Sandy F.
@baystaterinnc.bsky.social
Originally from MA, now in NC. She/her, cis/het. Owned by 3 standard poodles. #foodie, eternal tourist with a bad sense of direction, photography, progressive, LGBTQIA ally, Gen X. No DMs!
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Sandy F.
@baystaterinnc.bsky.social
· Nov 22
I put together a starter pack of people that I listen to for podcasts. As I continue to find more people, I'll add to the list! go.bsky.app/4xawqTj
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Still the Thanksgiving gold standard.
WKRP in Cincinnati - S1E7 - Turkeys Away (Segment) (SUPERSCALED)
YouTube video by Crosscut Films
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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Still the Thanksgiving gold standard.
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Charlotte Observer readers had a lot to say about the Border Patrol in Charlotte | Letters to the Editor
Our readers had a lot to say about the Border Patrol in Charlotte
Charlotte Observer readers had a lot to say about the Border Patrol in Charlotte | Letters to the Editor
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Charlotte Observer readers had a lot to say about the Border Patrol in Charlotte | Letters to the Editor
Oh boy. This is not good…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh boy. This is not good…
This is a truly comprehensive list of all the current administration’s vengeance tour. A definite must-read.
“The Trump vengeance campaign fuses personal vendettas with a drive for cultural and political dominance”
Outstanding @reuters.com reporting here:
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Outstanding @reuters.com reporting here:
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is a truly comprehensive list of all the current administration’s vengeance tour. A definite must-read.
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Mamdani’s charisma is real—but charisma itself is value-neutral. From a cult studies POV, the panic some folks feel over possible betrayal isn’t as much about him as it’s about the institutional vacuum behind him.
youtu.be/qFF6mvh3mG0
youtu.be/qFF6mvh3mG0
Mamdani Rizz
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Mamdani’s charisma is real—but charisma itself is value-neutral. From a cult studies POV, the panic some folks feel over possible betrayal isn’t as much about him as it’s about the institutional vacuum behind him.
youtu.be/qFF6mvh3mG0
youtu.be/qFF6mvh3mG0
This is a brazen attempt to force capitulation by our elected officials who, the last time I checked, have First Amendment rights, to keep their mouths shut. This is authoritarian forced compliance, and also reminds me of the Red Scare in the 50s.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is a brazen attempt to force capitulation by our elected officials who, the last time I checked, have First Amendment rights, to keep their mouths shut. This is authoritarian forced compliance, and also reminds me of the Red Scare in the 50s.
This is a huge problem in general. Regular LEOs get away with too much as it is against the general public, and I don’t see any real action being taken against the Border Patrol either, as the current administration will say that they are enforcing an executive order. #ncpol
This conversation between a journalist and the NC ACLU legal director gives a good explanation of the various violations Border Patrol is being sued over in NC. #ncpol #aclu https://www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/aclu-says-border-patrol-agents-violated-nc-mask-ban-racially-profiled-residents
ACLU says Border Patrol agents violated NC mask ban, racially profiled residents
U.S. Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. In an interview with WFAE, the ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violat...
www.wunc.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is a huge problem in general. Regular LEOs get away with too much as it is against the general public, and I don’t see any real action being taken against the Border Patrol either, as the current administration will say that they are enforcing an executive order. #ncpol
Of course, these would be set to expire at the current administration’s term…
In an about-face, the White House is weighing a proposal to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies that Democrats have been clamoring for since last year.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/24/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/24/t...
Trump weighs plan to extend extra ACA subsidies for two years
With backlash growing to surging health insurance costs, Trump is floating a temporary extension of extra ACA subsidies.
www.statnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Of course, these would be set to expire at the current administration’s term…
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And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
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This new policy from NIH is concerning.
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This new policy from NIH is concerning.
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
It looks like a way to weaponize administrative burden, one of Russell Vought's favorite moves to break gov't.
Background: Program staff / NIH institute directors can move grants around outside peer review order. 1/
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NSPM-7 is a spell framing anticapitalist thought as a cause of future violence—while the regime's violence is normalized and accelerating. But the memo isn’t addressing where the resistance to Trump is now: it’s pre-empting that resistance from taking any next organizing step.
youtu.be/NxZf49mLv8c
youtu.be/NxZf49mLv8c
Stephen Miller Says Anticapitalism is Pre-Crime Violence. He's Casting a Spell | Antifascist Dad Pod
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NSPM-7 is a spell framing anticapitalist thought as a cause of future violence—while the regime's violence is normalized and accelerating. But the memo isn’t addressing where the resistance to Trump is now: it’s pre-empting that resistance from taking any next organizing step.
youtu.be/NxZf49mLv8c
youtu.be/NxZf49mLv8c
This is what I would call clear-eyed analysis. Mamdani's not taking back what he said about DJT, and I appreciate that. I sincerely hope that he will be given the ability to improve NYC as best as he can.
Welker: Do you think that Trump is a fascist?
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is what I would call clear-eyed analysis. Mamdani's not taking back what he said about DJT, and I appreciate that. I sincerely hope that he will be given the ability to improve NYC as best as he can.
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Franklin County has 3 cities in the top 5 in the Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Raleigh metro area list . #2. Louisburg, #3. Franklinton and #5. Youngsville. Bunn is #7 stacker.com/stories/nort...
Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Raleigh metro area
Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest growing home prices in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro using data from Zillow.
stacker.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Franklin County has 3 cities in the top 5 in the Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Raleigh metro area list . #2. Louisburg, #3. Franklinton and #5. Youngsville. Bunn is #7 stacker.com/stories/nort...
…and the incoherence doth begin thusly.
Q: Have you spoken to President Zelenskyy--
TRUMP: Who?
Q: President Zelenskyy
TRUMP: I've spoken with their people. We have a plan. It's horrible what's happening. It's a cold winter. We have a way of getting peace.
TRUMP: Who?
Q: President Zelenskyy
TRUMP: I've spoken with their people. We have a plan. It's horrible what's happening. It's a cold winter. We have a way of getting peace.
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
…and the incoherence doth begin thusly.
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What's the difference between ICE and Border Patrol? FAQ: nclocal.org/2025/11/14/f...
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What's the difference between ICE and Border Patrol? FAQ: nclocal.org/2025/11/14/f...
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There can be only one.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There can be only one.
The person brave enough to leak this nakedly fascist would-be policy deserves all kinds of kudos. However, the idea that this policy would've been implemented in the first place is maddening, and is an excellent example of how this regime wants us to go towards authoritarianism.
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The person brave enough to leak this nakedly fascist would-be policy deserves all kinds of kudos. However, the idea that this policy would've been implemented in the first place is maddening, and is an excellent example of how this regime wants us to go towards authoritarianism.
This was just shady to use non-public data for AI modeling. I suspect that we will see more and more lawsuits as the general public gets more AI-savvy. #nc
North Carolina settles with Greystar in AI rent-fixing lawsuit ncnewsline.com/briefs/north...
North Carolina settles with Greystar in AI rent-fixing lawsuit • NC Newsline
Greystar will pay $7 million and will stop using non-public data from other rental companies and RealPage's AI software to determine rents.
ncnewsline.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This was just shady to use non-public data for AI modeling. I suspect that we will see more and more lawsuits as the general public gets more AI-savvy. #nc
The world is upside down. My Silent Gen parents would be horrified at this.
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The world is upside down. My Silent Gen parents would be horrified at this.
JFC. The antivax conspiracy people are running the show at the CDC. #healthsky
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
JFC. The antivax conspiracy people are running the show at the CDC. #healthsky
More shoes are going to drop, and it’s no surprise that large bank executives were hiding the money side of the Epstein operation. Thread 🧵 below ⬇️. #followthemoney
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
More shoes are going to drop, and it’s no surprise that large bank executives were hiding the money side of the Epstein operation. Thread 🧵 below ⬇️. #followthemoney
Nobody should be surprised by this. Abbott is employing the same tactics as the current administration.
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nobody should be surprised by this. Abbott is employing the same tactics as the current administration.
This is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen- and makes me glad I don’t have children. It’s a must-watch report.
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen- and makes me glad I don’t have children. It’s a must-watch report.
Precisely. Those CEOs will get huge bonuses, too, because getting rid of consumer protections allows the airlines (which already nickel & dime us to death) to make huge profits.
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Precisely. Those CEOs will get huge bonuses, too, because getting rid of consumer protections allows the airlines (which already nickel & dime us to death) to make huge profits.
