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brucethered
@brucethered.bsky.social
· Feb 28
I wonder if there’s ever been another country that lost a war 30 years after everyone thought they won.
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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The people of New Orleans have created an incredible grassroots community intelligence service to track the feds as they hunt the city's immigrants. A real good cops vs. bad cops dynamic being replicated across the country right now.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers.
As the feds chase immigrants, a city chases the feds.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The people of New Orleans have created an incredible grassroots community intelligence service to track the feds as they hunt the city's immigrants. A real good cops vs. bad cops dynamic being replicated across the country right now.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
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If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
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OPINION: "The next time a recruiter walks into a classroom with a smile and a pamphlet in a high school with no books and even fewer extracurriculars, our children should already know what to ask: 'What has this country done for me?'' Horace Small writes.
Opinion | Why We Must Steer Black Children From Military Service
Horace Small writes that Black parents must discourage children from serving in the armed forces.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
OPINION: "The next time a recruiter walks into a classroom with a smile and a pamphlet in a high school with no books and even fewer extracurriculars, our children should already know what to ask: 'What has this country done for me?'' Horace Small writes.
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Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Okay I’m reading it now and, no surprise, it suuuucks in exactly the ways you would expect.
Should I have a couple drinks and rip apart the new centrist dem manifesto tonight?
Y/N
Y/N
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Okay I’m reading it now and, no surprise, it suuuucks in exactly the ways you would expect.
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grifters gonna grift
Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
grifters gonna grift
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as this goes on while i grow older, i am very much feeling like a creature of another time. obviously things have always been more or less this way my entire life but as the last vestiges of truth, shared obligations, a loose moral framework get sheared away, i feel increasingly out of place
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
as this goes on while i grow older, i am very much feeling like a creature of another time. obviously things have always been more or less this way my entire life but as the last vestiges of truth, shared obligations, a loose moral framework get sheared away, i feel increasingly out of place
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👀 “Homan said he attended a Department of Homeland Security briefing six months ago to discuss classifying the drug as a WMD. ‘When I left that briefing, it was my understanding that they would push that recommendation up to the Secretary, but I've been out of it ever since,’ he said.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
👀 “Homan said he attended a Department of Homeland Security briefing six months ago to discuss classifying the drug as a WMD. ‘When I left that briefing, it was my understanding that they would push that recommendation up to the Secretary, but I've been out of it ever since,’ he said.”
Hell yes
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding, and institutional independence are foundational and must be preserved.”
story via @azluminaria.org
story via @azluminaria.org
UA declines to sign Trump compact, submitting its own statement instead | Arizona Mirror
The University of Arizona and President Suresh Garimella stopped short of signing the Trump administration’s proposed compact Monday
azmirror.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hell yes
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“This compact is an insult to future scientists. How are we an enemy to an administration? And why does that determine if we get funding or not?”
story via @azluminaria.org
story via @azluminaria.org
'How are we an enemy?': UA community speaks out against Trump administration compact
Campus workers, faculty & students held a teach-in, denouncing the proposal as an attack on academic freedom and urging UA President Suresh Garimella to reject it
azmirror.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“This compact is an insult to future scientists. How are we an enemy to an administration? And why does that determine if we get funding or not?”
story via @azluminaria.org
story via @azluminaria.org
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The Defector D’Angelo mixtape: defector.com/the-defector...
The Defector D'Angelo Mixtape | Defector
The music channel in Defector’s work Slack is, paradoxically or not, a fairly quiet place. People will talk about records they’re enjoying or not enjoying, Patrick will reply “type shit” to various…
defector.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Defector D’Angelo mixtape: defector.com/the-defector...
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As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
Justice for All - Truthdig
To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.
www.truthdig.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
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Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.
itep.org/trump-tax-la...
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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit
Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.
itep.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.
itep.org/trump-tax-la...
itep.org/trump-tax-la...
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"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED OUT ON AIR:
'my kids could die if you don't stop playing games with our healthcare'
'my kids could die if you don't stop playing games with our healthcare'
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED OUT ON AIR:
'my kids could die if you don't stop playing games with our healthcare'
'my kids could die if you don't stop playing games with our healthcare'
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Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’
Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’
LOS ANGELES—Describing the mood in the clubhouse as eerie and ominous, several members of the Los Angeles Dodgers told reporters Tuesday they have become increasingly unnerved since Shohei Ohtani’s in...
theonion.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’
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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My message to the @uarizona.bsky.social President:
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My message to the @uarizona.bsky.social President: