SlimPickins
@slimpickins73.bsky.social
Profile pic is my 2025 mood. Anti fascist who loves history & tries to keep the bad history from repeating itself. Also goes by SteviaDaddy he/him/his
created October 17, 2024
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like the blue team is playing football by the rulebook while the red team is kicking their ass making up their own rules. I hope the blue team refuses to play, especially when the red team needs their help to bail them out of another government shutdown before Sept. 30th
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
‘Walking Tall’ sheriff likely murdered his wife in 1967, Tennessee officials say www.al.com/crime/2025/0...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Wild bees strategically visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates, a study has found. Eight species of wild bumblebees in the Colorado Rockies studied over eight years to develop a comprehensive nutritional map. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@hartmannreport.com
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Republicans are trying to ensure we’ll never have another fair election From an executive order and redistricting to seeking to kill mail-in ballots, the party is conducting an all-out assault on voting rights www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
More than a dozen countries have updated their travel guidance to the US. In Australia and Canada, government advisories were changed to specifically mention the potential for electronic device searches. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Komo Bear 🐻 they/them (@komobeartv.bsky.social) reposted
Just a taste of what I’ve made this year ✨ Don’t forget to pre-nom me for Cosplayer of the Year! avn.com/awards/pre-n...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Under Carney's leadership Canada won’t pay ransom for illegal tariffs—and he’s building a country that never needs permission from Washington again. deanblundell.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
OnlyFans owner paid $701m in dividends as platform readies for potential sale Streaming platform known for subscription-based adult content reports $1.4bn revenue and rising usage t.co/QhZ3Ladopo
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Repent All Ye Empath Sinners! Christofascists are on to you! Even the twitter God Elon Musk told the fascist enabler Joe Rogan that “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” apnews.com/article/cons...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The fascist majority supreme court is allowing the tRump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.” www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
tRump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there's too much focus on 'how bad slavery was' www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Texass is becoming a massive petri dish for all kinds of nastiness, a one stop shop of virus horrors, avoid that fascist state like the plague.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood. He's turning the homes into a compound. That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe. I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Alliances representing giants like Walmart, Target and the major U.S. airlines lobbied for trump's military occupation of DC. In some cases, corporate groups have posed as small business owners besieged by rising crime rates. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
False promises, especially from known liars and lovers in arms tRump and putin. Ukraine was already promised this in 1994 when they surrendered their nukes, It was called the "Budapest Memorandum", look it up. www.bbc.com/news/article...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm always open to being corrupted by someone with a specific corrupting skill set 🤗
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Proof that even Gen-Z isn't immune to the fox news variant of the stupid virus: tRump's approval rating has rebounded with Gen Z voters, according to a YouGov/Economist poll www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
U.S. visitors to Canada outnumber Canadians in U.S. in rare reversal www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
I bet RFKjr's brain worm sent powdered milk to keep all those big balls strong and healthy abcnews.go.com/US/envelopes...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Actually I'm all for tRump giving putin all the rights to Alaska's yellow snow resources. www.newsweek.com/alaska-russi...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The russian asset in chief throws the space nazi elon a bone or gives him a boner, bezo too so maybe a threesome? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
US alcohol consumption at a record low as health warnings grow, survey finds A majority of Americans – 53% – for the first time view even moderate drinking as harmful, Gallup poll shows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The Strongman’s Test Run, and Why the Next Deployment Will Be Bigger, Longer & Deadlier Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him... hartmannreport.com/p/the-strong...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
“Nothing fucks you harder than time” ― Ser Davos
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Ukrainian refugee grows record sunflower in Fort Wayne IN. The sunflower holds deep meaning in Ukraine, where it’s not only the national flower but also a global symbol of peace and resistance. www.wane.com/top-stories/...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month Numbers of return road and air trips continue to fall after trade policy row and threats to annex country www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
elunaxc 🧁 (@elunaxc.bsky.social) reposted
Something from the deep is climbing up my steps—scaled, with bulging eyes that never seem to blink; smiling with too many teeth, as though it already knew my name... "Visitor" Acrylic on canvas
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Please don't show tRump this, it may give him ideas, fancy White House guards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnG...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
If it LOOKS like Christofascism, if it SOUNDS like Christian Christofascism, abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
This year US restaurants and bars have seen weaker growth than even during the Covid-19 pandemic, when restaurants and bars closed due to lockdown orders & one of the weakest six-month periods of sales growth in the past decade. www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/b...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Some Angela Davis history via The Cold War www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMzp...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Koch Industries is a major supporter of fascist politics in the US & Europe so you should boycott the following brands when possible: Paper Products: Angelsoft, Brawny, Dixie, Mardi Gras, Quilted Northern, Soft n Gentle, Sparkle, Vanity Fair. insteading.com/blog/koch-br...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Aging Spreads Through The Body Like An Infection, And This Protein Could Be To Blame "making it possible for several potential avenues for anti-aging therapies." studyfinds.org/aging-contag...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games But many of the games and digital artworks caught in the sweep were unnecessarily censored, developers say www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
2024 Exit polls: 69% of White men, no degree, voted trump. White women, no degree, were not much better, trump 63-35 Voters of Color, no degree, Harris 64-34 Voters of Color, college degree, Harris 65-32 White women, college degree, Harris 58-42 White men, college degree, trump 50-48.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
but its sooo yummy www.allrecipes.com/recipe/21844...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
I like possum pie 🤗
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Please move along, nothing to see here: FBI Officials Redacted References to Trump From Epstein Files: Report. The names of other high-profile figures were also redacted, according to Bloomberg. www.commondreams.org/news/epstein...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
We're definitely in the "let them eat cake" stage in fascist USA, lets hope the guillotine stage comes soon 🤞
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Concerning reason why turbulence on planes is getting worse Skies are reportedly 55 percent bumpier today in comparison to 40 years ago www.unilad.com/news/travel/...
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
TORONTO (AP) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
YouTube to gauge US users’ ages with AI after UK and Australia add age checks, If AI’s estimation is incorrect, YT says it will allow a user to verify their age with a credit card, a gov ID or a selfie. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
"We are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have been in my lifetime, since the end of the second world war. " www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
A little history Wednesday. In 1940 comedian Gracie Allen ran for president on the Surprise Party ticket which featured a kangaroo as its mascot and the slogan “It’s in the bag". Allen suspended the joke campaign a few months before Election Day but was endorsed by Harvard University’s student body.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Minnesota National Guard activated, state of emergency declared after cyberattack against St. Paul kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
tRumps Big Ugly Bill may force your local grocery store to close amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
I'm blaming Mercury Retrograde for everything
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
For First Time In Weather Records Dating Back To 1890, Tampa Hits 100F weather.com/news/weather...
Brooke from Let’s Not Date (@letsnotdate.bsky.social) reposted
1/2 It’s been two years since Jason Aldean released his “Try That in a Small Town” video, filmed in front of a courthouse where a Black teenager was lynched. In this post are excerpts from a right-wing group chat. On this particular day, two years ago, they were focused on Jason Aldean.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, hi!
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
History Sunday: How The United States Trained Latin American Dictators www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tYw...
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SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
A 50-year-old Arizona woman, has just been sentenced to 102 months in prison for helping North Korean hackers steal US identities in order to get "remote" IT jobs with more than 300 American companies. The scheme funneled millions of dollars to the North Korean state. arstechnica.com/security/202...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The value of the US dollar has dropped by around 13% since tRump took office, its worst drop since the 1973 oil embargo. This means less foreign investment. This also means you pay 13% more for pretty much everything you consume.
Brooke from Let’s Not Date (@letsnotdate.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
So much more: open.substack.com/pub/letsnotd...
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted reply parent
Meanwhile…
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Netanyahu, one of the main architects of Gaza’s human-made mass starvation campaign, gave an hour-long interview to Nelk Boy members Kyle Forgeard and Aaron Steinberg on their Full Send Podcast joking about said starvation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AngelCake (@angelcaketv.bsky.social) reposted
Going to Otakon and would love if anyone would like to help out? Lack of work lately is making this a bit more stressful. I have fun deals on there and if you are interested in something, let me know! share.myfreecams.com/g/9bdom19l
Brooke from Let’s Not Date (@letsnotdate.bsky.social) reposted
Recently I wrote about 18th century sexual revolutions. At the end of that post, I quoted a man’s journal entry blaming novel reading for turning good women into temptresses and cheaters. This man didn’t make it into that post, b/cuz while I was explaining the dangers of reading, I discovered…
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
(AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and the national median sales price rose to an all-time high of $435,300. apnews.com/article/hous...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Emory University: psilocin, the active metabolite of psychedelic mushrooms, can delay cellular aging and extend lifespan. Human cells lived over 50% longer, and mice treated with psilocybin not only lived 30% longer but also looked and aged better. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
According to a copy of the memo obtained by 404 Media using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) the US Military will continuously monitor bathrooms for biological sex compliance due to tRumps anti-trans order. www.404media.co/pentagon-say...
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
According to Reuters, up to 70% of farmworkers stayed home, terrified of deportation, leaving fruits and vegetables to spoil unharvested during peak season. Farmers warn these disruptions threaten the $60 billion California agriculture sector www.reuters.com/business/imm...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
More Americans Are Immigrating to Mexico—While Mexicans Stay Away from the U.S “I’m at a point in my life that I don’t care if I ever go to the U.S. again,” a chef in Mexico tells L.A. TACO. “And I dare to say the way I feel is the way millions of Mexicans feel.” lataco.com/americans-mo...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
tRump puppet Mike Johnson shutting down House for 5 weeks instead of dealing with the Epstein vote giving the tRump crime family time to "take care of" witnesses by 'witness tampering' www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-ma...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
I don't watch anything on corporate TV but this Alan Cumming monologue is priceless youtu.be/T90xaYUkd-M
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
A beloved 82-year-old longtime Allentown Pennsylvania resident was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to his family www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
All are cute & lovely in their own way but my fave is Marin sheer dress <3
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Maybe I can talk the Canadian PM into making the US their 4th territory ;o) see y'all next month
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Oh oh Canada, King tRump has had it with you, again, is threatening you, again, keep up the good work Canada, maybe you can get him to stroke out 🤞 (though the VP is an even worse POS) www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
The Supreme Court sided with a group of religious fanatics who want to withdraw their elementary school children from class when storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters are being read. 6-3 decision. fascists for, normal judges against.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
The Supreme Court decided to lift nationwide blocks on tRump's order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who were in the country temporarily or without legal authorization.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The Supreme Court on Friday backed dictator tRump’s effort to curtail lower court orders that have hampered his agenda for months. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law that requires age verification for pornographic websites in one of the most closely watched First Amendment cases in years
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
As the US Supreme Court winds down its term ahead of the summer break, The court is scheduled to issue opinions on Thursday and Porn site age verification is one of the major outstanding cases along with Birthright citizenship & Voting Rights www.barrons.com/news/us-supr...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Moral Cleansing, American Style: How the Supreme Court Just Outsourced Cruelty hartmannreport.com/p/moral-clea...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
CNN got its nose so far up tRumps ass that they can see his tonsils
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
Pornhub and other adult sites back online in France after three-week protest Adult websites back online after court suspended decision requiring platforms based in the EU to verify users’ ages www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
tRump can be blatantly racist, sexist, fascist and main street media, crickets. If Obama dares to wear a tan suit there's 24/7 rage in the media.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
I heard it was the US Air Force threatening to drop tRumps used diapers on Tehran that forced their surrender.
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
It's going to be a very long day ;o)
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The Dodgers have denied entry to ICE agents trying to access Dodger Stadium this morning, per per Dodgers Beat writer @ByJackHarris
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
If you give tRump enough money he will make you an Army officer so you can wear a pretty uniform and get saluted www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The Homegrowns Are Next Ad, (trigger warning, abduction, implied sa) youtu.be/j7SOc_8IhSY
Komo Bear 🐻 they/them (@komobeartv.bsky.social) reposted
I think I’ve taken a liking to you How would you feel about being my darling?
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
I would like to remind everyone in the Good Mutt Club that you should purchase this to be in good standing 🙄
Brooke from Let’s Not Date (@letsnotdate.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s a broken house for my broken heart. 🏚️
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
oh snap
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
"The government failed to show that blocking its policy would cause it any constitutional injury, Kobick wrote, or harm the executive branch’s relations with other countries." apnews.com/article/tran...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
I normally don't advertise here but with a product this good... youtu.be/o_KsI_wkKgI
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social) reply parent
Spain, France, Italy among some EU countries being overwhelmed by tourism and imma thinking that the tourism collapse in the US must be contributing to it.
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PARIS (AP) — The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror, and pandemic — but on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own striking staff, who say the institution is crumbling under mass tourism. apnews.com/article/louv...
SlimPickins (@slimpickins73.bsky.social)
The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study. www.arcamax.com/knowledge/sc...