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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Narrator: This is fascism.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · 14d

Gemini on the bullshit autism epidemic. It shows its sources when asked. @amendlocke.bsky.social @leedsdpac.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social

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Emil J. Bergholtz @emilbergholtz.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Emil J. Bergholtz @emilbergholtz.bsky.social · Aug 27

Carlson svarar med lite bokreklam www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...

DEBATT: Smittskyddsinstitutet var för litet för covid

En diskussion om behovet av olika kompetenser i en myndighet är viktig. Däremot är det nog få i ansvarig ställning som tror att det gamla SMI, med sin smala profil, skulle haft förutsättningar att ta ...

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George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is well worth reading. @andrewbowie.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social @gabyarguedas.bsky.social prospect.org/health/2025-... @wswndsb.bsky.social Swedens excess death depends on when you measure & vaccines saved us in 20, 21 @janlotvall.bsky.social

COVID Contrarians Are Wrong About Sweden

Trying to ‘let it rip’ in early 2020 was a disaster.

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George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · Apr 12

Two of my best Uppsala photos. Taken yesterday.

George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · Mar 23

Scrubbing websites is the modern vedrsion of burning books.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · Mar 23

Streisand effect time: I hadn't known Bea Arthur was a former Marine and now I love her even more. "Goodnight, but not goodbye!"

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Mar 22

Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · Mar 23

Streisand effect time: I hadn't known Bea Arthur was a former Marine and now I love her even more. "Goodnight, but not goodbye!"

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Mar 22

Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website

Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge

Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".

www.thepinknews.com

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Helen Lindberg @cloudbuster01.bsky.social · Mar 23

Evil empire time.com/7269604/el-s...

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced

Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

time.com

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George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · Mar 23

Not onlt that. This moved of his has destroyed national systems, for something else, something bad. In power he or his mates will do their best to ensure that nothing like these systems will ever return. A dictatorship helps to do just that.

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Crips Against Cuts♿️🌻 @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social · Mar 22

LOOKING GOOD SHEFFIELD!!!

Miranda Debenham @mdebenham1.bsky.social · Mar 22

This is what community looks like ✊🏻 Thanks for showing up Sheffield! Don't forget to take action - write to your MP, and follow @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social on insta or bsky!

A full length photo of me outside the town hall holding my protest sign which reads "my legs work better than this government". I'm wearing colourful clothes, a denim jacket and have blue hair

A photo from the protest, showing around 100 people outside the town hall holding signs against the benefit cuts. Almost everyone is masked and looking towards the speaker who is off camera

A photo of a dog at the protest - a whippet breed wearing a big red harness with a sign that says Grrrr taped to it

A flyer for the demo directing you to write to your MP and follow Crips Against Cuts on insta or bluesky

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Crips Against Cuts♿️🌻 @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thank you so much DPAC for your support and solidarity✊ CAC are dedicated to uplifting your upcoming action on Wednesday 26th March! We are stronger together❤️

Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · Mar 22

#CripsAgainstCuts

DPAC wants to say well done to every activist who took part in #CripsAgainstCuts National Day of Action across the UK
Also great organising by @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social solidarity to all of you ✊🏼

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 21

Force sick and disabled people into work—and you don’t save money.
You fuel suicide.
Worsen illness.
Deepen stigma.
Break lives.
This isn’t reform. It’s cruelty and it will kill time and time again.
#DisabilityBenefits

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Mar 23

ppl many of these proposals in the green paper are just that, and the consultation is illegal
Why? It breaks the Equality Act 2010 and HRA
Many reforms are being forced through under existing primary legislation via a statutory instrument

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George Berger @georgeberger.bsky.social · Mar 23

This replaces a BENEFIT based on risk & need, with a fake insurance-like POLICY thay one pays into periodically, with payout based on # years at work. That introduces age and time discrimination. Most work PENSIONS are such, not a benefit that you might need att any # yrs at a job.

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Mar 23

Creating a new time-limited Unemployment Insurance contributory benefit, to replace the contributory Jobseekers Allowance (c-JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (c-ESA). the proposal is to pay this at the c-ESA rate, currently £138 per week.

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Mar 23

The wider implications of green paper is far reaching the actual loss of income

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Mar 23

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Downright Nasty and Dangerous Reforms from the Labour Party

Today is the day the Labour Party sold out their socialist principles and died when it released the Green Paper. It was a brutal and savage attack on disabled people and we will never forgive them …

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 10

Andy Kim gets it right. Gavin Newsom got it very wrong.

A tweet from State of the Union (@CNNSotu) quoting Sen. Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ) responding to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s comments on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Kim argues that the issue affects only a small number of athletes nationwide and suggests that decisions should be handled without federal government intervention. The tweet includes a screenshot of a CNN interview with Jake Tapper speaking to Andy Kim, with a chyron reading: "NEWSOM: TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS ‘DEEPLY UNFAIR.’"

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Maartje 💙💛 🤍❤️ @interactiekracht.nl · Mar 10

If they are wise, they'll ditch America.

Let's pray they do,
given the circumstances

Poor, poor normal people
This is so, so bad for everyone in America
and for lots of others outside the US also

...yet also way better for the huge majority of the western world

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Mar 8

Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the 4 other members of the Five Eyes spy alliance—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—are reportedly examining whether to continue including America in international intelligence.

Trump’s Russia Obsession Just Cost the U.S. a Crucial Intel Tool

Donald Trump’s clear affection for Vladimir Putin has U.S. allies rethinking a few things.

newrepublic.com

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Helen Lindberg @cloudbuster01.bsky.social · Mar 10

Taking America back to the darker ages

Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · Mar 10

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research www.science.org/content/arti...

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

www.science.org

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Helen Lindberg @cloudbuster01.bsky.social · Mar 10

The few digital trails the Swedish school shooter left behind was interaction on Rumble

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · Mar 10

Trump’s media purge escalates: AP and other outlets lose White House access for refusing to use Trump’s rebranded terms, signaling a broader attack on press freedom. New media allies like Rumble gain influence, raising concerns over authoritarian control of the press.

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Project 2025 March 6th Update

This week, we look at how President Trump’s bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy draws inspiration from Project 2025’s playbook.

globalextremism.org

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · Mar 10

“It should be obvious to everyone that what’s happening on this campus is not about protecting Jews.” -Columbia Professor Emerita Marianne Hirsch, daughter of Holocaust survivors

#FreeMahmoud