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Madame LaCrooz

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At the corner of Bliss and Blunt. Do not make me punch you. October 18 2025 NO KINGS www.nokings.org

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Madame LaCrooz @madamelacrooz.bsky.social · Jan 20

A study of violent vs. non-violent civil resistance since 1900:
3.5 %
That's what it takes.

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · Jan 18

Time to get loud and fight for our freedom!
youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...
I hope this inspires you!

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 3d

If I were a multi-billionaire, I'd simply buy Fox News, make every show a bake off, bequeath all monies to leftist charities and die

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Thomas E. DeCaulp @decaulp.bsky.social · 10h

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Dropkick Murphys Say It Like It Is 🎸🔥

YouTube video by CLIFF'S EDGE

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 10h

Olivier de Schutter: ‘A 2% tax on billionaires would provide social protection for 820 million people in low-income countries’

‘The money is there,’ says the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. ‘All that is needed is the political will’ english.elpais.com/economy-and-...

Olivier de Schutter: ‘A 2% tax on billionaires would provide social protection for 820 million people in low-income countries’

‘The money is there,’ says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. ‘All that is needed is the political will’

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 19h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Native Minnow @nativeminnow.bsky.social · 7d

Stopped at a very remote gas station and the clerk sold me a mogwai

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

The best "defense" of SCOTUS' hypocrisy is that there's an asymmetry between how Democrats and Republicans wield executive power. Broadly—Dems want to give things (health care, asylum, foreign aid, loan relief, civil rights) while Republicans want to take things away. SCOTUS makes the latter easier.

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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 3d

Me: Is there something I could do differently to improve my sleep?

Doctor: I recommend not looking at your phone for at least an hour before bed.

Me: So nothing then.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Mar 26

RFK Jr with Epstein, before he went south (like Trump)

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 21h

I've done acquisitions so I looked into this to see what I could find. It's absolutely obvious that Scott Leiendecker was not positioned to pull this off. Staple Street Capital paid ~$38M for 75% of Dominion and got back $787.5M from Fox News. Who really bought Dominion from State Street Capital?

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✨StarChick68💫 @starchick68.bsky.social · 10d

2024
Albania’s Vjosë River is known as Europe’s last wild river, and its pristine delta is a haven for migratory birds. As plans for luxury developments there —spearheaded by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner— move ahead, conservationists are sounding the alarm.

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Jared Kushner Has Big Plans for Delta of Europe's Last Wild River

Albania’s Vjosë River is known as Europe’s last wild river, and its pristine delta is a haven for migratory birds. As plans for luxury developments there — spearheaded by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jar...

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 20h

do not forget to feed your troops

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Democrats @democrats.org · 20h

It’s been 19 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election, and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

Do your job, Speaker Johnson.

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Sherry @sherry2.bsky.social · 21h

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MAGA Project 2025 election official Scott Leiendecker self financed, quietly bought Dominion Voting Systems - and their subsidiaries
Including software and hardware like optical scanners and other equipment
GOAL: END ALL MAIL IN, DROPBOX VOTING
Only In Person vote

Republican Buys 2020 Voting Firm and Gives it MAGA Makeover

A former Republican election official and GOP donor has purchased Dominion Voting Systems, stating the acquisition will be pivotal in “restoring trust in our elections.” Dominion was central to Presid...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 21h

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 21h

"Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president...

[Justice Sotomayor summarized:] 'In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.'"

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

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