Melissa
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Thankfully, public pressure has once again pushed the EU Council to withdraw its dangerous plan to scan encrypted messages. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Once Again, Chat Control Flails After Strong Public Pressure
The European Union Council pushed for a dangerous plan to scan encrypted messages, and once again people around the world called out the risks loudly enough that the current Danish presidency has
www.eff.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Saturday morning mad thoughts. And don’t get me wrong. I’ve definitely done pranks on my pets. But I’ve learned and seen the effects of that anxiety in our pets so I try to consider those things. Sometimes I accidentally scare them, but I don’t go out and purposely cause stress/anxiety on them.-
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@mwilliamphelps.bsky.social just listened to the preview of the new season of Paper Ghosts and I can’t wait to hear what you have in store!
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)

This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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ICE isn’t just tapping into government databases — it’s also tapping into local police scanners, EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social said on an @nyu.edu panel. “ICE is buying millions of people’s geolocations and weaponizing all government data toward immigration.”
nyunews.com/culture/ieq...
NYU’s annual Detention and Deportation Conference means something different this year - Washington Square News
“This conference on immigration and detention and deportation has become a radical act. It’s sad, but it’s true,” migration scholar and keynote speaker Allison Mountz told an audience of close to 200 people on Wednesday, who stood along the back wall and spilled out the conference room’s double doors.  The radical act in question was...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My pup having so much fun that TikTok considered this video a community guidelines violation so please watch at your own risk 😅
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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This photo just about sums it up
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Can't we just get healthcare
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Welp I guess now it's confirmed what Kamala wanted to say on the debate stage. 🤣
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The Democratic Party became the party cemented in civil rights in 1948 because of a young mayor, Hubert Humphrey.

Nothing good in our party happens without new voices pushing the party to evolve on issues.
September 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is summoning U.S. generals worldwide for a meeting without saying why, causing anxiety in the military’s top ranks. The large number of generals in attendance, including those working active conflict zones, is without recent precedent, officials said.
Live Updates: Trump Threatens Mass Firings, Hegseth Summons Military Leaders and More
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September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Does anyone else keep hitting the X button in @skylight.social thinking it will just go to the next video? I keep doing that because the placement seems too prominent. I promise I’m not trying to block accounts 😅
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number — 218 votes — needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files.
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Nexstar made a deal to acquire broadcast conglomerate Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal, which will require government approval.

They’re continuing to refuse to air Kimmel.
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Botched proposal
April 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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BREAKING: Trump Says Tariffs Plan is Going "Well" as Markets have Worst Day Since 2020.

I break down all the news right here: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Trump Says Tariffs Plan is Going "Well" as Markets have Worst Day Since 2020
Here’s your evening news rundown—but first, a quick thank you.
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
January 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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What a fucking joke. Every guardrail is gone as the oligarchy bends to the will of the authoritarian.
January 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Meta up to dirty tricks to try and get me to log back into Instagram. #nottodaysatan
January 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM