Shona/sparkette
@sparkette.bsky.social
Happy quirky dyke. I work at the Rebuilding Center in Portland and teach people how to do basic electrical, plumbing and other DIY repairs. Check out our classes at https://www.rebuildingcenter.org/education
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Support Charles Gaba's work -- and shop around
It's Giving Tuesday, and all I can offer is a reminder.
If you're one of the millions of Americans who get coverage in an ACA marketplace, your rates could double soon.
Please don't let your plan auto-renew. And check out Charles' work to see if you can get a cheaper, comparable, or better plan.
If you're one of the millions of Americans who get coverage in an ACA marketplace, your rates could double soon.
Please don't let your plan auto-renew. And check out Charles' work to see if you can get a cheaper, comparable, or better plan.
👀👀👀 Murphysboro: How $1 can cost $65,000, or why even a Republican who won by 50 pts could be in trouble next year*
*(ok, not really)
acasignups.net/25/12/01/mur...
*(ok, not really)
acasignups.net/25/12/01/mur...
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Support Charles Gaba's work -- and shop around
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
My mom married my dad and they raised 3 kids. She didn't go through the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen until Dubya was in office. ICE agents wouldn't have looked at her twice, despite her Scottish accent. What's happening now is disgusting and wrong.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My mom married my dad and they raised 3 kids. She didn't go through the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen until Dubya was in office. ICE agents wouldn't have looked at her twice, despite her Scottish accent. What's happening now is disgusting and wrong.
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
Trump now wants what the Democrats wanted on health care. Just one problem: his party.
Some 24 million Americans are in a jam thanks to his carelessness.
www.editorialboard.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
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First revealed in spy photos, a #BronzeAge #city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#archaeology #Kazakhstan
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#archaeology #Kazakhstan
First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
arstechnica.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
First revealed in spy photos, a #BronzeAge #city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#archaeology #Kazakhstan
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#archaeology #Kazakhstan
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50501 is firmly anti-fascism, which requires us to be anti-genocide in all cases.
Whether it’s the Kherson human safari (Russian genocide of Ukrainians), the Genocide in Gaza, the Darfur Genocide, Trump’s plan for immigrants, or the Holocaust, we must oppose oppression in all its forms.
Whether it’s the Kherson human safari (Russian genocide of Ukrainians), the Genocide in Gaza, the Darfur Genocide, Trump’s plan for immigrants, or the Holocaust, we must oppose oppression in all its forms.
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
50501 is firmly anti-fascism, which requires us to be anti-genocide in all cases.
Whether it’s the Kherson human safari (Russian genocide of Ukrainians), the Genocide in Gaza, the Darfur Genocide, Trump’s plan for immigrants, or the Holocaust, we must oppose oppression in all its forms.
Whether it’s the Kherson human safari (Russian genocide of Ukrainians), the Genocide in Gaza, the Darfur Genocide, Trump’s plan for immigrants, or the Holocaust, we must oppose oppression in all its forms.
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If you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ but support the pepper-spraying and arresting ministers, then thou art staggeringly full of crap.
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ but support the pepper-spraying and arresting ministers, then thou art staggeringly full of crap.
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For over 5 years, Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of the people in Congress most disliked by Democrats.
No death threats.
It was only when she turned on Donald Trump that she got death threats.
Just like Senators only received threats of violence after they wavered on Trump's cabinet nominations.
No death threats.
It was only when she turned on Donald Trump that she got death threats.
Just like Senators only received threats of violence after they wavered on Trump's cabinet nominations.
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For over 5 years, Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of the people in Congress most disliked by Democrats.
No death threats.
It was only when she turned on Donald Trump that she got death threats.
Just like Senators only received threats of violence after they wavered on Trump's cabinet nominations.
No death threats.
It was only when she turned on Donald Trump that she got death threats.
Just like Senators only received threats of violence after they wavered on Trump's cabinet nominations.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Contact your Congresscritters. Demand that they release ALL of the files.
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Contact your Congresscritters. Demand that they release ALL of the files.
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As more Bellingham residents face food insecurity amid the government shutdown, Community Loaves "empowers local bakers to support their community with their own two hands, in this very tangible way."
Bellingham bakers combat food insecurity by donating homemade bread | Cascadia Daily News
Community Loaves volunteers bake hundreds of pounds of bread, cookies for food banks
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As more Bellingham residents face food insecurity amid the government shutdown, Community Loaves "empowers local bakers to support their community with their own two hands, in this very tangible way."
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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This whole thread.
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This whole thread.
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Have any tips about Trump's businesses or other money-in-politics info?
Email: [email protected]
Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
Email: [email protected]
Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Have any tips about Trump's businesses or other money-in-politics info?
Email: [email protected]
Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
Email: [email protected]
Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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"You won’t be able to stop the actions of Netanyahu by yourself. But you can stop sending your tax dollars, tuition money, and retirement savings to the corporations that arm him, launder his propaganda, and envision a Gaza with no Palestinians."
Leaked plans reveal Silicon Valley profiting from Gaza’s destruction: “voluntary” displacement, AI kill lists, and branded tech zones—all while Palestinians are displaced.
Ramah Kudaimi and Evan Sutton report.
Ramah Kudaimi and Evan Sutton report.
This Is What Genocide Looks Like When Silicon Valley Writes the Brochure
Corporate, tech oligarchs are providing the infrastructure for and profiting off genocide in Gaza. But accountability is closer than you think.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"You won’t be able to stop the actions of Netanyahu by yourself. But you can stop sending your tax dollars, tuition money, and retirement savings to the corporations that arm him, launder his propaganda, and envision a Gaza with no Palestinians."
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Kevin Wood of Port Williams, Nova Scotia, created and built this fountain on his property from pipes and faucets he had collected over the years.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Kevin Wood of Port Williams, Nova Scotia, created and built this fountain on his property from pipes and faucets he had collected over the years.
"...humans possess two systems of thought: One fast and emotional, the other slow and deliberative....Under Trump, critical reasoning collapses from emotional overload.
The threat, then, isn’t just misinformation; it’s misreasoning."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/h...
The threat, then, isn’t just misinformation; it’s misreasoning."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/h...
How Donald Trump broke the American mind
Trumpism's real threat isn't political chaos. It's cognitive collapse
www.salon.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"...humans possess two systems of thought: One fast and emotional, the other slow and deliberative....Under Trump, critical reasoning collapses from emotional overload.
The threat, then, isn’t just misinformation; it’s misreasoning."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/h...
The threat, then, isn’t just misinformation; it’s misreasoning."
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/h...
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"I recently converted my Little Free Library to a food pantry in light of my neighbors, many of whom are already furloughed federal workers, losing their federal food assistance money. Our neighborhood came through beautifully and reminded me that there is power in community care." -Ravenna R.
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"I recently converted my Little Free Library to a food pantry in light of my neighbors, many of whom are already furloughed federal workers, losing their federal food assistance money. Our neighborhood came through beautifully and reminded me that there is power in community care." -Ravenna R.