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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

“Even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing” Don't lose hope. Also, send Musk and Trump into space on a one-way ticket. 😍

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship

www.theguardian.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 8h

It outrages all of us, but many ppl feel powerless, tho in fact we're not.
Chicago organizers & regular people are stepping up heroically to fight ICE, & defend & care for neighbors.
Leaders on the ground tell what's working & what we can do where WE are. Inspiring.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

🚨Mass Call: Stop ICE Raids

YouTube video by Women's March

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iman 🪂🔻🔻 @imanisthere.bsky.social · 18h

If you have even $2 to spare, you can help Nebal to buy a diaper for her daughter. If you can go without coffee for a day, do so to buy this nebula some milk🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

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Rich Burroughs @richburroughs.dev · 20h

Let alone Bezos’s non-Amazon moves, like what he’s done to the Washington Post.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

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Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19h

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

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Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

bsky.app/profile/trut...

Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

bsky.app/profile/trut...

Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

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Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 6h

bsky.app/profile/trut...

Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

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Truthout @truthout.org · 16h

During its July 2025 Prime Day event, Amazon shipped an estimated 450 million items. What it fails to report about its Prime Day operations, however, are the guaranteed spikes in carbon emissions that will linger in the atmosphere for centuries.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

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Truthout @truthout.org · 13h

Health insurance premiums will soon double for roughly 24 million Americans as a result of Republicans’ marquee budget bill, a new report by Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office reports, making health care even more unaffordable as the cost of living rises in the U.S.

Sanders: Health Insurance Premiums Will Double for Millions Due to GOP Cuts

Republicans’ budget bill will stick Americans with thousands more in insurance costs while giving tax cuts to the rich.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 12h

Jewish American activist David Adler, who was imprisoned for five days, said the activists from the previous flotilla were subject to torture, beatings, and solitary confinement, while guards deprived them of food, water, medicine, and other basic needs.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 10h

Nine former tenants announced their joint refusal to pay back what the Debt Collective calls “immoral sums” of “illegally held” back rent demanded by Equity Residential, the fifth-largest landlord in the United States.

Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

truthout.org

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 20d

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 2d

Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 3d

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Whether he's lighting up the night sky with fake stars, polluting Memphis & the atmosphere, or torching our modest programs to improve global health & feed the starving, Musk does not pay a nickel for the impacts of his fever dreams: everyone else does.

This is not how a healthy society functions.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 7h

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 8h

It outrages all of us, but many ppl feel powerless, tho in fact we're not.
Chicago organizers & regular people are stepping up heroically to fight ICE, & defend & care for neighbors.
Leaders on the ground tell what's working & what we can do where WE are. Inspiring.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

🚨Mass Call: Stop ICE Raids

YouTube video by Women's March

www.youtube.com

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Jenn S. @jenn-yyy.bsky.social · 7h

unfortunately, the tough punk rocker chickened out big time under pressure-
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h

this guy did the most basic vanilla criticism of the gestapo and our pathetic press/culture acts like he took a dump on stage

then of course he can't stand behind any sort of principles and has to backtrack, insisting he didn't want to "get political," while ambiguously deriding "divisiveness"

Zach Bryan responds to backlash over song 'Bad News' amid claims it is anti-ICE

The country star said the song is about his love for the country, and anyone who uses it "as a weapon is only proving how devastatingly divided we all are."

www.nbcnews.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issues an executive order
prohibiting ICE from using any city-owned property

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Priest is going to walk from Pope’s childhood home in Chicago to Statue of Liberty to protest ICE www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBC7kMB/

TikTok video by Miguel Puente

www.tiktok.com

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