Box of Frogs
@boxoffrogs.bsky.social
We are the first generation that has sufficient resources to put a roof over every head, a meal on every table, to provide education and basic health care to all, and to care for the planet.
Yet we don't.
You have to ask what is wrong with us?
Yet we don't.
You have to ask what is wrong with us?
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Box of Frogs
@boxoffrogs.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Republicans have turned the USA into the kind of police state that Republicans always warned you America would become if you didn't vote for Republicans.
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600 kids have been ripped from their families and placed in ICE camps. That’s more than in the entirety of the previous 4 years.
The average time in the camps is 6 months.
This is in addition to the young mothers having their babies ripped from their arms as they’re deported.
The average time in the camps is 6 months.
This is in addition to the young mothers having their babies ripped from their arms as they’re deported.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
600 kids have been ripped from their families and placed in ICE camps. That’s more than in the entirety of the previous 4 years.
The average time in the camps is 6 months.
This is in addition to the young mothers having their babies ripped from their arms as they’re deported.
The average time in the camps is 6 months.
This is in addition to the young mothers having their babies ripped from their arms as they’re deported.
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I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
The Village Message Board
Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
www.tom-cox.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
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In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.
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Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.
wapo.st/48k7g1S
wapo.st/48k7g1S
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🚨Just released🚨
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨Just released🚨
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
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My health insurance premiums will more than double in January. I pay a little less than $500/month for my current silver plan.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My health insurance premiums will more than double in January. I pay a little less than $500/month for my current silver plan.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
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**RESPECT POST**
RESPECT RECIPIENT: ELECTRONIC DIGGERS
RESPECT REASON: not only electric infrastructure, but building a new tram line in Oslo
RESPECT QUANTITY: 8 respects
RESPECTED AT: 2025-11-29 12:24
RESPECT RECIPIENT: ELECTRONIC DIGGERS
RESPECT REASON: not only electric infrastructure, but building a new tram line in Oslo
RESPECT QUANTITY: 8 respects
RESPECTED AT: 2025-11-29 12:24
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
**RESPECT POST**
RESPECT RECIPIENT: ELECTRONIC DIGGERS
RESPECT REASON: not only electric infrastructure, but building a new tram line in Oslo
RESPECT QUANTITY: 8 respects
RESPECTED AT: 2025-11-29 12:24
RESPECT RECIPIENT: ELECTRONIC DIGGERS
RESPECT REASON: not only electric infrastructure, but building a new tram line in Oslo
RESPECT QUANTITY: 8 respects
RESPECTED AT: 2025-11-29 12:24
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Everyone deserves the basics to build a good life: universal healthcare, accessible education, affordable housing, and a living wage. That’s the vision we’re fighting for, and together we can make it a reality. #NHPolitics #NewHampshire #nhtok #Congress #politics #election
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Everyone deserves the basics to build a good life: universal healthcare, accessible education, affordable housing, and a living wage. That’s the vision we’re fighting for, and together we can make it a reality. #NHPolitics #NewHampshire #nhtok #Congress #politics #election
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NH Constitution [Art.] 2-b. [Right of Privacy.]
“An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.”
Except in Trump’s Amerika, of course…
#NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/28/r...
“An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.”
Except in Trump’s Amerika, of course…
#NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/28/r...
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illega...
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NH Constitution [Art.] 2-b. [Right of Privacy.]
“An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.”
Except in Trump’s Amerika, of course…
#NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/28/r...
“An individual's right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.”
Except in Trump’s Amerika, of course…
#NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/28/r...
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I hate not being done with Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, so the person who didn’t have any suggestions for a Christmas present is getting a kilt I found on Amazon haul for 1¢. He’s gonna be as shocked as I was to see a whole ass new kilt for a penny 😂😂😂 #bigbrothersareannoyingbutimworse
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I hate not being done with Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, so the person who didn’t have any suggestions for a Christmas present is getting a kilt I found on Amazon haul for 1¢. He’s gonna be as shocked as I was to see a whole ass new kilt for a penny 😂😂😂 #bigbrothersareannoyingbutimworse
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A little pet peeve. It’s not exactly that tropical rainforests have “gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem.” Forests lose carbon when people cut them (or via fire) and gain carbon when trees grow. It’s that the losing is outweighing the gaining.
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A little pet peeve. It’s not exactly that tropical rainforests have “gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem.” Forests lose carbon when people cut them (or via fire) and gain carbon when trees grow. It’s that the losing is outweighing the gaining.
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"As someone who has worked in disability policy research for decades, I wish these stories were anomalies. They are not." Commentary from Andrew Houtenville #NHPolitics
New Hampshire and the United States must fully commit to disability inclusion • New Hampshire Bulletin
The New Hampshire Bulletin’s three-part series, by William Skipworth, on our state’s disability residential services system is painful to read.
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"As someone who has worked in disability policy research for decades, I wish these stories were anomalies. They are not." Commentary from Andrew Houtenville #NHPolitics
Hey ChatGPT: If moral vacuum were a meal, what would it look like?
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey ChatGPT: If moral vacuum were a meal, what would it look like?
Unlike a Republican, I can imagine a future in which everyone doesn't have to work.
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Unlike a Republican, I can imagine a future in which everyone doesn't have to work.
Note to the tech bros:
In every imagination of a utopian future you might notice that people don't starve or lack income because they no longer have to work.
By all means replace all the jobs, but don't assume that means you get all the money.
In every imagination of a utopian future you might notice that people don't starve or lack income because they no longer have to work.
By all means replace all the jobs, but don't assume that means you get all the money.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Note to the tech bros:
In every imagination of a utopian future you might notice that people don't starve or lack income because they no longer have to work.
By all means replace all the jobs, but don't assume that means you get all the money.
In every imagination of a utopian future you might notice that people don't starve or lack income because they no longer have to work.
By all means replace all the jobs, but don't assume that means you get all the money.
Republican voters fear what they have been told Democrats might do.
Democratic voters fear what Republicans have already done.
Both sides are not the same.
Democratic voters fear what Republicans have already done.
Both sides are not the same.
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Republican voters fear what they have been told Democrats might do.
Democratic voters fear what Republicans have already done.
Both sides are not the same.
Democratic voters fear what Republicans have already done.
Both sides are not the same.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The British comedy news show "Have I got news for you" described Trump's new Mamdani look as "Michael Caine in the Muppets Christmas Carol" and I can't stop laughing...
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The British comedy news show "Have I got news for you" described Trump's new Mamdani look as "Michael Caine in the Muppets Christmas Carol" and I can't stop laughing...
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“Dictators ride to and fro on tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” - Winston Churchill, who knew a thing or two about dictators-
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Dictators ride to and fro on tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” - Winston Churchill, who knew a thing or two about dictators-
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Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
I hope all the libertarian dipsh*ts that voted for Trump are happy they now live in a surveillance police state...
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration. From @jonshorman.bsky.social
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I hope all the libertarian dipsh*ts that voted for Trump are happy they now live in a surveillance police state...
If Democrats were bold, they would use the healthcare insurance crisis to commit to Medicare for All in 2028.
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If Democrats were bold, they would use the healthcare insurance crisis to commit to Medicare for All in 2028.
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“Why are your posts so political?”
Because health is political
Because the President of the most powerful country on earth has said disabled people should be “left to die”
Because we’re living through a mass disabling event
Because eugenics is back
Because our lives matter
Because health is political
Because the President of the most powerful country on earth has said disabled people should be “left to die”
Because we’re living through a mass disabling event
Because eugenics is back
Because our lives matter
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“Why are your posts so political?”
Because health is political
Because the President of the most powerful country on earth has said disabled people should be “left to die”
Because we’re living through a mass disabling event
Because eugenics is back
Because our lives matter
Because health is political
Because the President of the most powerful country on earth has said disabled people should be “left to die”
Because we’re living through a mass disabling event
Because eugenics is back
Because our lives matter
I'm willing to entertain the possibility that there may still be some good/moderate Republican politicians out there, but...
...in the absence of any of them speaking out, can we all agree that none of them are "leaders".
...in the absence of any of them speaking out, can we all agree that none of them are "leaders".
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm willing to entertain the possibility that there may still be some good/moderate Republican politicians out there, but...
...in the absence of any of them speaking out, can we all agree that none of them are "leaders".
...in the absence of any of them speaking out, can we all agree that none of them are "leaders".
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While America today is focused on the DC National Guard shooting, we should all be asking how did the shooter get his guns and why is this administration working to make that even easier?
While the world focused on the Epstein files, Congress took up a dangerous bill that sponsors say is to help law enforcement get greater access to “less-than-lethal” weapons.
In reality, it deregulates dangerous weapons to help a billion-dollar weapons industry make more money.
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In reality, it deregulates dangerous weapons to help a billion-dollar weapons industry make more money.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
While America today is focused on the DC National Guard shooting, we should all be asking how did the shooter get his guns and why is this administration working to make that even easier?