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🌠🐻 Margaret Abberley🌻🧩
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The Bog at Frostbite Falls. Pointing north, measuring up, & changing the world day by day. Exploring patience, patterns, hiccups, & connections. MN, NZ, #BookSky, #bees 🐝, journalistic integrity. #GenX Quantum Realm #WWFRD 🚋 #Proginoskes #MGlit #Dragons
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🌠🐻 Margaret Abberley🌻🧩 @berryfields.bsky.social · Nov 6
Identify your feelings and reactions. Journal them, speak them, but know that online spaces often are not the best choice for hot takes -- yet that's where we often find them. If you're finding community, choose spaces that honor your mental health needs.
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Minnesota Indivisible Alliance @mnindivisible.bsky.social · 8h
Malevolent and incompetent.

What a great combination.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/he...
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.
www.nytimes.com
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 8h
Meanwhile in Russia: frustrated by the creeping speed of Putin's invasion, state TV host Vladimir Solovyov provides his advice to the troops on how to speed up their advancement, and proposes various terrorist attacks and sabotage against Europe & the US.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghan...
Vladimir Solovyov tells the Russian military how to advance faster and how to punish the West
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 7h
Pirate Wires—founded by Peter Thiel protege Mike Solana (with an investment from Thiel— whines that Wikipedia calls Trump an “authoritarian.” 10/10/25 … 1/ www.piratewires.com/p/wikipedia-...
Wikipedia Declares Trump an Authoritarian
a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion
www.piratewires.com
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 6h
With GOP leaders branding the upcoming No Kings rally on October 18 a “hate America rally,” it’s worth revisiting General Mark Milley’s warning: “We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant, or a dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution.”
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6h
“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
The right wing is coming for Wikipedia
The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?
www.wbur.org
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 15h
@altcdc.altgov.info @altnoaa.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social @altdhs.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info @altdoi.altgov.info @altfaa.altgov.info @altdod.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Notice to Current Federal Employees Facing Dismissal
The Steady State | October 11, 2025
open.substack.com
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h
There's no end to his lies.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 5h
Newsweek is the old magazine in name only. It was bought by Korean cult leader David Jang's media group IBT in 2013.
newrepublic.com/article/1589...
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · Jun 2
In case folks have wondered about some of the right-wing opinions that run in Newsweek.

Josh Hammer is the senior editor-at-large for Newsweek.

Claremont-Newsweek-A3P-WH.

Billionaires invest in the long game.

Thread h/t @jennycohn.bsky.social

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Jun 2
Claremont alum Josh Hammer is Sr. Counsel at A3P, which advises Trump on judicial nominees. In 2024, Hammer blasted the vetting of past nominees & advised looking into the “private life” of future picks. “If you go to a church or synagogue that’s flying a rainbow flag, you cannot be promoted.” 1/
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 8h
magine trying to put a woman in jail
bc she had proven to a jury
that you’re a crook.
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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d
NYC earlier today: Following yesterday's political-motivated indictment of Attorney General Letitia James by the fascist Trump regime, protesters in New York City rallied and chanted "Hands off Tish!" in support of her.
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Minnesota Indivisible Alliance @mnindivisible.bsky.social · 10h
Mediocre feels generous.
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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d
We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next
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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 10h
#FEMA folks are organizing a rally. It’s a ways off but let’s save the date. Share this shamelessly & let everyone know whether it’s your fellow FEMA employees or allies in the DMV area.
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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 10h
Let’s check in with the Secretary Noem’s Liaison to The White House and President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination claims.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment
Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...
www.politico.com
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 9h
COVID-19 causes changes in sperm that lead to increased anxiety in offspring.

"Florey researchers have shown that a father’s SARS-CoV-2 viral infection before conception can alter their offspring's brain development and behaviour, through changes in sperm"

Source: archive.md/3s9M2
Medical Health Aged Care 11/10/2025 20:01 COVID-19 causes changes in sperm that lead to increased anxiety in offspring The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Minnesota Indivisible Alliance @mnindivisible.bsky.social · 9h
Priests tried to bring communion to the detainees in Broadview, Illinois, a privilege apparently allowed under Illinois law.

ICE did not respond. No way are they are doing God's work.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigrat...
Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility
Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.
chicago.suntimes.com
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 9h
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 16h
Food pantry visits by military families are up over 30% since the #TrumpShutdown began. Our troops defend our country. They shouldn't have to worry about feeding their families because of Trump's political games. Fund our government. Pay our troops.
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 16h
Many have asked how you can help The Steady State.
The answer is simple:

(1) Don’t give up. Don’t give in.
(2) Help expand our reach—follow, repost, and share.
(3) We’re not (yet) seeking donations, but we welcome paid subscribers to our Substack: @steadystate1.

Democracy is defended together.
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🌠🐻 Margaret Abberley🌻🧩 @berryfields.bsky.social · 16h
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d
Re-upping this piece I wrote a month ago, which becomes ever more relevant as Trump's tyranny worsens, as masked thugs keep terrorizing immigrants, and as the "Justice" Department keeps inventing charges against political opponents.
I ask: WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY TRUMP IS BECOMING A DICTATOR?
Why won’t the media say Trump is becoming a dictator?
Journalism is the wrong profession for people who won’t face the facts
www.stopthepresses.news
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d
Re-upping this piece I wrote a month ago, which becomes ever more relevant as Trump's tyranny worsens, as masked thugs keep terrorizing immigrants, and as the "Justice" Department keeps inventing charges against political opponents.
I ask: WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY TRUMP IS BECOMING A DICTATOR?
Why won’t the media say Trump is becoming a dictator?
Journalism is the wrong profession for people who won’t face the facts
www.stopthepresses.news
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d
NEW REPORT from me tonight:

Trump’s Behavior Could End Up Helping Those He Is Targeting

A former prosecutor who fielded claims of vindictive and selective prosecution by Jan. 6 rioters weighs in on what the DOJ is doing today.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
Is Anyone In Trump’s America Safe From His Wrath?
A former prosecutor who fielded claims of vindictive and selective prosecution by Jan. 6 rioters weighs in on what the DOJ is doing today.
www.huffpost.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Klobuchar on Trump's failed DM to Bondi: "How many other secret messages are there out there where he told her to do things?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Klobuchar: "I remember Bondi saying, 'the president is the most transparent president in history.' I wish I said, Well then why doesn't he just release the Epstein files?"
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
I just wrote this up this morning. You can read it here. No paywalls: www.muellershewrote.com/p/jim-comey-...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Klobuchar: "Let's look at these healthcare premiums. Three-fourths of the people on ACA plans live in states that Donald Trump won. The majority of them are in Republican congressional districts ... "
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