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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 11h

U get it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

It would help to have a National Day of Action re: SNAP - perhaps on November 1. It would take rapid response but houses of worship could take the lead in mobilizing their members. Educate everyone about the cuts, encourage local donations, pressure Congress, etc...

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 11h

The both-sides @pbs.org and @npr.org have made in the past decade is horrific.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 11h

Mainstream publications like PBS are treating it as an open question whether it's legal for Trump to mass murder Venezuelans, so why wouldn't a right-wing propaganda outlet like TFP do the same?

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Nick Schifrin:

As those two arguments indicate, the Trump administration's use of the military to combat drug cartels has sparked a debate over whether it's an appropriate and legal use of force.

[highlighted text] So we have our own debate now. [end of highlighted text] Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rachel VanLandingham had a 20-year career in the Air Force and is now a law professor at Southwestern Law School. And Nicholas Creel is a law professor at Georgia College and State University.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19h

Notice how fast the billionaire stepped up to fund the military, but no one is stepping up to fund SNAP?

No one will step up to fight for a living wage, healthcare, disability supports or education.

They want to keep us down because it benefits them.

The billionaires will always stick together.

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Bex 🐸 (they/them/frog) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 1d

Correct. It has a serious effect on morale. The largest wave of attrition of police officers was the result of the George Floyd Uprising, and 75% of NatGuard deployed to LA in June said they would not re-enlist.

Destroy their self-images as tough guys doing the right thing, and remind them daily.

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 1d

More from the scene

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

when they aren't sure what the call is

officials meeting with one official moving other players away so the only letters visible are UH

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 1d

In Houston we're not reminding them of a fucking court order.

A thoroughly blue city with in a red state yet they have yet to pull this shit and we all know why.

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The Literacy Hub @katharinebarden.bsky.social · 2d

Great news!

With so much focus on phonics, I think we sometimes forget the amount of reading it takes to develop fluency.

Anything that will get publicity for the fantastic books out there for upper primary is a big win!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award

Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

www.theguardian.com

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 2d

They are so desperate yet won't do this shit in blue af Harris County.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 2d

Staaahhhhppp. 👀🤣🤣🤣

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2d

We haven’t even seen the worst of the ICE horrors yet. They are just getting started

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 3d

Made America a country

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care:

- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 3d

I thought KD joining the Rockets was going to change my life.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 3d

No. In-home viewing is fine for that.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

Something else everyone can do who has school aged children is to talk to your school principals to see if they would be open for example to hosting some community dinners at the school. So perhaps 2 times a week they can be open later and volunteers can cook on premises. I did this in college.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 4d

Ppl abuse the word cringe but GD it is cringe when she is standing under the awning w/ that man. 👀💀💀💀😂😂😂😅😅😅

The way she drones on and on staaahhhppp.

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 4d

Cervantes rolls in his grave

A photo of a copy of Cervantes’ “Don Quijote de la Mancha” being promoted as literature by Latinx authors

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 4d

I have only read Man Booker International Prize noms (poss started in the '80s) since 2018 or so. I may get a read I "like" less than others but the writing is so well-done the book becomes a highly fun ride anyway.

Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 4d

No one told me (Boomer) that Leo posted a Reel.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5d

Someone shoplifts a snickers bar: “throw them under the jail”

White guy has a Nazi tattoo: “it’s not fair to hold a 40 year old baby responsible for his actions”

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 5d

U get it.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 6d

Blue Jays winning the first time in 32 years someone do the birth chart so we know what happens next.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 6d

"The target's family, friends and co-workers could also be probed."

Buckle up America.

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 6d

this shit is blatantly unconstitutional and really, really, REALLY bad

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Screenshot from Washington Post: ICE also reported a $2 million contract for Penlink’s Tangles and Weblocs data systems on Sept. 25, which combine social media and dark web data to build detailed portraits of individuals. Weblocs allows clients to track the mobile phone location data of targeted individuals, information that government officials would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. Penlink did not respond to a request for comment.
In another project, ICE has disclosed in recent days its potential plans to set up a social media monitoring team of 16 analysts who would sift through information from social media platforms and other databases to generate leads to locate targeted individuals. An Oct. 2 “request for information,” which comes before soliciting bids for a project that could change, listed Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, WhatsApp, YouTube, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr, Myspace and Google+ as some of the platforms that the team would scour to find clues about the possible location of the target individual. The target’s family, friends and co-workers could also be probed.

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Sam @girltalk.bsky.social · 6d

How do people still dine out when it's all sad and disgusting.

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