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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 5h

are shooters of priests ever the good guys throughout history

Pastor shot by ICE with pepper balls speaks out in first TV interview | CNN

Pastor hit by ICE pepper balls granted restraining order against government.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 3h

It’s also pretty satisfying to finally hear people call him a liar to his face.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 3h

It’s a damn good summary of what he said

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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 1d

Matched perhaps by Doris Lessing’s response to winning the Nobel for literature: a tired look, ‘Oh Christ’ and a dismissive hand wave. youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?...

British author Doris Lessing reacts to Nobel win

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:

The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6h

My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 5h

I love how cis white leftist men are always the ones who are like “are we sure everyone’s not just overreacting? Maybe let’s try to see through all of the negative news and try to find some joy in everyday life 🙂”

Disrespectfully, stfu

Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 5h

Even a 5 year old child knows better, but we let grown people do this

Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 5h

There was no reason for us to ever discuss whether gay people deserved rights. Before that, black people. Before that and even until now, women. Did it ever make sense to look someone in the face and say “sorry I don’t agree with your gender or race or choice of spouse so you’re not as human as me”

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 6h

Fascism will always exist/come back because people won’t do what it takes to eradicate it. It has proliferated for the last 200 years under the guise of ‘free speech’ but the minute you allow people to have serious conversations in public about who deserves rights you are already losing the battle

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 6h

I do wish people would stop saying their grandparents/America fought against fascism. Never happened. They ONLY joined WWII because the war came to an island that America illegitimately occupied. America was founded on genocide and its legacy of fascism continues today. Cute logo though.

Realities 🌐 @insuret.bsky.social · 11h

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Maybelle @maybellemabel.bsky.social · 13h

Reminds me of that scene in Fargo:

Lorraine Lyon: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal."

Sheriff Roy Tillman: "The President?"

Lorraine Lyon: "A Baby"

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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WIRED @wired.com · 6h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 6h

To-do list continues to grow

A collection of books arranged vertically on a desk, featuring a mix of literary and fantasy titles. Visible spines include ‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ by Olga Tokarczuk, ‘Seduction Theory’ by Emily Adrian, and the complete ‘Plated Prisoner’ series by Raven Kennedy (‘Gild,’ ‘Glint,’ ‘Gold,’ ‘Gleam,’ ‘Glow’). A spiral notebook and Red City by Marie Lu lie beneath the stack.

Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 14h

Why is he worried about girls on campuses? I don’t want that asshole breathing in the direction of my college age daughters.

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 17h

I just burned through the Fourth Wing series, Silver Elite, and Quicksilver, and the Plated Prisoner series is on the way 😅

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Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 17h

LMAOOO

Missy @sophisticatedpoet.bsky.social · 23h

Is why they’re dismantling student loans, they’re tired of poor peoples’ kids outpacing their nepo babies and fail sons because student loans level the playing field (and it doesn’t even do that because then the poor people have to live under the gauntlet of student debt)

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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 1d

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1d

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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