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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 2d

What if scarcity is just a social construct, a fiction that fences us off from a better way of life?

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry

wizened red hawthorn berries in the sunlight, with yellow and green leaves around them

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 3d

Mine's Alfonso. With an "f".

a chinstrap penguin hops from one rock to another in front of a tall iceberg

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 3d

Sad, decaying fall colors/democracy.

yellow and brown leaves lie face down on a forest floor, with all their veins starkly outlined in frost

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 3d

Never ascribe to decency what can be explained by ass covering.

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 3d

Hard to know if I believe Stars and Stripes prints factual information anymore, or if "Trump Says" is supposed to suffice.

Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 3d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Israel, Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

www.stripes.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d

Do you buy mushrooms? Windmill farm workers are calling on you to sign and share the #BoycottWindmillMushrooms petition: act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i...

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 3d

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. 1-877-447-4487

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 3d

Last time I had to go on Amazon, they wouldn't even show me the price of a thing unless I had prime.

Lead me to your taker🫥

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 6d

#SilentSunday

#Montana #photography

foreground of yellowed grass and sagebrush, mid ground with a straight line of bright yellow cottonwood trees and background of a hillside covered in solid dark green pines

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Jason Goes to Hell @benedictsred.bsky.social · 6d

Really getting tired of letting things sink in for a second

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 7d

Mum's the word.

#autumn #Montana

orange, red, white and yellow chrysanthemums bloom in a bunch

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 8d

Why stop at company mergers? Billionaires could merge too. Instead of three guys, there could be just a BeZuckerMusk

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 8d

An oldie but a goodie.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

harpers.org

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 9d

There's an a in 'deaf' but you can't hear it.

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Uncle Kermit @unclekermit.bsky.social · 10d

I play in traffic all the time. It's not just because you suggested it.

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 9d

Shutdown: The Musical

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 9d

It’s 2037 and my microwave is prompting me to download the Hot Pocket Plus Pass for $9.99 a month

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 9d

May you forget you were cutting hot peppers earlier.

Phantom Deeks 🫶 @deeks549.bsky.social · 13d

I hope you win the lottery and lose the ticket

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 12d

Rambling the #autumn hills of central #montana

#photography #bloomscrolling

rolling hills with green to yellow grasses, orange and red shrubs, looking down a valley to smoke-shrouded blue forested mountains

a chokecherry bush with blue berries, yellow, red, orange and green leaves, stands before a receding valley of the same autumn colors

grassy hillside with yellow red and orange leaved forbs and grasses, and some tall white wildflower seedheads

close up of creamy colored tufts of flower seedheads

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JKrotkov @jkrotkov.bsky.social · 12d

we also need to hear the experiences citizens of those countries have had in responding to authoritarianism.

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 14d

So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.

They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.