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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 23h

He gave $40B to a foreign dictator, millions for Noem’s jets, he’s trashing the White House for a ballroom and we’re just trying to survive. There should’ve been more than 7 million in the streets on No Kings Day. Come at me but you know I’m right.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11h

What’s different about this shutdown? In past ones, Congress passed enough bills to keep parts of the gov running. This time, none. Economists say it’s trimming 0.1–0.2% of annual growth each week, about $7.6 to $15.2 billion lost weekly in stalled work and unpaid hours. Ouch.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 14h

It wasn't anti-white to support boycotting South African teams under apartheid.

It's not Russophobia to support boycotting Russian teams after the invasion of Ukraine.

And it's not antisemitism to support boycotting Israeli teams after a genocide.

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nikcalculon @nikcalculon.bsky.social · 12h

the return of Dave Spectrasoul under a new alias! nixxyrain.bandcamp.com/track/about-...

About Me & U, by Nixxy Rain

track by Nixxy Rain

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18h

$40 billion to Argentina’s right-wing government.

The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22h

ARGENTINE PESO COLLAPSES TO RECORD LOW — DOWN 99.8% SINCE 2009

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nikcalculon @nikcalculon.bsky.social · 12h

Spectrasoul - Cherry Smoke 🍒

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Cherry Smoke

YouTube video by Spectrasoul - Topic

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15h

a simple reminder that walking is the best but pedestrians get a raw deal

a graphic showing space required for transport modes w/ people standing on a street - car, e-car, hydrogen car etc are the most, then bicycle, then bus and least space is walking

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 19h

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim

Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 20h

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Feenix @sdfeenix.bsky.social · 23h

The reason that ICE keeps their faces concealed is because if they could be identified, it would show that A LOT of them are part of far right wing militias and hate groups that participated in the J6 Capitol Riots.