Escribador
@scribeoflight.bsky.social
Bookish nerd. Stealth freak. Greybeard with social skills. I like taking pictures.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Yes.
Jasmine Crockett announces Texas Senate bid
Jasmine Crockett announces Texas Senate bid
Democrats believe they can finally unseat a Republican in the Lone Star State.
dlvr.it
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yes.
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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“it’s nature or nurture and you, loving parent, are on the hook for both” is a hard pill to swallow for a number of reasons
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“it’s nature or nurture and you, loving parent, are on the hook for both” is a hard pill to swallow for a number of reasons
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As an old who survived the 80s when many many did not:
These fascist freaks are perfectly serious and now, like then, we will not let them win.
These fascist freaks are perfectly serious and now, like then, we will not let them win.
Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer.
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As an old who survived the 80s when many many did not:
These fascist freaks are perfectly serious and now, like then, we will not let them win.
These fascist freaks are perfectly serious and now, like then, we will not let them win.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
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✨4 seconds from every episode of Very Important People ✨
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
✨4 seconds from every episode of Very Important People ✨
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The Fisher Building, Detroit
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Fisher Building, Detroit
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When I lived up to the north end of the county, there was a chili and BBQ place a couple of blocks away that I'd walk down to a couple of times a week.
There was a sign on the wall: "No, my chili is not flaming hot. Any damm fool can make things hot. It's much harder to make it taste good."
There was a sign on the wall: "No, my chili is not flaming hot. Any damm fool can make things hot. It's much harder to make it taste good."
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
When I lived up to the north end of the county, there was a chili and BBQ place a couple of blocks away that I'd walk down to a couple of times a week.
There was a sign on the wall: "No, my chili is not flaming hot. Any damm fool can make things hot. It's much harder to make it taste good."
There was a sign on the wall: "No, my chili is not flaming hot. Any damm fool can make things hot. It's much harder to make it taste good."
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There is no point along the chain of command—from then-VADM Bradley down to the crew member triggering the missile—where anyone has any excuse whatsoever for giving or following that order.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is no point along the chain of command—from then-VADM Bradley down to the crew member triggering the missile—where anyone has any excuse whatsoever for giving or following that order.
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Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tennyson
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tennyson
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tennyson
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tennyson
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Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku #WomensArt ❄️
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku #WomensArt ❄️
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Hotel room - 1931
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39898
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39898
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hotel room - 1931
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39898
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39898
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You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
Así es como se comunica que España no participará en Eurovision. Bravo RTVE. Bravo Silvia Intxaurrondo. Una vez más.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
For the #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky I present storms clouds over the Chicago burbs.
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky I present storms clouds over the Chicago burbs.
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Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
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“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
Exactly. More of it.
May these fucks never know another day of peace as long as they disgrace this world with their presence.
May these fucks never know another day of peace as long as they disgrace this world with their presence.
nope, I love this shit and I hope it hurts the whole time.
It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Exactly. More of it.
May these fucks never know another day of peace as long as they disgrace this world with their presence.
May these fucks never know another day of peace as long as they disgrace this world with their presence.
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“Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.”
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.”
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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'Way home' by contemporary German artist Katja Lang #WomensArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
'Way home' by contemporary German artist Katja Lang #WomensArt