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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds

@murray6971.bsky.social

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She/her - I have that Jezebel spirit In the immortal words of Bartleby, "I would prefer not to." Fearless and undefined this is what it sounds like.

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · Jan 2

What America becomes in the future is predicated on who we are today and every day.

George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com · Jan 1

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions

Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat

www.theframelab.org

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 2h

I like Logan's Run but it absolutely would be great to remake. The book has a number of differences that I'd like to see and better effects would really create a spectacular world.

They have already remade The Running Man and I am looking forward to seeing how they handled that.

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Polarsprite 🧚‍♂️ @polarsprite.bsky.social · 3h

Oh good just what we need more feckless uneducated eejits out there voting against their own best interests.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.

She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 16h

This!!! I've seen this happen to women who i've grown up with and it's disturbing.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 5h

Nonfiction gives you information.

Fiction gives you pattern recognition.

One teaches facts.

The other teaches life.

www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-stori...

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels

www.joanwestenberg.com

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 5h

Nope. Looks like it's working again.

Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 5h

Looks like it's back up now.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 9h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. Everyone in the office was like "Is it just me?"

Veronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 5h

Why is YouTube down?

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 6h

Boost US influence?! That's what USAID was for (& it was cheaper); they completely dismantled it. So now China & Russia get to influence places where the US once did & we're getting, "checks notes" Argentina.

It's a helluva thing living in a declining empire. Just dumbfuckery all the way down.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 13h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 7h

Usually I know to avoid the video when they use those aluminum trays but she has an actual glass casserole dish. OOF!

Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 7h

We started the downhill slide before it, but Covid poured grease on the track. The virus is literally causing cognitive decline (it's one of the main three issues post-viral along with chronic fatigue and breathing problems).

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 1d

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... no shit. The plunge in general intelligence over just the last half decade is palpable.

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

www.theatlantic.com

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 7h

You typed the word "lasagna" but the first thing to fall out of that can was franks followed by beans. I stopped there. I don't need to be that mad this afternoon.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo stating: “The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips. Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons. Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection. This is how bribes work.” Below is an image of Donald Trump sitting across from the Emir of Qatar in a formal meeting room. Text overlay: “Quid Pro Presidency.”

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 10h

Anti-Fascism Scholar Who Fled US After Death Threats Discusses MAGA’s Fascism truthout.org/video/anti-f...

Anti-Fascism Scholar Who Fled US After Death Threats Discusses MAGA’s Fascism

If we don’t organize and take action in the streets, says Mark Bray, “we’re going to end up somewhere really bad.”…

truthout.org

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h

"ICE's film crew is making slick videos to convince the American People that ICE Agents are ripping the 'worst of the worst' off our streets. But they're crafting and creating a story that is divorced from the reality on the ground."

- Jacob Soboroff, MSNBC

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 10h

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 10h

Fuck RFK Jr. AND Olivia Nuzzi. They are both shitstains.

How's that?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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regsf.bsky.social @regsf.bsky.social · 11h

These articles that are written with the inference of “can you believe this?” Need to change to, “look at what this asshole billionaire does to people.” This is unregulated capitalism—full stop.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 11h

If you have the means and the ability, I would like to strongly suggest that you donate to Meals on Wheels, and your local food bank(s) right now, and for Thanksgiving, and in lieu of buying shit you don't need and others don't want for Christmas.

Please consider, if you are able.

Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 13h

In San Antonio Texas, Trump and the Republicans voted to STARVE Senior Citizens.
But they are sending Billions to help Argentina and spending millions to build a ballroom at the White House

Meals on Wheels to suspend meal delivery services for local seniors.

Meals on Wheels to suspend meal delivery services for hundreds of local seniors

SAN ANTONIO - A local institution is having to drastically scale back services to elderly and disabled people across the community.On Tuesday, Meals on Wheels S

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 11h

The entire NASA budget is $25B.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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