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@madammem.bsky.social
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US ex-pat in Denmark, professional beekeeper, mom to two amazing kids, Suzuki violin parent, and avid reader of all genres, including scientific papers related to honey and health.
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bee positive @madammem.bsky.social · Sep 11
My soon-to-be teenage daughter had one of *those* mornings & claimed to HATE everyone in the world!!

I laughed & said "Me too, on many days! Want to see my hate-the-world playlist?"

She was not amused & did not want to see the playlist. =/

She got over it & apologized later.

Kids are awesome
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bee positive @madammem.bsky.social · 3h
When I visited Hong Kong many people (men & women) used umbrellas to block the sun, which is what umbrellas were originally used for.

There are now umbrella loaning companies that work with metro stations & hotels for those who forget to take an umbrella & are caught unawares by the sneaky weather.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
A couple of weeks ago, Trump struggled with a broken umbrella as he boarded Air Force One.

Let me tell you how we got to this point — and the tragic downfall of the noble umbrella. 🧵
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William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social · 8h
This Alpha House sketch where a Ronald Reagan impersonator horrifies a Tea Party audience with actual quotes from Ronald Reagan is strangely prophetic #canada youtu.be/qo4lXLj343M?...
Ronald Regan Impersonator from Alpha House
YouTube video by TheAlmightPat
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h
the most corrupt administration in my lifetime
New York Times article reads: "Mr. Zhao had pleaded guilty to money-laundering violations in 2023 and served four months in federal prison, after a yearslong investigation by financial regulators and U.S. prosecutors. “President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said in a statement on Thursday. “The Biden administration’s war on crypto is over.” The pardon was the latest example of how high-profile business partners of Mr. Trump and his family have benefited from his rollback of the wide-ranging crypto crackdown orchestrated by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. To seek the pardon, Mr. Zhao hired lawyers and lobbyists with ties to the Trump administration, while Binance struck a business deal with World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto start-up."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 9h
By my admittedly rough math, that would fund the U.S. military for about an hour and eighteen minutes
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 8h
Brought to you by the same voters who started losing faith in the government when government forces attacked the Branch Davidian complex in Waco in 1993

....sigh
Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h
Trump is pissed about an ad that Canada recently ran in the U.S. showing Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs in 1987.

“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Trump: The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs. The ad was for $75,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT 1 ReTruth 3 Likes 10/23/25, 7:39 PM
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9h
Third party funds must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury and appropriated by Congress and apart from that I believe service members aren’t allowed to accept outside compensation so
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h
A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 9h
“Although I spent many of my formative years living in the White House, I always knew it wasn’t my house. It was my home, absolutely, but not my house. The White House belongs to the American people, and that’s why we call it the People’s House.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive
President Trump has authority over the White House and the right to turn the East Wing into a ballroom. But authority is not the same as stewardship.
www.usatoday.com
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The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 10h
Chicago, IL: Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally joined an ICE raid at a laundromat in the city, but the owner locked the doors and refused entry, halting the operation on site
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 18h
The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed
blasphemousjones.bsky.social Blasphemous Jones @blasphemousjones.bsky.social · 2d
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."

Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h
The Art of the Deal.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20h
Breaking News: Mayor Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City to try to stop the momentum of Zohran Mamdani. nyti.ms/4nfliHv
Eric Adams, wearing a Knicks hat, shakes hands with Andrew Cuomo. A headline reads: "Eric Adams Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor." Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h
I think Tesla would pretty clearly make better products and sell more units of them if it could somehow divorce itself from Musk entirely.
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Musk ended Tesla’s earnings call with a fiery outburst over his proposed $1 trillion pay package, blasting advisers who tried to block it and warning his future at Tesla is on the line. He suggested he may leave if the deal doesn’t pass the Nov. 6 vote.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 19h
Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18h
Trump says he’s making military decisions based on what random “friends of mine” tell him about crime.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22h
There's a *lot* going on in the three different state lawsuits challenging President Trump's federalization of National Guard troops under 10 U.S.C. § 12406.

Via "One First," my attempt to break down where things stand, how we got here, and what to expect next:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/185-the-st...
185. The State of Play in the National Guard Cases
It's hard to keep track of the whirlwind of litigation surrounding President Trump's unprecedented deployments of federalized National Guard troops. Here's a quick update on where things stand.
www.stevevladeck.com
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.

NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
NYT Breaking News President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao. 6m ago Notification enter i 24 NBC NEWS Breaking news 27m ago Trump pardons crypto executive Changpeng Zhao, who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to enabling money laundering at Binance 12 WSJ Breaking News 1h ago Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

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Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished
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Lorne @lornetoledo.bsky.social · 16h
2025 is truly the year of "Nobody asked for this, nobody wanted this".
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d
An immigration agent to a protester who was filming their vehicle’s license plate: “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.”
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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 18h
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d
Did this mf really just say it's common for veterans to get Nazi tattoos because, like. Certainly not in my experience. At all

What veterans are you hanging out with man I just wanna talk
slclunk.com Jordan @slclunk.com · 1d
“A common military tattoo”

Yeah, in the Waffen SS
José Vasquez, Common Defense Executive Director and Army veteran, said: "It's disappointing that some people in power seem uncomfortable with a candidate who actually served on the frontlines for this country, and who has the scars-and the tattoos-to prove it. Smearing a veteran over a common military tattoo is a cheap distraction from what really matters: who will stand up and fight for Mainers."
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rippsoff.bsky.social @rippsoff.bsky.social · 19h
People were never applying "media literacy" to begin with, AI is just using the same tricks but faster. I guess I'll drag out this old picture.
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