Sharon F
@leiliaxf.bsky.social
Loves dogs, movies, cosplay, good food, and good music. OG Star Wars nerd. Dislike bullies and assholes. Kindness costs you nothing. #uglydogs
Really good.
Because Elmo has gotten this sci-fi grift into the discourse again:
"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"
"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Really good.
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Everybody knew it was really trickle up economics the whole time, except of course Republican plebs
This chart is damming of Reagan, his policies have been disastrous for the country.
May 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Everybody knew it was really trickle up economics the whole time, except of course Republican plebs
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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
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Update: a great BlueSky ally said the woman trying to prevent ICE from taking the mom is Worcester City Council member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social
What a hero!
What a hero!
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Update: a great BlueSky ally said the woman trying to prevent ICE from taking the mom is Worcester City Council member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social
What a hero!
What a hero!
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ICE dragged a mother from her home in Massachusetts—clinging to her baby—without showing a warrant or ID.
When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping.
This is fascism & it’s terrifying.
When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping.
This is fascism & it’s terrifying.
May 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ICE dragged a mother from her home in Massachusetts—clinging to her baby—without showing a warrant or ID.
When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping.
This is fascism & it’s terrifying.
When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.”
That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping.
This is fascism & it’s terrifying.
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Da Pope. Online now, in Chicago soon. #raygun www.raygunsite.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Da Pope. Online now, in Chicago soon. #raygun www.raygunsite.com
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
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I forgot how much I love this place.
April 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I forgot how much I love this place.
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Maybe we should be removing DUI hires from the Pentagon website instead.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Maybe we should be removing DUI hires from the Pentagon website instead.
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fam is it good to end the international order that prevented world war for 80 years
It’s late in the UK, but the national
security breach makes some front pages.
This is Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph.
And THIS will be what Europe focuses on.
“Europe are pathetic free-loaders, say leaked White House texts”
Trump/Vance have ended an 80 year alliance.
security breach makes some front pages.
This is Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph.
And THIS will be what Europe focuses on.
“Europe are pathetic free-loaders, say leaked White House texts”
Trump/Vance have ended an 80 year alliance.
![Headline says: Europe are pathetic free-loaders, say leaked White House texts.
The story reads:
DONALD TRUMP'S cabinet complained about defending "free-loading Europe" in a secret group chat that was accidentally shared with a reporter.
In a large security breach, the Atlantic's editor-in-chief was mistakenly added to a forum on the messaging app Signal in which top members of the Trump administration discussed sensitive plans to bomb Yemen.
JD Vance, the vice-president, raised objections to the plans, which he argued were not in American interests. "I just hate bailing Europe out again," he said.
The group chat served as a virtual war room and contained precise information about weapons packages, targets and the scheduled timings for the March 15 strike on Yemen in which more than 50 people died. Members of the group included Mr Vance, Pete Heg seth, the defense secretary, Mike Waltz, the national security adviser, and Susie Wiles, Mr Trump's chief of staff.
The air strikes were designed to prevent Houthi attacks on commercial ships heading through the Red Sea to and from the Suez Canal
Mr Vance wrote: "3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn't understand this or why it's necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS (the pres-ident] said, to send a message."
Mr Hegseth responded, saying: *VP:
I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close." The US government confirmed the group chat was genuine, but said it was a "demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials".
The Trump administration has berated European allies for failing to spend enough on defence, and criti-cised countries such as Britain for stifling free speech.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic jour-nalist, said he was added to the g…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65/bafkreif5ak7cjygm26bvdamostad2gb3fr52w2rgiuin7aeerkoemrjosa@jpeg)
March 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
fam is it good to end the international order that prevented world war for 80 years
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So, reading the article, I am also struck - in addition to the OPSEC catastrophe - by how shallow the strategic thinking here is.
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
Signal chat “Houthi PC [Principals Committee] small group” to which Mike Waltz mistakenly added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg “included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing” ahead of strikes that began March 15 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So, reading the article, I am also struck - in addition to the OPSEC catastrophe - by how shallow the strategic thinking here is.
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
Maybe that's just always the way it is, but all the concerns are domestic politics and messaging. No one asks, "will these strikes accomplish anything and if so, what?"
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'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
A bombshell report in The Atlantic revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared classified information in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership. It's something that off...
www.rawstory.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
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Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian producer of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was attacked by a group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and later arrested by the Israeli army, according to activists and a neighbor who spoke to The Post.
Palestinian director of Oscar-winning film attacked by settlers in West Bank, activists say
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the documentary “No Other Land,” was attacked in his home village of Susya, according to activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian producer of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was attacked by a group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and later arrested by the Israeli army, according to activists and a neighbor who spoke to The Post.
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Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
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Ending the Affordable Care Act is part of Project 2025. MAGA Republicans are doing all they can to kill health care for millions of Americans! #ACASavesLives
March 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ending the Affordable Care Act is part of Project 2025. MAGA Republicans are doing all they can to kill health care for millions of Americans! #ACASavesLives
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People think being small will keep them safe.
It won't.
The reason we know who Mahmoud Kahlil is is because he was loud. Do you think he's the only person the administration has tried to disappear? He's just one of the first we've noticed
It won't.
The reason we know who Mahmoud Kahlil is is because he was loud. Do you think he's the only person the administration has tried to disappear? He's just one of the first we've noticed
I was interviewed this week for a major US news show. My interviewer asked me why so few of my colleagues are willing to talk.
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
In 15 yrs of reporting, I've never had so many health & biomed researchers & outreach orgs tell me they're afraid to talk w/press or barred from speaking bc of new comms policies.
I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.
I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.
March 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
People think being small will keep them safe.
It won't.
The reason we know who Mahmoud Kahlil is is because he was loud. Do you think he's the only person the administration has tried to disappear? He's just one of the first we've noticed
It won't.
The reason we know who Mahmoud Kahlil is is because he was loud. Do you think he's the only person the administration has tried to disappear? He's just one of the first we've noticed
@king5news.com.web.brid.gy @komonews.bsky.social @kiro2323.bsky.social can someone cover this story?
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@king5news.com.web.brid.gy @komonews.bsky.social @kiro2323.bsky.social can someone cover this story?
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
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Poor people fleeing violence and oppression should be sent to concentration camps.
Rich people with god knows what kind of agenda, welcome aboard.
Rich people with god knows what kind of agenda, welcome aboard.
Trump on selling citizenship for $5 million: "The sale will start in about in 2 weeks."
February 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Poor people fleeing violence and oppression should be sent to concentration camps.
Rich people with god knows what kind of agenda, welcome aboard.
Rich people with god knows what kind of agenda, welcome aboard.
February 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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