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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 2h

It's apartheid now --- carry papers at all times and maybe we'll let you go on with your day, although people with a US drivers license as well as those with Real ID have also been "taken in." wth?

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 2h

'The job of an elder is to be nuttier, more curious, occasionally fierce and more connected to the eccentricities of wildness than the youth ever dreamed. More than anything the elder has seen some rough pattern to their life and knows how to express it through a story'.

~Martin Shaw

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 1d

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 2d

I believe in kindness. Also
in mischief. Also in singing,
especially when singing is
not necessarily prescribed.

Mary Oliver

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 2d

Us. She means us.

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 2d

"I believe in supreme gentleness, agenda-less curiosity, outrageous self-expression, and, most of all, that walking the path of kindness is the ultimate expression of intelligence. I believe in an open heart."

~Susan Piver

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 4d

This

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 4d

"What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world."

~Paul Hawken

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 5d

“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say ‘Look!’ and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”

~Mary Oliver

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 5d

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MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 7d

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 7d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 8d

Wth?

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 9d

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 9d

Now add teachers, firefighters, agricultural workers, bus drivers, nurses, civil servants, all of us!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10d

Treat the president’s statements seriously, as he intends far more severe consequences than this.

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 9d

The world has lost a bright light. I'm grateful for all Jane brought to the world, it's an infinitely better place for her presence here.

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 10d

CHAMPION THE ENEMY'S NEED

Ask about your enemy's wounds and scars.
Seek his hidden cause of trouble.
Feed your enemy's children.
Learn their word for home.
Repair their well.
Learn their sorrow's history.
Trace their lineage of the good.
Ask them for a song.
Make tea. Break bread.

Kim Stafford

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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 11d

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