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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦

@bornat3b.bsky.social

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I am interested in justice, including health justice, science and nature (inc funny animal photos), well-designed cities, and technology, especially security. She/her-ish. I nuked my X. Now you’re stuck with me. Viewpoints from outside CDA/US very welcome.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 15d

If the US actively states that they will not follow the rules of engagement, that they will go against every convention to prevent abuse of prisoners, that they will act as street fighters rather than soldiers, can they be trusted in any international military training or operation?

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 11h

“Kids”:

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 15h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 11h

No shit.

“Kids will be kids” is something one can say about … kids.

You know, below the age of majority.

Tiny bit of leeway up to 20 maybe, for actual stupidity like jumping off a cliff into a river.

After that? No, full personal responsibility.

Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance (41) defending hate speech from 40 year olds by saying "kids will be kids" is some weapons-grade telling-on-yourself

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what the fracking up there has done to contribute to this.

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 1d

We are so fucked

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1d

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

One of the tactics the federal goons are using is to flood 911.

How many people died because of that?

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

This is it. The undercurrent of cruelty unleashed for all to see. They were just waiting for their chance.

Valerie 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇦 @valcort2.bsky.social · 1d

Those guys are just living their dream. They get to dress up & play war & brutalize people & get paid a lot of money.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

She’s such a waste of time or Alberta.

And dangerous with her eugenic ideas and policies, inhumanity to children, and disregard for the planet that gives us life.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Demonstrating such complete disregard!

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.

That should say teachers, not trackers, but also teachers who are trying to avoid infection (at every level) report that they are on the receiving end of personal threats and professional aggression.

It’s really outrageous that we have sunk to this level.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Children who mask and otherwise try to avoid infection report being bullied, in really serious ways like being coughed at or spat upon, in addition to the name calling etc, by kids who aren’t curbed by their trackers or parents, because the adults are doing it too.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Bingo.

“We don’t mind if you mask if you feel the need to” …(but we‘re still going to judge you).

Just more barriers for people who already have to navigate a lot.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

After the deal was agreed to, before the bibi cult signed it: www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”

www.dropsitenews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Yup.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

When they kill external aid workers, doctors, teachers of external schools, etc we know they have no interest in any positive future for Gaza or the world.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 1d

vampires

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

They are so close to finding the means of stopping this horrible type of cancer.

No cancer is good, but this and glioblastoma are so quick and brutal.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

That’s my fear. Who is negotiating for the real people (& *families* of Gaza)?

The government foisted on them by their oppressors that hasn’t held elections since 2006 and which kills those who protest against it?

The leaders of the rest of the world who have stood by cashing in on the slaughter?

The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

“There is no optimism,” one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. “You can’t negotiate with these people. A deal, no deal—we have no hope. No one—ask anyone.”

For Gazans, ‘there is no optimism’ the war will actually end

“There is no optimism,” one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. “You can't negotiate with these people. A deal, no deal—we have no hope. No one—ask anyone.”

therealnews.com

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting how short so many of them are.

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Themistocles Wall @themistocleswall.bsky.social · 2d

as usual @emptywheel.bsky.social one of the few journalists who covered this

www.emptywheel.net/2024/06/23/a...

An Egyptian Bank Claimed Details of a Suspected $10 Million Payment to Trump Might be in China - emptywheel

A bank owned by Egypt said it couldn't comply with a subpoena seeking information on a suspected payment to Trump during the 2016 election, in part, because China's laws would prevent that.

www.emptywheel.net

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 2d

#History #Data - what does this mean in terms of our collective memory?

It is already very hard to find material that explores niche topics deeply, or that presents a viewpoint different than the overriding groupthink without descending into conspiracies.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

GOOGLE: PROCESS OF OVERWRITING DATA NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE DUE TO SIZE AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY OF TODAY'S MODERN MEDIA || CRYPTOGRAPHIC ERASURE ALLOWS US TO MOVE TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE, CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 2d

“Love not hate, don’t take the maga bait” is the theme in Portland according to my source on the ground. My son.

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 3d

“It’s a form of resistance that requires us to put aside ego, and the need for personal gratification, to become a node in a living network of care, support, and defense.”

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 3d

Ugly is as ugly does, paraphrasing the old saying.

These are not people I would want to live next to.