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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 6h

Oh I agree, but think of it this way: people who need to know their rights will see this, but also people who love to violate other people's rights will see it as well. I want the latter group to have no excuse for pretending they don't know how much they are the criminals in this scenario.

Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe we can get AI so into fighting AI they'll forget about human beings.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 19h

Dear Mr. Jordan. Please resign. Thank you.

Oh, and #EpsteinFiles

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 19h

I hope ChatGPT understands the concept of "consent".

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

Disclosure: I wrote this blog post because I had an earworm. www.lifstrand.com/im-not-in-lo...

I'm not in love - LIF STRAND

Yes kittens are cute. Yes kittens are entertaining. But also kittens are crazed balls of unending energy and why did I do this to myself?

www.lifstrand.com

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

Check ACLU's state affiliate website to find out about your rights in whatever state you're in when protesting. 3/3

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

If this weekend (or any day) if the police issue an order to disperse a protest, they must a) have a valid reason, b) provide time for you to leave, and c) provide clear and detailed notice of a dispersal order before you can be arrested. 2/3

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t need a permit to march in the streets or on sidewalks, as long as you don’t obstruct car or pedestrian traffic (First Amendment) 1/3🧵
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

Back in the day I read both authors books multiple times. I have tried reading them again in the past decade and I just can't make myself do it. I console myself by remembering that nobody is keeping count of the books I read or don't read.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what else they could be!

Reposted by Lif Strand aka fasterhorses

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

The protesters in Portland are the most impressive prostesters on Planet Earth or at least the most impressive I've ever seen. Bless them all, each & every one of them.
I hope that the ICE agents are so embarrassed that they're there that they pull their masks over their faces & run home crying.

Naked bike riders demonstrate against federal troops in 'quintessentially Portland' protest

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.

apnews.com

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 1d

I am super impressed with a starter that hasn't been fed for three years. I confess I dumped my last starter after a few months when it got covered in mold. How did you prevent that?

Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 2d

Headlines: Israeli hostages released all living captives freed

Kind of a chilling thing. Making it clear that there were captives that are dead now.

As for Trump positioning himself to be a great peacekeeper: #EpsteinFiles

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 3d

These two. They are driving me crazy. They are tearing the house apart. I have little puncture wound scabs all over me. Good thing they're so darn cute.

Two grey tabby kittens sitting on fabric on a shelf. The kittens are not supposed to be there.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 3d

I got one from the "IRS" this morning claiming they were auditing me. And of course they wanted me to use the link provided, which did not have IRS in the URL. And of course their email address was not IRS. Oh, and they didn't use any personal information of mine in the email, even my first name.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 3d

Anti-fascism news:
Fight fascism! (behind paywall)
Protest! (behind paywall)
Wins in court! (behind paywall)
Bad things to prepare for! (behind paywall)

MAGA news:
Lies (free info)
Plan to occupy cities (free info)
900 pages of Project 2025 (free info)

You see the problem?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 3d

Just looking at that makes me salivate!

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 4d

Just say NO (and have your attorney and/or local law enforcement on speed dial)
#ConstitutionalRightsForAll

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 4d

Hahaha like we can't see what he looks like and how he acts with our own eyes.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 4d

"Open the Givernment Now" says the man who has just canceled another week’s legislative session. Mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to turn their backs on America and bow down to Project 2025 like he has.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 5d

Last February federal employees were asked to justify their work to DOGE by responding to an email detailing their accomplishments from the previous week. To me Weiss's memo sounds awfully similiar.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 5d

Perfect!

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 5d

Contempt of Congress is a thing, Bondi.

Come to think of it, I'd say that locking the doors & sending legislators home so that the business of Congress cannot proceed is also Contempt of Congress, Johnson.

How about we throw them ALL in jail & replace them with real Americans?
#EpsteinFiles

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 5d

Yours is the only name I recognize. Just goes to show how unhip I am.

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