Julia Inspired
@julesinspired.bsky.social
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs! I talky ten dollar words and cuss. Old punk. One-handed lifer. Democracy, equity, tech inclusion, and disability rights. To All - Hope. Resist. Love. Peace.
📍 Kakistocracy, USA
📍 Kakistocracy, USA
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
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We've just learned that the man in this video, Ian Austin, was among those arrested by federal officials.
More info to come soon.
More info to come soon.
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
We've just learned that the man in this video, Ian Austin, was among those arrested by federal officials.
More info to come soon.
More info to come soon.
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Circular captive consumer. End the monopolies in healthcare, Medicare for all!
youtube.com/shorts/-MhXZ...
youtube.com/shorts/-MhXZ...
She EXPOSES His Shady Tactics
YouTube video by MoveOn
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January 31, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Circular captive consumer. End the monopolies in healthcare, Medicare for all!
youtube.com/shorts/-MhXZ...
youtube.com/shorts/-MhXZ...
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That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial...
A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
(Published 2022)
A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 AM
That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial...
A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
(Published 2022)
A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
(Published 2022)
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Sky-high levels of censorship have become ubiquitous.
"Texas A&M University said on Friday that it would end its women’s and gender studies program, and that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms" (gift article)
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Sky-high levels of censorship have become ubiquitous.
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Actions speak louder than words.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Actions speak louder than words.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Tom Homan says he wants to do things differently, but we have yet to see meaningful change.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Long live the memory of the great Catherine O'Hara. She was a mesmerizing actress that brought such fantastic energy to the screen. She will be missed 💜
a woman wearing a pearl necklace and a white shirt
Alt: The actress Catherine O'Hara as her character Moira in schitt's Creek stating "you're too kind and correct!"
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January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Long live the memory of the great Catherine O'Hara. She was a mesmerizing actress that brought such fantastic energy to the screen. She will be missed 💜
“Hate crime is the tip of the iceberg, but repeat hate incidents are the hidden day-to-day reality for many disabled people,”
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‘A disaster for disabled people’: Shabana Mahmood urged not to scrap recording of non-crime hate incidents
Home secretary confirmed this week that police in England and Wales would be scrapping category in its current form
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January 30, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“Hate crime is the tip of the iceberg, but repeat hate incidents are the hidden day-to-day reality for many disabled people,”
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This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is so unhinged
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“It is deeply troubling for an elected official to tell citizens that their constitutional rights come from God rather than from the Constitution itself,” says FFRF Legal Counsel Chris Line.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“It is deeply troubling for an elected official to tell citizens that their constitutional rights come from God rather than from the Constitution itself,” says FFRF Legal Counsel Chris Line.
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The federal presence in Minnesota has been especially tough on our local businesses.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The federal presence in Minnesota has been especially tough on our local businesses.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
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Hey so that’s a headline you don’t love to see
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hey so that’s a headline you don’t love to see
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
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More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
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Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner:
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”💪
#BlueSky #PoliSky #LawSky #MedSky
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”💪
#BlueSky #PoliSky #LawSky #MedSky
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
Ah, the admission! Now what was the name of the person who fake shot Tritler? Bueller, Bueller Bueller. Hmm.
Trump continues to lie and incite violence against Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I think she's a fraud ... she probably had herself sprayed, knowing her."
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ah, the admission! Now what was the name of the person who fake shot Tritler? Bueller, Bueller Bueller. Hmm.
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor and mourn the six million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust.
Today and every day, let us stand up against the evil of antisemitism to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust are never repeated. #NeverAgain
Today and every day, let us stand up against the evil of antisemitism to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust are never repeated. #NeverAgain
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor and mourn the six million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust.
Today and every day, let us stand up against the evil of antisemitism to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust are never repeated. #NeverAgain
Today and every day, let us stand up against the evil of antisemitism to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust are never repeated. #NeverAgain
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Pregame moment of silence for Alex Pretti, followed by several yells of "Fuck ICE!"
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Pregame moment of silence for Alex Pretti, followed by several yells of "Fuck ICE!"
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January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM