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Curmudge1
@curmudge1.bsky.social
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Juneau political activist, lifetime resident of Tlingit Aani, for which I thank the Aak Kwaan, the traditional caretakers of this land. Democrat, Keynesian, antiFedSoc. Musician, former broadcaster, IT guru, annoyer of public officials, sailboater
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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · Jun 14
From Ray Troll, suggested by his sister Kate:
#AlaskaSky
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h
It must have been traumatic for Speaker Mike to see naughty bits without having to circumvent his porn filter first.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 5h
In order to boost morale and combat readiness, Plastered Pete has opened over 300 investigations into members of the military who might not have sufficiently mourned Charlie.

Seriously. He has.
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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 17h
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13h
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 9h
WCK is now serving more than 500,000 meals every day in Gaza. This is a major step in our goal of serving 1 million meals daily, and it's a direct result of months of hard work from our teams. (1/2)
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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 4h
Jose Andres should win a special Nobel Prize!
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 16h
World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong left a devastating wake of flooding and destruction in remote coastal cities. Our teams will be serving first responders and impacted families.

We’ll share more information soon. #ChefsForAlaska
📸 ABC News
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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 5h
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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 7h
For Western Alaska storm relief (from a Western Alaskan):
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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 13h
One thing folks are going to need, strangely enough, will be storage totes.
Families are left, in too many cases, with nothing else except what they were able to carry to shelter.
As relief supplies come in they will need something to keep stuff in.
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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 7h
Western Alaska storm relief:
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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 13h
If you are shipping donations on Lynden (and they are taking stuff in Fairbanks to truck to Anchorage) pack it in totes, and hey, throw in a few of those smaller Sterilite boxes too! Those are perfect for hygiene stuff and small belongings.
Let's help folks get some small semblance of organization!
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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 7h
sounds like a horrible idea

that inlet is an important habitat for marine life—especially sockeye—and seems to serve as a brown bear nursery and safe place for sows, cubs, and young boars to be during the summer

don’t think it’s worth the ecological impact this project would bring
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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 6h
tell me you've never worked a day in an administrative, customer service, web design, data, or technical writing job without telling me you've never worked a day in
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d
don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With
Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h
OOPSIE DAISY. The entire republican party is just a gaggle of sex pests.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h
A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h
It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 8h
Oh good, a fourth boat murder. Trump is now one of the deadliest serial killers in history.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h
Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints
www.theguardian.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h
One problem with FIFA being utterly corrupt is that instead of taking this bullshit seriously and moving the World Cup as they should, they’re massaging Trump’s ego and bestowing him with gifts.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 9h
President Trump said that he could “take away” the 2026 World Cup games scheduled in the Boston area if he feels there are “unsafe conditions.” trib.al/SA9rK0a
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.
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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 5h
Turkey neck time!
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 7h
Trump says he absolutely hates the photo of him on the cover of Time, so please share this cropped section of it with everyone you know
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee filed suit Tuesday accusing Hawaii’s Office of Elections and its chief election officer, Scott Nago (D), of unlawfully refusing to release public records about how the state maintains its voter registration lists. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC Sues Hawaii for Access to Voter Roll, List Maintenance Records
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h
This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h
NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h
Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 11h
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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