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TrekCore 20th Anniversary Fundraiser: Help Keep Us Boldly Going! Our hosting costs have increased 30% since last year β€” if you love our work, please help support TrekCore as we enter our 20th year serving the fan community!

Our hosting costs have increased 30% since last year β€” if you love our work, please help support TrekCore as we enter our 20th year serving the fan community.

Any contribution to our fundraiser is greatly appreciated!

blog.trekcore.com/2025/03/trek...

04.03.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 17
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Monitors are hacked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to display an AI video of Trump licking Elon Musk’s toes. The caption reads: β€œLONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”

24.02.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 802    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 46
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

19.02.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 144624    πŸ” 30139    πŸ’¬ 2303    πŸ“Œ 1521
JD Vance’s Munich Speech Played Loose with Facts OPINION β€” β€œThis December, Romania straight up cancelled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous [...] More

They can’t help lying. Lying is a key element of corruption. Buckle up.

18.02.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 624    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 10

This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

18.02.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 150793    πŸ” 26799    πŸ’¬ 7876    πŸ“Œ 1692

Ezri once told Worf, "The Klingon Empire is dying, and I think it deserves to die … I know this sounds harsh, but the truth is you have been willing to accept a government that you know is corrupt. Gowron is just the latest example."

Later that day, Worf killed Gowron.

This is a post about DS9.

02.02.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2428    πŸ” 628    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 36
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Christopher Nolan’s next film is officially an adaptation of #TheOdyssey

β€’ A mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War

β€’ Starring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron

23.12.2024 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2330    πŸ” 312    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 393
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WHOA! THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FRAUD.

GOP Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12) has been missing for six months. She was just found by a reporter in a dementia care facility.

Her staff and others have been keeping this a secret from her constituents. So who’s been making these posts?

22.12.2024 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 22004    πŸ” 7439    πŸ’¬ 1753    πŸ“Œ 868
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On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we pause to honor the 2,403 lives lostβ€”soldiers, sailors, and civiliansβ€”whose sacrifices echo through history. 83 years later, their courage and sacrifice still hit us in the heart. We remember them, not just as numbers, but as real people who gave everything.

07.12.2024 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1731    πŸ” 269    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 8

To the new people just joining and the people just looking for good pro-democracy people to follow, here is my updated starter pack.

Joined by more than 1300 users and counting! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv

07.12.2024 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4150    πŸ” 889    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 35
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The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats A memo for my fellow filthy rich who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.

Amazing how nobody ever figured out how much rage there was for corporate executives in industries people hate.
OK, just closing out some tabs from 2014-
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06.12.2024 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

You can put me down as a member of congress who will absolutely not work with DOGE. They want to dismantle the social safety net and our institutions. Hard pass.

05.12.2024 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5967    πŸ” 759    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 50

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

03.12.2024 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12873    πŸ” 2721    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 669
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It May Not Be Safe to Remain Friends With MAGA Trump voters have told you they will hurt you. It’s reasonable to believe them.

Let’s say you’re pregnant. Do you want your MAGA sister to know? What if you need abortion care, and have to travel out of state …? Will your sister keep your secret? Will she report you? You know she chose Trump over you once. Why wouldn’t she do that again? β€” @nberlat.bsky.social

01.12.2024 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. β€œSeeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”

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30.11.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 20069    πŸ” 3558    πŸ’¬ 264    πŸ“Œ 180

If you have a website, a Substack, a YouTube channel, Twitch, IG, FB, or newsletter, you have a vested interest in moving over to Bluesky where your external links aren't throttled. Elon isn't looking out for you; he's looking out for Elon.

25.11.2024 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9527    πŸ” 2100    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 59
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

20.11.2024 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 33979    πŸ” 11723    πŸ’¬ 1026    πŸ“Œ 488
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Good thing Trump’s new HHS Secretary RFK Jr is an advocate for raw milk. That pasteurization stuff that saved hundreds of thousands of kids from bovine tuberculosis and other diseases is all deep state nonsense. πŸ™„

24.11.2024 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14601    πŸ” 3927    πŸ’¬ 669    πŸ“Œ 177
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Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com

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23.11.2024 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11844    πŸ” 3896    πŸ’¬ 836    πŸ“Œ 274

There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back.

I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.

22.11.2024 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20495    πŸ” 1425    πŸ’¬ 2036    πŸ“Œ 350
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Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?

NEW FROM ME:

The government will do things that hurt people.

But knowing exactly what it is doing β€” & therefore who’s most at risk β€” is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.

Here’s a start.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...

21.11.2024 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1941    πŸ” 671    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 57

this is about 24 hours out of date now but it’s good work and if you are under the impression that House Dems are staying silent about the Mace/Johnson bathroom situation, perhaps because people keep lying to you about it, you should take a look.

21.11.2024 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1189    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 15

Who here likes books?

21.11.2024 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 36933    πŸ” 1249    πŸ’¬ 2047    πŸ“Œ 335
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This is the first Officially Verified Bluesky Press List of 150 reporters, outlets and media types with handles authenticated by yours truly.

Respond here if you would
like to be included in the second round!

Let's go! Let's bring "the juice"
and the news to the people. go.bsky.app/U9juDW4

21.11.2024 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 893    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 17

Sharing this blocklist again. I'm doing semiregular roundups to add to this list of transphobes, "here to see libs cry" types, and racists. Feel free to tag me to add people to block. Hit "subscribe" and then choose "block" to block all in 2 clicks!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

21.11.2024 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1414    πŸ” 512    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 28

isn't the real one @markhamillofficial.bsky.social?

21.11.2024 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy...

21.11.2024 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 25275    πŸ” 2060    πŸ’¬ 1545    πŸ“Œ 560

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