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Ugh, not today, ☠️
@ajaxatax.bsky.social
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No bigots allowed Reparations & LandBack Bodily autonomy Universal non-profit healthcare & education Here to plan our world's escape from selfish sinkhole billionaires & exploitive mindsets "In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face"
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Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 7d
While they're blissfully commiting abuse, we can remember how authoritarians always surveil their own even harder than the supposed enemy for wrong speak and pre-crimes. Someone will always be blamed for the failures of bad leadership. They have cucked themselves out of freedom just by joining Trump
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d
"Yeah, we're committing all kinds of crimes, but it's OK because President Trump can pardon us after it all and he's going to live forever, just look at him!"
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ajaxatax.bsky.social
Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11h
Because Florida won't give women healthcare or climate resilient infrastructure.
19thnews.org 19thnews @19thnews.org · 11h
A growing body of research has linked environmental threats like extreme heat and wildfire smoke to an uptick in stillbirths, premature births and low-birth weights. A new pilot program in Florida teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for climate disasters. https://bit.ly/3X1Yd0i
The birth of the climate doula
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
19thnews.org
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12h
I love the punditry that is essentially, “Mamdani probably can’t deliver on all of his progressive promises so to be safe we better go with the resigned in disgrace guy.”
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11h
Trump having decadent Gatsby themed parties with showgirls while building a golden ballroom as he cuts off food aid to poor families sounds like fiction, and yet not a single word of what I just wrote is false.

He and the GOP should be hammered on it for the next 50+ years.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h
These billionaires can’t bring their own clean power to the grid? Can’t pay emissions fee on pollution they cause? World’s biggest freeload.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
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ajaxatax.bsky.social
Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11h
Rather morbid too, for an ice luge. Its coming out of her decapitated head.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11h
Obamas speech was good and as usual way better than 99% of politicians but the “distraction” thing is once again mainstream Dems not coming to terms with what they are up against.

The “distraction” is a part of the thing, not separate from it. It’s all part of the fight.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 17h
The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.
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ajaxatax.bsky.social
Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11h
Work wear outlets, like the places that sell construction, fire proof welding gear, etc...or real (not tourist) western wear/cowboy outlets, or army surplus, or hunting stores, hiking type outdoor places might have one or two choices of traditional boots, as will local shops, if you have any nearby.
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ajaxatax.bsky.social
Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11h
(there's a YouTube cobbler who cuts boots in half and reviews them that is actually quite interesting if you're into boots, rose anvil)
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ajaxatax.bsky.social
Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 11h
They do, but entry point is like, a redwings physical location and exit door is through a bespoke cobbler doing limited drops you have to sign up to be notified about.
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volts.wtf
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h
Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
May the odds be ever in your favor
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19h
Over 10,000 killed within three days.

Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.

An absolute nightmare.
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
14 strikes. 61 dead. “But the administration does not know their identities.” 🤷🏼 🛶 💣

theweek.com/politics/pen...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19h
A trick Mamdani has mastered is seeming positive even when attacking Cuomo by having it come out of nowhere. You’ll watch him being asked his favorite Halloween candy and he’ll say “I love skittles haha, guilty as charged, of course not guilty of killing people in nursing homes, M&Ms are also great”
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18h
You can't make this up.
Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a “weakness.” “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
Cool optics bro
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d
Just a reminder that Antifa is not a real organization, but the Proud Boys are. The Oath Keepers are. Patriot Front is. The KKK is. The end of my TED talks!
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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d
BE ADVISED: it’s perfectly legal for cops to lie to you—has been for decades.

This applies to I.C.E. agents as well.

I’m always surprised at the number of everyday people who don’t realize police lie a ton (because they’re trained to).
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20h
If you delete the SNAP contingency fund language from the USDA site, what you’re really saying is that you know that you could feed people and you’d rather not.
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volts.wtf
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d
On Monday, I'm talking with an expert about ***indoor air quality***. This is a subject I've been meaning to cover for years. Very interested in the overlap between this & pandemic prevention, climate change, economic justice, etc.

What are your questions about indoor air quality?
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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 21h
I remembered Perspectives AI and you’d give it a phrase like “racist people are bad and I do not like them” and it would be like “that’s toxic!” but saying “I love Nazis they are good people” was perfectly ok.
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brennancenter.org
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21h
From Congress to city halls, violence and intimidation are shaping who serves, what policies pass, and how democracy functions. bit.ly/3JA9cuG
Political Violence Is Distorting American Lawmaking
The threat of attacks can influence elected officials’ votes, policy choices, and public engagement.
www.brennancenter.org
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mheb.bsky.social
Marc Heberden 🇺🇸🇨🇵🇪🇺🇺🇦✍️🌊🖐 @mheb.bsky.social · 22h
When did it become OK to despise poor people? What sort of America does the GOP really want? An autocracy overseeing mass starvation?
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Ian Ramjohn @iramjohn.bsky.social · 23h
She knows what she's talking about - this is an area where she has deep knowledge I couldn't dream of having. And this encapsulates my problem with Slotkin. She must have always known.

If I could see that in Trump, she must have. But she was still a key vote for his agenda. Why?
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