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Lekkerdog 🇨🇦 @lekkerdog.bsky.social · 6h

Higher Ground (either Stevie's original or the Chilli Peppers remake), Beds Are Burning, Who Will Stand with Us (Dropkick Murphys)...

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Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 23h

The European Union says Russia should pay for Ukraine's reconstruction.

Shouldn't Israel pay for Gaza's reconstruction? Just as Germany was forced to do after the Holocaust.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 23h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Dec 5

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 21h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 21h

Statement from the President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery:

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Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · Sep 2

lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :

are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.

*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.

*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.

maybe you're not being negative *enough*

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aplewe.bsky.social @aplewe.bsky.social · Jul 4

"The lack of connection in a dictatorship is a weakness that can be exploited and turned against the dictatorship. Never miss an opportunity to create animosity and suspicion between the tyrant and their subordinates and allies."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Good for them: it is a violation of the Hatch Act that limits the use of public assets for partisan messaging. Orgeon has its own version of that law, and covers those who run the airport. Other airport administrators should look to see if they are in the same position.

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 3d

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 4d

"THE TIME IS HERE. FORGET AMAZON.
WE ALL HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING TO SAVE AMERIGA FROM THE CORPORATE CONTROL AGE IT IS ENTERING. THEY NEED YOU TO BUY FROM THEM. DON'T." Neil Young on Amazon

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vaudree.bsky.social @vaudree.bsky.social · 5d

"We can shake our heads at d delusion of these MAGA nutters just as we laugh at d US Congressmen who wrote a letter 2 Canada this summer telling us 2 keep d smoke from a burning planet on our side of d border. However, when it comes 2 d state of the planet, there is plenty of delusion 2 go around."

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d

The great derangement syndrome. As the world blows past the 1.5 degree red line Trump and Carney talk about reviving Keystone XL.
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL

Well, that was unexpected.

substack.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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sassycpa.bsky.social @sassycpa.bsky.social · 5d

Today I learned that the collective noun for frogs is "army." Huh.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 4d

If anyone makes a amphibian Gadsden flag, I will be first in line to buy it

Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 4d

Courtesy of Ryan Cordell and Queer Media

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

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Lekkerdog 🇨🇦 @lekkerdog.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats! That's a gorgeous cover!

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 6d

6 Canadians — including a First Nations woman — have been detained by Israel after their aid ship was intercepted in international waters while carrying medical supplies to Gaza.

Canada must demand their immediate release.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#cdnpoli #HumanRights #SaveTheCBC

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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 6d

Alors que le monde se tourne vers les énergies renouvelables, @carobrouillette.bsky.social réitère que des politiques climatiques ambitieuses sont essentielles pour assurer la compétitivité du Canada.

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