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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

👇👇

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smallface1111.bsky.social @smallface1111.bsky.social · 3h

substack.com/@grammamarta...

Marta (@grammamarta)

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 14h

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 14h

tRump awarded $1.26B contract to build & operate new tent city detention center in Texas to company, Acquisition Logistics, so small it operated out of single-family home in Richmond, Virginia

Acquisition Logistics had no prior incarceration experience.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine that

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 19h

Politico: At a hearing yesterday to get Abrego Garcia out of immigration prison, his lawyers proved that ICE has made desultory attempts to deport him to Ghana, Uganda, and Eswaitini, all of whom refused. It’s all about ICE Barbie vowing Abrego Garcia would never walk the streets of America.

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 1d

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system”

Boom 💥⚡️☀️

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 1d

WTF is their goal? Small government means every man for themselves when the next catastrophe hits? What is the point? Government isn’t a business, it’s a service for the people. You’re saving minimal money with these cuts and only hurting literally everyone

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22h

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. #Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target⤵️

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smallface1111.bsky.social @smallface1111.bsky.social · 16h

www.memri.org/reports/qata...

Qatar Is Responsible For Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's 2,977 Murders On 9/11 – At The World Trade Center And The Pentagon, And On Two Other Hijacked Flights – That Are Only Some Of 31 Attacks And Plots Tha...

Today, on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., we are republishing the September 13, 2024 MEMRI Daily Brief by MEMRI President Yigal Carmon. Introduction On this day 23 years ago, Al-...

www.memri.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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smallface1111.bsky.social @smallface1111.bsky.social · 16h

🤣🤣🤣🤣 pathetic fem....

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 16h

A child intently reads a book by flashlight during blackouts caused by russian attacks. This is not what childhood should look like. Help stop russian terror. u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024 the oil and gas industry paid BC taxpayers $20,000 for fresh water. They used and poisoned 9 Billion litres of fresh water. Fracking companies should not be allowed to do this. If you want to call in the government to stop letting them you can here act.stand.earth/page/89100/a...

Fracking is draining B.C.’s freshwater: Act now before it’s too late

Despite B.C.’s Peace River Region facing an ongoing severe drought, last year oil & gas companies set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase over the year before. J...

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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 16h

Long ago, I was assigned to read. “Atlas Shrugged”. The big government bad guys were trying to force everyone to eat soy beans. No one wanted them. It’s a stupid plot point for a book, and yet, here we are.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 17h

US-listed owners to bear brunt of China port fee retaliation: A VLCC owned by a US company set to be charged over $6 million per Chinese port call in USTR retaliation

www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulations/...

US-listed owners to bear brunt of China fee retaliation

A VLCC owned by a US company set to be charged over $6 million per Chinese port call in USTR retaliation

www.seatrade-maritime.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21h

VAMPIRE complex intercepted a Russian cruise missile.It’s usually used against drones,but Ukrainian Defenders managed to intercept a missile using it,as well
VAMPIRE-portable complex that can be mounted on most cargo-carrying vehicles to launch low-cost APKWS missiles or other laser-guided munitions

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