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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 1d

My BeFutureFocused (BFF) lens: thinking from the future means building systems that are not just efficient but enduringly humane.

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 1d

Selective Curiosity: Wisdom lies in choosing what not to know.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2024)

Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm o...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:

At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 1d

Collective ignorance fuels manipulation; collective knowledge enables democracy.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 6d

If I’m never going to be acceptable, I might as well be honest.
If my voice makes them uncomfortable, maybe that’s proof it still matters.

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 6d

They keep raising the bar so people like me stay quiet.
But silence never earned anyone freedom.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 6d

I’m going to air my opinion—because I’m never going to meet their expectations anyway.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · 10d

Empires fear pluralism’s autonomy, not chaos. When people act morally from within, they defy guilt, myth, and hierarchy—threatening authoritarian control. That’s why religion preaches obedience.

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri and Josh O’Connor Among 1,200 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’

Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Josh O'Connor, Ava DuVernay and Hannah Einbinder are among those to sign the pledge

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink & Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....

Support Maggie Bowman

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 25

I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink and Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....

Support Maggie Bowman

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hot take: What might actually save America from dictatorship isn’t the Constitution.
It’s that Americans are loud, obnoxious jerks with guns—and authoritarians can’t control noise that refuses to shut up.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 16

Empiric Rot: Notes on a Dying Order

@all_poetry

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Empiric Rot: Notes on a Dying Order by Emeselle Bowmyn at Allpoetry

I woke up this morning / and heard the world’s lungs / dripping through the coffee pot. / . Published at the web's largest poetry site.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ask your lawmakers to support the Populist Plank with me! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4A...

Populist Plank campaign

directory page for Populist Plank subpages

nwmd.social

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 10

Capitalist tolerance for democratic participation ends when working-class movements threaten to abolish private property.

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 10

She was erased from history. This book writes her back in. Support “Ink and Ether” before Aug 30 to be named in the acknowledgments:

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Aug 2

I updated my vineyard story:

Uncorking Rebellion: In Vino Veritas
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Uncorking Rebellion: In Vino Veritas - Maggie Bowman - Wattpad

In a vineyard cloaked in exploitation and rot, the animals once seen as livestock and novelty awaken into organizers, saboteurs, and quiet insurgents. Narrated...

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The 75 @the75.bsky.social · Jul 29

Big weekend for The 75!
We launched the first 3 episodes of The 75 Podcast www.youtube.com/@The75Podcast
Connected with voters at the Money Out of Politics Rally in DC
And Mike gave an impassioned speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial! (video of speech coming soon)

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wanna hear my voice? Check out The 75 Podcast!

The 75 @the75.bsky.social · Jul 27

Tired of a political system that serves billionaires, not the people? The 75 Podcast is here.

Our first 3 episodes are live now! Listen, subscribe, and join the movement to make corruption illegal again.

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

#MoneyInPolitics #PoliticalCorruption #CampaignFinanceReform

Ep 001 - The Root of All Corruption: Why Money in Politics is Destroying America (And How We Fix It)

YouTube video by The 75 Podcast

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Jul 31

Americans haven’t read Lysistrata, and it shows.

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Jul 25

The healthiest relationship Donald Trump has ever had appears to have been with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Jul 24

What if this isn’t how the world has to be?

Maggie “Dragona Chingona” Bowman @befuturefocused.bsky.social · Jul 22

The center isn’t a buffer—it’s the broker.

It’s the polished lobby where extremism gets its makeover,
where pundits iron the wrinkles out of tyranny,
where fascism gets fitted for a suit and called bipartisan.