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Just a person, living a life. Livin' the dream in the 206. Librarian. Volunteer w @MomsDemand I #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🌻 Views my own. Pronouns she/hers.
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@mountains206.bsky.social
· Oct 8
I am loving these costumes, and it is such a brilliant form of protest. It juxtaposes the federal government’s violence and overreaction against something obviously not a threat. This juxtaposition reminds me of other protest movements:
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What a bizarre situation, with the dominant Putinist/fascist faction of the Trump Dictatorship (including Vance, his sidekick Driscoll, and Trump crony Witkoff) facing off with the smaller Rubio faction (which is supported by non-traifors outside the White House). 1/
U.S. Army secretary warned Ukraine of imminent defeat while pushing initial peace plan
The meeting last week was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
What a bizarre situation, with the dominant Putinist/fascist faction of the Trump Dictatorship (including Vance, his sidekick Driscoll, and Trump crony Witkoff) facing off with the smaller Rubio faction (which is supported by non-traifors outside the White House). 1/
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Of course, there is every reason to believe that Driscoll's contentions about imminent Russian victory in Ukraine and threats of kinetic attacks on NATO countries are what they sound like - laundered Putin talking points. 4/
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Of course, there is every reason to believe that Driscoll's contentions about imminent Russian victory in Ukraine and threats of kinetic attacks on NATO countries are what they sound like - laundered Putin talking points. 4/
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Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect and the potential expiration of Obamacare subsidies at year’s end. The charities are warning of exploding medical debt and lower survival rates for diseases like…
Politico on the rising number of Americans facing catastrophic medical insurance costs: "The Trump economy is not focusing on the root causes of why health care costs are so high in this country."
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect and the potential expiration of Obamacare subsidies at year’s end. The charities are warning of exploding medical debt and lower survival rates for diseases like…
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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I suppose they'll sell them through a shell company
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I suppose they'll sell them through a shell company
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Glad to commission this from @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social on his long-term study of the techniques journalists can (and now must) use to counter authoritarian propaganda.
— @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
— @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
Journalism In An Age Of Authoritarianism | NOEMA
The media needs to rethink its role in protecting democracy — rather than just chronicling its demise.
www.noemamag.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Glad to commission this from @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social on his long-term study of the techniques journalists can (and now must) use to counter authoritarian propaganda.
— @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
— @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Weed may be saving the small retail rental industry, I’ve never seen anything like it
Taking a ‘cousin walk’ this Thanksgiving? As cannabis has become less stigmatized and more readily available in the U.S., industry experts say ‘Green Wednesday’ has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales.
The other thing Americans consume in record numbers on Thanksgiving: marijuana
At a Maryland cannabis dispensary on ‘Green Wednesday,’ a day that has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales, one product sold out in 15 minutes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Weed may be saving the small retail rental industry, I’ve never seen anything like it
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Just add the rest of the sentence yourself.
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What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just add the rest of the sentence yourself.
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
I’ve always felt like the media was biased against the left and democrats—more than just the rightwing fox news side of media—and now with the Nuzzi stuff, there’s definitive proof.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’ve always felt like the media was biased against the left and democrats—more than just the rightwing fox news side of media—and now with the Nuzzi stuff, there’s definitive proof.
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yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
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So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
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If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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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
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Sigh
Listen.
Vote for democrats.
Listen.
Vote for democrats.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Sigh
Listen.
Vote for democrats.
Listen.
Vote for democrats.
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This is deranged. This is absolutely fucking nuts
An actual argument being made: Inadequate public transit makes it too difficult for people to access libraries and this hurdle to obtaining books justifies piracy.
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is deranged. This is absolutely fucking nuts
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fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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These kinds of stories would have been helpful BEFORE the election. Yes, I realize some of these things have happened SINCE the election, but he was the same before the election. 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 6:56 PM
These kinds of stories would have been helpful BEFORE the election. Yes, I realize some of these things have happened SINCE the election, but he was the same before the election. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO