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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 5h

Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.

Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar Live

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 4h

The Snowbirds are actually quite stately.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 4h

3 P-51s in formation

SF Fleet Week

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 8h

It still surprises me when successful people proclaim belief in end-times, redemption, and other types christian magical thinking.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 11h

"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 15h

With lots of
room underneath for padding, eye protection, and a gas mask.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

“The river seemed to come alive almost instantly after removal, and the fish returned in greater numbers than I expected, and maybe anyone expected.”

The old ways are returning.

Imagine similar for the Sacramento, the Feather, and the San Joaquin rivers!

Save California Salmon @californiarivers.bsky.social · 1d

Last fall, 7,700+ salmon swam past the former Iron Gate Dam site, accessing spawning habitats that were blocked for over a century. This year salmon are making it past the Keno and Link River Dams, into Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon.

More Info at: tinyurl.com/MoreKlamathSalmon

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I see.

She got 15 months in a Massachusetts jail after her 18 yo boyfriend's suicide.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/u...

Woman sentenced to 15 months in texting suicide case | CNN

Michelle Carter, whose own words helped seal her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the suicide of her teenage boyfriend, was sentenced to 15 months in a Massachusetts jail Thursday – but will rem...

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Those people are handicapped because the credulous, in general, have such poor bullshit detectors. A good BS detector is so important, especially now.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

In many respects, he's a perfect cop. Would've been a dandy slaver.

In the French revolution, would he be considered more of the nobility, or the clergy? I think clergy, or at least he wouldn't be welcome among the nobles on Epstein's jet.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Really good piece on someone everyone should be tracking, Greg Bovino.

"Bovino combines Bull Connor’s aggression with Don King’s showmanship:"

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Honest question: If an average person told your teenager to commit suicide, would they be liable in the US? Or would 1st Amendment protections protect such speech?

What if there's no suicide attempt?

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 1d

Our new collab w/ @apnews.com on how #Mexico City's ancient agriculture tradition of floating gardens is growing again, is out

The @mongabay.com team published a cool companion video report you can watch here, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpD...

Great to get solutions like this out to a wide audience:

Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

"economy class stroke syndrome" is a thing.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

"“the Jeffrey Pines are somewhat of an invasive species, and it’s actually hurting the health of the forest in Tahoe.”

Experts, however, note that Jeffrey Pines are the most common tree in the Tahoe Basin and are native to the area."

Who is more right?

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

"As Florida moves to end school vaccine mandates, 70% of parents oppose removing such requirements, though nearly half of Republican parents support the change, the poll showed."

So roughly HALF of Republicans are allies in opposing efforts to weaken school vaccine requirements!

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 4d

Some context on what this might mean: last weekend Zach Bryan played the largest ticketed concert in US history, selling 112,408 seats at Michigan Stadium.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4d

Country singer Zach Bryan condemns ICE raids in new song teaser, “Bad News”:

“ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house, no bills no more, well I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone […] The fading of the red, white and blue.”

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Sweet Science, Savage Art @sweetscisavart.bsky.social · 3d

Kick Out the Feds flyers and resources available for download! Click the link to download flyers that you can post in your city. These flyers will direct new activists to beginner-level resources to help them protest safely and effectively.

tinyurl.com/mwfwn38y

#AbolsihICE #Portland #Chicago

Portland Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Chicago Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

L.A. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Washington D.C. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

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Fall Chinook salmon return to Link River after more than a century

According to the Klamath Tribes, Fall Chinook salmon have been observed in the Link River for the first time in over 100 years.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

I've had a long day and so can't really do this myself, yet.

But I hope people realize this shitshow propaganda fest needs a very coordinated vigorous response?

Like rap sheets for all the people present?

Mockery? Music videos?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think it was planned, but I think the shutdown is destabilizing that in ways that could be very productive.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

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Scooter Libby - Wikipedia

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 3d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

They're certainly the *chunkiest* soldiers I've seen in a while.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of us know police lie like a rug, yet jurors have historically shown more deference.

Trump, Noem, and Bovino are rapidly disabusing them of that notion.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Federal grand jury refuses to indict couple found with guns outside ICE facility in Broadview

Prosecutors moved to dismiss a criminal complaint against the couple but have not ruled out new charges.

chicago.suntimes.com

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