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Lori Lou Freshwater
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Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.

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The singular reason we are going to call it a constitutional crisis until the coup his complete is that Americans have become so fear-ridden they cannot conceive of losing a life’s worth of material gains.
Thankful for sun sea and sky
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Cannot emphasize this enough.

If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.

Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Whistles! Get hooked up!
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You see my friend and the graves of my two baby brothers in this trailer about the enormous environmental impact of the military industrial complex.

#dropthemic
EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY | OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Empire Files
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Still incredible how a terminally stupid person can have such an influence over the world.

Denmark now has a team monitoring Trump’s crazed pronouncements throughout the night for an early morning intelligence briefing.
Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row
US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December

(I will try anything at this point)
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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What does it mean to stand by an indigenous population who is being pushed out by a colonizing force? Sheila McCarthy and a fellow Catholic Worker share their observations from their five-week mission.

#thecatholicworker
Catholic Workers Decry Colonial Expansion in the U.S. and Palestine
What does it mean to stand by an indigenous population who is being pushed out by a colonizing force? Sheila McCarthy and a fellow Catholic Worker share their observations from their five-week mission
catholicworker.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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In case you think I am exaggerating when I say ICE/CBP are slave catchers.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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'Perhaps poetry is the only kind of uselessness we require. We might call it futile, if only we had something better to do with beauty.' Jonathan Elmer on MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss for @publicbooks.bsky.social: www.publicbooks.org/two-ways-of-...
Two Ways of Disliking Poetry - Public Books
When I was fourteen, a friend invited me to stay a week with his family on the Outer Banks. What I remember most vividly about that week is a book.
www.publicbooks.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This might be one of the few "Thanksgiving" traditions we can all support:
Feeding the hungry, providing for those in need!

”הֲלוֹא פָרֹס לָרָעֵב לַחְמֶךָ וַעֲנִיִּים מְרוּדִים תָּבִיא בָיִת. (ישעיהו נח:ז)
Share your bread with the hungry, And to take the sighing poor into your home.”
- Isaiah 58:7
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76

“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”

@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Never forget how incredible Jack White was as Elvis in a cameo in Walk Hard.

youtube.com/shorts/AXDt4...
Jack White's Movie Cameo In "Walk Hard"
YouTube video by Beyond The Beat
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.

Thankful for our city.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The right bank outfall drain was meant to make the salty soils of western Sindh fit for cultivation.In reality,it rerouted agricultural wastewater, fertilisers and pesticides,along with industrial effluent and sewage from several cities directly into Lake Manchar. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis
The Mohana of Pakistan’s Sindh province once thrived on the lake but pollution and drought have caused the fragile ecosystem to collapse, along with their way of life
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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It begins
RUN DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RUNDMCVEVO
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
However mixed my emotions about this holiday, I sure am grateful that I’ve had *all of you* in this fight with me and we are gonna win. ✊❤️
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I’m mindful today of those for whom this is their first Thanksgiving without a loved one. I’m praying for a measure of peace and the comfort of beautiful memories.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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What will the creature made all of seadrift do on the dry sand of daylight; what will the mind do, each morning, waking?
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
- Dakota Tribe

Pic of the day

#photography
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Black swan resting

#birdoftheday #swans #birds
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#Thanksgiving & football go hand in hand, and THE FRESHMAN (1925) shows the frenzy has been around for over a century. Harold Lloyd’s chaotic climactic game helped shape every underdog sports comedy that followed. Touchdown! 🏈

Watch the full #publicdomain classic ⤵️
archive.org/details/the-...
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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I love stained glass. A fantastic and ancient art. It must be appreciated.
I would say it is a representation of Saint John the Evangelist.❤️
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM