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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 14h

Holy hell, this thread

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that they apparently don't care that Venezuela (and the world) knows that the CIA is doing this -- in fact, it sounds like they very much want it to be known -- tells me that they don't care about plausible deniability, just a more flexible legal ground to continue what they are doing 8/

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

“Jared Kushner and Peter Thiel are also in”

To attract tech, KSA, and UAE money, Kushner is selling an idea of Gaza as a place with “tax-free startups, with scattered server farms for cloud processing and artificial intelligence, and at its center a Tesla factory where CHEAP LOCAL LABOR will work…”

איך עזה עשויה להפוך למקלט מס שיביא נורמליזציה עם סעודיה

הפרויקט הכלכלי של שיקום עזה לאחר המלחמה כבר מעורר עניין ממדינות, מיליארדרים ומנהיגים לשעבר. כך זה עשוי לעבוד - ואלו האתגרים

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 23h

Good Morning Bluesky Users 🌞 New River Gorge Bridges old one at bottom West Virginia Third tallest Bridge USA ...

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 19h

Good job, NM

Natalie @secretagent39.bsky.social · 21h

Good to know.

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 21h

Where is NM? Why aren't we participating more in these coalitions to safeguard our health? @nmsenatedemocrats.bsky.social. @govmlg.bsky.social

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 22h

🔗 Read more: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/c...

California announces coalition of Governors forming new alliance to protect public health from political interference | Governor of California

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 21h

I was on SNAP for years, and throwing away food makes me cry. I'm regularly shocked by how badly many older peeps eat.

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 22h

Perfect. Noone should be using that blankin' Facebook crap anyway. Boycott them forever. I'm with ya.

ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 1d

A coalition of Canadian media providers' “Canadian Media Means Business” campaign 👉 “When we export ad revenue to Meta, America gets richer. Our ad dollars should go to us, not the U.S.”

#cdnpoli

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Éric Blais: There is one key industry that is being overlooked in the ‘Buy Canada’ movement

Canada’s ad-supported economy generates $22.6 billion in GDP and 138,000 jobs, outpacing telecom, mining and even auto manufacturing.

www.thestar.com

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 22h

I always cook too much, and send meals 2-3x a week to elderly family friend who won't cook much anymore.

Too many leftovers get thrown away so why not share instead? There are so many of these elderly individuals who could use our help, if we only tried.

Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 23h

My elderly neighbor lost his wife several weeks ago, and he's been struggling. But over the past month, his teen granddaughter and her friends have been visiting almost daily. I try to drop him off a meal or goodies at least once a week, and his spirits have improved so much since the girls' visits.

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 22h

This is in London, but great idea!

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com

thanks, bye

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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the news on this?

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 22h

New things to learn y'all

RB @rbisrb.bsky.social · 23h

True Story...

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 1d

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great month for the nuclear energy boom since the regulators were fired last month!

Google, Kairos and Tennessee Valley Authority ink landmark nuclear power deal

Google, Kairos and Tennessee Valley Authority ink landmark nuclear power deal

TVA becomes first US utility to agree to buy electricity from advanced generation IV reactor

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

This thread is…concerning.

(I get more understated the more alarmed I am.)

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 1

In a two week period:

Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.

Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 1d

Was that at albq this past week?

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 1d

So sorry for this hard time.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 1d

"Referred to as 'the burrito' or 'the bag,' the WRAP has become a harrowing part of deportations for some immigrants."

If you thought immigration enforcement procedures had hit bottom you were wrong.

Via AP apnews.com/article/immi...

A government agent demonstrating a full-body restraint device called the WRAP used during deportations.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 2d

My new thing to learn today, too!

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2d

Is this a safe space to admit that I had no idea there were 31 million people in Madagascar

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds fun. No worries, tho. It's all a hoax, kids. 😑

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 3d

“The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 2d

Omg

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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