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

Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

www.nytimes.com

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of them being the ones they want to annex / invade, coincidentally, of course.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

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Sara @sportsandsuffering.bsky.social · 2d

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

a graphic showing the pantone numbers for the two core colors of the toronto blue jays. they are skydome blue (pantone 293) and Stieb Navy (pantone 282)

a hat and canvas tote with the pantone number for Dodger Blue (294 C)

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

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🇨🇦🍁True Canadian 🍁🇨🇦 @canadian-capt.bsky.social · 2d

“Canada Doesn’t Owe the U.S. a Deal”

It’s unbelievable watching Canadian media twist themselves into knots asking when we’ll sign a deal with Washington — instead of asking why we’d even want to.

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16th Gen from Mayflower servant Geo Soule @pattistoll.bsky.social · 2d

Jamaica, just tough to watch, in the immediate aftermath wake of H. Melissa. The hallmark of these newest deadly storms is the unbelievable amount of water that can be dumped out of the sky in the blink of an eye, causing these massive flash floods especially deadly in hill/gully areas.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

Widespread flooding across Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa's landfall today.

They've got a long road ahead for recovery after an impact like that....

Maybe the Fossil fuel industry should pay 🤔 🤷

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 2d

I have for years been concerned about Doug Ford's desire to limit and deke around the democratic protections in Ontario. Here he is again chipping away at our foundation, in a way that looks a lot like the Trumpian/MAGA efforts to tilt elections and stay in power. #ontario #onpoli

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

Yet again i want to remind everyone that Bill Gates and several other billionaires have invested in mining projects in Greenland that are only accessible because of melted land and sea ice, he and other billionaires are essentially shorting the planet

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'

cnb.cx

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

fixed that for you

CNBC headline: "Elon Musk’s AI-powered Wikipedia competitor goes live after a rocky launch". I've struck through "AI-powered" in red, and replaced it with "Wikipedia-powered"

Grokipedia attribution text: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity

Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.

It aids fascism.

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 2d

That number is a lot higher.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 2d

And this is why we need to fight to keep and improve universal, PUBLIC healthcare in Ontario & across Canada.

That's way more than my rent, and rent is already CRAZY.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️

Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.

Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing like moving a picture over by a tenth of a millimetre, and your entire page randomly explodes itself over three different pages. Again.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 3d

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 3d

Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know even blue states each had like 40% of the votes voting for this mess.

Allies after secession though sure.

Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 3d

And 1930s. Especially Germany.

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Megan Earthsong @earthsong99.bsky.social · 3d

They've already said:
Disabled
Neurodivergent
Outspoken Dem leadership
Homeless
Everyone who speaks out or resists

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