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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · Aug 2

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · Sep 11

On the way out of Boston

Compassion, not Cruelty. No ICE visibility brigade over Rte. 2

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 23d

Politics doesn’t have to be fueled by hate. Real progress comes when we replace cruelty with compassion, division with dialogue, and fear with understanding. Let’s bring empathy back into the conversation—our future depends on it.

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We Support Federal Workers - SF @fedworkers-sf.bsky.social · 21d

“Please have some compassion on my situation”

The cruelty and cowardice of federal management needs to be stressed.

They’re only out to save their own skins. No one is showing an ounce of compassion. Few are lifting a finger to help their employees.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.

One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 21d

Hundreds of Filipino activists marched against ICE in San Francisco today, denouncing the detention of Filipino migrants.

“We have Filipino migrants who aren’t being assisted by their Philippine government," organizers said.

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Hundreds of Filipino activists march against ICE in San Francisco

Organizers alleged that the Filipino government 'has offered little to no assistance to Filipino migrants in detention' by ICE.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jun 1

“Trump signed an executive order calling for federal gov’t to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power… They have turned to one company: Palantir.” @sheeraf.bsky.social

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We Support Federal Workers - SF @fedworkers-sf.bsky.social · 21d

DHS publishing an enemies list of Democratic politicians who dared to criticize their barbaric cruelty.

Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 21d

A press release to beg people to stop criticizing Trump and DHS & ICE agents who are attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping people off the streets, operating concentration camps where members of Congress are not allowed in, and rendering people to foreign lands they've never been to 🤔

DHS Calls for Media and Far Left to Stop the Demonization of President Trump, His Supporters, and DHS Law Enforcement | Homeland Security

Following the evil act of political violence witnessed in the country last week and two attempts to resist arrest resulting in severe injuries of ICE law enforcement officers—one being drug by a car a...

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 22d

"One of the main enforcers of H-2A rules, the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, last year had one of the lowest levels of investigators since the H-2A program was launched in the 1980s ... If the Trump administration's proposed budget gets approved, it will make even further cuts."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

NEW: The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.

Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.

By @maxblau.bsky.social

Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.

The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the har...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23d

The VA is down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year, the first time the agency has seen net losses in years.

At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled.

By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social

Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 24d

The Department of Labor is supposed to safeguard our workplace rights. But many of the department’s workers have left or been forced out from DOGE’s threats to federal workers. An understaffed and overstretched Department of Labor hurts ALL workers.

‘Like working in a prison’: cuts, fear and understaffing at Trump’s labor department

Morale has plummeted as staff charged with protecting US workers feel their core mission is being undermined

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 23d

Holy shit - shoutout to these brave pilots who are doing what every single one of us need to be

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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 24d

Action: Phone zap! Call the Commonwealth Club and tell them to cancel the rest of Peter Thiel’s lecture series.

Here’s some phone numbers and a script:

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We Support Federal Workers - SF @fedworkers-sf.bsky.social · 23d

There are so many people like Leland Dudek with the attitude: “Maybe if I cooperate and give them what they want, things will be better?”

No. This never works. Nothing good comes from being a collaborator.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

DOGE staffer Akash Bobba knew that he hadn’t turned up evidence of 12 million “vampires” collecting Social Security benefits, and he tried to communicate this fact to Elon Musk, but to no avail, SSA officials say.

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

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Empire Must Fall 🇵🇸🍉 General Strike @empiremustfall.bsky.social · 25d

“We’ve been looking for a messiah to bring in the end times,“ said a woman who called herself “Satan’s babygirl” and had a black upside-down cross painted on her forehead. “We believe Peter Thiel is the Antichrist we’re looking for.”

Empire Must Fall 🇵🇸🍉 General Strike @empiremustfall.bsky.social · 25d

Hundreds of people lined up Monday night outside the Commonwealth Club, braving a line of protesters sporting demon masks and blasting death metal, in order to see Peter Thiel deliver a lecture on the Antichrist.

Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture: We asked guests what the hell it is

We didn’t get a ticket to see Peter Thiel talk, but we did speak with attendees about what the hell happened.

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We Support Federal Workers - SF @fedworkers-sf.bsky.social · 24d

“If tech billionaires seek to spread Christianity, they should stop hunting Antichrists and reflect on the words of Jesus Christ, who urged his followers to practice empathy and forgiveness and to care for people rather than exploit and surveil them.”

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25d

What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures?

Let us pierce the veil.

For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture.

Consider this an urgent warning:

newrepublic.com/article/2004...

What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?

The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 25d

This was the site of our first #TeslaTakedown, on Feb.13.

Later, one of our folks brought a Spirit Halloween banner.

May this be the end of the story for every one of them, & he a tiny footnote in the history of the fading madness we experienced on our way to a more just & sustainable world.

#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 25d

Activists in Seattle just sent us this update from the Tesla showroom in South Lake Union. This is the heart of Seattle's tech core, blocks from Amazon HQ and Google's Seattle campus. We can win. We are winning. Keep pushing. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

Photo of car navigation system pointed to Tesla at 435 Westlake Ave N, nav shows location listed as PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Photo outside the empty showroom, where protestors have hung a Spirit Halloween Coming Soon banner

Photo of side windows of former Tesla showroom where activists have hung banners reading "accountability for billionaires" and multiple anti-Tesla and anti-Musk signs.

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keith kurson @keith.is · 24d

many many many of my fed (and state workers who’s budget are paid for by the fed) have not been able to find new work, and many are talking about losing their homes, cars, etc. it’s about to get much worse and i am honestly scared.

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 25d

folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 25d

GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR “HELP WITH MORTGAGE” SURPASS 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS PEAK, SIGNALING GROWING FINANCIAL STRAIN ON U.S. HOUSEHOLDS

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26d

A familiar face makes an apearance at Peter Thiel’s Secret Antichrist Lecture in San Francisco.

A line of protestors has greeted the line of tech bros waiting to hear Thiel

Person in devil costume with anti-Thiel posters

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Sad Francisco @sadfrancisco.bsky.social · 25d

First night of Peter Thiel’s “Antichrist” lecture series was met with protest in San Francisco

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 28d

it is not civil when an evil person says evil things in a calm tone of voice.

conversely, it is not uncivil when a good person uses curse words to denounce evil things at the top of their voice.

it is evil to pretend not to understand this.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27d

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.

A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Screenshot of article excerpt: The Education Department also was concerned about other words in the application, said Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in the state. He said he has talked with state officials about the discontinuation of the grant.

“I was told that apparently the administration is going through past grants and two words were flagged: One was transition and one was privilege,” Klenz said. “Transition — transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Privilege came up because a parent wrote a glowing review of staff that said what a privilege it was to work with them.” ProPublica obtained a copy of the grant application and confirmed that those words were included.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 28d

Political violence.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29d

i cannot comprehend what this means

picture of gazans gathering for food aid. text superimposed written: 680,000 Dead. Based on all the data collected, the death toll in gaza is at least 680,000 and 380,000 are infants under five years of age. on september 3, 2025, Dr. Gideon Polya and Professor richard Hill calculated the total death toll for gaza since october 7.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 28d

“Palantir: Software that kidnaps.”

Spotted in Oakland

Protest sign in Oakland: “Palantir: Software that kidnaps.”

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 28d

Well said!

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We Support Federal Workers - SF @fedworkers-sf.bsky.social · 28d

SFPD “let out-of-state cops run more than 1.6 million illegal searches of the city’s license-plate reader database — including at least 19 that were marked as related to” ICE.

The controversial surveillance technology is produced by Atlanta-based Flock Safety.

Daily Feminism ✨ @dailymisogyny.bsky.social · 28d

Who is SFPD serving exactly? Last I checked, we're not in Georgia or Texas:

"SFPD let Georgia, Texas cops illegally search city surveillance data on behalf of ICE" sfstandard.com/2025/09/08/s...

SFPD let outside cops search city surveillance data for ICE

Out-of-state cops made over 1.6 million illegal searches of San Francisco's license-plate reader data.

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