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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 20, 2025 ~ All life.

"In some parts of the world, daytime temperature and humidity are now approaching levels at which it will be dangerous for people to be outside because they will not be able to cool down by sweating.

www.express.co.uk/news/science...

'Climate change could make it dangerous for humans to go outside – we must act'

There are parts of the world in which people won't be able to cool by sweating if this trajectory continues.

www.express.co.uk

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

Oh I’ve been blocked from the original post… wow… so much for the inclusive community eh?
I’m sorry, trying to be happy by blocking all the hardships people have to face is not going to help anything.😮‍💨

a quote by abhijit naskar is displayed with a man in glasses

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SHARE & CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION
blackoutthesystem.com

#BlackOutTheSystem
#WeThePeople
#Unite
#StandUp
#WeHaveThePower

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

Are you still there today?

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Dr Audrey Glover @draudreyglover.bsky.social · Nov 18

Twitter - like leaving a house in which you had over the years created a beautiful garden, with plants that told stories of happiness and struggles, but then (next door) they built a factory that bellowed out toxic smoke. The garden was still beautiful but the air was going to kill you.
So you move

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 23h

Scotch, a Drink named after a COUNTRY, (it can ONLY be made there), isn't remotely Scottish.

It's been Legal for 202 years, for centuries, it's been a £multi-trillion Cashcow, for the British Empire and Westminster.

Scottish Independence is essential.

The Scottish Parliament has no Scotch power.

Trade talks about ‘hard yards’ rather than photo opportunities, says Starmer

The Prime Minister spoke to a group of Scottish journalists in Downing Street on Monday.

www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

They do background checks to see if they have criminal records. If they do, they pass 😅

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

Damn 😬

crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 21h

Because reading is a leftist bias I guess 😮‍💨

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re not a member of EFF yet, you should be.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5d

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 22h

They can’t create anything themselves so they use AI to steal from true creative minds and it’s disheartening

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Derek Y 🇨🇦 @derekyerex.bsky.social · 1d

This is related, I promise: newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

newsocialist.org.uk

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 22h

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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 1d

I Look Forward To The Plethora Of Investigations Triggered By Ms. Guiffre And Co…

RELEASE THE FILES!

Split screen photos of Virginia Guiffre: alone on the left and with Former Prince Andrew + Maxwell on the right. Above is copy of Daily Mail Headline Banner announcing a police investigation into his procurement of private data for smear campaign.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23h

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 22h

MY obsession? My obsession is protecting children yes 👍

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Diwali to all celebrating! Wishing everyone love and light.
🪔🪔🪔🎇🎇🎇

Mughal miniature of women celebrating Diwali with fireworks at a pavilion by a lake.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Making Argentina Great Again

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 1d

In 1975, after decades of illegally surveilling & sabotaging left-wing movements in the US (and assassinating people abroad) the Senate painstaking wrote out the government's playbook for destroying movements.

In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.

The Church Committee Report

After fifty years, this shocking report—released in a single, readable volume for the first time—is still the most accurate account of US government spying on its own citizens., The Church...

wwnorton.com

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

It's like my colleagues who are horribly blasé about faculty governance, as if expecting nothing from our institutions weren't just another form of consent.

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 1d

Very

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 1d

What if I’m both?
Hoping for the best and buckling up for the worst

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crypte.bsky.social @crypte.bsky.social · 1d