SkylarkBridge
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“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” ~Wassily Kandinsky
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Oligopolies get all the attention when it comes to competition problems, but there's also a silent killer: private equity. @rwasserman.bsky.social joins the Do Not Pass Go podcast this week to discuss how to rein them in and avoid the death of entrepreneurialism www.donotpassgo.ca/p/death-by-a...
"Death by a thousand cuts:" How private equity is killing small businesses
From vets to dentists, Canada is heading toward entrepreneurial extinction – but there's a way for consumers to fight back, lawyer Rachel Wasserman explains
www.donotpassgo.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Oligopolies get all the attention when it comes to competition problems, but there's also a silent killer: private equity. @rwasserman.bsky.social joins the Do Not Pass Go podcast this week to discuss how to rein them in and avoid the death of entrepreneurialism www.donotpassgo.ca/p/death-by-a...
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Clever Concept - 'Parasiti-Capitalism' - from @rwasserman.bsky.social guest post on @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.
#Financialisation
#ExtractiveCapitalism
#Enshitification
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#Financialisation
#ExtractiveCapitalism
#Enshitification
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Parasiti-capitalism: How Investors Drain Companies and Call It Growth
How modern capital captures control, drains cash flow, and leaves economies weaker.
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Clever Concept - 'Parasiti-Capitalism' - from @rwasserman.bsky.social guest post on @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.
#Financialisation
#ExtractiveCapitalism
#Enshitification
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
#Financialisation
#ExtractiveCapitalism
#Enshitification
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
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2026 will be a pivotal year for democracy and ordinary people. I’m optimistic that humanity will prevail, however we must act together.
We starve the machine that extracts from us and offers little in return. Try to rely on new networks to meet your needs.
#democracy #freedom #happynewyear
We starve the machine that extracts from us and offers little in return. Try to rely on new networks to meet your needs.
#democracy #freedom #happynewyear
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
2026 will be a pivotal year for democracy and ordinary people. I’m optimistic that humanity will prevail, however we must act together.
We starve the machine that extracts from us and offers little in return. Try to rely on new networks to meet your needs.
#democracy #freedom #happynewyear
We starve the machine that extracts from us and offers little in return. Try to rely on new networks to meet your needs.
#democracy #freedom #happynewyear
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"Targeting a #climate resilient, sustainable world involves fundamental changes to how society functions, including changes to underlying values, worldviews, ideologies, social structures, political and economic systems, and power relationships" - @ipcc.bsky.social
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Targeting a #climate resilient, sustainable world involves fundamental changes to how society functions, including changes to underlying values, worldviews, ideologies, social structures, political and economic systems, and power relationships" - @ipcc.bsky.social
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
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EXCLUSIVE: In an ominous sign of financial trouble, the Fed has been silently injecting billion$ of cash into banks for the last times months, @dcreport.bsky.social revealed this morning.
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
Big Banks Enjoy Stealth Bailouts - A DCReport Exclusive
The NYFed has quietly injected tens of billions into major banks—now with no limit. Unreported policy changes raise fears of another Wall Street bailout.
www.dcreport.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In an ominous sign of financial trouble, the Fed has been silently injecting billion$ of cash into banks for the last times months, @dcreport.bsky.social revealed this morning.
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
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it's December 29, which means it's time for "this year in stupid: 2025 — part 1" — a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery.
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this year in stupid: 2025 — part 1
a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery
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December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
it's December 29, which means it's time for "this year in stupid: 2025 — part 1" — a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet.
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet.
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables
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China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week: buff.ly/3Y2Mz7f
We have the solutions. It's time China and everyone else to unplug the fossil fuel machine and implement them.
#ActOnClimate
We have the solutions. It's time China and everyone else to unplug the fossil fuel machine and implement them.
#ActOnClimate
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week: buff.ly/3Y2Mz7f
We have the solutions. It's time China and everyone else to unplug the fossil fuel machine and implement them.
#ActOnClimate
We have the solutions. It's time China and everyone else to unplug the fossil fuel machine and implement them.
#ActOnClimate
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Want a sober reminder of where we are in addressing the climate crisis?
Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3iXkJwm
Time to unplug fossil fuels.#ActOnClimate
#climate #biodiversity
Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3iXkJwm
Time to unplug fossil fuels.#ActOnClimate
#climate #biodiversity
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Want a sober reminder of where we are in addressing the climate crisis?
Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3iXkJwm
Time to unplug fossil fuels.#ActOnClimate
#climate #biodiversity
Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3iXkJwm
Time to unplug fossil fuels.#ActOnClimate
#climate #biodiversity
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This is the road we are on. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire.
@ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion
@Shell: $39.87 billion
@Chevron: $35.5 billion
@BP_plc: $27.7 billion
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
#panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
@ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion
@Shell: $39.87 billion
@Chevron: $35.5 billion
@BP_plc: $27.7 billion
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
#panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the road we are on. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire.
@ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion
@Shell: $39.87 billion
@Chevron: $35.5 billion
@BP_plc: $27.7 billion
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
#panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
@ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion
@Shell: $39.87 billion
@Chevron: $35.5 billion
@BP_plc: $27.7 billion
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
#panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
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The people doing this to our world are building bunkers.
Time to wake up & get furious.
#ActOnClimate
Time to wake up & get furious.
#ActOnClimate
December 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The people doing this to our world are building bunkers.
Time to wake up & get furious.
#ActOnClimate
Time to wake up & get furious.
#ActOnClimate
Republicans continue to persecute Native Americans in different ways. One is by denying internet and media coverage. Check this map for the the rural communities and 312 tribal lands threatened by MAGA Rescission Cuts to PBS
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MAGA rescission cuts to PBS threaten tribal lands
Mapping the rural communities and 312 tribal threatened by MAGA Rescission Cuts to PBS
thedemlabs.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Republicans continue to persecute Native Americans in different ways. One is by denying internet and media coverage. Check this map for the the rural communities and 312 tribal lands threatened by MAGA Rescission Cuts to PBS
thedemlabs.org/2025/07/15/m...
thedemlabs.org/2025/07/15/m...
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Get caught up: SCOTUS rules in the Illinois Nat'l Guard case, some hints the judge in Abrego Garcia's criminal case is actively pursuing claims of vindictive prosecution, & the prospect of accountability for DOJ for its faulty release of the Epstein Files. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
Happy almost New Year!
joycevance.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Get caught up: SCOTUS rules in the Illinois Nat'l Guard case, some hints the judge in Abrego Garcia's criminal case is actively pursuing claims of vindictive prosecution, & the prospect of accountability for DOJ for its faulty release of the Epstein Files. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
Republicans to rob student borrowers to pay billionaires: Check this map for their target victims
thedemlabs.org/2025/12/27/s...
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Republicans to rob student borrowers to pay billionaires
Republicans to rob student borrowers to pay billionaires: Check this map for their target victims
thedemlabs.org
December 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Republicans to rob student borrowers to pay billionaires: Check this map for their target victims
thedemlabs.org/2025/12/27/s...
thedemlabs.org/2025/12/27/s...
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Trump and Republicans have politicized Christianity to where it isn't recognizable any more.
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
Orange Jesus revises Ten Commandments
Orange Jesus revises Ten Commandments to let Christians starve children with SNAP food aid cuts
thedemlabs.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Trump and Republicans have politicized Christianity to where it isn't recognizable any more.
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
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Waymo?
I'll walk, thanks.
I'll walk, thanks.
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Waymo?
I'll walk, thanks.
I'll walk, thanks.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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The brave Epstein survivors need to understand that this is going to be a fight all the way.
Trump DOES NOT WANT THE FILES RELEASED. START NAMING NAMES
There is strength in numbers, but you need overwhelming numbers; encourage your sister survivors to join the fight
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump DOES NOT WANT THE FILES RELEASED. START NAMING NAMES
There is strength in numbers, but you need overwhelming numbers; encourage your sister survivors to join the fight
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Survivors are 'nervous and sceptical' about partial Epstein file release
US lawmakers who pushed for the documents to be made public have criticised the initial release as incomplete.
www.bbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The brave Epstein survivors need to understand that this is going to be a fight all the way.
Trump DOES NOT WANT THE FILES RELEASED. START NAMING NAMES
There is strength in numbers, but you need overwhelming numbers; encourage your sister survivors to join the fight
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump DOES NOT WANT THE FILES RELEASED. START NAMING NAMES
There is strength in numbers, but you need overwhelming numbers; encourage your sister survivors to join the fight
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
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As a series of winter storms impact California, we're pre-deploying emergency response teams and equipment to 9 counties to protect communities from flooding, debris flows, and severe weather.
By preparing early, @caloes.bsky.social is helping keep Californians safe.
By preparing early, @caloes.bsky.social is helping keep Californians safe.
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
As a series of winter storms impact California, we're pre-deploying emergency response teams and equipment to 9 counties to protect communities from flooding, debris flows, and severe weather.
By preparing early, @caloes.bsky.social is helping keep Californians safe.
By preparing early, @caloes.bsky.social is helping keep Californians safe.
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2026 will be the year we deliver universal childcare, defend our immigrant neighbors, and usher in a new era of dignity for the working class of Queens and NYC.
Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.
Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
2026 will be the year we deliver universal childcare, defend our immigrant neighbors, and usher in a new era of dignity for the working class of Queens and NYC.
Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.
Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.
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Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Trump and Republicans have politicized Christianity to where it isn't recognizable any more.
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
Orange Jesus revises Ten Commandments
Orange Jesus revises Ten Commandments to let Christians starve children with SNAP food aid cuts
thedemlabs.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Trump and Republicans have politicized Christianity to where it isn't recognizable any more.
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...
thedemlabs.org/2025/11/01/o...