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Today is the start of something BIG. Sign our new petition to show your ❤️ for Preschool For All! actionnetwork.org/petitions/fu...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
emeritrix.bsky.social
in addition to Harold and Maude, Bud Cort was in Altman's very odd Brewster McCloud, which opens with a banger version of Merry Clayton singing Lift Every Voice and Sing www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB-b...
two screenshots from the linked youtube clip from Brewster McCloud: top, a young Bud Cort in front of a reel to reel tape player, looking over his shoulder at the camera bottom: a newspaper covered in bird poop, with the partially obscured headline "Agnew: Society Should Discard Some U.S. People"
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
Concentration camps. You're building concentration camps, America.
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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andreapitzer.bsky.social
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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mileswgriffis.bsky.social
The risks of SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne pathogens can be severe, but the media continues to stigmatize Olympians taking precautions as "worried" and "extreme". We know #LongCOVID can affect anyone, even elite athletes.

In the @thesicktimes.org today 😷🦠

thesicktimes.org/2026/02/10/w...
Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions - The Sick Times
Despite a lack of COVID-19 precautions implemented by the 2026 Winter Olympics organizers in Italy, some athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by mask...
thesicktimes.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social
I find myself nodding in agreement. Not everyone is left standing the war has ended & also the notion that some of those left standing have been irrevocably changed by their experience

But there is hope for a better future and an urgency to fight for what we might never see

#poetry
#poemoftheday
Poem by Clint Smith - People say we have made it through worse
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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shanembailey.com
This is so fucked up.
nickknudsenus.bsky.social Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 2d
The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote.

Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name.

#StopTheSaveAct
Contact Your MOC
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February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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braidedriverpdx.bsky.social
Good morning Portland. Our recommended video session of the day (excluding the Olympics) is the Portland Planning Commission's work session on the CEI Hub policy project. Join us with popcorn at 12:30 pm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnD6...
Portland Planning Commission 02/10/26
https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/planning-commission
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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tamranger.bsky.social
This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
emeritrix.bsky.social
I would not mind debt if it meant everyone gets healthcare and housing and education.

It’s the killing and kidnapping and torture I object to.
rebelwithacause2.bsky.social Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 2d
STEALING OUR MONEY!

tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...

Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!

100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II
Report: U.S. added nearly $700 billion to national debt in four months - NewsBreak
(The Center Square) – The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January
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February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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leahfeiger.bsky.social
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Covid protection shouldn’t just be at the Olympics or Davos, everyone deserves to be protected.

My long thread from earlier in the week. Covid is not over!
elhopkins.bsky.social Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 6d
Not a single thing we were told about #COVID turned out to be correct. A long thread 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
Even the New York Post.

nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study
Over 20 million Americans are believed to have long COVID, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness and muscle pain.
nypost.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

Some of us have been screaming this for years

www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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samhalpert.bsky.social
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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binkysmum55.bsky.social
From Feb 2/26
Absolutely gut-churning &horrific.
Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social CONCENTRATION CAMPS & INCINERATORS—D.H.S. is setting up a huge network of camps. They are converting the U.S. as a region for 'expeditionary military deployment' & no-bid no-public-comment contracts to build a "ghost network" of 10,000-person concentration camps. Jesus. Thread traditional competition delays, the Navy's Supply Systems Command has repurposed the vehicle for "TITUS"-Territorial Integrity of the United States. Confinement Documents reveal a clinical blueprint for a new "sprawling network" of facilities. This isn't just about bed space; it's about the rapid deployment of self-contained cities. This $45 billion increase, published just weeks ago, converts the U.S. into a "geographic region" for expeditionary military-style detention. It signals a massive, long-term escalation in the government's capacity to pay for detention and deportation logistics. In the world of federal contracting, it is the difference between a temporary surge and a permanent infrastructure. Wexmac Titus A0001 Elin Spreadsheet Sam As for taxpayer accountability over how their barriers, 8-foot-high CONEX box walls, and "Weather Resistant" guard shacks. • Medical & Death: The services extend to "Medical Waste Management," with specific protocols for biohazard incinerators and "Certified Inventory of Evidence" reports for "Full-Service 5:31 PM • Feb 2, 2026 Everybody can reply 1.6K reposts 280 saves 394 quotes 2.1K likes
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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koriander.bsky.social
Councilor Zimmerman just made a PBOT employee cry in a city hall meeting. Very normal and reasonable temperament 👍
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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heyzell.blackskycomra.de
All I can think of is an abuser putting their exes dog's pic into the system as lost and suddenly having access to tons of footage of what that person is up to and how to find them. If there weren't already a million reasons to get rid of your Ring camera
jsrailton.bsky.social John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d
The showed us cute missing dogs & we consented to turning our doorbell cameras into a mass human tracking system.

Mark my words, Ring's Search Party will become the next Flock.

Only instead of just being sketchy cameras installed in parking lots, it will be everywhere. That's their play.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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streetroots.bsky.social
Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it.
Portland nurses say ICE agents interfere with patient care
Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it
www.streetroots.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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gorgepulse.bsky.social
Public comment to save wild salmon on the Columbia River. Deadline March 2:
www.wildsalmon.org/npcc-patagon...
Save Our Wild Salmon - Patagonia - Submit your public comment to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council!
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council's 2026 Fish and Wildlife Program is the best path to mitigate further harm to fish from hydropower operations in the Columbia and Snake rivers and make act...
www.wildsalmon.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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bambooshooti.bsky.social
#ResistanceRoots
#BlackHistoryMonth

In 1967, the NRA supported the Mulford Act, a California bill restricting open carry. On its face, this might seem anomalous given the NRA’s current rabid support for gun rights. However, the specific goal was to disarm the Black Panther Party. /1
Armed members of the Black Panther Party protest outside California's Capitol building against a gun control law aimed at them.
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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kananaskinyeti.bsky.social
The mask on your face keeps the blood off your hands
April 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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emily-vwg.bsky.social
"money from the public should be focused on making journalism, not padding executive salaries. For the past year and a half, the reporters, hosts and producers you hear on the radio and read online at OPB have bargained for a first union contract."
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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thewhn.bsky.social
At parts of the Winter Olympics in Italy, COVID precautions remain, grounded in the reality that respiratory illness is still circulating. When your lungs are your livelihood, prevention is part of performance.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #Olympics #LongCOVID #MaskUp #N95
Photo of four athletes seated at a press conference table, all wearing face masks, with microphones in front of them. A blue backdrop behind them shows sponsor logos (including P&G, Samsung, TCL, Visa, Salomon) and Olympic branding. WHN branding “whn.global” appears at the top left. Large yellow text over the lower half reads: “Olympians are still masking in 2026” Smaller white text below reads: “At the Winter Olympics in Italy, some athletes are still masking and isolating, aware that COVID and other respiratory illnesses are not over.” Footer text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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enjohnston.bsky.social
A list of ways to support Springfield in its hour of need…

This may be the biggest test yet of our nation’s soul; Springfield is a small city, with a quarter of its people at profound risk.
leeceelee.bsky.social Lee Cee @leeceelee.bsky.social · 11d
Springfield (eating the dogs / cats) Ohio desperately needs your help with ICE.

Ohio Gov Mike DeWine said it will be “the next Minneapolis” as 15,000 Haitians (1/4th of the entire city) will have their TPS status prematurely revoked Weds Feb 4th.

Here are links to donate and volunteer directly: 1/
February 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM