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Sue Stone
@knittingknots.bsky.social
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Goals: Stand up for justice, liberty, truth, reality. Be aware of implicit bias. Remember, physics wins in the end. Take time to write.
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · Oct 21
Well, I have an odd hobby. I like to read and find news stories I think are worthwhile, both to keep from being blindsided by events and to stay well-rounded and informed.

Other interests include
climate
writing
history
crafting
poetry
folklore
sci
Gaming
Text block that says I want to know what's happening I want to help shape what's happening in a positive way I want to play with threads and yarn and cloth in all the ways I want to learn how everyday folk in all times and places lived their daily lives I want to tell tales of magic folk and far away fantastic places I want to read all the great stories I want to know how we got here across the deep depths of time I want to know how everything works I want to grow roses Too much to ask?
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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 6h
Two dozen kids in frog costumes and fairy wings and chicken suits. This is what Tr*mp is claiming = an insurrection at the ICE facility Portland. The regime are the worst kind of pathetic liars. Portland police, local and state govt all say: nothing is going on here. The only violence is from ICE.
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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 21h
Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows "exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation," with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty." Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down." The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote. Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2h
NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6h
*Cries in American* 😭
*Cries in American* 😭
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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 1d
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Lisa J @lisadjurgensen.bsky.social · 1h
Facts!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h
WAKE UP, AMERICA!
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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 4h
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 9h
Only 10 senators voted for Bernie Sanders's amendment to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10% and instead expand veteran dental care:

Baldwin (D-WI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h
Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 2h
Oops…
Donnie didn’t win. ICE & his authoritarian moves probably didn’t help much.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado
Prize is awarded for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship in the country
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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 2h
When Trump said he was "Making America Great Again", we forgot to ask, "FOR WHO?" #TrumpIsForTrump
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Nathaniel Greene @nathaniel1776.bsky.social · 2h
Well, it is nearly the good news you have been hoping to wake up to, that other thing is coming to be sure!!!🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h
The ‘currency swap’ has been finalized. Argentina got their $20 billion and gave us an unknown number of pesos, while he cuts healthcare and human services for Americans. Don’t call it a bailout, they say — it’s like saying tariffs aren’t taxes. What happened to America First?
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 2h
A kick in the teeth for the senile orange baboon, well done Maria Corina Machado standing for all the good things he doesn’t
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2h
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado on.ft.com/4nTWp5l
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado
Win for Venezuela’s main opposition leader dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump
on.ft.com
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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 2h
A Wrinkle in Time The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Handmaid's Tale The Catcher in the Rye Of Mice and Men The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Forever The Kite Runner To Kill a Mockingbird Banned The Giver The Outsiders Thirteen Reasons Why Book Harry Potter series beorge List The Hate U Give The Grapes of Wrath The Color Purple The Lord of the Flies 1984 Song of Solomon The Call of the Wild The Lord of the Rings Bridge to Terabithia I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7h
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Plutonium Nyborg @johnunderwood.bsky.social · 2h
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
She won "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
www.usatoday.com
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 2h
Donald Trump Fails to Win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize He Wanted So Badly www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Fails to Win the Nobel Peace Prize He Wanted So Badly
The president’s relentless push for the prestigious honor did not pay off as he’d hoped.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Gary C. @gjcstudio.bsky.social · 2h
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 8h
'We're all ANTIFA, Donald.'

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/were-all-a...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h
Trump fails in bid to win Nobel Peace Prize as Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 honour
Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as surprise winner announced
www.independent.co.uk
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 2h
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h
🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 6h
I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d
This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM
Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents
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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 12h
They have issued a temporary restraining order to stop authorities from forcing the press, protesters, and clergy to leave public places.

They also can't shoot them in the face with less than lethal rounds now.

As long as they don't "pose a threat."

Let's see how loosely they define that.

#Pinks
Illinois judge blocks federal authorities from using force against Chicago journalists
Chicago journalists and protesters sued senior administration officials this week, arguing that the government had prevented them from using their First Amendment rights.
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