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🦋 M.S. MotorcycleMama 🏍️༄₊°.࿔ ༘. ⃛ @ms-motorcyclemama.bsky.social · 4d

RELEVANT Book Quotes
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“House Rules” by Jodi Picoult
#2025ReadingList Book #204

#DueProcess 🇺🇸 #USConstitution

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"The cornerstone to our country's legal system is that you are innocent until proven guilty.
Locking someone up, while you figure out what to do next, doesn't seem like you are giving him the benefit of the doubt. It sounds like you are already assuming he's screwed so he might as well get comfortable in his future living quarters."
Quote from House Rules by Jodi Picoult

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 5d

This shows a lot (hundreds) of companies with ICE contracts.

As far as what kinds of weapons, etc. they're buying, @boycottcitizens.bsky.social might have that

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 9d

ICE couldn't terrorize our communities to this degree without the hundreds of companies that provide it with goods and services—many of which also have contracts with blue cities and states.

*View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info.

Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps

ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work. This map includes: • Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...

www.google.com

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 5d

This account tracks ICE procurement activity. They've recently started spending a fortune on weapons👇

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 5d

Between Sep. 22 — when Trump issued an EO claiming to designate antifa a "domestic terrorist organization" — and Sep. 30, ICE spent $29.4M on weapons & ammunition.

ICE spent more on weapons & ammunition in the last nine days of September than in any entire fiscal year, going back at least 17 years.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 5d

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

l.euronews.com

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flamingsword.bsky.social @flamingsword.bsky.social · 4d

The Noro scarf I am currently knitting for a Portland friend.

A silk-blend variegated yarn with a gently fuzzy black halo is being knitted in alternating stripes of mostly greens and jewel tones.

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flamingsword.bsky.social @flamingsword.bsky.social · 4d

The hat I knit for a different friend.

The top of another orange knitted hat. The decreases seem to spiral inward from the outer edges of the hat.

An orange knitted hat with large ear flaps, dark copper edging, and matching tie-cords to hold it on in windy Midwest winters.

flamingsword.bsky.social @flamingsword.bsky.social · 4d

Yay, it’s a hat! I got half of my midwinter giftmas presents done before Halloween!

A knitted orange and brown reversible hat; the orange side has colorworked foxes faces on it.

The other side of the knitted hat in a lovely tone-on-tone brown reminiscent of fallen leaves.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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flamingsword.bsky.social @flamingsword.bsky.social · 5d

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s video of the incident

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 5d

The casual brutality of this political circus coupled with 3-5 years of cultural gaslighting will end with the predictable long trailing end of increasingly more disabled people at an increasingly younger age.

Mask up motherfuckers

Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 5d

“Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.”

Great we’ve just confirmed that any NZ teenagers with chronic conditions trying to access government support are out of luck 🫠

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 5d

Also reminder that these findings are matching what is found in adults. The biggest names in Covid epidemiology have been telling us for years that the risk of long COVID accumulates, we are more likely to experience it after each subsequent infection www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5d

Early days for this test- interesting results and could be exciting but on a small group size and without other inflammatory conditions I would be cautious about saying it’s a test for ME yet

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5d

Past surgeon generals alongside psychiatric bodies all calling for Kennedy to go citing his attacks on vaccines that look set to reduce access to vaccines and therapies to tackle substance abuse

Past surgeons general warn HHS Secretary Kennedy must go

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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flamingsword.bsky.social @flamingsword.bsky.social · 5d

Hey England folks: go see a cool thing!

Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 5d

Tickets are onsale for “Blink,” the show I’ll be in next year!

You can use code EARLYBIRD for £15 tickets before 31st October

kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...

BLINK — By Phil Porter

A bittersweet rom-com for the digital age, starring Abigail Thorn

kingsheadtheatre.com

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: As Linda McMahon guts the Dept. of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how future kids will learn -- seeking to dismantle the public school system in favor of private and Christian schools or homeschooling.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 5d

A reminder of what the UN definition of Genocide is.👇

A government only has to be guilty of one of these points for it to be considered as committing Genocide; the UK government is guilty of THREE of them when it comes to its treatment of the trans community - (b), (c), and (e).

^ Definition of genocide
Article 2 of the Convention defines genocide as:
... any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the
group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
-Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2171

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 11d

They’re kicking Black men out of the military over beards. Three out of five Black servicemen have pseudofolliculitis barbae which is a painful skin condition caused by shaving.

This is blatant discrimination.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 12d

NEW: We just filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration for its creation of massive secret databases of millions of Americans' personal information, violating the Privacy Act.

This illegal overreach is unacceptable.

Class action lawsuit challenges Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful “National Data Banks” - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The Trump-Vance administration’s creation of massive government databases consolidating legally protected personal information is unlawful.

www.citizensforethics.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

“These are rules that are going to cause an enormous amount of hardship for millions of people,” said Will Fischer at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “It’s going to cause people to become homeless, kids to be pulled out of their schools.”

By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

www.propublica.org

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Kai [I am anti-fascist] Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 10d

This is straight up co-dependent/abuser language. This entire regime is staffed top to bottom with the most sadistic "don't make me hit you" "now look what you made me do" assholes on the planet.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

“.. This is the risk of shutting down the government and handing the keys to Russ Vought,” the Senate majority leader said ..

@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10d

Because everything is terrible and a lot of people are struggling, I'm sharing a resource that has helped a friend of mine tremendously with their sobriety, for those who also find 12-step based programs completely offputting: lifering.org

LifeRing Secular Recovery - LifeRing Secular Recovery

The Opposite of Addiction is a LifeRing Connection Online Meetings Local Meetings Empower Your Sober Self Find a Meeting We have a wide range of meetings from in-person to online for you to pick and c...

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 10d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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