:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A month ago, I said we were living in "For What it's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield) and heading straight for "Ohio" (CSNY). From there, it's a short hop to "Strange Fruit" (Billie Holiday). Here we are. Gods, I hate this timeline.

16/9/2025, 5:07:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fun fact: Evangelism was created because it allowed Baptist slave owners to fulfill their Christian mandate of teaching everyone about Jesus without that nasty little section about how converted Christians are spiritually free.

15/9/2025, 2:38:46 AM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel like the Internet has reached that point like at the end of "Minority Report" where (spoiler alert), they're just like, "Maybe this whole thing was a bad idea to begin with," and just pull the plug.

14/9/2025, 3:03:16 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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The fact that clicks somehow translate into actual money cannot possibly be good for the economy.

14/9/2025, 5:19:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I learned this (and a great many other useful tactics) from watching Burn Notice. It's a fantastic educational resource if you have yet to see it.

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12/9/2025, 12:43:40 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/9/2025, 4:54:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/9/2025, 3:42:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/9/2025, 2:47:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As John Mayer so wisely told us nearly 20 years ago, "When they own the information, they can bend it all they want." And here we are, still waiting on the world to change...

11/9/2025, 2:24:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This would have been so much better if it were on Mortis rather than Exegol as was originally intended.

11/9/2025, 2:21:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As the Grateful Dead so wisely put it, "That's right, the women are smarter!"

10/9/2025, 3:05:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"I went Disney World, and all I got was the plague!"

10/9/2025, 1:49:20 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I want to see Disney put a vaccine mandate on their properties just so I can watch DeSantis' eyeballs explode.

10/9/2025, 1:07:07 PM | 30 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The differences between JFK and RFK Jr. so beautifully encapsulate the difference in mentality between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers. 10/10 No notes.

10/9/2025, 1:00:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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10/9/2025, 11:10:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hello Games is the GOAT

10/9/2025, 11:08:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This was the best 2 minutes of my day. Thank you for this.

9/9/2025, 1:47:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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T.A.C.O. Chip-ocalypse lol

9/9/2025, 1:43:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was just remembering the other day how crazy we thought the Tea Party movement folks were. How far we've fallen...

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9/9/2025, 1:34:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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9/9/2025, 1:28:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite thing about Peter Theil is that he's clearly such a douche bag that despite being a billionaire, he can't find anyone to give him a decent haircut.

9/9/2025, 12:14:29 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now, now, now, let's not leave anyone out, here - fuck everyone at @vanityfair.com, too, for bending the knee to these scumbags.

9/9/2025, 12:12:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Breakfast in America is my most favorite album of all time. Sad day.

9/9/2025, 11:40:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love how people today talk about how "advanced" we are, but apparently, 18th colonists had a much better fucking grasp of civics than the average contemporary American.

9/9/2025, 2:06:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hell yeah! #DefundRedStates!

9/9/2025, 12:22:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Goblincore/Cottagecore vibes. I found it's only about a mile walk through the forest to the mall from my house, and now I feel like a medieval peasant on my way to market day whenever I need to go to Target.

8/9/2025, 6:07:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7/9/2025, 12:58:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/9/2025, 3:08:22 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The goal is for Putin to win the Cold War. Every absurd decision made since January directly or indirectly benefits Moscow.

6/9/2025, 3:07:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Huh. Seems this "states rights" powerplay only works when your states aren't completely dependent on blue states for virtually everything. #DefundRedStates

6/9/2025, 3:05:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Covers the lobotomy scars

6/9/2025, 3:02:51 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watching "Drunk History" in real-time

6/9/2025, 2:59:39 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/9/2025, 2:56:14 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(Laughs in proletariat)

6/9/2025, 2:35:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"You know who would make a great head of the Department of Health and Human Services? That dried out old hotdog from the 7-Eleven on the corner." - some knob at Project 2025, probably

6/9/2025, 2:19:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fired? Like out of a canon? Because I deeply support this stance.

5/9/2025, 12:33:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Hoax"

5/9/2025, 3:00:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love it! New England is looking at this, too (minus New Hampshire - they're planning to "Live free and/or die") #DefundRedStates

5/9/2025, 2:54:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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5/9/2025, 2:53:05 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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5/9/2025, 2:13:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also this!

5/9/2025, 1:05:11 AM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here's the video. Spread it far and wide.

5/9/2025, 1:01:22 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles Believe the #epsteinvictims #trump #epstein

5/9/2025, 1:00:02 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope future historians use modern fantasy novel naming conventions and refer to this era as "A Feast for Leopards"

4/9/2025, 1:16:16 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinVictims Donald J Trump is a rapist and pedophile

4/9/2025, 12:16:07 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #epsteinVictims Donald J Trump is a rapist and pedophile.

3/9/2025, 8:10:31 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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3/9/2025, 7:43:05 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

3/9/2025, 7:03:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Disney should institute a vaccine mandate for all of its workers and guests just to spite Ronny DeathSantis. I mean, they kinda should, anyway, but this is at least a solid reason. #DefundRedStates

3/9/2025, 6:33:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #DonaldJTrumpisaRapist

3/9/2025, 6:05:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

3/9/2025, 6:05:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

3/9/2025, 3:59:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

3/9/2025, 3:59:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda: "The worst part is that the government is still in possession right now of documents & information that could help me remember and get over all of this maybe, and help me heal. They have documents w/ my name on them that were confiscated from Jeffrey Epstein's house"

3/9/2025, 3:09:08 PM | 12427 4018 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hopefully, 2026 will be the death of both parties & traditional politics in general. The whole system needs to be stripped down & rebuilt from the ground up. I'm so happy to see all of these socialist candidates making gains. As long as history is repeating itself, we may as well get a 2033 New Deal

3/9/2025, 3:48:44 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which is totally legal now, thanks to his work at the EPA

3/9/2025, 11:28:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kleptotheoligarchy

3/9/2025, 11:27:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every once in a while, I forget myself and dip into the comment section of the NewsBreak app, and by the Gods, I become so disgusted with humanity every time. Half the commentators are bots, and the other half are either agreeing with or arguing with them.

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Hell yeah! #DefundRedStates

2/9/2025, 4:18:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It would be nice if I wasn't reading this while eating as fast as possible on my 15-minute break, as oblivious customers wish us Happy Labor Day, because capitalism won't let my store close even today. I appreciate the gains that were made, but it would be nice if progress didn't stop 100 years ago.

1/9/2025, 3:45:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Newsom got him

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1/9/2025, 2:50:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The day that kid in Texas got off manslaughter charges due to "affluenza" should have been a wake-up call to how bad things would get. We've totally jumped the shark as a civilization.

1/9/2025, 12:35:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We should start a pool on his B.A.C.! I'm going with .21

31/8/2025, 10:02:31 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We should start a pool on his B.A.C.! I'm going with .21

31/8/2025, 10:01:51 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick Chowske (@nick-from-earth.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm still "essential" and have pretty much always had to work on Labor Day. Customers say, "I can't believe they have you working today," completely without irony or self-awareness.

31/8/2025, 2:06:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say

30/8/2025, 2:26:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It appears that it's time to pony up on that "Live Free or Die" motto.

30/8/2025, 12:45:37 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At this point, I'm not opposed to literally burning the House down.

30/8/2025, 3:32:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He never said if they'd be positive or negative changes - just that they'd be dramatic. Probably the most honest statement to come out of this administration yet.

29/8/2025, 10:35:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Choices. Musk and Bezos could have fixed this & Flynt instead of the election and be heroes. Rowling could have kept her trap shut and been one of the most beloved authors of all time. The media could have spoken the truth and prevented our destruction. Every choice has consequences. Choose wisely.

29/8/2025, 2:00:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good thing he's got that drink in his hand, or I may not have recognized him.

29/8/2025, 1:51:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Only after they're born, apparently

29/8/2025, 1:36:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's no cult without him. Vance can't get the numbers.

29/8/2025, 1:34:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is always a choice.

29/8/2025, 1:32:05 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Worst. Timeline. Ever.

29/8/2025, 1:29:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The customers are the underpaid workers - what choice do we have?

28/8/2025, 5:38:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've been following the "Act your wage" philosophy for a year or so (since I was denied the raise I am justifiably owed), and it has been wonderfully freeing.

28/8/2025, 5:26:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Must have used the same Fox News set designers who did Petey Kegsbreath's office/ studio

27/8/2025, 8:15:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Remember folks, if America survives this, we're going to have reset every and rebuild everything from the ground up, because you'd better believe all of our personal, digital and military information will be in the hands of our adversaries and the Tech Bros.

27/8/2025, 2:11:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why does he look like George W and Steve Martin? That's creepy and an insult to Steve Martin.

27/8/2025, 2:10:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The media are 100% complicit and need to be adjudicated as such. Even NPR isn't giving the full story. #resist #NoKings #FightingOligarchy

27/8/2025, 12:55:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They either can't comprehend that every Palestinian they kill creates a dozen more "terrorists," or they're counting on it. Either way, Hell isn't hot enough.

27/8/2025, 12:15:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#DefundRedStates

26/8/2025, 8:10:39 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I find it kind of ironic that Putin and Netanyahu are taking turns with Trump the way he did with Epstein and all of today those young girls. I'd call or poetic if so many lives weren't destroyed in the process. #NoKings #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #PoliceState #PalestinianGenocide #FascismIsHere

25/8/2025, 4:01:15 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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"It's been my experience that Senators are only focused on pleasing those who fund their campaigns; and they are more than willing to forget the niceties of democracy to get those funds." - Obi Wan Kenobi #resist #NoKings #FightingOligarchy

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