Ellen Sandbeck
@esandbeck.bsky.social
artist, landscape gardener, vermicomposting-worm wrangler, environmental writer
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Newsom kills it with his trolling.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Newsom kills it with his trolling.
US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims... For goodness sake! School districts should just order directly from the manufacturers by ordering from Temu. Everything they are ordering is manufactured in China anyway. F*ck Bezos!
US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims
Amazon calls the report ‘flawed and misleading’ and says it offers lower prices than competitors
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims... For goodness sake! School districts should just order directly from the manufacturers by ordering from Temu. Everything they are ordering is manufactured in China anyway. F*ck Bezos!
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Just got off the floor to call out President Trump and his Administration's desperate attempts to hide the truth about what is happening inside ICE facilities.
I visited the Tacoma ICE facility, where ICE tried to lie to my face. I won’t let them get away with it.
Hear my full speech 🎧
I visited the Tacoma ICE facility, where ICE tried to lie to my face. I won’t let them get away with it.
Hear my full speech 🎧
Rep. Salinas delivers floor speech condemning the Trump Admin's inhumane treatment of immigrants.
YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas
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December 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Just got off the floor to call out President Trump and his Administration's desperate attempts to hide the truth about what is happening inside ICE facilities.
I visited the Tacoma ICE facility, where ICE tried to lie to my face. I won’t let them get away with it.
Hear my full speech 🎧
I visited the Tacoma ICE facility, where ICE tried to lie to my face. I won’t let them get away with it.
Hear my full speech 🎧
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The FDA says these cheeses were distributed to 31 states — Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin — as well as Puerto Rico. SMH 😒
Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled nationwide (MANY BRANDS IMPACTED: READ THIS!): www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled nationwide
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The FDA says these cheeses were distributed to 31 states — Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin — as well as Puerto Rico. SMH 😒
Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... If you are a corrupt, greedy, rapacious, wealthy white man, there is no need to worry! If you break the law, any law, for a slight fee, your pal Trump will pardon you! Just go right ahead!
Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department
Tim Leiweke was accused of ‘orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... If you are a corrupt, greedy, rapacious, wealthy white man, there is no need to worry! If you break the law, any law, for a slight fee, your pal Trump will pardon you! Just go right ahead!
Using corn as fuel is a terrible idea. Ethanol produced from corn increases global warming more than burning fossil fuel does. And solar panels can produce the same amount of energy on 3 percent of the land that it would take to produce corn to produce the same amount of ethanol energy.
The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Using corn as fuel is a terrible idea. Ethanol produced from corn increases global warming more than burning fossil fuel does. And solar panels can produce the same amount of energy on 3 percent of the land that it would take to produce corn to produce the same amount of ethanol energy.
www.rawstory.com/trump-income.... When RFKjr suddenly spoke during the Kiss Trump's A$$ Cabinet meeting, I thought it was Trump staring to snore.
Kimmel blasts Trump as 'kid running for student council' after income tax pledge
Jimmy Kimmel has mocked a recent claim from Donald Trump, describing the president as a "kid running for student council".Trump has made several outlandish claims which were quietly walked back or dec...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
www.rawstory.com/trump-income.... When RFKjr suddenly spoke during the Kiss Trump's A$$ Cabinet meeting, I thought it was Trump staring to snore.
From Dec. 2025 Science News: "A grant to investigate how neurons regulate specialized immune cells in the retina lost its $490K of remaining funding...the grant mentions that these cells exhibit remarkable "diversity," a term the administration has flagged as problematic.
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
From Dec. 2025 Science News: "A grant to investigate how neurons regulate specialized immune cells in the retina lost its $490K of remaining funding...the grant mentions that these cells exhibit remarkable "diversity," a term the administration has flagged as problematic.
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... We are extremely deep into Fourth Reich territory.
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... We are extremely deep into Fourth Reich territory.
I am not now, and never have been a Zionist. Israeli settlers have been horrible people for decades. Every awful thing Israelis do, harms not just their immediate victims, but also ramps up anti-Semitism, which endangers every Jew on the planet.
Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am not now, and never have been a Zionist. Israeli settlers have been horrible people for decades. Every awful thing Israelis do, harms not just their immediate victims, but also ramps up anti-Semitism, which endangers every Jew on the planet.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I really wish Bluesky had an "edit" button! I would love to be able to fix my typos and undo mistakes inserted by Autocorrect.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I really wish Bluesky had an "edit" button! I would love to be able to fix my typos and undo mistakes inserted by Autocorrect.
Trump says he'll release MRI results | AP News share.google/L6J7afMHIYtF... Trump doesn't know what part of his body was scanned, but he knows it wasn't his brain, because he aced his cognitive exam. So which part of his rapidly deteriorating body was scanned? His A$$ or his elbow?
Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. During an exchange with reporters as Trump traveled back to Washington from Florida on Sunday, he sai...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trump says he'll release MRI results | AP News share.google/L6J7afMHIYtF... Trump doesn't know what part of his body was scanned, but he knows it wasn't his brain, because he aced his cognitive exam. So which part of his rapidly deteriorating body was scanned? His A$$ or his elbow?
Rising levels of hate forcing women out of Swedish public life, says equality agency www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d.... Whitewing hatred permeates and poisons the Western world.
Rising levels of hate forcing women out of Swedish public life, says equality agency
Country seen as champion of equal rights faces reckoning after senior politician says she felt compelled to quit
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Rising levels of hate forcing women out of Swedish public life, says equality agency www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d.... Whitewing hatred permeates and poisons the Western world.
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... This is wonderful!
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... This is wonderful!
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Stalling on releasing the Epstein files and pardoning some drug dealers while killing others makes perfect sense through the lens of Trump Inc being a traditional organized crime family with branches in gambling, drugs and prostitution. He’s killing his rivals right out in the open.
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Stalling on releasing the Epstein files and pardoning some drug dealers while killing others makes perfect sense through the lens of Trump Inc being a traditional organized crime family with branches in gambling, drugs and prostitution. He’s killing his rivals right out in the open.
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Moral of the story: In RAPE-UBLICAN Trumpistan, if you are wealthy and have access to something Trump wants, you can break any laws,get caught and convicted, and Trump will set you free. On the to the hand, existing while non-white is a crime
Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report
David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Moral of the story: In RAPE-UBLICAN Trumpistan, if you are wealthy and have access to something Trump wants, you can break any laws,get caught and convicted, and Trump will set you free. On the to the hand, existing while non-white is a crime
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The lectureer, Rutger Bregman said that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history”. This was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
Because, of course, what he said was true.
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The lectureer, Rutger Bregman said that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history”. This was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
Because, of course, what he said was true.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The lectureer, Rutger Bregman said that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history”. This was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
Because, of course, what he said was true.
.
The lectureer, Rutger Bregman said that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history”. This was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
Because, of course, what he said was true.
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EV/NEV share in China is already 50%+ — not 40. And exports? China sent 6.4m cars abroad in 2024, crushing Japan’s 4.2m and Germany’s 3.2m. Domestic dominance + an export explosion = the #lithium demand inflection. 2025–2030 is about to vaporise every outdated forecast. 🔋🌏 #LFP #EVS #BEV #Disruption
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
EV/NEV share in China is already 50%+ — not 40. And exports? China sent 6.4m cars abroad in 2024, crushing Japan’s 4.2m and Germany’s 3.2m. Domestic dominance + an export explosion = the #lithium demand inflection. 2025–2030 is about to vaporise every outdated forecast. 🔋🌏 #LFP #EVS #BEV #Disruption
It is pretty obvious that Trump is fixated on the use of an Autopen to sign Executive Orders, because somewhere depep in the festering, demented recesses of his rotting brain, there is a dim awareness that members of his Cabinet are using the Autopen to sign Executive Orders without him.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It is pretty obvious that Trump is fixated on the use of an Autopen to sign Executive Orders, because somewhere depep in the festering, demented recesses of his rotting brain, there is a dim awareness that members of his Cabinet are using the Autopen to sign Executive Orders without him.
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Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
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I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross