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🇵🇸 Justpepper ❌️👑🇺🇸

@justpepper.bsky.social

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(They/them/y'all) Scientist and facilitator. Arkansan. CPTSD/neurospicy. 🏳️‍🌈/NB. CoC/Zionism survivor. Knowledge gremlin (I read a lot of news). Bloom where you are planted. ✊️

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🇵🇸 Justpepper ❌️👑🇺🇸 @justpepper.bsky.social · Jun 24

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 24

One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Masked Terror

At this point, we have all seen the videos.

open.substack.com

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Mary McNamara @marymcnamara.bsky.social · 10h

Gun rights folks are seething. They want Pam Bondi fired. And I gotta say - I don’t blame them.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 16h

bsky.app/profile/sluc... This seems dispositive to me, & also just as a matter of fundamental separation of powers concerns, a federal regulation that *did* allow POTUS to fund the military for *years* against Congress’ wishes can’t be legit. Must be unconstitutional for the Constitution to survive

Highlights in **’s

transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated *and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress:*
Provided further,
That the
Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority
Notification.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Unprecedented grift & corruption, happening daily right in front of us

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Substantion_THEE_Igra @substantion-igra.bsky.social · 7h

I mean!!!!

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 19h

I think the average person does not realize how ableist our entire country is, and relatedy how bad most media outlets are at covering disability issues.

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 21h

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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Cactrot @cactrot.bsky.social · 12h

We have known for a long time that guy with spiky hair, girl with purple hair and glasses and a frog is the ideal group for cataclysmic times.

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 16h

people in Portland are taking down ICE with what looks like a party from Chrono Trigger

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ahmed❤️ @ahmed21528.bsky.social · 7h

The picture may look simple💔but the pain behind it is greater than words. The main meal has become a dream😞With your support, we extinguish the fire of hunger. Donate and be the reason for the survival of an entire family❤️🩹❤️
chuffed.org/project/1426...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 9h

Prevention of type 2 diabetes through prediabetes remission without weight loss. @natmed.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prevention of type 2 diabetes through prediabetes remission without weight loss - Nature Medicine

A post hoc analysis of a multicentre, randomised trial showed that prediabetes remission is possible without total weight loss—providing weight is distributed to subcutaneous deposits as opposed to visceral ones.

www.nature.com

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 9h

Good article.

www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists

The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds Canary writer HG - because he has clearly never listened to one

www.thecanary.co

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Jack O'Lantern Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 9h

Conservatives approach media and art the same way they approach everything, from economics to biology: they project what they want to see onto it and then read back their own internal narrative as if finding it outside themselves.

The Humanist Report @humanistreport.bsky.social · 11h

Conservatives have absolutely no media literacy whatsoever.

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 12h

I can't believe this is real

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 10h

A quick reminder: The Salvation Army is an international organisation and the national branches are not administratively or financially independent. Australian Salvos may be (usually) less overt in, or better at getting away with, the fascism they do, but if you support them then you support US ICE.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 20h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8h

Why the economy feels so confusing right now on.ft.com/46Zxlmc

Why the economy feels so confusing right now

Big shifts, mixed signals and uncertainty are shattering macro consensus

on.ft.com

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 21h

YOU HEARD THEM

Meme image of Shinji from Evangelion leaning forward in a folding chair with his heads in his hands. Text around him reads "GET IN THE FUCKING FROG" and there are two depictions of someone in inflatable frog suits

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 13h

If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
🧪 🔭

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

Trump take everything.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 19h

🚨 MUTUAL AID REQUEST 🚨

We also vouch for this comrade. They’ve provided an immeasurable but incredible impact on our work, and you should support this fund to protect them from eviction.

Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 MUTUAL AID REQUEST 🚨
A good friend on the West Coast has been going through some health issues and needs rent assistance this upcoming month. If you can spare a few bucks, it would help out a whole lot. (I personally vouch for this fundraiser and would really appreciate a boost.)

Comrade Survival Fund

By SoCal Mutual Aid Network

givebutter.com

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 17h

These your guys, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 17h

if anyone has recs for activism opportunities in southern california where they need a middle aged white lady to show up and be a huge bitch between the hours of 9am and 2pm, please let me know

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”

That’s not happening.
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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 20h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 19h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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