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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Aug 31

@vicmmic.bsky.social

An image of the body of a dinosaur appears on a computer monitor. A parakeet peeks out from behind, perfectly aligned with where the dinosaur's head would be

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ancient myths are the OG sitcoms and tv dramas

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Aug 21

The copy of Wings of Fire on the floor killed me 😂 -Sincerely, a mom of a teenage boy

Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Can you imagine if one of the cast members from Philly had been one of the judges

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 5

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this.

Definition of terms:

“these people” = Latino migrants

“Inner city people” = Black people

“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 5

Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Jul 31

They never even acknowledge the existence of trans-men. It's almost as if all they care about is controlling women.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jul 31

Here are when the 17 Dems who voted against the Sanders resolution are up for reelection:

2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner

2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet

2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Jul 3

For those of you with iPhones, check out the Ice Block app. It allows you to find and report sightings of the American gestapo in your area. Unfortunately for anonymity reasons, it's not available on Android or I would get it myself.

share.google/ReDYKIXtjU8V...

ICEBlock - See Something, Tap Something

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 23

Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.

We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.

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Dirk Smith @dirksmith.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Jun 15

New sibling for Ella!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.

Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Jun 13

We don't talk to pigs
youtube.com/shorts/NNju3...

Law enforcement are legally allowed to lie to you. Should be a mandatory class in K-12 school.

YouTube video by Rebuttal Podcast

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · Jun 12

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"

On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill

Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs

This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

figure 2. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer, percent change. -4% for bottom 10%. +2.5% roughly for top 10%.

dollar change. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer.

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · Jun 12

Find hot protests in your area and exercise your first amendment rights:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/

No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.

www.mobilize.us

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jun 8

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jun 9

she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”

[not that] Dave Brooks @daveb1970.bsky.social · Jun 9

looks like she was targeted

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · May 23

Today for my job I had to purchase equipment for an "influencer pod" at a major university. Am I the only one who thinks that's insane?

Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · May 19

Find yourself a partner who treats you as gently as they treat their computer hardware.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · May 16

This would be an obvious act of ethnic cleansing under international law.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · May 16

BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.

Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya

Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

nbcnews.to

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 15

60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.

Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · May 14

Cockroach skittered across my desk 🤮 That's enough excitement for today, please let me go home.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · May 13

RFK Jr., so-called “Health Secretary,” Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria.
WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN!

Where tf are their parents?!

You literally can’t make *this shit* up. 🤢

👉🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
Rock Creek, which flows through much of Northwest Washington, is used to drain excess sewage and storm water during rainfall. The creek has widespread "fecal" contamination and high levels of bacteria, including E. coli, and the city has banned swimming in all of its waterways for more than 50 years because of the widespread contamination of Rock Creek and other nearby rivers.
"Rock Creek has high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens that make swimming, wading, and other contact with the water a hazard to human (and pet) health," the National Park Service wrote in an advisory on its website, adding "All District waterways are subject to a swim ban — this means wading, too!"
-New York Times

RFK Jr. swims in Rock Creek in Washington, D.C.
Credit : Robert Kennedy Jr./X

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · May 10

I'm sure the irony is lost on them. I can't imagine being so willfully ignorant.

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Julia Z @liluschi.bsky.social · May 7

I say as I feel the marks on my thigh from where my bf stuck and electrified needles