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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 7d

"When I was younger, I thought I was missing some basic psychological component—a psychic gasket that allowed other people to move through the world, seeing what I saw, without reacting. Unbothered. Uncurious. I thought that the absence of that missing part was eventually going to kill me."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 8d

We deserve to know if ICE is using a spyware program to access private information without an owner's consent. Once again, DHS is violating constitutional rights to target immigrants & people of color. I join @repsummerlee.bsky.social in calling Secretary Noem for answers ASAP.

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 12d

I forgot Vindeket in Fort Collins

Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 12d

Support some in Colorado:
* Denver Food Rescues
* Kaizen (Aurora)
* Food to Power (CO Springs)
* CAFE Food Rescue (Summit County)
* Longmont Food Rescues
* Boulder Food Rescue

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 12d

"The organization has tried to fill the gap with produce donations, but transporting and distributing fruits and vegetables is challenging, and multiple patrons told ProPublica the produce had gone bad by the time they received it."

You know who is set up to do this? Small food rescues.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 12d

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 13d

like you can do Hegseth's performative MANLY MAN deus vult assed tattooes too and it works, it's all drag, top to bottom, Trump's bad toupee and bronzer all the way down to the social media tradwives, it's all a terminal case of stage IV metastatic gender, always has been

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you.

Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 13d

"Love me now
Hold me down
And the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down
No they never gonna keep us all down"
Mon Rovîa's "Heal with Others" tour is in Englewood, CO Oct 7
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vyXc...

Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Mon Rovîa

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 19d

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 19d

Look who just joined the war on cars 😻

Black and white cat perched on the handlebars of a bike.

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 20d

"You want us to remember Charlie Kirk? We’ll show you how the trans community and our allies remember that rat bastard." ✨🌈💌

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 23d

ART CONTEST!!!

It's the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day ART CONTEST brought to you by Assigned Media!!

That's right, you heard us.

It's a Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day Art Contest from Assigned Media!

Rules:
1. No AI
2. Drawings calling for further violence or lionizing the shooter will be disqualified.
3. All entry art can be used by Assigned Media, other rights remain with the artist.
4. 1st Prize = $500
5. 2 special mention prizes courtesy of Nora Reed Designs
6. All entries must be submitted by October 10 to AssignedMedia@proton.me
7. Winners to be announced October 14

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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 21d

Xcel Energy settling Marshall fire lawsuit for $640 million while admitting no fault coloradosun.com/2025/09/24/x...

Xcel Energy settling Marshall fire lawsuit for $640 million while admitting no fault

Xcel Energy and other defendants said Wednesday they are settling a massive lawsuit from victims of the 2021 Marshall fire just ahead of a major trial, with Xcel saying it will pay $640 million withou...

coloradosun.com

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ACLU of Colorado @acluofcolorado.bsky.social · 22d

We will keep pressing ICE for transparency and accountability.

Learn more: www.aclu-co.org/press-releas...

ACLU of Colorado Sues ICE for Detention Expansion Plans - ACLU of Colorado

The public records lawsuit comes after ICE failed to comply with a public records request filed in August 2025

www.aclu-co.org

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 23d

Tech has always felt like a political space to me, but I suppose all of life has.

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 23d

Truly, I still can't believe they are letting us do this-mostly, we wanted to get the image out because it's fun.But it also reflects what WIRED has become under @katie-drummond.bsky.social: a place that sees that tech and politics have fused, and that that combined power needs to be held to account

Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 27d

I appreciate this storytelling approach to campaigning. Some good stories about a candidate for Colorado district attorney.

Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 27d

7/ I was a commissioner at the FTC for three years. I saw, every day, what billionaires and oligarchs are doing to our country. And so I’m going to spend every day this week telling you about the one guy I think has proven himself to be the most promising champion in this fight.

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ACLU of Colorado @acluofcolorado.bsky.social · 29d

Trans people in immigration detention are uniquely vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse. This policy change will only heighten their risk of harm.

www.denverpost.com/2025/09/16/c...

ICE ends Aurora detention center’s transgender care, protection policies

An immigrant rights advocate said attorneys and immigration advocates were trying to figure out if transgender immigrants’ affirming health care was continuing or would end entirely.

www.denverpost.com

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 29d

🧵about the bona fides of one of Colorado's candidates for attorney general, David Seligman.

Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · Sep 15

1/ Maggie Guerrero worked 4pm to midnight at Carl’s Jr. - no benefits, minimum wage.

She was sexually harassed. She told her manager but was re-scheduled with that employee - twice.

She was promoted to “shift leader” - they kept on telling her she’d get a raise. It never came.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29d

It might just be me, but I don't think ANY of these partisans are bi

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · Sep 15

I'm relieved to hear someone else say 'Saudi Aramco did this.' They are not named enough when talking about climate change.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 15

“We can now point to specific heatwaves and say, ‘Saudi Aramco did this. ExxonMobil did this.'"

Study links oil giants' emissions directly to dozens of deadly heatwaves

The work "could be very useful for establishing potential liability,” says one of its authors.

www.motherjones.com

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Department of the Interior is encouraging visitors to Rocky Mountain National park to report "negative information about America". They want to erase our history.

More here:

www.thetravel.com/rocky-mounta...

Rocky Mountain National Park Rangers Worried Over QR Code Sign Set Up By The U.S. Government

A new sign at Rocky Mountain National Park has caused a stir.

www.thetravel.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 12

If you don’t follow @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social, you should, if only for the rhetoric lessons

Lurie Daniel Favors @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yesterday, Adam from South Dakota called my SiriusXM show to say Charlie Kirk was unalived b/c people on the left use words like racism or facism to describe folks like Charlie.

That call did not end the way he thought it would.

#TrollSlay: Words Hold Power
youtu.be/BEcoVzaEOP4

#TrollSlay: Words Hold Power

YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · Sep 11

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · Sep 11

Some people's rebellious spirit come out in everything they do. My spouse's softball teammate brought rice krispie treats to last night's game.

When asked about the significance of the coloring, they said when RFK Jr banned food dyes, they felt compelled to use them. Never used them before.

Green, yellow, and red rice krispie treat.

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · Sep 10

I find that concept visually comforting. The slash is a reminder to keep a firm boundary.