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Kate Schmidt

@kateschmidt.bsky.social

620 followers 730 following 370 posts

CA expat living in coastal Maine. Genealogist. Loves kitties and booze and food and knitting. Intolerant of TERFs and bigots and racists and douchebags. Friend of DeSoto. Leguminati. Anti-fascist. She/her. 2547.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 39m

It’s not just a building. Ask who’s funding this and why and what’s underneath this building. (all that stuff you’ve mentioned is INSANELY worrying and important.)

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

It’s also really great because they have the most amazing technology anyone could ever ask for in the holodeck, they use it, but then they’ll also show up for their robot’s cat poetry night because they realize it’s important to be present with those you love and that technology isn’t a substitute

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 7h

Yup.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 8h

a cartoon character says i 'm shocked in front of a blue wall

ALT: a cartoon character says i 'm shocked in front of a blue wall

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

It's like the War of 1812 but this time the President is doing it himself

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Jeanette73 @jeanette73.bsky.social · 9h

When you're a king they let you do it

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 9h

Well, this sums it all up.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 9h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

It was hoppin! We parked our car around the corner from the DQ and took a spot at the Woolwich side of the bridge. Such a lovely day it was!

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

END THE DEATH PENALTY

Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 1d

Via Lauren Gill and Bolts: No physical evidence linked Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. His conviction was based largely on the testimony of one witness who testified under threat of capital punishment. Alabama plans to execute Boyd on Thursday. https://ow.ly/NYak50XefHX

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t need a fake video of Donald Trump dumping shit on America, because we see it every day for real.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 2d

25th amendment NOW.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a Venmo for her legal fund?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 2d

Bath, Maine. The whole danged bridge!

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings on the Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath, Maine!

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 3d

Now 5 have joined. 4 remain.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

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antifa = anti fascism @feralgoddess.bsky.social · 6d

Gov Janet Mills will be 80 yo in 2027.
She is a great governor.
I would like to see her become a mentor, not a senator.

Graham Platner, who she is challenging, is 41 yo.
We need someone with energy and vitality.
Someone who will survive for 6 years.
#GrahamPlatner4Senate

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 7d

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

I wish he’d hurry up with that.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

I think you would love Sondheim’s Assassins. The most recent revival with @nphstuff.bsky.social is phenomenal.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 7d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing better than a tabby cat. Nothing.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social · 8d

a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .

ALT: a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .

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