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Stephen Troyer
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Chicago boy, educated in the Berkshires & Berkeley. Rust belt dropout gone digital. My brother's keeper. Rugby fan & backcountry skier.
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Stephen Troyer @ephman86.bsky.social · Jan 23
I posted this on Facebook as I prepare to disengage from Meta platforms and recruit pals here:

I don't believe that one person can have an impact on the oligarchy that has brought us where we are today.
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Thalia Hall, Chicago IL 11/12/25
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ephman86.bsky.social
Starts with C. Rhymes with punt.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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suzette.bsky.social
‪Jill schuler 🖇️ NEVER OBEY!!! 🐸‬
‪@jillschuler.bsky.social‬
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But what a total waste of resources and money to arrest ppl that have done nothing wrong not to mention the lawsuits that should be coming for wrongful arrest and harassment.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
As a person of Jewish descent this is filth that even the IDF Nazis cannot burn in an oven.
hannibalbrigade.biz IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 4d
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights released some horrifying testimonies from Palestinians of getting raped by the IDF

“I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head while I was blindfolded.”

pchrgaza.org/pchr-documen...
"At dawn I heard the soldiers shouting, saying that morning prayers were forbidden, and / think it was the fourth day after my arrest from Gaza. The soldiers moved me to a place I didn't know because my eyes were blindfolded, and they ordered me to take off my clothes. I did so. They put me on a metal table, pressed my chest and head against it, cuffed my hands to the end of the bed, and pulled my legs apart forcefully. I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head while I was blindfolded. I felt the man who was raping me ejaculate inside my anus. I kept screaming and being beaten, and I could hear a camera-so / believe they were filming me. The rape lasted about 10 minutes. After that, they left me for an hour in the same position, with my hands cuffed to the bed with metal handcuffs, my face on the bed, my feet on the floor, and I was completely naked. Again, after an hour, I was raped fully in the same position, with penetration into my vagina, and / was beaten while I screamed. There were several soldiers; / heard them laughing and the camera clicking as it took pictures. This rape was very quick and there was no ejaculation. During the rape they beat me with their hands on my head and back. I cannot describe what I felt; I wished for death every moment. After they raped me, / was left alone in the same room, hands still cuffed to the bed and without clothes for many hours. / could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew and laughing. Later, I was raped again vaginally. I screamed, but they beat me whenever I tried to resist. After more than an hour, I'm not sure about the time, a masked soldier entered, removed my blindfold, lifted his face covering; he had white skin and was tall. He asked if I spoke English; I said no. H said he was Russian and ordered me to masturbate his penis. I refused, and he hit me in the face after raping me. That day I was raped twice. I was left naked the whole day in the room where I spent three days. On the first day I was raped twice; on the second day I was raped twice; on the third day I remained without clothes while they looked at me through the door slit and filmed me. One soldier said they would post my photos on social media. While I was in the room, my period started; then they told me to put on clothes and transferred me to another room."
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
great movie. I am glad I watched a couple times
criterionchannl.bsky.social Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 4d
Happy birthday to the brilliant Wallace Shawn! Here he is in Louis Malle's MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ (1981)-now playing on the Criterion Channel!
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
Ghost Funk Orchestra
Psychedelic Soul & Funk
Thalia Hall, Chicago 11/12/25
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Whoaaaaa
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
Trump will try to claim his Nobel too
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
Steve Bannon Doppelganger walks through DCA. poor bastard.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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victorshi.bsky.social
If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
ephman86.bsky.social
I was this many years old when I first ran and won a public office. Not bad for a guy who the GOP left years ago.
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
I guess Trump or maybe his grandkids are writing these now:
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ephman86.bsky.social
Before our homecoming loss to Wesleyan, fans at my alma mater, liberal elite Williams College, stepped up before the game began as the sound system failed 1/3 of the way into the national anthem. After dutifully removing their hats and facing the flag they kept singing til the "home of the brave."
November 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
ephman86.bsky.social
@ournewhomecoach.bsky.social

I randomly learned of this band today. I randomly learned of this band today. I have an opportunity to see them in two weeks... anyone recommend?

youtu.be/f60kHMYRsq8?...

I have an opportunity to see them in Chicago soon when I visit my favorite city. Worth it?
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Cornflake (Official Video)
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October 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ephman86.bsky.social
she's awesome! 👍
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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newrepublic.com
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
Thanks, @joecirin.bsky.social !
(Just for clarity, I was not formally an adviser to the film; I was invited to the set and some events and asked for my views - and got to watch some of the filming. Fascinating.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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rebba.bsky.social
🤭🇨🇦Go Canada 🇨🇦
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
ephman86.bsky.social
If US politics keep going the same way, states and local governments all over the country will need to rewrite historical and similar markers like this one in Mystic, CT.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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suzette.bsky.social
🤬🤬🤬🤬. People like that woman give all white women a bad name. Knock it OFF. It’s not “innocent“ and you KNOW IT.
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
My man, the stated policy of your administration is that Canada should become an American state, but Canadians running an accurate ad is a threat to American sovereignty?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Bessent: "I've read that Ontario is spending up to $75 million on these advertisements and it's propaganda coming across our border to decry the tariffs. The premiere of Ontario seems to have come off the rails a little ... this is interference in US sovereign matters."
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM