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Joanne in Boston

@vtgal.bsky.social

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Secular Humanist/Environmentalist/Liberal 🌎🇺🇦💙 Compassion & Empathy 🚫Toxic religiosity Can humanity save itself? “There’s some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for” Love my husband, my coffee and a good bourbon Manhattan.

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · Nov 23

Dark thoughts this morning…how must it feel to be Europe right now with Russian aggression ascending and Trump back in power. There will be no USA to storm the beaches this time…they will stand with the enemy. What has America done?

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 14m

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 16m

Yes…our grand experiment is worth fighting for…

Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 18m

Yes…they made sure to put a stop to anything decent we brought to the world…can’t have that…

Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 20m

I have to agree with Steve…
We’re now back to “clean coal”, defunding renewable energy projects, and propping up the fossil fuel industry. And no one can afford to buy a home or pay their rent. Highways and bridges are crumbling and we have little mass transit.
We need real change…stat.

Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 21h

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

Yep…

Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

This is the scam…this is what it’s all about.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Tina @tinalq.bsky.social · 18h

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨🚨🚨The intensity here is indescribable. The reference post (to follow) indicates the gravity being similar to that of “Bloody Sunday.” A harrowing parallel. 1/2

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Jacob's Ladder ☭🇨🇺🇵🇸 @coleraineyid.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll hear how much these children ‘cost society’ next.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

Followed back…glad to know you my friend.

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

Watch and share…if there’s any good that’s come of the current situation it’s that we are being forced to confront the truth about our country. Maybe now we can make real change…I can hope anyway.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 1h

Trump will do absolutely anything to block the release of the Epstein files…

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🍁Dr. John E Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 6h

Yep

Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social rallies after just announcing his run for Congress: “We need new energy to meet this moment… a moment unlike anything we have ever seen before.”

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 2h

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 2h

I was thinking more about the political system than the economic system…but you make a very valid point…

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 2h

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 3h

I remember this feeling…sending you my deepest sympathy on your loss…💔

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BumblingBard42 @bumblingbard42.bsky.social · 3h

If we dont have a system for storing, retrieving, and sharing outside the control of government and corporations the resistance will take longer to push back against the oppressing oligarchs and broligarchs.
www.hivegeist.us/2025/07/31/t...

HiveGeist - The Infinite Library: A T.A.I.R.I.D Structure

The library is a model of the universe. — Umberto Eco

www.hivegeist.us

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Joanne in Boston @vtgal.bsky.social · 3h

Truth.