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Bonn Baird

@bonnthebest.bsky.social

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No DMs! Constitutionalist to the core! Wife, Mother to 5 & 🐕 . Living in a dictatorship under a socialist regime. Fiercely independent & a forever learner/researcher. Tree hugger/gardener🇺🇸 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 🖌️ 🖼️

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 16d

Follow me as I read and break down what I learn from this book that I picked up from the public library. If you are reading something interesting and applicable to our current pain and suffering, please share!

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 11h

Isn’t it written in Revelations that peace in the mid-east will usher in the end of the world as we know it?

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Solar winds escaping from cooler regions of the sun could impact the aurora on Sunday night.

Northern Lights Forecast: These States Could See The Aurora Borealis Tonight After Geomagnetic Storms

Solar winds escaping from cooler regions of the sun could impact the aurora on Sunday night.

www.forbes.com

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks a bunch, you anti-vaxxer dipshit fucks.

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U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1d

It is mid October, grey, darkening. For the last two weeks our solar panels have provided 42% of our house's energy use. (And sold 2kWh back to the grid.)

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
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Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 14h

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Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

www.theguardian.com

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 17h

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The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say In My Comment Section

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 18h

I didn’t notice. Wow!

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 18h

I thought about Canada in my youth, but I thought we were making progress, and I didn't go when friends did.

Now, the tick bite docs kept telling me was nothing has come home to roost. I don't think I have enough money for them to let me in. So it will be building a community here.

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 18h

😭 I used to feel lucky to live here, but not in the past few years.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20h

I have been thinking about this a LOT lately, and have many things to say about it. Maybe I'll write a complete essay. But for now, this video is well, well worth your time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Jeffies on Marjorie Taylor Greene: "It does seem to many of us that she's had a surprisingly enlightened few weeks."

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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 1d

This is Portland. The cavalry has arrived.

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Endicott Author @endicottroad.bsky.social · 19h

Another article on NPR that I found interesting and alarming:

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: The NYT fights back!

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Jean E Teall @finchduck.bsky.social · 18h

This anemone looks much fresher now the weather is cooler. #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: More fuel to the Epstein fire

Questions about how responders handled the scene .. when Jeffrey Epstein died

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THE DAY AHEAD: Mounting questions about how responders handled the scene when Jeffrey Epstein died

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 20h

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

People Say COVID Infections Are Worse This Year.

"Razor sore throat, fevers, chills. Some social media users are claiming that their current COVID-19 infections are more severe than previous COVID infections; some even claim it’s the worst they’ve ever felt."

Source: archive.md/DB2uM

People Say COVID Infections Are Worse This Year. Here's What Doctors Think.

By Jillian Wilson
Oct 12, 2025, 07:00 AM EDT

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 22h

Anytime there is a flood in the continental US, it is the biggest story across all social media.

Apparently, the same as not true for a catastrophe in Alaska. There was a typhoon yesterday morning and much of western Alaska is now underwater with homes with people in them just floating away.
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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 21h

Natural disaster in western Alaska

Please share

The news shows & papers aren't!

#Alaska
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Bonn Baird @bonnthebest.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration is trying to lower their wages and allow for farmers to take out of worker’s pay housing, food, etc. essentially making them slaves.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 5d

Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract

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Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract - The Chief

Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a collective bargaining agreement covering workers at an Upstate apple farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led workers at Wafle...

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