Cathy Fry
@cathyfry.bsky.social
Sweary lefty vegetarian atheist grandma, for starters. Politics junkie, mid century modern design. I can’t believe we’re doing this again
No DMs, no crypto. Don’t ask me for money, I’m broke
No DMs, no crypto. Don’t ask me for money, I’m broke
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US senators push USDA for urgent action on bird flu vaccine
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week urged the administration of President Donald Trump to finalize a science-based plan for developing a bird flu vaccine for livestock, according to a letter...
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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And Still No Healthcare Subsidies
Chump ?.......
Chump ?.......
December 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And Still No Healthcare Subsidies
Chump ?.......
Chump ?.......
Says a lot about Australia 🤬
“It's maddening to see the number of inquests that I attend, the number of funerals that families have to attend, and the fact that we are 30 years after the royal commission, and the situation is getting increasingly worse…”
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
'It's maddening': Anger and frustration amid record Black deaths in custody
Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health...
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Says a lot about Australia 🤬
So this is bad
“Australia, faithful golden retriever of global tech trends, promptly threw open its security apparatus to this cheerful little CIA-spawned contraption. Because nothing says national sovereignty like importing your intelligence tools from a company the CIA incubated.”
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
The seeing stones: Australia and its new CIA-made friend
“Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.” Nikolai Berdyaev (Also, apparently, Palantir’s unofficial mission statement.) I. Enter the Magical Spy Orb, Stage Right In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the pala...
theaimn.net
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So this is bad
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick.
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
Teens Facing Social Media Ban Relieved They’ll Still Be Able to Watch Gambling Ads — The Shovel
“Social media causes anxiety and depression, ruins relationships and is incredibly addictive. On the other hand, gambling does all those things too wields enormous power over governments. So it makes ...
theshovel.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick.
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
This is SICK and DISTRESSING
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Great and concerning read. Elbows up!
He's a lunatic! deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Great and concerning read. Elbows up!
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60% of successful hits are now by drones. Special unit "Typhoon" turns Ukrainians of all genders & ages into skilled drone pilots holding back a much larger Russian force. They need more chargers—just €2,5k to go. Rarely was a 🎅 present more deserved! euromaidanpress.com/lets-support-ukraine/
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
60% of successful hits are now by drones. Special unit "Typhoon" turns Ukrainians of all genders & ages into skilled drone pilots holding back a much larger Russian force. They need more chargers—just €2,5k to go. Rarely was a 🎅 present more deserved! euromaidanpress.com/lets-support-ukraine/
Somethings got to give
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Somethings got to give
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FACT: 2025 is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades—25 detainee deaths. FACT: 73.6% of people ICE detains have no criminal conviction. This isn’t safety. It’s cruelty disguised as policy. #ImmigrationFacts
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
FACT: 2025 is the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades—25 detainee deaths. FACT: 73.6% of people ICE detains have no criminal conviction. This isn’t safety. It’s cruelty disguised as policy. #ImmigrationFacts
So true. Some countries actually teach kids internet literacy in school 🫠
Teen social media ban! Ban teens! Ban social media! Ban bans! All of it now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s kids are saved! The social media ban is here and all the teens are outside touching grass | First Dog on the Moon
(Vaping, shoplifting Labubus and getting bullied in person)
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
So true. Some countries actually teach kids internet literacy in school 🫠
Wow
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Wow
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“Europe is done being polite.
Ukraine isn’t backing down.
And Russia is running out of time,and options.
The war isn’t ending on Trump’s terms.
It’s ending on Ukraine’s — backed by a Europe.
This is what happens when democracy stops negotiating with bullies and starts acting like it intends to win.
Ukraine isn’t backing down.
And Russia is running out of time,and options.
The war isn’t ending on Trump’s terms.
It’s ending on Ukraine’s — backed by a Europe.
This is what happens when democracy stops negotiating with bullies and starts acting like it intends to win.
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Cars are passing by, no one stops to meet MELIA. You can see she's just tired of shelter life. Over 810 days. Shes only 3.5 years old. Needing a quiet Adult only home, no dogs. 🥺
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cars are passing by, no one stops to meet MELIA. You can see she's just tired of shelter life. Over 810 days. Shes only 3.5 years old. Needing a quiet Adult only home, no dogs. 🥺
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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There’s a Project 2026!
Thought it couldn’t get worse…think again.
🎥: @underthedesknews.bsky.social
There’s a Project 2026!
Thought it couldn’t get worse…think again.
🎥: @underthedesknews.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Fucking assholes
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Fucking assholes
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Meet Pluto!
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Meet Pluto!
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
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Zohran Mamdani explains how to stand your ground and handle ICE in New York: "Know Your Rights"
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Zohran Mamdani explains how to stand your ground and handle ICE in New York: "Know Your Rights"
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ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
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After Europe had a weekend to digest the confrontative new US National Security Strategy, time to ponder the questions raised by @maxbergmann.bsky.social in this excellent piece:
The NSS That Could Destroy the NATO Alliance
The latest U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t just sideline Europe—it seeks to reshape its politics, backing nationalist parties and challenging the European Union in ways that could push the tra...
www.csis.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
After Europe had a weekend to digest the confrontative new US National Security Strategy, time to ponder the questions raised by @maxbergmann.bsky.social in this excellent piece:
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December 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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