Lori Lou Freshwater
@lorifreshwater.bsky.social
Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.
Signal: LoriLou.33
Loriloufreshwater@protonmail
Signal: LoriLou.33
Loriloufreshwater@protonmail
Pinned
The singular reason we are going to call it a constitutional crisis until the coup his complete is that Americans have become so fear-ridden they cannot conceive of losing a life’s worth of material gains.
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It’s time for a lot of people to wrestle with the fact that bad actors aren’t doing these things because they’re being blackmailed or bribed but because they are benefitting financially and they haven’t dealt with their own shit so they are perpetually destroying everything.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s time for a lot of people to wrestle with the fact that bad actors aren’t doing these things because they’re being blackmailed or bribed but because they are benefitting financially and they haven’t dealt with their own shit so they are perpetually destroying everything.
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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This Native American Heritage Month, take time to learn about earthworks created by Indigenous peoples and the national park sites that help to preserve and interpret some of these sacred creations. https://bit.ly/49EntRZ
Indigenous Earthworks and Where to See Them
Indigenous earthworks once dotted a large section of North America. The National Park Service preserves and interprets some of those that remain.
www.npca.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This Native American Heritage Month, take time to learn about earthworks created by Indigenous peoples and the national park sites that help to preserve and interpret some of these sacred creations. https://bit.ly/49EntRZ
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Lanah Burkhardt. Worked for a right-wing company that wanted to replace Scholastic Books. popular.info/p/mysterious...
Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction
On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas.
popular.info
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Lanah Burkhardt. Worked for a right-wing company that wanted to replace Scholastic Books. popular.info/p/mysterious...
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I mean, c'mon, what good is being in power if you can't order your secret police to kidnap your nephew's mother so your brother can take custody?
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I mean, c'mon, what good is being in power if you can't order your secret police to kidnap your nephew's mother so your brother can take custody?
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A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
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The number of puffin breeding pairs on the Farne Islands has dropped by 23% in a year from 50,103 to 38,500 breeding pairs,the National Trust said it cautioned against interpreting the drop as a sudden decline as the island was hit by bird flu and storms in recent years. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farne Islands puffin and Arctic tern count 'mixed picture'
The number of puffin breeding pairs on the Farne Islands in Northumberland drops by 23% in a year.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The number of puffin breeding pairs on the Farne Islands has dropped by 23% in a year from 50,103 to 38,500 breeding pairs,the National Trust said it cautioned against interpreting the drop as a sudden decline as the island was hit by bird flu and storms in recent years. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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I have a LORG fren and yes he is a lot of work but also such a wonderful pal, and he brings pure delight to people everywhere he goes.
There are currently TWENTY THREE Great Pyr mixes at the Oregon Humane Society available for adoption, rescued from a huge neglect case out in Polk County. If you’ve ever wanted a LORG fren for your family, you can’t do much better than Pyrs.
Animal Details
Details about each animal available at the Oregon Humane Society.
www.oregonhumane.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I have a LORG fren and yes he is a lot of work but also such a wonderful pal, and he brings pure delight to people everywhere he goes.
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Life tip: if you’re trying to focus on studying listen to videogame music. It’s designed to be background noise while you focus your attention on other tasks.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Life tip: if you’re trying to focus on studying listen to videogame music. It’s designed to be background noise while you focus your attention on other tasks.
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Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
It was inevitable that a govt that protects human traffickers would end up as a state that is openly human trafficking.
The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It was inevitable that a govt that protects human traffickers would end up as a state that is openly human trafficking.
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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JFC, this is bleak af
One of the largest corporations in America is being paid millions of dollars by a far-right conspiracy theorist — and feeding his content to millions of people who cannot discern AI slop from reality. www.theredoubt.net/meta-has-bee...
Meta accepts $3.2 million to promote Tucker Carlson
The parent company of Facebook is helping a right-wing influencer promote conspiracy theories about 9/11.
www.theredoubt.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
JFC, this is bleak af
I mean but also he doesn’t do actual work besides performance which means we have govt power being executed by factions of Nazis.
Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, is showing more signs of age and fatigue. His official schedule starts later in the day and he has held 39% fewer public events than during the same period in his first term. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Dylan Freedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I mean but also he doesn’t do actual work besides performance which means we have govt power being executed by factions of Nazis.
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Men who think about what it looks like to eat an ice cream cone in public are living in fear. They are scared of something and that’s the problem.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Men who think about what it looks like to eat an ice cream cone in public are living in fear. They are scared of something and that’s the problem.
This is the behavior of Nazis.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is the behavior of Nazis.
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know how addictive their platforms can be to teens.
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
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Contemporary landscape painter Sarah Jane Brown captures the dramatic beauty of her home on the Pembrokeshire Coast, West Wales #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Contemporary landscape painter Sarah Jane Brown captures the dramatic beauty of her home on the Pembrokeshire Coast, West Wales #womensart
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”