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Christopher

@neilyoungsaveus.bsky.social

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Just another twitter exile. You might know me. GenX, Politics, Activist, Prog, Still BERNin, music, musician, 1u, med prof (RRT), Dangerous Mind, Bad Brain. Stop revisionist history. Is it ground or floor?

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Christopher @neilyoungsaveus.bsky.social · 5d

#FightClub is #GenX 😉

Brad Pitt in Fight Club scene with cigarette

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 7h

Let’s talk about how to poop outdoors without harming nature.

Jack Edelson, a long-distance hiker who has stepped in poop on the trail, and does research into how people impact parks in his day job at Penn State, tells us about what do if you're out in the wilderness and need to go. ⬇️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 1d

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 7h

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Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

Fox News host Will Cain attacks Mehdi Hasan: "An immigrant muslim, open socialist who wants to overturn America, and there he is on the stage alongside Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 20h

I've lived in San Diego County for 53 years and I've never seen the 5 freeway shut down so the military could strike Camp Pendleton.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

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Blind man handcuffed, dragged by federal agents at ICE facility, he says

Quinn Haberl, a blind protester, says federal agents at Portland's ICE facility dragged and handcuffed him twice. Both incidents were on video.

www.kgw.com

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Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 1d

Even after Epstein’s crimes were known, Ghislaine Maxwell stayed on the guest list. The powerful always protect their own.
@underthedesknews.bsky.social

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 8h

The consumer goods giant is hoping for a thaw in tensions in America and hopes to proceed with the €15 billion spin-off this year ⬇️

Unilever ice cream deal frozen amid US government shutdown

www.thetimes.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

OH MY GOD!

What's Happening at Mar-a-Lago?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.

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JoE @jonorfolk.bsky.social · 14h

#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

Day 21. Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

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MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 8h

MLB Mailbag: Skubal, Castellanos, Happ, Pablo Lopez

This week's mailbag includes questions on Tarik Skubal, Nick Castellanos, Ian Happ, Pablo Lopez, and much more. Abner asks: The Tarik Skubal trade rumors dominated the news during the past weekend. The NY Mets has been mentioned as a possible destination for the Detroit Tigers' ace. But what would be a realistic prospect capital cost…

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 20h

Buck Martinez and Dan Schulman get to call the World Series. That absolutely rules.

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JoE @jonorfolk.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFaveLP
#MusicChallenge

The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come

No.10 - Death at One’s Elbow

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump’s POOP Propaganda — Why He’s TERRIFIED of Protesters" A Must WATCH!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHee...

National Guard East Wing Kenny Loggins George Soros Chip Roy AWS OUtage

Trump’s POOP Propaganda — Why He’s TERRIFIED of Protesters

YouTube video by CLIFF'S EDGE

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

If one truly wants to see how far down the road of totalitarianism we have already gone, just scroll the Dep't of Homeland Security's Facebook page. It is the most Orwellian stuff I have ever seen, never thought I would see in America.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

👻 New From EFF! Spooky Signal stickers to haunt your chats—securely, of course: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

No Tricks, Just Treats 🎃 EFF’s Halloween Signal Stickers Are Here!

EFF usually warns of new horrors threatening your rights online, but this Halloween we’ve summoned a few of our own we’d like to share. Our new Signal Sticker Pack highlights some creatures—both

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Christopher @neilyoungsaveus.bsky.social · 1d

sickening

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 1d

Contract negotiations between the Anchorage School District and the union representing teachers in the district have stalled and are headed to arbitration.

Anchorage teachers union, school district headed to arbitration over contract dispute

It marks the first time in nearly two decades that the two sides have been unable to mediate their differences.

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