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@bixiecup.bsky.social

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2x U.S. Navy (EN3, PH3). 2x NMU graduate (B.A. '92, M.A. '15). SAG-AFTRA Union member (background). And I'm Gen X. Deal with it. Blogging at cembrana.blogspot.com

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 5h

Blogging again: cembrana.blogspot.com

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 13m

I saw this on Facebook. The U.S. Department of Labor is pushing the party message...

I blocked them here on Bluesky. All of these alleged official accounts are here to pry into your business.

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 50m

My current ANTIFA uniform.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

The rubes will buy it.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h

I’m thrilled to be named one of @out.com's 100 top queer people of 2025 (and to come in first in the Disrupters category!)

It is a huge honor to be recognized alongside so many brilliant and inspiring individuals who are shaping our world and advocating for greater inclusivity and diversity.

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 2h

Gustavo Petro, enter stage left...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

#CancelSpotify

They are running ICE ads.

They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.

Spread the word.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 19h

7 million protesters, 0 arrests.

Man we suck at terrorism.

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 5h

I've blocked a number of "official" U.S. government social media pages here on Bluesky.

Why? Because they should be non-partisan.

The @deptvetaffairs was particularly vile. It's about US as veterans, and about SERVING VETERANS--NOT being PARTISAN and pushing the Republican agenda onto the world!

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A-Aron @gunnysmurf.com · 1d

The Clearsky Top 20 blocked (24hrs)

Clearsky Top 20 blocked in the ast 24hrs: whitehouse-47, homelandgov, deptofwar, hhsofficial, state-department, us-dot, doi.gov, homelandcbp, commerce-gov, departmentofenergy, usdagov, sba-gov, usdeptofed, deptofinterior, treasurydept, deptvetaffairs, usenvironment, tsa.gov, odnigov, fda.gov" All have .bsky.social addresses.

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 5h

Blogging again: cembrana.blogspot.com

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 5h

Though I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of the world, I can't sit down and listen to podcasts. I simply don't have the quiet time to do that, and when I do, it's usually interrupted.

So, luckily, I'm not subscribed to any audio-type companies besides SiriusXM (which I need for my vehicle).

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 6h

It's also the shifting of responsibility to nobody and nowhere. We the People don't want to take responsibility for our own actions, and yet we throw doubt and suspicion and sarcasm at the government for trying to keep us healthy and happy (i.e. vaccines), and even fed (SNAP, WIC--now "socialism").

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 6h

It's the "bubble." It's the bubble that we as Americans are used to, comfortable with, and demand. We don't WANT to believe there are several pandemic situations on the horizon. We don't WANT to believe that our country's own leaders are not only gaslighting us but profiting off their efforts.

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 6h

I think what's both sad and a little bit frightening is that my local news stations are almost obsessed with avoiding national news. Everything is local--and yea, I know why--but they refuse to do coverage on Facebook of national/international news for days on end. And everything is happening fast.

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 7h

www.youtube.com/channel/UCCA...

Mon Rovîa

Afro Appalachian folk artist. Rescued by grace from the Civil War in Liberia - here to instill peace

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 19h

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 20h

Actor Robert Dean Stockwell (right), playing guitar at Alexander Hamilton High School, circa 1953 or 1954.

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 21h

Blogging again: cembrana.blogspot.com

Bix @bixiecup.bsky.social · 21h

I hear ya... something along these lines.