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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 50m

The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...

The Senate Just Voted To Break Public Lands

Every permit written on public lands since 1996 may have be rendered invalid

wessiler.substack.com

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 30m

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

ICE GOONS shot an unarmed priest in the eye with a pepper ball, despite him and those around him posing no threat at all.

Source: John Pfaff.

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 18h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 7h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 6h

These cats were put in separate cages because they kept fighting. #cat #catday #bluesky

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alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 4h

she must answer by law so why not arrest her?

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 6h

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 14d

OMG, I DIDNT KNOW THE WINGS WERE KEPT UNDER THE SHELL! I thought the shell was the wings.

Courtesy of National Geographic

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12d

“Leaf us alone” 😂😂😂

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alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 10h

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 10h

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Chris Dorman @chrisdorman.bsky.social · 11d

#Newsom #ICE #Homan #bribery #gaiter #Quora #TrumpHumor #almostHuman

Rich Gere | Quora
https://trumphumour.quora.com/What-is-Gavin-Newsom-s-joke-about-Homan-s-price

Now that is a law. Anyone attacked by a masked ICE agent can legally defend themselves with the excuse of fearing kidnapping by masked criminals impersonating ICE agents.

I do believe there is a Good Samaritan law on one's side, as well.

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 20d

A Sperm Whale Surfacing with a Giant Squid in its Mouth.

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Cats and Dogs Living Together @catsanddogsliving.bsky.social · 9d

Showdown between two fierce apex predators

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That's not what I meant! @memesomuch.bsky.social · 9d

#statevisit #Melania

Caught on a hot mic /s
https://ambushedbymemes.quora.com/What-the-media-in-the-US-never-reported

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alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 10h

Blue states should stop all payments to the federal goverment till healthcare is protected, climate change is recognized, military forces withdrawn and other reasonable conditions are met. Its a shutdown & we must begin to fight this dumpster fire back with fire.
Project 2026!

alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 10h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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YourAnonHope @youranonhope.bsky.social · 1d

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Nate "the Late" Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 22h

Six former surgeons general say Kennedy is "endangering" the nation's health

The former officials condemned Kennedy's "dangerous and discredited" rhetoric about vaccines.

www.axios.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 22h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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