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Scarlet Begonias
@bwhynes.bsky.social
Elder activist for democracy. Anti-fascist.
Retired social worker & educator.
Wife of a veteran, mother, grandmother, feminist.
Deadhead hippie tree hugger & outdoors lover.
Blue for life. Let's go, California!
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The richest people
on the planet control
all Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence controls
all the algorithms that controls
how 80% of people think and
believe.

Am I the only one that thinks
‘We Are So Fucked’?
September 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm attending Indivisible Ventura's event, “California Strong: Hold the Line📍 Ventura County” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
California Strong: Hold the Line📍 Ventura County · Mobilize
On Saturday September 27th we are drawing a line in the sand. Pro-Democracy groups from one end of California to the other are linking arms to protest Trump’s increasingly aggressive attacks on our de...
www.mobilize.us
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Can't wait until they go!
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Hypocrisy squared
September 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Free speech censorship
Political hit lists
Detentions w/o due process
Internment camps
Military in our streets
Corrupted law enforcement
Demonization of vulnerable communities Coercion of private institutions
MSM amplifying state propaganda

We are not barreling towards fascism.

We are in it.
September 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The Trump administration is planning to destroy 550 tons of emergency food relief intended for children in impoverished and war-torn regions. The food assistance that was part of the now-defunct USAID program is set to be incinerated on Thursday.
Trump Administration Set to Destroy 550 Tons of USAID Food Meant to Go to Malnourished Kids
One Democratic U.S. senator condemned the plan to destroy the food as “disgusting.”…
buff.ly
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My God. Please make sure everyone you know knows this.
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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#BlackSky if you want to locate some of your ancestors who survived the slave trade, there is a site where you can look up your ancestors. Go to enslaved.org and type in your ancestors names from the 1800's and 1900's. I already found two of my family members and who trafficked them as well.
Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade
Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.
enslaved.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM