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🐸 Empathy1st ❌👑
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I'm an educator who cares about human rights, science, and democracy. #HumanRights #CovidIsAirborne #EndGunViolence #IndigenousAlly Canadian/American living in Los Angeles County on Chumash land. Avatar: circle mosaic Picture: mossy tree
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Keeping an eye on #H5N1 and #Covid...

What animals are being affected in your area by H5N1?...
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Wastewater levels of #Covid are high across the U.S., but is anybody even paying attention?

Protecting your health has become a new form of resistance.

You get ONE body.

Protect it.

Get Vaccinated and MASK UP in public.

#MaskUp
#WearARespie
#WearAMask
data.wastewaterscan.org?charts=CjIQA...
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36/ “Parallel government” bsky.app/profile/jenn...
“The Rockbridge Transition Project will create a ‘government-in-waiting’ with the people & plans to staff the next Republican Administration. The goal is to be ready to govern effectively…from day one.“—Rockbridge Network 2021 Budget (Thiel & Mercer reportedly back Rockbridge.) 1/ #Project2025
Follow the Money: Vance Selection Creates More Political and Financial Links Between Trump Campaign and Heritage Foundation - What is Project 2025
Vance’s rise strengthens financial and political ties between Trump’s campaign and the Heritage Foundation.
whatisproject2025.net
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My God. “Israel has hired… Clock Tower X LLC, to create media for Gen Z audiences…At least 80% of content Clock Tower produces will be ‘tailored to Gen Z…across platforms, including TikTok…” Clock Tower is led by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale of Cambridge Analytica infamy. 9/29/25 … 1/
Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel
In a new $6M contract, US firm ‘Clock Tower X’ will generate and deploy content across platforms, help game algorithms, plus manage AI ‘frameworks’ to make them more friendly to the cause
responsiblestatecraft.org
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Per BBC VERIFY - Elon’s Grok just lied and said the crowd size from yesterday was a fake image

It then corrected itself, but not until many on the right seized on it and amplified it
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Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.
www.msnbc.com
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Before Project 2025 and DOGE, software engineer Curtis Yarvin (a blogger and self-professed “monarchist”) proposed RAGE, an acronym for Retire All Government Employees. He did this during a speech in 2012. 👇 1/
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Why isn’t every large account warning about the “network state” movement? In August, “network state” leader Balaji Srinivassan—a close ally of Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen—wrote that, “When Bitcoin wins,” it “ends the Fed,” the “battle begins,” & “it's time to build”. 1/
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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...
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It is not so long ago that disability policy was bipartisan. I taught at the Bush School, and George H.W. Bush would talk about his pride in signing the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Every once in a while during the 2024 campaign, I'd meet parents of disabled kids who were part of Moms for Liberty or people who taught autistic kids. @slooterman.bsky.social writes how they are afraid right now as Trump targets special education staff.
19thnews.org/2025/10/spec...
Trump’s attempt to gut special education office has some conservative parents on edge
The president called the layoffs a part of cuts to “Democrat programs,” but children across the nation would be impacted.
19thnews.org
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ICE agents surrounded, seized, and zip-tied a U.S. citizen who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them.

She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained, yet she was interrogated for an hour. trib.al/35AnqIH
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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
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Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
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I haven’t the froggiest idea why…
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Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?
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A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.
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No Kings! Just a Cava bag with $50,000 in it. Normal stuff.

#NoKings @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

📍Washington, D.C.
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#NoKings Austin tagging in.

Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.
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Here at the Portland #NoKings, the costumes are ON POINT.
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South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑
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I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings
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Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)
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After entrapping viruses, amyloid-β presence can generate an excessive response by brain cells, creating chronic inflammation and downstream pathology that may lead to Alzheimer’s symptoms. Fewer than 5% of #Alzheimer cases are genetic. For the vast majority, the cause is 'unknown'.