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Maranda

@madmaranda.bsky.social

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★★★☆☆ ✌️ arts 'n crafty 'old lady' millennial INFJ weirdo 😎 child-free, rescue cat / dog lady; meow 🌈 progressive, non-religious, tolerant ally 🤦 thoroughly embarrassed American 📚 currently reading: "The Demon-Haunted World" - Carl Sagan

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 10d

Can confirm! As if the ICE ads weren't enough, this shitty "customer service" is plenty in itself. Lost two premium customers from my family tonight.

FAFO, Spotify. Byeee!

Screenshot side-by-side chat boxes posing a question to Spotify customer service rep regarding profiting from ICE ads. Rep responds curtly and automatically ends the conversation without providing any assistance, prompting service cancellation amidst this Spotify boycott.

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Do Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t torture yourself by watching mainstream media. They’re owned by the oligarchy who props up tRump.

It will leave you feeling disappointed, frustrated and like you’re taking crazy pills.

Be grateful independent journalists are still reporting the truth. Share that, not the propaganda garbage.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Comment of the weekend

A YouTube comment from user “@Se.tPick339” reads: “My mom voted for Trump. Just last week I saw her watching the Meidas Touch and voted YES on 50. Keep killing it!!” The comment has 363 likes, a reply icon, and is shown on a black background.

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Anthony Zornig @anthonyzornig.bsky.social · 12h

Kick Spotify and move. Spotify runs ads for ICE recruiting.

There is no real alternative to YouTube but sure there is to spotify

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

ICE Ads Are All Over Your Favorite Streaming Services

Users call out streaming services for dystopian ICE ads on Spotify, Max, and Pandora amid $30 billion deportation push.

www.rollingstone.com

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 9h

I did! I switched to Tidal's family plan (about the same price as Spotify was), which pays artists more AND has better audio quality!

I used TuneMyMusic for $5.50, which seamlessly transferred all my playlists and was worth every penny.

Definitely worth the move. Wish I'd done it sooner!

Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 9h

My millennial ass would describe him as Mr. Hall from Clueless 😆

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 9h

Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos.

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 9h

They should start an Aunties For Zohran Club, host charity potlucks and stuff. 😊✌️

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, Trump’s cruelty IS staggering.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 11h

Jeffries is scared of Zohran's brand of politics because it exposes him and Schumer as being capitalist shills with D behind their name.

50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 12h

Jeffries and the Democratic establishment are so unbelievably disconnected from the moment and how the tides are turning.

The answer to this question should be nothing other than an unequivocal, “Yes, Zohran Mamdani is not only the future of the Democratic Party, he’s the future of our democracy.”

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 16h

Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 12h

I wasn't paying enough attention before, but I am now! I switched to Tidal's family plan sub instead. 💙✌️

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 13h

Tidal pays better streaming royalties than Spotify, while being a cheaper and better product for the consumer. You can transfer your playlists easily dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Reframe your mind. Grow your empathy.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Anti-Fascist Collective…. 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

👇👇

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

So racist and disgraceful. Colorado’s 4th Congressional District needs to vote her out in the next election.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

👀👀👀👀

Also, only 8%? It should be like 30.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 23h

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 15h

"OBIVIDIY JUHAOT JENOUL DIDAGT!"

AI hasn't quite mastered police tape yet, huh? 😂

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💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 20h

Every day we sink further from recovery. Our allies understand that this is not the work of a single man – but those who permit the perilous nonsense to continue-

Even when the wannabe king is long gone, the stain of their collaboration and capitulation will remain.

We will all pay the price.

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Los cobayas locos🐀+🐰+🐷=🐹(furry potatoe) @guineapigs.bsky.social · 22h

Hes trying to start a war SOMEWHERE so he can suspend elections.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 22h

He has threatened to annex Canada & Greenland, conduct strikes in Mexico, Venezuela & now Nigeria.

He has orchestrated 50+ extrajudicial killings. No evidence provided for his actions.

He is openly enriching himself and his billionaire donors while waging war against the working class.

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 16h

On TuneMyMusic, I signed up for the $5.50 plan, walked through the steps of transferring, then cancelled recurring subscription. (Easy! Would use again! 👍)

Not sure with Amazon specifically, but I think it can transfer playlists between most all bigger music platforms so it's probably supported.

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Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 16h

🌈 Listen...

At this point, ANYONE who still supports this nonsense knows exactly what they're doing. They know it's wrong, even if they'll never admit it to you... even if they'll never admit it to themselves.

They are lost. They're gone. It's okay to let 'em go for your own peace. ✌️

Maranda @madmaranda.bsky.social · 16h

It looks like, unfortunately, this isn't true.
(I was sooooooo hoping it was, though!)