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Democracy Advocate 🌊🌊🌊📎 No MAGA No OnlyFans No Crypto #Resist #TwentyFiveFortySeven #NoKings They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.

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Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · Nov 13

From a notion of the times,
To the hoodlum kitchen minds that die.
From every mutant hour,
To those who have the power who don't try.
Where the surplus sounds of sanity grow hoarse,
And an abject slave mentality gets worse.
I can only find the murder machine.
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That Petrol Emotion - Cellophane (Promo)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 11m

For me, the Mayor and city council along with some propositions to tax the rich.

Feed the kids, tax the rich.

Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 46m

November 4th

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JOY🦉 @missjoy1965.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you @abbarsha.bsky.social 💙

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Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 50m

Thank you! 💙

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 10h

For those of you attending the #NoKingsMarch; please stay safe and keep it peaceful. Please be mindful that there may be bad actors among us.

Their purpose is to cause chaos to get a reaction from the police. Report them when you see them.

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 5d

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 3h

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Chevron pushes for say in Venture Global request for Plaquemines LNG startup extension reut.rs/3KUDcSm

Chevron pushes for say in Venture Global request for Plaquemines LNG startup extension

Chevron on Tuesday asked federal regulators to let it offer an opinion on Venture Global's recent request for more time to commission the Plaquemines LNG plant in Louisiana, at which the U.S. oil major has a long-term sales and purchase agreement that could be affected by any delay.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14h

To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2h

Boat Derangement Syndrome

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1h

Masked Federal Secret Police enter Walgreens in Chicago with guns drawn and arrest Black US citizen for "running"

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Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 4h

Check your Colorado voter registration or register to vote here.

www.coloradosos.gov/voter/pages/...

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 5h

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 8h

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 4h

a man stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it

Alt: Bush stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 5h

Trump Administration now censoring Facebook:

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 12h

I really enjoyed my conversation with the musician, computer scientist, and generative AI pioneer Maya Ackerman, whose terrific new book, CREATIVE MACHINES: AI, ART & US, is out today.

Here is the video, along with some of the transcript and my thoughts on AI at the top: