Clio2
@clio2.bsky.social
Student of #polycrisis, with detours into history, nature, oddments. Degrees in philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer, editor, public communicator, journalist, contract researcher. Occasional fictioneer. No AI. ;-)
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#Booksky 💙📚 #smallbusinesssaturday
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#Booksky 💙📚 #smallbusinesssaturday
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
But did they get as much for the money?
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
Black Friday Online Sales Up Nearly 10% From Last Year, Study Shows
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
But did they get as much for the money?
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President Obama served food at soup kitchens on Thanksgiving.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
President Obama served food at soup kitchens on Thanksgiving.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
The orange felon shares staged propaganda photos of himself with troops from 2019 on Thanksgiving because he’s a 5-time draft dodging traitor lying criminal.
How far we’ve fallen.
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#ProtestsagainstGermanfarrightAfD's planned new youth organisation, in #Giessen
www.reutersconnect.com/item/protest...
www.reutersconnect.com/item/protest...
Protests against German far-right AfD's planned new youth organisation, in Giessen | Reuters Connect
Activists scuffle with police during a protest organised by the Widersetzen (Resist) alliance to block the founding of a new youth organization of Germany's...
www.reutersconnect.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#ProtestsagainstGermanfarrightAfD's planned new youth organisation, in #Giessen
www.reutersconnect.com/item/protest...
www.reutersconnect.com/item/protest...
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This is progress. You see, everyone, this is a worldwide war. Ukraine is the hot war theatre of operations. The winning without firing a shot part is nearly ubiquitous across the globe. The Enemy's goals are to dominate both economically and politically, permanently.
The daughter of the former President of South Africa, who recruited Africans to fight against Ukraine, has resigned.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has resigned from parliament amid allegations that she lured 17 men to fight for Russia in Ukraine⤵️
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has resigned from parliament amid allegations that she lured 17 men to fight for Russia in Ukraine⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is progress. You see, everyone, this is a worldwide war. Ukraine is the hot war theatre of operations. The winning without firing a shot part is nearly ubiquitous across the globe. The Enemy's goals are to dominate both economically and politically, permanently.
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Everyone can see this
Even them
Even them
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone can see this
Even them
Even them
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The reason why a majority of them are so obviously stupid and crazy out of shape
ICE is struggling to hire officers — even after lowering its standards
DHS is spending millions of dollars on an aggressive television ad campaign targeting local police officers — but it's not getting nearly enough applicants.
www.ms.now
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The reason why a majority of them are so obviously stupid and crazy out of shape
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ICE agent falls to the ground, possibly tearing his ACL, as the person he's trying to detain runs away
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ICE agent falls to the ground, possibly tearing his ACL, as the person he's trying to detain runs away
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This is crazy because anyone can take anyone else. If they look like i😫Ice no one will intervene.😒We are back in the Wild, Wild West days.
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is crazy because anyone can take anyone else. If they look like i😫Ice no one will intervene.😒We are back in the Wild, Wild West days.
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The prisons are for profit.
The quotas are 30/day (is that correct? Per dept or person?)
They get paid by output and they’re legally allowed to profile.
How is this different from Nazi Germany? Roma, LGBTQ, political dissidents, disabled ppl, Jews, all snapped up
The quotas are 30/day (is that correct? Per dept or person?)
They get paid by output and they’re legally allowed to profile.
How is this different from Nazi Germany? Roma, LGBTQ, political dissidents, disabled ppl, Jews, all snapped up
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The prisons are for profit.
The quotas are 30/day (is that correct? Per dept or person?)
They get paid by output and they’re legally allowed to profile.
How is this different from Nazi Germany? Roma, LGBTQ, political dissidents, disabled ppl, Jews, all snapped up
The quotas are 30/day (is that correct? Per dept or person?)
They get paid by output and they’re legally allowed to profile.
How is this different from Nazi Germany? Roma, LGBTQ, political dissidents, disabled ppl, Jews, all snapped up
ICE was seen abducting someone sitting on their porch on 57th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City 11/ 28/2025
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
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Melania Trump didn't qualify for an EB-1 visa and was paid for modeling in the U.S. in 1996 while on a tourist visa, which doesn't allow employment. Working on this visa is fraud and also disqualifies her. She also lied about work history on her immigration application,which is NATURALIZATION FRAUD.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Melania Trump didn't qualify for an EB-1 visa and was paid for modeling in the U.S. in 1996 while on a tourist visa, which doesn't allow employment. Working on this visa is fraud and also disqualifies her. She also lied about work history on her immigration application,which is NATURALIZATION FRAUD.
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
Plausible, with these idiots. SADISTIC idiots.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Plausible, with these idiots. SADISTIC idiots.
"According to Stevens, 'The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation.'"
Figured it out now, have we? :-/
www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
Figured it out now, have we? :-/
www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
'Appalling spectacle': Ex-GOP insider accuses Republican senators of being 'compromised'
Republican senators are "compromised," according to a GOP strategist.Stuart Stevens, Chief Strategist of Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, wrote an article on Saturday called None Dare Call It Trea...
www.rawstory.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"According to Stevens, 'The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation.'"
Figured it out now, have we? :-/
www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
Figured it out now, have we? :-/
www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
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Nov. 29, 1418 (S.R.)
Gandalf spends another long day in Elrond's library, where he talks with the archivist and studies still more ancient documents. Twice Elrond drops by to confer.
#LOTR
Gandalf spends another long day in Elrond's library, where he talks with the archivist and studies still more ancient documents. Twice Elrond drops by to confer.
#LOTR
Nov. 28, 1418 (S.R.)
Sam quietly haunts the Hall of Fire late into the night, even after Frodo has retired to bed.
#LOTR
Sam quietly haunts the Hall of Fire late into the night, even after Frodo has retired to bed.
#LOTR
Nov. 27, 1418 (S.R.)
Frodo spends time every morning with Bilbo, often walks with Sam, and in the evening, either shares Bilbo's simple supper or drops in on him to say goodnight. He sometimes visits the Hall of Fire at evening.
#LOTR
Frodo spends time every morning with Bilbo, often walks with Sam, and in the evening, either shares Bilbo's simple supper or drops in on him to say goodnight. He sometimes visits the Hall of Fire at evening.
#LOTR
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Nov. 29, 1418 (S.R.)
Gandalf spends another long day in Elrond's library, where he talks with the archivist and studies still more ancient documents. Twice Elrond drops by to confer.
#LOTR
Gandalf spends another long day in Elrond's library, where he talks with the archivist and studies still more ancient documents. Twice Elrond drops by to confer.
#LOTR
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Hard to believe anyone is still falling for this.
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hard to believe anyone is still falling for this.
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"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
BOOM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BOOM
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
"...[P]erhaps it’s...that this is what some men’s expectations look like: 'At least 20 years younger', 'good breeder', 'taller than 5ft 6in and can’t be a Scorpio', says 79-year-old baronet Benjamin Slade, who is...in want of a wife."
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan
Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"...[P]erhaps it’s...that this is what some men’s expectations look like: 'At least 20 years younger', 'good breeder', 'taller than 5ft 6in and can’t be a Scorpio', says 79-year-old baronet Benjamin Slade, who is...in want of a wife."
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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