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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton

@tobysackton.bsky.social

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New England birder, hiker, photographer, lover of the ocean. 50 years of left activism; family ties to Nantucket & NH. Fisheries expert and journalist. Founder SeafoodNews.com. My anti Zionist Judaism demands justice for Palestinians and all peoples.

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Nov 20

If you need a nice break for 5 minutes look at my photos from my Bird Life photography exhibit in Lexington, MA. Here is a link to all the displayed photos. tobysackton.photos.seafoodlink.com/Exhibitions-...

#birds #birding #photography #wildlifephotography #newengland

Bird Life Exhibit - Toby Sackton

I am an avid birder, and my photography and birding skills have grown together. After a 40 year career in the international seafood industry I am now partially retired, devoting more time to photogra...

tobysackton.photos.seafoodlink.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · 7d

Stand up to Tyranny — no American troops in American cities; no rippling families apart. If you still think this is a potential future, think again. It’s now. What are you going to do about it. www.mobilize.us/lexingtonala...

Poster for NO Kings rally in Lexington Ma on OCT 18. No King No Tyranny

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 7d

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · 18d

I thought it was tomorrow

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Sep 5

@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

For God’s sake don’t cave. do you fund troops in American cities? destruction of the C.D.C.? Money for ICE to set up
perimeters at polling stations? take your head out of your collective asses and fight. don’t go simpering to Trump. Just Say No. Shut down

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yep. They’re gonna cave. They might get the ACA tax credit extensions, and point to that as proof of fighting. But the upshot will be a green light for more crime, and to insulate Republicans from the consequences of their agenda. They laid it all out in a letter. www.offmessage.net/p/schumer-an...

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Boston Labor Day Parade with @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social Great energy. workers over billionaires.

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’ve distributed over 2000 of these signs from Lexington, MA. Josh is right that fighting for the ideals of the American revolution is very popular. Get these signs at lexingtonalarm.org. Build resistance to Tyranny. Help your neighbors become resisters. @joshtpm.bsky.social

Table outside the Lexington farmers market with person distributing No King! No Tyranny signs.

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Lexington Alarm! @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social · Aug 24

#MAGA #liberty #redcoats #notyrants #nokings

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Aug 11

abolish ICE. mass protesters get creative with twice weekly demos at the suburban mall next to ICE regional headquarters and concentration camp in Burlington. Freed detainees tell of a dozen people crowded in a windowless room with no beds one open toilet in the middle. @swingbluealliance.org

sign pointing to ICE headquarters saying concentration camp and secret police HQ with arrow

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Aug 10

N Iqaluit
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I work in the Canadian fishing industry

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Aug 8

here’s mine. Fubrida, Camie and Nardota plus West Virginia in Cyrillic alphabet. I guess the Russian takeover of the GOP climaxed here. same exact prompt

a map of the US WITH Fubrida Camie and Nardota

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 25

D Chinese.. and I would use chop sticks everyday also

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 22

@indivisiblenantuck.bsky.social forgot to tag you on this post

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 22

JD Vance on Nantucket. No Kings signs greet him on Hinckley lane where is coming for a fundraiser.

no king no tyranny signs welcoming JD Vance to Nantucket

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 18

getting ready to march thru town on nantucket july 17 to honor John Lewis and make good trouble with indivisible nantucket @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social @swingbluealliance.org
@maindivisible.bsky.social

person standing at rally with sign quoting thomas paine

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 17

#onemillionrising. #1millionrising

we at @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social commit to hold a meeting this summer.

let’s bring this authoritarian down

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 17

@lexingtonalarm.bsky.social

#1millionrising

non cooperation.
engage the pillers
great webinar tonight.

this is the movement we are all about

toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 17

1 million rising. logged in to youtube feed
no capacity limit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeY...

One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered

YouTube video by Indivisible

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Inklaar 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 @inklaar.bsky.social · Jul 12

“Terrible things are happening outside. […] Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Anne Frank, 13 January 1943

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 9

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 9

i can’t stand video. i skip over it and look for writing. to the extent news is parsed as video I reject it…even going so far as simple news search to find writing about the news i’m interested in rather than watching video.

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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton @tobysackton.bsky.social · Jul 6

smoking gun? the central texas floods are terrible. But Trump and Doge slashed jobs at the NWS including the “warning coordination meteorologist” for central texas. Americans will die needlessly until the republican party is destroyed and fighters take over the dems.
@turntexasblue.bsky.social

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 6

KXAN in AUSTIN, TX gets specific on which NWS jobs remain vacant after the Trump cuts — including “WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST”

“Ensuring ample and timely warning to Central Texas counties was among the chief responsibilities.”

www.kxan.com/investigatio...