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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 1h

Five years ago I went on a 15-day cruise to Hawaii and read the first 11 Vlad Taltos books. (I am a pretty fast reader, but even I'm not sure quite how I managed it. We did do stuff on the ship and in Hawaii!)

TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate this reminder. It's so easy to feel cynical and defeated when there's an abomination a day.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago, IL.

ICE smashes into a random car, jumps out with automatic weapons drawn, abducts the victim after dragging her violently out of her car.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 7d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Greta Thunberg provides the perspective that most western media will not:

It’s not about a few hundred foreign nationals being mistreated by Israel for a few days.

It’s about the #GazaGenocide, deliberate denial of aid, and Israel’s flagrant breaches of international law.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 7d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 9d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My family & I are still processing the events of the past 24hrs. There is so much to say; for now I will keep it brief:

Juan was observing the situation at the ICE detention facility alongside other elected officials. He was in a designated protesting area & was standing peacefully when video shows

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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 10d

And, Jesus, the cost! Do people not look at the resources being poured into imprisoning and deporting their neighbours and see that it doesn't make sense? Cos-play "soldiers" waging war on American soil...what is this world?

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Dylan Michel @dylanmichel.bsky.social · 11d

My favorite comic, David Cross, said it best. Fuck these sellouts.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 16d

Not crazy! I came here to say this. Dr.Keanu was such a great dude.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20d

Trump/MAGA have baited media into inflating Kirk into a world historical martyr, thus exaggerating the cultural pull of Trumpism. The reality: It's Trump's authoritarian abuses that are provoking a massive cultural and societal backlash.

(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)

newrepublic.com/article/2008...

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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 19d

My "controversial" take: monster cookies bad--too much stuff, not enough cookie.

TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 20d

What I want is the software that I use to stop shoving AI garbage at me that I DID NOT ask for.

I just want my emails to spell check, not write for me!
I don't need my documents summarised for me in Drive.
Quickbooks layers on extra "AI" features weekly that don't make my job easier (and annoy me).

TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 21d

And, it was delightful! I really enjoyed it. (Though now I'm sad because I do not live in a world with more Gershwin!)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22d

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23d

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:

“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23d

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 28d

Because they are such a good shape and size!

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