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Empathy1st
@empathy1st.bsky.social
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I'm an educator who cares about human rights, science, and democracy. #HumanRights #CovidIsAirborne #EndGunViolence #IndigenousAlly Canadian living in Los Angeles County on Chumash land. Avatar: circle mosaic Picture: mossy tree
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · Aug 19
Keeping an eye on #H5N1 and #Covid...

What animals are being affected in your area by H5N1?...
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · Aug 19
Wastewater levels of #Covid are high across the U.S., but is anybody even paying attention?

Protecting your health has become a new form of resistance.

You get ONE body.

Protect it.

Get Vaccinated and MASK UP in public.

#MaskUp
#WearARespie
#WearAMask
data.wastewaterscan.org?charts=CjIQA...
Screenshot of Wastewater SCAN Dashboard showing all states colored red (meaning high levels of SARS-CoV-2). The National Overview for SARS-CoV-2 reads, "Upward trend for the last 21 days and high concentration."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h
Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 7h
🎁 Gift article...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 9h
More, from Willamette Week www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship
The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.
www.wweek.com
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h
YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement
@WinterPolitics1 The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE. And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
CHICAGO—People are marching in the streets to protest Donald Trump’s federal invasion and the aggressive harassment of citizens.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h
Michigan Avenue right now.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20h
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 20h
You cannot be fucking serious
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 20h
Air-traffic controllers are calling out sick and I support them. No one should be forced to work without pay while the people responsible for the shutdown still get their checks. Shut down Congress instead. Shutdown the entire country! Remind Trump: WE keep this country running.... #GeneralStrike
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 20h
Look at his eyes - pure panic.

These "federal agents" are like clumsy mall cops with guns. No training, no control, no clue.

It’s a miracle they haven’t shot each other yet.

They're a danger to the public.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
CHICAGO Mayor Brandon Johnson on Trump calling for him to be jailed: “This president is unstable, unhinged, a threat to our democracy.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h
Ford on Tariffs: But there has to be a point that, if Prime Minister Carney can’t get a deal, we have to start hitting back.

We can’t just keep rolling over to President Trump. As he strengthens his case, we seem to be weakening our case by continuously pulling off tariffs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h
🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 18h
Thank-you Governor Pritzker.

#resist
#NoKings
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h
If you come for my people, you come through me.
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 18h
I was literally just thinking the same thing.

It turns my stomach that you can't do anything without being bombarded with adds.

I went to read an article and got this shoved in my face.
Screenshot of WIRED front page covered with adds for Amazon Prime. The main article shows a picture of a blue cartoon fist holding headphones in between two green and black speakers. The title "ABSOLUE BEST PRIME DAY DEALS" is written in red and blue bubble letters and the whole picture is in front of a blue-to-black gradient background. The beginning test of the article reads: "The Absolute Best Prime Day Deals Amazon's Fall 2025 Prime Day sale has great deals on WIRED-tested favorites like Kindles, laptops, Apple Watches, robot vacs, and more...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 19h
This is how our new "government" (can we call it that anymore? /s) wants to represent itself...

Pro-Violence

"We’re going to go on offense, not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct." -Hegseth

#resist
#NoKings
www.wired.com/story/depart...
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 19h
Screenshot of WIRED article: "Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department" "Within hours of Trump’s order, Pentagon officials rebranded the department’s social media platforms. The Department of Defense’s official Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts quietly rolled out the “Department of War” name and seal, adopting labels at odds with its legal identity. As of around 6 pm ET on Friday, the new Department of War page still lists all the department's other social channels and its website as using the “Defense” name, as did its YouTube channel. How far the rebranding might go is unclear, but any comprehensive effort would saddle taxpayers with costs in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars, as every sign, logo, uniform, computer system, and piece of official paperwork tied to the Pentagon’s identity across the globe would need to be replaced."
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Empathy1st @empathy1st.bsky.social · 19h
"The Pentagon’s website and social media channels were overhauled...to reflect the [DoD's] new 'Department of War' persona."...

www.wired.com/story/depart...
Screenshot from WIRED article: "Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department" Every prior name change—from the War Department created by Congress in 1789, to the National Military Establishment in 1947, to the Department of Defense in 1949—came through legislation. Allies in Congress quickly introduced a bill to back Friday's change to the so-called Department of War, but the administration appears to be seeking a workaround anyway, as it has done in the past, whether by invoking sweeping emergency powers or withholding congressionally approved foreign aid. Currently, “Department of War” is a “secondary” title after the Department of Defense.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d
Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h
Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20h
Another day.

Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.

What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?

While we still have a democracy left.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 3d
What was the real message at Quantico?

Janine Davidson (former Undersecretary of the Navy and former Chair of Department of Defense Policy Board) discusses:

The domestic paradigm shift in President Trump's addressing Active Duty military leaders with National Guard Adjunct Generals excluded.
Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War
Former Undersecretary of Navy discusses import of President Trump's remarks to active duty military leaders at Quantico.
www.justsecurity.org
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RSB @rod2b.bsky.social · 2d
Blackbirds

#photography #art
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