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Eleanor Martinez

@northstar1939.bsky.social

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San Jose, CA native living in VT on 9 wooded acres with husband of 41 years and our 2 elderly cats. NO RED or BLUEMAGA allowed! GOP is batshit crazy. Dems pushing right, making things worse for all of us while they lust for donor $$+ignore their voters.

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · Feb 6

If you are bashing voters who stayed home/voted 3rd party, DO. NOT. FOLLOW. ME.
It's not the voters' fault that the Orange Domestic Enemy won. It's that of Dems doing the bidding of their donors instead of allowing the people to elect the candidate they want. Name-calling will be reported+blocked.

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Dylan Irvine @dylanjirvine.bsky.social · 6h

Given the topic of my PhD (groundwater and temperature) I can't believe I've never thought about this. Abandoned onshore gas wells and geothermal energy... So smart (assuming sufficient temps, etc.). 🧪 theconversation.com/geothermal-e...

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells

The Earth’s own heat can be brought up from underground and used as a source of energy that emits almost no greenhouse gases and can operate 24/7 almost anywhere on the planet.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7m

Meanwhile, here's what Zionists do to Christians in Gaza:

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May Bee🌻🇺🇸🐝💙🌈 @maysurvivethis.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s show up for DEMOCRACY!
See you there!
No Kings
Oct 18th
NoKings.org

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 1m

Ms. James has courageously stood up to Trump and isn't backing down. The fact that she's black shouldn't be a factor here.
I've admired Letitia James for her courage+integrity for a while, now. We need many others like her on our side, and it's disturbing that some whites have a problem with that.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

"Courage is resistance to fear."

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Jenny @wildmustanglover.bsky.social · 11h

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 13m

Willamette Week is reporting that earlier this month, ICE blocked an ambulance with an injured protestor from leaving the Macadam facility to get to the hospital, and an ICE agent threatened to shoot the first responder driving the ambulance.

ICE Agents in Portland allegedly block ambulance and threaten to shoot medic

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Todd Adams 🇺🇦 @todddavidadams.bsky.social · 9h

The entirety of our executive branch departments are being run by childish internet trolls who live in a world of their own fantasies.

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Knit Twist @knittwist.bsky.social · 7h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h

It’s genuinely alarming that the official DHS account is talking like this. This isn’t a parody account, it’s a federal agency using the tone of an online teenage bully to respond to fair public criticism.

DHS Twitter account responding to Maria Cardona

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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kristofarian @kristofarian.bsky.social · 26m

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6h

California is proud to congratulate FIVE California university-affiliated scholars among this year's Nobel laureates.

From quantum computing to clean energy and medical breakthroughs, these trailblazers reflect the strength, innovation, and creativity that define our state.

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Juniper @juniperbevensee.bsky.social · 49m

are they really staunch or do they just have some mixture of justice sensitivity / ethical OCD?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Tedderman1🦋 @twj75.bsky.social · 19m

Upon returning to his home
A young boy in Gaza collects the remains of a family member
www.instagram.com/reel/DPKD3E-...

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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social · 13m

This is why Netanyahu MUST be held responsible!

Slobodan Milošević, the Serbian butcher, committed only a fraction of the crimes against humanity that Netanyahu has committed and continues to commit.

Tedderman1🦋 @twj75.bsky.social · 19m

Upon returning to his home
A young boy in Gaza collects the remains of a family member
www.instagram.com/reel/DPKD3E-...

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 8h

This Thanksgiving, I am especially grateful to be Canadian. We are far from perfect. We have a lot of work to do on Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. But I am grateful to live in a liberal democracy that celebrates diversity. I am grateful we are not a fascist dictatorship.🇨🇦❤️🍁

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 16m

Definitely agree with this.
For any anyone outside Canada, we celebrate a different Thanksgiving then America.
This year I am giving thanks for living in a country where being radically woke is just another Monday.

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 8h

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 14m

"Quick euthanasia"--send them to Rikers or Pelican Bay, general population with 0 protection. 1-way trip to CECOT, then burn their paperwork and don't pay El Salvador to house them. Couple of ways that wouldn't take long.

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Heel to Port @surely-youjest.bsky.social · 5h

These *uckers are too stupid for self-reflection.
But all creatures understand pain.

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𓅊 Ms. HarpyLady @missharpylady.bsky.social · 8h

Remember:

Violators never take no for an answer.

The only thing that will dissuade is pain, ridicule, and a lifetime of forced self-reflection.

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Tee Bee @teelbee.bsky.social · 9h

Right. They’re not going to stop. There are bounties for bodies, so they will take you, no questions asked, and hope you fit their needs. 🤬

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Danielle - 🥄🐈🍑🇺🇸🇺🇳🇺🇦🌻🍉📚🔬⚖️🧷📎; @adigitalgirl.org · 9h

my other concern is will they just deploy outside of metro Chicago and continue with their disappearing of targeted black and brown people, regardless of citizenship.

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