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@refugeepat.bsky.social

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Trapped in Occupied America If you’re not furious you’re not paying attention! Using 🤬 way too much these days I love science, animals, good food, travel and the outdoors. Yoga practitioner, former satellite engineer, teacher’s assistant, marathoner. 🌮

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refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · Apr 6

Sign yesterday:
“Make Orwell fiction again”

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refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · 9h

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

The ICE GOONS attempted to murder a baby by hurling a gas canister at it.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 23h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Parnas: A lot of people are saying this idea that, well, Graham Platner hasn’t won statewide, and Janet Mills has.

Platner: We have a number of excellent senators who had never run for office or won a statewide race before.

That’s an argument the establishment makes to protect itself

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 10h

#Epstein

Just a reminder that GOP Senators—including THIS schmuck—are willfully protecting rich men who rape little girls—because they are donors to MAGA campaigns.

wearesaners.org/wp-content/u...

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 10h

🔥🔥🔥 Today at immigration court 26 Federal Plaza this woman went ballistic to the masked ICE agents who detained her family member. Where are the people standing up to the Gestapo? I never saw this in 4 months I’ve been filming. 👏👏👏👏

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 4d

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system”

Boom 💥⚡️☀️

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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H. Bell @grudgingcloud.bsky.social · 1d

Unreal. Our fresh water is FAR more valuable than fossil fuels. To be allowed to use it and destroy it FOR fossil fuels is an utter fail.

Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 4d

In 2024 the oil and gas industry paid BC taxpayers $20,000 for fresh water. They used and poisoned 9 Billion litres of fresh water. Fracking companies should not be allowed to do this. If you want to call in the government to stop letting them you can here act.stand.earth/page/89100/a...

Fracking is draining B.C.’s freshwater: Act now before it’s too late

Despite B.C.’s Peace River Region facing an ongoing severe drought, last year oil & gas companies set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase over the year before. J...

act.stand.earth

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refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t

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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 2d

The Dirty Truth about Combustion Engine Vehicles |

youtube.com/watch?v=mk-L...

The Dirty Truth about Combustion Engine Vehicles | An 'Open Source' Animation

YouTube video by Everything Electric CARS

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H. Bell @grudgingcloud.bsky.social · 1d

And of course one of the most under-utilized choices for leftovers is a bowl with a plate on top! Plastic wraps are the absolute worst choice. I have 3 places in my kitchen to store glass containers which are infinitely useful & often just reused jars apart from very handy rectangular ikea options!

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 1d

More on microplastics:

They're "released from exposure to heat," like when you pour coffee into a foam cup, brew a cuppa in a tea bag that has microplastics, & wash polyester fabric on high heat.

So "keeping your plastic away from heat is a low-hanging...

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · 10h

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Arizona Eagletarian @eagletarian.bsky.social · 10h

www.dcreport.org/2025/10/11/t...

Trump Using Small Grants to Force Deportation Compliance

Trump’s team is embedding anti-DEI and deportation mandates in small federal grants - forcing towns to choose between funding and freedom.

www.dcreport.org

refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · 10h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 22h

Nobel Committee are against giving prize to someone who supported problem they're now 'solving', when their alternative 'solution' involves more bombing

Nobel Committee frown upon awarding peace prize to people who are taking credit for putting out fire, after providing gasoline to one side😈

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 22h

Negotiating ceasefire you deliberately sabotaged a year ago 2 get elected doesn't count as "peace effort"😈

Nobel Committee doesn't recognize "Create-Your-Own-Peace-Mission" model, where u get credit 4 ending war u supported🤬

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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refugeepat.bsky.social @refugeepat.bsky.social · 10h

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Bill Sheehan @marsisblu.bsky.social · 1d

It’s only a damned ceasefire. it’s solved nothing.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

So First Amendment rights can now be snatched away if you [checks notes] celebrate?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

Unemployment has risen to 1,737,000. That's up 64,000 in the last 3 months and up 230,000 in the last year

On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now over 5 million underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.

There are now 6.9 people seeking work for every vacancy

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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