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Stan Oklobdzija

@stano.bsky.social

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

If Google Maps traffic data is any indication, it appears people are actually evacuating. Everything is red.

Zach @zahoffman.com · Jul 30

Sirens in Honolulu and evac orders for the Tsunami Evacuation Zone

tsunami.coast.noaa.gov

tsunami.coast.noaa.gov

July 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association

@hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social

A #TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF #HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

#TsunamiWarning #HawaiianIslands

Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · Jul 30

MEASUREMENTS OF #TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
DART 21414 49.0N 178.2E 0103Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 32MIN
DART 21416 48.1N 163.5E 0003Z 0.90M / 3.0FT 24MIN

Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · Jul 30

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0125 PM HST 29 JUL 2025
COORDINATES - 52.2 NORTH 160.0 EAST
LOCATION - OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA
MAGNITUDE - 8.7 MOMENT

#TsunamiWarning #TsunamiThreat #HawaiianIslands

July 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

7:17pm for Hawaii

National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · Jul 30

As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.

U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers

tsunami.gov

July 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM

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whet moser

@whetmoser.com

look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything

July 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

My new favorite “Moments In Coordination”

Overhead streetlight bases attached to the side of a ramp bridge instead of sitting on the ground.

July 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

The Pacers. All postseason.
#NBASky

Screenshot from one of the Rocky movies. Rocky says “I didn’t hear no bell” while bloodied

June 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM

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Iron Spike

@ironspike.bsky.social

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.

So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · Jun 12

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM

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🗽LOLGOP🗽

@thefarce.org

Trump clarifies that iCE will no longer be targeting agriculture and hospitality workers and will instead focus on brown Senators.

June 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

Sell the team Jerry

Will Gottlieb @willgottlieb.bsky.social · Jun 1

Central Division ECF appearances since 2000

Cavs: 6
Pistons: 6
Pacers: 6
Bucks: 3
Bulls: 1

June 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM

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David Ho

@davidho.bsky.social

The bicycle is one of the greatest inventions of all time.

e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · Jun 1

When you're young the ability to jump in a car and go wherever seems like this vital, intoxicating thing. As you age and become more established you realize that so much of your transportation needs are just local, and the simplicity and joy of bikes become the vital, intoxicating part of the deal.

June 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM

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Mina Kimes

@minakimes.bsky.social

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

Out of respect to the moms in Cleveland they have to call this at halftime. #nbasky

May 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Zach

@zahoffman.com

This is not funny. Draymond Green’s only lose control of their limbs like that when they are in extreme distress.

May 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

Dear god let this man cook.

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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Max Kennerly

@maxkennerly.bsky.social

Seeing a lot of pro-/anti-AI arguments so, to settle this, I've taken all your posts without consent or payment and crammed them into an inefficient statistical model that spits out post variations which should be treated as gospel unless they're wrong in which case I warned you it makes mistakes.🙏

April 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM

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Steph Noh

@stephnoh.bsky.social

Here's the last 40 seconds of Bulls/Lakers. Insane ending.

March 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM

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Anne Caprara

@annecaprara.bsky.social

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM

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Don Moynihan

@donmoyn.bsky.social

New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government.
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...