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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · Dec 14

“Some went among women who were alone,
teaching them to join together,
for there is hope in two women,
help in three women,
strength in four,
joy in five,
power in six
and against seven,
no gate may stand.”

–Sherri Tepper
Gibbon’s Decline & Fall

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 8m

"The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that officials at a local college violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate to the state, which then voted to transfer it to the foundation for the planned library."

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10m

A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump's presidential library

A Florida judge has temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 27m

skeered. little. wannabes.
accounting. cowards. masks.

absolutely.

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Zaibatsu @zaibatsu.bsky.social · 37m

In 1927, a radio experiment tried to prove that telepathy exists

Almost 100 years ago, thousands of listeners took part in a mass psychic experiment over the radio. Back in 1927, a group of scientists headed up by p...

www.unexplained-mysteries.com

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 41m

not to mention, murder.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 42m

“Every single part of this, every single justification for it is just transparently false and ridiculous and an insult to our intelligence.”

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

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bransonlaw.bsky.social @bransonlaw.bsky.social · 43m

💙Stokes County farmer grows 747-pound pumpkin, wins blue ribbon at Carolina Classic Fair. That is news to smile to! Good night bluesky!

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Vicki Bryan's Bond Angle @bondangle.bsky.social · 48m

Wow!

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2h

This is Colton. He started a fire at his house when he chewed through a lithium ion battery. He's not the first dog to do this, and he won't be the last, but unfortunately his dad is a firefighter, so it's probably going down as one of the most embarrassing instances. We're still giving him a 12/10

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 48m

Pretty cool, James. Pretty cool. Pretty proud of you.

You don't know me, but that's the highest compliment a person can offer in our family.

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 55m

President Obama can pronounce my name however he wants 😂

Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for your kind words.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 1h

big tough guys. NOT.

skeered little wannabes is more like it.

Bob Wheeler @rmwkenpo.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. He should get the Nobel. GTFOH

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 4h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Pirate Wench Art @piratewenchart.bsky.social · 1h

Well, here is the problem:

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

Employees who help regulate hazardous waste. Inspectors who check the quality of federal housing. An office that makes sure students with disabilities get the help they need.

These are among the targets of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs. https://wapo.st/471cD6V

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

A longtime farmworker and grandfather with no criminal record was picked up by ICE and sent to a detention center so he asked to leave, with cases like his accelerating since July.

Immigrants held in custody, denied bond are losing hope and are self-deporting

A longtime farmworker and grandfather with no criminal record was picked up by ICE and sent to a detention center so he asked to leave, with cases like his accelerating since July.

nbcnews.to

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 1h

I opened it for you, Gabriel. Go for it.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 1h

Mexico

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h

Authorities say some 100,000 homes across the region have been damaged by the torrential rains and flooding. https://to.pbs.org/4okNE4b

Death toll from flooding in Mexico rises above 60 as search expands

Authorities say some 100,000 homes across the region have been damaged by the torrential rains and flooding.

www.pbs.org

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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 2h

www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones

The malicious app required to make a “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.

www.wired.com

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 1h

8th

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 2h

US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdown

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdown

www.theguardian.com

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 1h

what could possibly go wrong

Zaibatsu @zaibatsu.bsky.social · 2h

Scientists thaw out 40,000-year-old organisms trapped in Arctic ice

These ancient life forms can help to teach us about the past, but is thawing them out really a good idea ? The Arctic permafrost acts as a cold storag...

www.unexplained-mysteries.com

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

Also to act as "evidence" at illegal arrests/sentencing?

4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 2h

There are several things possible here- note word possible: it’s plausible but how much of this is propaganda meant to further scare American voters from documenting the illegal acts of certain federal agencies🤔 this gives me cops of BlackBlock vibes -that the feds will crime but claim its cartels

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

"The federal agency alleges cartels are offering $2,000 for intelligence gathering and doxing of agents, $5,000–$10,000 for kidnapping or non-lethal assaults on standard ICE/CBP officers and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials."

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

anybody got anything else beside STOP, block, and report spam?

Change our phone numbers with actblue/Dem party?

Threaten to vote red if they don't stop?

Pls reply to Sharon with your super-good ideas.

Sharon C Storm @sharoncstorm.bsky.social · 3h

Just today, I have gotten 4 text messages from Maine Gov. Janet Mills senate campaign. I keep marking them as spam and deleting them. They keep coming from different numbers. How do I stop this?

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 3h

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 2h

There is credible intelligence that members of Mexican drug cartels have offered a "tiered" bounty system for hits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.

abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-i...

Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.

abcnews.go.com

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The Great Sipper ☕️🥂☕️🥃☕️🟧 @thegreatsipper.bsky.social · 2h

"On September 25, the White House released "NSPM-7," a sweeping order targeting "anti-fascist," "anti-Christian,"
"anti-capitalist," and "anti-American" speech..."

mind boggling - they're explicitly saying "pro-fascist" is the good thing

It gets worse, though. Read on.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 In case there was any #ambiguity about which enemies Trump is intent on targeting, a national security directive published last week spelled it out:

*Anyone who is not with him will be considered against him — and against the United States.*

The Terrifying New Memo Trump Could Use to Go After His Opposition

Donald Trump is upping his rhetoric about cracking down on anyone who opposes him, and his new NPSM-7 memo is a terrifying look at how he could do it.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

"The federal agency [DHS(?)] alleges cartels are offering $2,000 for intelligence gathering and doxing of agents, $5,000–$10,000 for kidnapping or non-lethal assaults on standard ICE/CBP officers and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials."

Thinkerbelle @thinkerbellee.bsky.social · 2h

This is interesting. Not condoning violence here, but it seems predictable. Cartels are putting bounties out for ICE and border patrol agents.

abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-i...

Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.

abcnews.go.com

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 2h

it's maddening, I know.

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 3h

sooner or later, you'll get acknowledgments back from numbers that didn't even text you as it works through the system.

also, block those numbers.

STOP, block, and report spam is about all the tools we have as far as I know.

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