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Susan Robinson
@catzillasue.bsky.social
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Atheist, antitheist, antifascist, ailurophile, misanthrope.
My species disappoints me. Love most animals.
Science is a method for getting closer and closer to the truth. Practice critical thinking.
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Susan Robinson @catzillasue.bsky.social · Nov 27
Existence entitles any human to enough food, water, shelter, and healthcare to be reasonably healthy.
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martinhebart.bsky.social
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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meidastouch.com
Trump amplifies a post calling for the arrest of former FBI Director Chris Wray and former Attorney General Merrick Garland, adding, “And many others!!!”
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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neguse.house.gov
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.

NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.

We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
usatoday.com USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 16h
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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petergleick.bsky.social
If nothing is done to stop Trump and the GOP, in three more years there will be nothing left of this country.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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sanho.bsky.social
“Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November by US lawmakers.”
kristiankiehling.bsky.social Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 12h
Noam Chomsky on Epstein: "We have been in regular contact since, with many long and often in-depth discussions about a very wide range of topics, including our own specialties and professional work, but a host of others where we have shared interests. It has been a most valuable experience for me.”
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
busbyj2.bsky.social Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 17h
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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friendlyatheist.com
BREAKING: The Oklahoma Supreme Court just OVERTURNED Ryan Walters' Jesus-centric, conspiracy-heavy social studies standards.

(They put a temporarily block on them earlier. Now it's permanent.)

Thank goodness. Students deserve history, not propaganda.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-...
Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards
The judges rejected a Christian Nationalist curriculum that downplayed systemic racism, spread election lies, and pretended the Bible was history
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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aheadbyacentury.bsky.social
A draft-dodger playing with soldiers lives... because that is what weak freaks do...
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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thebaroness.bsky.social
So, Trump basically hired his mother as Chief of Staff.
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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stano.bsky.social
Are we going to have to do the thing again where we pretend that anyone who dies in the Venezuelan invasion that Trump dreamed up between naps did so for our freedom?
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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muellershewrote.com
He'll start a war to:

1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
catzillasue.bsky.social
Somebody please stop this lunatic.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace. America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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maxberger.bsky.social
If Trump launches an illegal war against Venezuela without congressional authorization Congress must impeach him immediately.

He has no legal authority to start a war. It’s insane, unconstitutional, and criminal.
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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j1j2.bsky.social
Durham, North Carolina
Freedom Fridays:
Durham at Croasdaile
Fridays thru March 6th
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
An MIT professor was shot and killed last night in Brookline, MA. No suspect is in custody: whdh.com/news/victim-...
Victim in fatal Brookline shooting identified as MIT professor - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) - Brookline police responded to report of gunshots just after 8:30 Monday night on Gibbs Street.“A victim was located who had been shot<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com...
whdh.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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segalmr.bsky.social
COMPLAINT: @aclum.bsky.social alleges that — after ICE agents pulled over their client, his wife, and their 1 y.o. child — an unknown agent applied a carotid restraint until their client lost consciousness. www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
Zapata Rivera v. Unknown Federal Agent John Doe 1. Squeezing the neck to stop blood flow to the brain is dangerous. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) rightly classifies this action—often referred to as chokehold and carotid restraints—as a form of deadly force. It prohibits its agents from using this technique unless deadly force is authorized. 2. Yet on November 6, 2025, a federal agent strangled Plaintiff Carlos Sebastian Zapata Rivera unconscious in the front seat of a car while arresting him in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Carlos did not present a threat to the agent or to any other person. In the wake of the agent’s violent actions, Carlos has suffered lasting harms, as described below. 3. The agent’s conduct violated not only his department’s own policies, but also the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on the use of unreasonable and excessive force in the arrest process. This Complaint is brought against this agent for his wrongful and unconstitutional actions.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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am-mccarthy.bsky.social
No evidence
No due process
Pete Hegseth is judge and jury on the high seas
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
We just murdered eight more people in boats.
U.S. Southern Command @Southcom X.com On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking. A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions— three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third. #OpSouthernSpear
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
Once upon a time, I tried to negotiate the text of a domestic crimes against humanity law with DoD, who was concerned that it would be used against them.

I told them that was absurd, are you really suggesting that DoD would engage in conduct implicating CAH?

Don’t like the answer to my question.
jimlaporta.bsky.social Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 1d
Total dead now stands at 95 starting from the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Taking action, no matter how small or humble, vaccinates you against despair.
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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katerqburns.bsky.social
“Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security sources have confirmed.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Newest image of Earth and Moon as seen from Space by Japanese satellite - Himawari-8
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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poppyhaze.bsky.social
Roomba Maker iRobot declares bankruptcy, sez it has a $3.4 mil tariff bill unpaid, it will be purchased by its main Chinese supplier to whom it owes $100m to, Shenzhen Picea Robotics.

Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.
www.wglt.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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ffrfaction.bsky.social
Ohio lawmakers are attempting to disguise religious indoctrination as a history lesson.
friendlyatheist.com Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 2d
A proposed bill in Ohio claims schools can choose what "historical" documents to display.

But buried in the fine print is a mechanism that practically guarantees Ten Commandments posters in classrooms.

Here’s how it works.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ohio-repub...
Ohio Republicans advance bill that would flood schools with Ten Commandments posters
Senate Bill 34 hides a Christian Nationalist agenda behind a veneer of American history
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM