Astrid Bears
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Astrid Bears
@astridbears.bsky.social
· Jul 17
The point, which you seem to have blown by, is that if Dem candidates had the integrity to champion the values of dem voters, they would win more.
Kowtowing to centrists is a losing strategy; it’s time Dems learned it.
I find it impossible to blame *voters* for having courage of their convictions.
Kowtowing to centrists is a losing strategy; it’s time Dems learned it.
I find it impossible to blame *voters* for having courage of their convictions.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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NEWS: After taking credit for many already legally-iffy strikes, Pete Hegseth is now hiding away from a reported double-tap strike.
Why? Well, per sources, even Trump admin lawyers are now warning higher-ups: the strike may have been blatantly illegal.
@swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social
Why? Well, per sources, even Trump admin lawyers are now warning higher-ups: the strike may have been blatantly illegal.
@swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social
Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NEWS: After taking credit for many already legally-iffy strikes, Pete Hegseth is now hiding away from a reported double-tap strike.
Why? Well, per sources, even Trump admin lawyers are now warning higher-ups: the strike may have been blatantly illegal.
@swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social
Why? Well, per sources, even Trump admin lawyers are now warning higher-ups: the strike may have been blatantly illegal.
@swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social
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Everyone involved in this child’s kidnapping is going to hell.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Everyone involved in this child’s kidnapping is going to hell.
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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
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here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Denver confidence based numbers:
Higher confidence forecast than usual. After 9a totals will be the wild card in Denver.
Airport/official obs will probably come in 2-3" lower than downtown.
#COwx
Higher confidence forecast than usual. After 9a totals will be the wild card in Denver.
Airport/official obs will probably come in 2-3" lower than downtown.
#COwx
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Denver confidence based numbers:
Higher confidence forecast than usual. After 9a totals will be the wild card in Denver.
Airport/official obs will probably come in 2-3" lower than downtown.
#COwx
Higher confidence forecast than usual. After 9a totals will be the wild card in Denver.
Airport/official obs will probably come in 2-3" lower than downtown.
#COwx
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Winter Weather Update: First real snowstorm of the season to deliver several inches Tuesday night through Wednesday for everyone ☃️❄️
This snowstorm will deliver more than just a token dusting. We break down the setup, snow totals, and timing: bouldercast.com/winter-weath... #COwx #Colorado #Denver
This snowstorm will deliver more than just a token dusting. We break down the setup, snow totals, and timing: bouldercast.com/winter-weath... #COwx #Colorado #Denver
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Winter Weather Update: First real snowstorm of the season to deliver several inches Tuesday night through Wednesday for everyone ☃️❄️
This snowstorm will deliver more than just a token dusting. We break down the setup, snow totals, and timing: bouldercast.com/winter-weath... #COwx #Colorado #Denver
This snowstorm will deliver more than just a token dusting. We break down the setup, snow totals, and timing: bouldercast.com/winter-weath... #COwx #Colorado #Denver
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Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
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Hey, it’s Giving Tuesday! Want to help kids all over the world? Clubfoot is one the most common birth differences, affecting 1 in 1000 babies. Including mine! This is Margot in her brace. Clubfoot can be fixed with simple casts and braces, but the costs add up. Enter Miracle Feet www.miraclefeet.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Hey, it’s Giving Tuesday! Want to help kids all over the world? Clubfoot is one the most common birth differences, affecting 1 in 1000 babies. Including mine! This is Margot in her brace. Clubfoot can be fixed with simple casts and braces, but the costs add up. Enter Miracle Feet www.miraclefeet.org
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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I don’t know what the right way to cover this madness is, and I recognize that what’s being attempted here is journalistically correct dry understatement, but it’s a bit too under-.
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I don’t know what the right way to cover this madness is, and I recognize that what’s being attempted here is journalistically correct dry understatement, but it’s a bit too under-.
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Anybody whose concern boils down to "it dilutes the pool" is a eugenicist and should be ignored.
Extra time costs us teachers nothing and SpEd/504 Accommodations have allowed thousands of kids to become college-educated adults and amazing contributors to society.
Extra time costs us teachers nothing and SpEd/504 Accommodations have allowed thousands of kids to become college-educated adults and amazing contributors to society.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Anybody whose concern boils down to "it dilutes the pool" is a eugenicist and should be ignored.
Extra time costs us teachers nothing and SpEd/504 Accommodations have allowed thousands of kids to become college-educated adults and amazing contributors to society.
Extra time costs us teachers nothing and SpEd/504 Accommodations have allowed thousands of kids to become college-educated adults and amazing contributors to society.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
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Okay so not only is this a horrible fascist overreach, but entirely unworkable. *Every* piece of course material? Having now experienced the pace of getting just the briefest outline of a course submitted (a year in advance!) my only response is lol nice try, no one's getting anything done again.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Okay so not only is this a horrible fascist overreach, but entirely unworkable. *Every* piece of course material? Having now experienced the pace of getting just the briefest outline of a course submitted (a year in advance!) my only response is lol nice try, no one's getting anything done again.
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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The ex-Honduran Prez Trump PARDONED was found guilty of trafficking more than 400 tons (!!!) of cocaine into the U.S. His co-conspirators used AK-47s, grenade launchers, & AR-15s to protect their loot.
So why the order to "kill them all" on a single drug boat? And why was Hegseth involved at all?
So why the order to "kill them all" on a single drug boat? And why was Hegseth involved at all?
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The ex-Honduran Prez Trump PARDONED was found guilty of trafficking more than 400 tons (!!!) of cocaine into the U.S. His co-conspirators used AK-47s, grenade launchers, & AR-15s to protect their loot.
So why the order to "kill them all" on a single drug boat? And why was Hegseth involved at all?
So why the order to "kill them all" on a single drug boat? And why was Hegseth involved at all?
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Today the FCC accepted for filing the application for Nexstar (Fox31) to acquire TEGNA (9NEWS) and has set a pleading cycle (public comment) to run through late January with a ruling to follow. The FCC says Nexstar is requesting two ownership rule waivers.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today the FCC accepted for filing the application for Nexstar (Fox31) to acquire TEGNA (9NEWS) and has set a pleading cycle (public comment) to run through late January with a ruling to follow. The FCC says Nexstar is requesting two ownership rule waivers.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
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📏❄️ Just a trace of snow in Boulder and Denver Sunday evening, but up to 6 inches fell at nearby ski resorts: bouldercast.com/front-range-... #COwx #COsnow #Denver #Boulder #Colorado #SnowTotals
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📏❄️ Just a trace of snow in Boulder and Denver Sunday evening, but up to 6 inches fell at nearby ski resorts: bouldercast.com/front-range-... #COwx #COsnow #Denver #Boulder #Colorado #SnowTotals
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Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Series.
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Series.
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Have also made a pumpkin curry and a dal so far. Will make something with chickpeas too. Eating less meat will save you lots of money and is one of the easiest things you can personally do to combat climate change. My favourite veggie / vegan recipes here
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Have also made a pumpkin curry and a dal so far. Will make something with chickpeas too. Eating less meat will save you lots of money and is one of the easiest things you can personally do to combat climate change. My favourite veggie / vegan recipes here
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Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales. www.theguardian.com/environment/...