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Patrick
@atomicpopwi.bsky.social
Lover of words, science, & trivia. Intolerant of intolerance. Random acts of kindness do make a difference. Fantasy baseball champion (yes, it's dorky) and often praised for my grilled cheese skills.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate and House to start to take control of political power... With this erratic and mad behaviour, you have to ask... Is the President capable of running the US?
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ffs people. Someone just tell him no already.
He got his wish - the signing ceremony in Davos
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.

It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.

Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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As it faces the rising costs of mass incarceration, North Carolina’s prison system is squeezing more revenue from incarcerated people and their loved ones by increasing its markup on canteen products.
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It
An increased markup on canteen goods adds to the financial burden on incarcerated people and their families, highlighting how prison systems squeeze them for revenue.
boltsmag.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Greenland edition.
Basically, Trump is a very dangerous humiliated man who will burn down the world to claim that he's the one true hero.
January 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Tell me again about how they're stopping the drugs
“Federal prosecutors indicted James [Womack] in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.”

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Orders Prison Release of GOP Congressman's Son, Who Got 8 Years for Distributing Meth
Donald Trump granted clemency to Rep. Steve Womack's son, James Phillip Womack, on Jan. 15. James was completing an eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine prior to the com...
people.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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"stand down and surrender"
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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This is one that I've been really looking forward to launching, and builds on all the other blocking features we launched late last year 🙂

We have more planned for the next couple months, but very happy to start the year off with this!
For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features!

Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
Launch: Domain Blocklists
In November last year, we began developing additional user-facing moderation features for Bridgy Fed users. While blocking users across the bridge was always possible via DMs, we knew it would be easi...
blog.anew.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Republicans seem very confused today about how they feel about open carry at protests. Let’s play a round of Spot the Difference.
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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🧵 3:48pm 1/18/26

Norwegian and Finnish leaders sent Trump this message
January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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okay Google show me a post that explains why morbidly wealthy dolts jammed through “Citizens” “United” for express purpose of purchasing political operatives

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Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

www.axios.com/2026/01/19/e...
Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race
It's the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big for Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
www.axios.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Please read this (gift link)

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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And another thing: that this letter was sent via official channels and not tweeted out. Nobody in State stepped in to soften or tidy it up, or to keep it quiet. Instead they blasted it out to all the other European nations.
There are, I promise you, still serious and important people who think that Trump is playing 3D chess — putting on an act to convince his laggard NATO allies to pony up their fare share.

But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Humans are capable of remarkable things: "Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and 2,000 km beneath the rock to change the climate…"
Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and 2,000 km beneath the rock to change the climate... without almost anyone noticing when traveling.
Switzerland's secret world under the Alps: 1,400 tunnels, 2,000 km, and a quiet climate shift.
www.ecoticias.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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It's even worse, despite ICE and Greenland war threats Senate Dems were talking up... legislation to make Verizon give automatic credits for cell outages.
David Brooks: This is a war on blue states
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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"The police are out today talking about the security risks facing Norwegian businesses and the importance it has for total preparedness. Now it is no longer a question of if but when an attack will happen."
Politiet er ute i dag og snakker om sikkerhetsrisikoene norsk næringsliv står overfor, og betydningen det har for totalberedskapen. Nå er det ikke lenger snakk om hvis men når et angrep vil skje.

www.nrk.no/rogaland/pol...
Politimester vil at næringslivet får mer ansvar under kriser
Politimester Hans Vik vil at næringslivet tar et større ansvar for totalberedskapen. Næringslivet er klar for å bidra mer, men savner svar på hvilken rolle de skal ta.
www.nrk.no
January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Danish officials will not attend Davos as tensions with the US escalate, Bloomberg reports.
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.

They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Originally titled, "Everybody Wants To Go To War".
Timeline Cleanse ✨🎶✨💙✨🎶✨

This song is timeless. 40 years later and they sound exactly the same as on the album. 😎
January 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM