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Clio2
@clio2.bsky.social
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Student of #polycrisis, with detours into history, nature, oddments. Degrees in philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer, editor, public communicator, journalist, contract researcher. Occasional fictioneer. No AI. ;-)
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · Apr 9
FLIPPERS UP!
Defend the flock!
Emperor penguin with flippers up, another penguin iin middle distancr, flock behing them. Credit: DBush Via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EmperorPenguin_2005_2592.JPG Slightly filtered to brighten
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A Pagan in Arizona @apaganinarizona.bsky.social · 6h
Heads up, #Arizona We know the drill, right? Don't drive through washes with water in them, don't ignore the closures. This is on til midnight Sunday. Turn around, don't drown and all that. 😘 Love y'all, stay safe.
Flood watch for southwest US including southern California, all of Arizona, western New Mexico and southern Utah
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4h
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Wu to 'headline' major anti-Trump protest in Boston
At a "No Kings" rally on Boston Common on Oct. 18, Mayor Michelle Wu will once again speak to a crowd of anti-Trump demonstrators.
www.boston.com
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 15h
Everything we have always been. This is border policing. Americans did not care when it was just on the southern border. If you read my book from 3.5 yrs ago, you would know this.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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KWilde @flowerchildob1.bsky.social · 4h
Practically reduced to rubble.
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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 8h
The unspeakable horror that is Chicago.
A nighttime vote of Chicago from the 12th floor looking south.
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4h
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4h
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 4h
Another day, another grift discovered in Mango Mussolini's cabinet.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4h
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4h
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4h
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Squatters, illegal BASE jumpers invade Yosemite amid federal shutdown
"It's the Wild Wild West."
www.sfgate.com
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4h
Calif. congressman calls for the release of journalist detained from Gaza aid flotilla www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Calif. congressman calls for the release of LA journalist detained by Israel
The journalist hoped to report from Gaza but was detained in international waters.
www.sfgate.com
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 4h
"Boyle Heights told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing federal immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care."
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4h
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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say
Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4h
truthout.org/articles/rep...
Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments
As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.
truthout.org
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 5h
Oct. 10, 1418 (S.R.)

As elves from Rivendell are searching for them, the hobbits and Strider tediously continue pushing east through the shrubby land south of the Road.

Still no indications of Black Riders. 

Frodo not recovering.

#LOTR
#Tolkien
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 1d
Oct 9, 1418 (S R.)

Elrond sends out searchers from Rivendell to try and locate Frodo. Glorfindel is assigned to cover the East Road. 

Strider and the hobbits are still south of the Road, on their fourth day traveling east under partial cover of scrubby vegetation. Frodo remains disabled.

#LOTR
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 1d
Oct. 8, 1418 (S.R.)

Two-week-old news from Gildor reaches Rivendell that Gandalf is missing and Frodo, traveling without guidance, may be lost and in need of help.

Strider and the hobbits keep on east through dry grass and thickets south of the Road. Black Riders still absent.

#LOTR
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Owls First | Explore the Beauty of Owls @owlsfirst.bsky.social · 2d
Owls Are So Adorable.🦉❤️
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#owls #owllovers #nature #birds
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James Garman-8647 @jas-gar.bsky.social · 8h
He learned from trump....just say you have nothing to do with. It is not his lane, but don't worry, whatever trump decides he will refuse to swear people in, or close down the House if trump tells him to. So he no accountablily and keeps his right to say he knows nothing.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h
ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, but he wants you to know he has no opinion on anything and takes responsibility for nothing. His go-to line is “not in my lane.”

Jen Psaki last night…
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James Garman-8647 @jas-gar.bsky.social · 7h
Obviously they were really doing a thorught job of checking the cell and the evidence. Nothing questionable about this at all, right?
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CLASSYTEE @classytee.bsky.social · 12h
HMM…CBS, WHEN DID YOU WAKE UP? GLAD YOU DID!
#PINKS #RESIST

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said
Photos of Jeffrey Epstein's cell show a scene of disarray that never underwent a proper inspection, according to experts.
www.cbsnews.com
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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 7h
#KavanaughStop
Damn. “I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d
NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
thetriibe.com
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6h
We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h
The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.
The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms
The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 8h
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 6h
Keeping Portland Weird!
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Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 9h
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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 1d
Actions have consequences.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18h
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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