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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH — @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social : “Here’s a partial list of things Trump is choosing to no longer study — food insecurity, gun violence, toxic exposures etc… Just because you don't measure it doesn't mean the problem went away. Censoring science & data collection is scary in a democracy.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

#MedicareForAll

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 15h

I assume this will have an effect on solar modules.

Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 4d

Silver nearing $50/oz. from <$20 less than two years ago.

A year old, but a standard commercial module uses 8,400 mg/<0.3 oz of silver, so ~$14.80/module.

Makes recycling viable, and older module used more silver per module.

It does increase silver per watt to 2.5-3¢/W if buying on open market.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/gold-vaults-over-4000-rush-safety-fed-easing-bets-2025-10-08/

https://www.pv-tech.org/silver-bullet-for-precious-metal-n-type-solar-cells/

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 1d

Australia: ‘While energy market rule maker is open to the idea of a market to buy inertia, rejected for now…. saying it’s too expensive and not needed…estimated $5 – $10 million in upfront costs, plus millions more in ongoing operation, would far outweigh the modest expected benefits’

reneweconomy.com.au

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

It’s becoming better understood that food systems are a major driver of the climate crisis.

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

www.theguardian.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23h

A federal appeals court partially reinstated Trump’s authority over the Illinois National Guard, while maintaining restrictions that prevent him from deploying troops within the state.

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

Spoke in Carroll, Iowa today. I met up with Catelyn Drey who recently flipped a red senate seat blue.

Rural Democrats are here...we’ve always been here.

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 23h

"pritzker is fighting for us"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Gardener, Landscaper, Tester, Builder @jzfromkcbaby.bsky.social · 1d

Could? They are. And their former CEOs are saying so.

Do better, ABC.
Kansas rural hospitals brace for impact of $4 billion funding loss under mega-bill • Kansas Reflector share.google/vX6UlnoH5FU7...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that the Vice President of the United States is basically property of Peter Thiel.
“He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power.”

He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of
technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said trat international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."
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Armageddon nonstop. We're all scared to death that we're sleepwalking into Armageddon. And then because we know world war three will be an unjust war, that pushes us. We're going hard towards peace at any price.
What I worry about in that sort of situation is you don't think too hard about the details of the peace and it becomes much more likely that you get an unjust peace. This is, by the way, the slogan of the antichrist: 1 Thessalonians 5:3. It's peace and safety, sort of the unjust peace.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit. President Crimes and his crimes friends are committing crimes with the fake money for doing crimes. Have you guys seen this.

August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 1d

I love how the big news on Trump’s tariff announcement is how moments before he made it a bunch of people made insanely profitable shorts on crypto, a thing that Bitcoin Bros are all astounded to see happening in a completely unregulated market of a fake currency primarily used by criminals.

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

The market dumped.

The trader made a profit of $192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

JUST IN: An anonymous trader opened massive crypto short positions just 30 minutes before Trump’s tariff announcements yesterday.

They made an estimated $192M in profits.

Donald Trump needs to go to jail. He is thief, he is literally robbing people internationally.

He announced 100% Tarrifs on China and sends the US stock market into a death spiral.

At the same time someone put over 1 Billion dollars into crypto with orders for 100 million being placed on Ethereum and Bitcoin and other crypto currencies across the board whilst markets got wiped after what he said. Billions, and I mean fucking billions got wiped out, whilst Bitcoin had it a biggest dip ever in a single candle losing 20k per Bitcoin, Whilst alt coins lost over 60-70% of value, everyone with leverage on the market with even 2 x leverage got murdered and robbed.

This was co ordinated, this was market manipulation with one anonymous wallet making over 200 million dollars in one day with trades showing that they knew Trump was going to announce this and crash the market.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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Gardener, Landscaper, Tester, Builder @jzfromkcbaby.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like someone needs to make a sign with Woody from Toy Story saying that last one. The cowboy look fits KS too.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 1d

Opinion by Matthew Redmond: In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings — and for being skeptical | kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/i...

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings — and for being skeptical • Kansas Reflector

Saying “no” — especially to those in power — is an underrated American pastime, and Thomas Paine was its Babe Ruth.

kansasreflector.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security, and Treasury.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 1d

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 1d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs | #ksleg via @tim-henderson.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/r...

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Kansas Reflector

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

kansasreflector.com

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