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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · Aug 23

OMG, this insane house! www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · Jul 14

And in case the power demands weren't enough, there's the water consumption, with tech companies following the playbook of big polluters since time immemorial: "there's no evidence our giant new development is the cause of harms the community never experienced before" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

www.nytimes.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Jun 10

If you have a copy of Let This Radicalize You, please note that there are appendices in the back of the book that include instructions for treating pepper spray and tear gas exposure and advice from a movement lawyer about what to do when the feds come knocking. Relevant advice in these times.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 6

We don’t need to back off the American Gestapo and we don’t need to respect its agents. People exercising state violence are not entitled to anonymity. Nor are the people directing the state violence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 6

MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE & respect our agents

Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?

J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · Jun 6

Yaaassaas!

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Jun 6

OH YEAH IT'S REAGAN'S DEATHIVERSARY!!!!!

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Dracula Hourly @dracula-hourly.bsky.social · May 22

I have written this in the train.

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50501 Milwaukee @50501-mke.bsky.social · May 18

Menomonee Falls, rated among the top ten safest communities in Wisconsin, is planning on reallocating $300,000 from its library to its police department.

Because Menomonee Falls is just that rampant with crime, right? Who needs a library?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · May 19

Whoa! New polling shows that a majority of voters in EVERY SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT oppose cuts to Medicaid.

Members of Congress should take note.

☎️ Flood the Capitol switchboard to voice your opposition to the bill from hell. 202-224-3121.

Defend Medicaid!
Defeat Cancer!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 19

Senate Republicans are fast-tracking the GENIUS Act, which would greenlight a financial system enabling the ultra-rich to exploit unstable crypto schemes.

The rest of us will be left holding the bag.

Every Senate Democrat must vote against Trump's corrupt crypto scam.

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 19

No thoughts. Just vibes.

Orange cat sitting, looking at the camera with his tongue out.

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 15

I love that scene so much!

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · May 14

please join me in contributing to this bond and legal representation fund organized by Congregate Cville and local immigrant advocates. it is critical that our neighbors have immediate access to representation if they are targeted by ICE.

Lezzie. Lib. Lawyer. Resistor! @dwgelbman.bsky.social · May 14

URGENT! something you can DO! The need is tremendous and we are counting on you to help. We cannot file the necessary cases in federal court without the requisite bonds. Please help? secure.actblue.com/donate/ccfre...

I just supported my immigrant neighbors and you can too!

What will you remember doing during this time in history? Together with local immigrant advocates, Congregate Charlottesville is raising life-saving funds to pay for immigration bond and legal repre...

secure.actblue.com

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Aaron Strauss @aaronstrauss.bsky.social · May 14

Incredible example of why work requirements are a sham--and how they hurt working people:

Madeline T. Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social · May 14

At a press conference, the GA governor screened a clip of 54-year-old mechanic Luke Seaborn calling GA’s #Medicaid work requirement a “great program.” But after the requirement’s bureaucratic red tape kicked Seaborn off Medicaid TWICE, he changed his mind. www.propublica.org/article/geor...

He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.

A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 14

Horsford: They are cutting healthcare for 13.7 million Americans. The largest cut to healthcare in U.S. history to give tax cuts to billionaires and to big corporations. This is your priority.

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jere👻my @jere7my.bsky.social · Feb 26

All of them had great freedom, but they also had something personal to say that was foundational to Star Wars. None of them looked or felt like George's Star Wars, but they all resonated deeply with things that were important to George. Different songs in the same key.

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 14

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · May 14

It’s past time to get rid of senior Democrats. If you’re not willing to fight for the country, get the fuck out of the way.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · May 14

when we remind everything they’re weird little freaks it works!!!!

Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · May 14

Democrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 14

Lol, loser!

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 14

OMG, Andor goes soooooo hard. Season 2 was just as amazing as season 1 even with a faster pace.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · May 12

They want more MOMS at home. And not just because they hate women.

Their *economic* model depends on unpaid labor. And the most effective way to coerce unpaid labor is to create a second class of people and teach them that they're only "naturally" suited for labor they're forced to do for free.

From the NYT:

Not Just More Babies: These Republicans Want More Parents at Home
As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents to scale back at work.

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Witch Erin @madamexmysyery.bsky.social · May 13

Ultimately, no, but it also feels like they're demonizing a disability and that's also not good. IDK, I'm probably being too sensitive.