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Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 4h

What a disaster my country has become. So depressing.

Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 5h

Provide the Alt-text or at least a more easily readable font please. This isn’t kindergarten.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9h

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

“A promise of a vote on healthcare” is nothing

An end to the shutdown is in sight. A senior Dem Senator tells me there will be more than enough Democrats to vote in favor of re-opening the government tonight. They’ll get a promise of a vote on health care — but nothing more. Most of the Democratic leadership will likely vote against it.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

Cyndi Lauper delivered a powerful call to action during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."

Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

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SpryWit @sprywit.bsky.social · 23h

The pettiness of our racist regime is unspeakable. How threatened all these white men must feel by any man not like them that they can't even abide the heroism of the dead.

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Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 21h

It needs to be asked if this is because the politics of Florida are so fucked up that only old racists want to move there. And with global warming kicking its ass, only people who have tons of cash can afford to forego homeowners insurance there.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

Page One in Palm Beach:

“.. in 23 of Florida’s 67 counties, more than one out of every four residents is over 65.”

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Tim Chesterton @timchesterton.bsky.social · 1d

I've just finished listening to a massive 11-part series on the history of Gaza (it starts with the Philistines!) on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social and I have to say it's extraordinary. Start here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

291. Ancient Gaza: The Philistines (Part 1)

Podcast Episode · Empire · 17/09/2025 · 45m

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 10d

"Historian William Dalrymple: British politicians bear responsibility for the destruction of Palestinian lives. In this country, no one is taught anything about Palestine”

“History is erased, crimes are whitewashed, and the victims are forgotten."

#NZPol

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Cheney expressed no regrets about the Iraq War, even after it plunged the U.S. into debt, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, and destabilized Iraq so much that ISIS was able to gain a foothold

Later in life, Cheney broke away from the GOP, but never faced accountability
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Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 1d

He seems to be trying to move in on Vance’s new squeeze.

Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 1d

I’m becoming more and more convinced that the GOP leadership knows that Trump only has a few more months to live, and they will keep Congress closed until the clock runs out, as if the Epstein files won’t matter then.

I don’t know whether to be angry or happy.

Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 1d

This man is the dumbest person to ever step foot in the White House.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over. In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare. Unrelated, we must still terminate the Filibuster!
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

The current U.S. government made solar power more expensive and added more red tape to get solar power built. Your electricity will now be more unreliable and more expensive for at least several years.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

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Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 2d

Millionaires from New York moving into your neighborhood? It’s time we put up some taller fences. Before you know it we’ll have avocados on toast, $8 coffee, and fancy watch stores.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 2d

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Phil Calvin @pcalvin.bsky.social · 2d

“Black Mauritanians aren’t leaving their homes, families, and lives to go on an adventure,” said Houleye Thiam, “They are fleeing to survive, running from a country where Black people are oppressed, enslaved, denied citizenship, attacked, and killed simply for being Black.”

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 2d

There is no reason for this cruelty. “One day he got 26 letters, leading one of the officers to ask him what kind of work he did. ‘I said, “I work in a dog park, and the community—everybody knows me.”’ ” @mikehalltexas.bsky.social with a story that should outrage anyone who reads it.

He Was a Beloved Dog Trainer and an Asylum Seeker. Why Was He Detained?

The humans love him, and so do the canines. What happened when ICE took Seyre Mussa Traore away.

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The Angry Buddhist @theenragedbuddhist.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not Michelangelo or even an architect...but just in case it helps speed up his departure, I've graciously designed a custom "East Wing Exit" casket for the occasion. 😏

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 2d

Trump standing behind his desk in the Oval Office surrounded by over a dozen evangelical leaches I mean leaders with their hands on him and their eyes closed, head down in prayer. From last term.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

three sheets of paper are taped to the outside of a building. they have the words "The Oval Office" in gold script

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics

The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

www.economist.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 3d

If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the U.S. 😱

source: Food and Ag Org of the UN

For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org

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The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?

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