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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 14h

I love it. Makes me happy.
Weird that I'm now seeing your post here after I just read about the bill to end the 1970s marine mammal legislation to protect these beautiful creatures.
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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 6h

And Rwanda, South Sudan, Eswatini, and soon Uganda

Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 9h

Accra. Accra?!

ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 9h

An ICE deportation flight (OAE3710) just departed Baltimore, MD for Accra, Ghana. It originated from Phoenix, AZ, and stopped in El Paso, TX before landing in Baltimore. ICE Flight Monitor is actively monitoring and will update here.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 17h

someone finally broke the stagnancy with a 100$ donation. we’re still far from the 4500$ goal that would give us shelter again. Please lets do it ❤️🥺

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10h

He's an old man and he knows he's going to die soon. This absolutely motivates what he's doing daily.

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Collateral Damage @coldamage.bsky.social · 13h

Khan Yunis, #Gaza.

When Germany did less than this to Warsaw, it led to the Nuremberg trials.

#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 20h

most normies are mad at thiel for being incomprensible

we are mad at thiel for not understanding philosophy and theology

Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 20h

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 12h

The center.. Hella fun and instructive, and its arguably what got me so keen on language

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12h

A new book argues that when easy money ran out, Silicon Valley’s billionaires looked for someone to keep the good times rolling. They found him in Donald Trump.

What Really Drove Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right

In Gilded Rage, journalist Jacob Silverman argues that a decade of free cash turned tech’s utopians into power brokers and made Trump their unlikely ally.

bloom.bg

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 12h

ya, our world is slowly dying, don't think i could forgive you🎼

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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 3d

Link requested this be boosted so we can help Dr. Divya raise money for Palestinian families in need.

It is also a good day to reinstate Link’s account.

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 16h

Turning my MS foot tremors when stationary into dance rhythms.. is this what they call sublimating inconveniences?

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Imagine Dragons - Believer (Lyrics)

YouTube video by 7clouds Rock

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 17h

Paused at the Charlie Kirk memorial outside Turning Point USA headquarters last night. Not a person there. People have moved on.

For about a week after it happened, this place was packed, media all over the place, people bringing flowers, crying, etc.

All things said…it’s *all* just sad.

Charlie Kirk memorial at Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix

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Jonathan Casey @jonathantcasey.bsky.social · 20h

Trump forgot that he was President on Jan. 6th. 2021.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 19h

"clean your [house] before you criticize the world"

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson, explained

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She explained how her 62-year-old dad had been dealing with a “host of neurological issues this summer that we believe stem from CIRS, which is chronic inflammatory response syndrome, due to decades of mould exposure.”

Fuller added that he had been suffering from symptoms of neuropathy and weakness for the last few years and his condition worsened after Peterson cleaned out his late father’s basement earlier this year.

“We don’t have a better explanation for his neurological symptoms at the moment other than spiritual attacks,” she said.

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 1d

This too shall pass.. Goodnight

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Diamond Platnumz - Yatapita (Official Music Video)

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to drunk people while sober is really amusing

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“This immigration issue is a remnant of Subu’s original case. Since that wrongful conviction has now been officially vacated and all charges against Subu have been dismissed, we have asked the immigration court to reopen the case and consider the fact that Subu has been exonerated.”

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sade is such a joy to listen to

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Sade - No Ordinary Love - Official - 1992

YouTube video by SadeVEVO

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · Dec 16

Sade is such an artist

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · Jan 27

oh man, sade is such a joy to listen to

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maina @buddingdilettante.bsky.social · Nov 28

Sade

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Sade - Young Lion (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SadeVEVO

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday, MC Lyte, who was on the remix of this song...

🗣At first you dissed this, now you wanna kiss this...

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madlove, legionary of the antichrist @madlove.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Final score: Norway 5 , genocidal apartheid state 0

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

Damn yo what if the United States empire was collapsing. Just imploding & losing all its function because its white supremacist history culminated in a dictator. That would be crazy, yo. Nah that would never happen.

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