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Large Marge (she/her)
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Made, like you, of star dust | Africa is our origin, incl. melanin-lackers like me | uterus-having mom of amazing #AuDHD teen | here for a caring, creative, multiracial community | end exploitation | we have enough for all | linkedin.com/in/margdoosamm
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This has served me well, so worth a share. It's actually quite empowering to get clarity on what you do and don't control. It's your life. Live it your way!
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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“Around 200 people protested peacefully outside during the opening of the challenge - with scores of them silently holding up signs saying ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.’ Several sign-holders were then arrested by police.”

We must challenge these attacks on free speech and protest.
Palestine Action like the Suffragettes, court told
Lawyers for the group say the government's ban is unprecedented, as they launch a legal challenge.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Every ten minutes.

Let that sink in.

Women are killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members.

This is why we call out misogyny and patriarchal values.

This is why the President shouldn’t get away with calling female reporters “pigs”

Enough.
137 women and girls killed every day by partners or family, U.N. says
Every 10 minutes a woman somewhere in the world was killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, according to a U.N. report.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.

I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I think G19 need to decide to have the meeting elsewhere where it’s safe to enter said country for people of color
👏👏Kudos to South Africa for standing up to the Liar&Bully-in-Chief, and not letting his bullshit narrative go unchallenged.

(MSM and several other entities in the US: take notes, this kind of energy is what your country needs from you)
South Africa hits back at ‘punitive’ Trump move to bar it from G20 meeting in Florida
Diplomatic row worsens after US president says member state will not be invited to 2026 summit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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For the record, the turkeys Trump pardoned can still be charged with state crimes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Grateful for Arnulfo and all of his coworkers that make today's feasts -- and every meal every other day -- possible.

Thank you, @ufw.bsky.social
"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The Guardian asks, Will it work?

Yes, make your $ count: Don’t spend at companies that collude with the regime!
Don’t purchase from Home Depot, Amazon or Target black Friday through cyber Monday.

WE AIN’T BUYING IT indivisible.org/campaign/we-...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
YES TO THE BOYCOTT!
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I’m not going to say this necessarily makes him a pedofile but it certainly makes it more likely.

Don’t buy Nike.

www.newsweek.com/nike-founder...
Nike founder Phil Knight makes record-breaking donation to Republicans
Phil Knight reportedly surpassed his own previous $2 million donation to the same Bring Balance to Salem PAC.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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On this fraught yet important day, our family—in Cemithualtin Ximmilcah, we of the Green Mountain Fields—offer up this chant of thanks, not to pilgrims or their culture or their god, but to the three aspects of life that sustain us:

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November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Terribly sad situation, including the blowback that Afghans will experience despite having nothing to do with this.
2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the U.S. capital have been shot blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor characterized as a targeted attack.
apnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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We have a dear family friend who is Black with two biracial kids that are white presenting. When out in public, white folks assumed she was their nanny.

This is so familiar…
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h... The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This dude’s name is Skandal? Really? That sounds about right.
D.A. Fani Willis had the courage, the grit, the experience, the facts, and the law to bring Trump to account.
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Under the current 'ceasefire' agreement—which remains technically intact despite hundreds of alleged violations by Israel that have resulted in the deaths of over 300 Palestinians—Israel still occupies the eastern portion of Gaza, an area greater than 50% of the entire strip."
Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’ | Common Dreams
The Trump admin is pushing to create large "compounds" to house Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied portions of Gaza. Israeli officials have said they should not be allowed to leave, raising fears of...
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Here you go Marge, sorry for delay but I have been very unwell. Please repost for all. Linda💞🧑‍🦼💞 go.bsky.app/5PRuKNJ
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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“[They] pose absolutely no threat to the US...But this isn’t really about fighting terrorism. It’s about scaring the left and shifting the discussion away from far-right terrorism, which is where most real attacks are coming from in recent years”
Ding ding ding!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM