Gary Chun
@garychun.bsky.social
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Retired journalist, occasional gig writer. Home in the islands, in the middle of the sea. You fascinate me. Avatar portrait by R. Kikuo Johnson.
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semoo85.bsky.social
💔 Urgent Appeal
As we returned to northern Gaza, nothing was left for us...
🏚️ Our home was completely destroyed.
We ask kind hearts to donate and help us rebuild what was lost,
so my family can find a bit of safety again 🙏
#Gaza #Donate #HopeForLife

gofund.me/35fdca7d
😭😭😭🍉
@mommunism.bsky.social
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sakher23.bsky.social
My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
GFM : gofund.me/f116bf44
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kevinhfoster.bsky.social
Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.
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ebthen.bsky.social
Heartbroken because I'm certain he's neither the first, nor will he be the last.

Heartbroken because cops of all flavors have always been dangerous to Autistic people, and especially Autistic BIPOC.
longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas
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patriottakes.bsky.social
Trump golfing today during the government shutdown
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tomandlorenzo.bsky.social
Gene Hackman, Robert Redford and Diane Keaton all going in the same year. Absolute titans of '70s cinema
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kevinhfoster.bsky.social
Federal agents in Portland shoved a protester to the ground and then fired pepper balls at another as they tried to help.

Safe to describe this as unnecessary force as they cleared the driveway.
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beautyworld2020.bsky.social
💔😩 My friends, I speak to you as a mother.
We’ve reached $200 out of $600 — your kindness kept my daughter Mona alive a little longer.
But her wound is still open, the infection spreading, and I’m terrified.
Please, don’t stop now — help me save her before it’s too late.

gofund.me/2f942387
beautyworld2020.bsky.social
💔Mona’s medicine has run out
Her wound still hasn’t healed,and since the bombing she wakes up screaming and trembling in fear

I take her to the hospital every other day for cleaning and care.
We urgently need $600 for medicine,bandages,and transport
Please,don’t leave us alone😭🙏

gofund.me/2f942387
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newsweek.com
A new SeniorLiving.org report found that 69 percent of beneficiaries would leave their plan over price increases.
Medicare Price Hikes Would Push Majority of Seniors to Ditch Plans—Poll
www.newsweek.com
garychun.bsky.social
Timeline thread.
unraveledpress.com
In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.
garychun.bsky.social
the whims of Dear Leader come first
jamellebouie.net
really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
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annamerlan.bsky.social
One time I looked out the window of the thrift store I worked at and saw a beautiful woman hopping down the street on one leg. A second later she burst in the front door and it was Diane Keaton with a broken high heel in her hand. You’ve never seen someone get served by half the staff faster
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jonbright.bsky.social
In Hawaii, most of the population relies on private septic tanks or cesspools to dispose of sewage and other wastewater. There are more than 88,000 cesspools in the state, with about 55,000 on the Big Island alone. eos.org/articles/pin...
Pinpointing Sewage Seeps in Hawaii - Eos
Cesspools and septic systems, as well as coastal development, put Hawaiian coastal waters at risk of contamination.
eos.org
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lfschleusener.bsky.social
When your commitment to family annihilation as policy gets a slight reprieve.
gbrumfiel.bsky.social
BREAKING: CDC is apparently reversing many of its layoffs. Letters seen by NPR indicate that many employees working with infectious diseases have had their RIFs revoked.
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jlalibs.com
What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.
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roxana-hadadi.bsky.social
the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.