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So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"?
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"?
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
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This is how they beat up on a minority they already despise to distract from guns being the #1 killer of US children.
Pls read, comment, subscribe...
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/straight-w...
Pls read, comment, subscribe...
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/straight-w...
September 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is how they beat up on a minority they already despise to distract from guns being the #1 killer of US children.
Pls read, comment, subscribe...
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/straight-w...
Pls read, comment, subscribe...
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/straight-w...
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Bazinga!
April 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Bazinga!
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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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"I’ve escorted the elderly home, given lectures at public schools & been a commencement speaker at Quinnipiac U., Yale Law School & a local high school. I coached rec basketball for 8 yrs. By the time an officer arrived,asked me 4my license, I was nonetheless shaking with rage and near tears."
Opinion | I Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat.
Maybe I just wanted to be seen as something other than a threat, a nuisance, because I happen to be Black.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"I’ve escorted the elderly home, given lectures at public schools & been a commencement speaker at Quinnipiac U., Yale Law School & a local high school. I coached rec basketball for 8 yrs. By the time an officer arrived,asked me 4my license, I was nonetheless shaking with rage and near tears."
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If you’re feeling the need to do something in the face of this current crisis, gather a few likeminded friends and start a group to read and share the ideas contained here. 👇👇👇
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you’re feeling the need to do something in the face of this current crisis, gather a few likeminded friends and start a group to read and share the ideas contained here. 👇👇👇
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If you're looking for an insight into how things are going at NASA since Trump's regime started attacking it, here's astronomer & NASA employee Rose Ferreira on Threads.
(Her now-removed interview is archived here at the Wayback Machine and it's well worth a read: web.archive.org/web/20231206... )
(Her now-removed interview is archived here at the Wayback Machine and it's well worth a read: web.archive.org/web/20231206... )
February 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you're looking for an insight into how things are going at NASA since Trump's regime started attacking it, here's astronomer & NASA employee Rose Ferreira on Threads.
(Her now-removed interview is archived here at the Wayback Machine and it's well worth a read: web.archive.org/web/20231206... )
(Her now-removed interview is archived here at the Wayback Machine and it's well worth a read: web.archive.org/web/20231206... )
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Though it can be difficult to prove that your computer is completely free from malware, there are lots of effective preventive measures well worth taking.
Today's "Ask a security trainer" advice column has a handy list:
Today's "Ask a security trainer" advice column has a handy list:
Advice column: How can I tell my device isn’t infected with malware or spyware?
FPF's digital security advice column today answers, how can I tell my device isn’t infected with malware or spyware?
freedom.press
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Though it can be difficult to prove that your computer is completely free from malware, there are lots of effective preventive measures well worth taking.
Today's "Ask a security trainer" advice column has a handy list:
Today's "Ask a security trainer" advice column has a handy list:
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Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
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January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
👀 👎
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Another GenX fave. Also, no, parents often did not, and they weren't particularly worried. If something bad happened, the cops would show up and tell them.
For the record, I was usually in the arcade room of the local pizza place, playing Tempest and listening to "Tom Sawyer."
youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
For the record, I was usually in the arcade room of the local pizza place, playing Tempest and listening to "Tom Sawyer."
youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
It’s 10PM. Do You Know Where Your Children Are? PSA
YouTube video by 80sThen80sNow
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Another GenX fave. Also, no, parents often did not, and they weren't particularly worried. If something bad happened, the cops would show up and tell them.
For the record, I was usually in the arcade room of the local pizza place, playing Tempest and listening to "Tom Sawyer."
youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
For the record, I was usually in the arcade room of the local pizza place, playing Tempest and listening to "Tom Sawyer."
youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
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And we’ve seen the evidence of this truth.
January 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
And we’ve seen the evidence of this truth.
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Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
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It’s just the cost of being alive these days.
December 28, 2024 at 2:14 PM
It’s just the cost of being alive these days.
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The TikTok ban is unconstitutional censorship. Period.
Read the brief we joined on Friday with 7 other organizations in TikTok v. Garland explaining why: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
@eff.org @itif.org @cendemtech.bsky.social @fightfortheftr.bsky.social @publicknowledge.bsky.social
Read the brief we joined on Friday with 7 other organizations in TikTok v. Garland explaining why: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
@eff.org @itif.org @cendemtech.bsky.social @fightfortheftr.bsky.social @publicknowledge.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The TikTok ban is unconstitutional censorship. Period.
Read the brief we joined on Friday with 7 other organizations in TikTok v. Garland explaining why: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
@eff.org @itif.org @cendemtech.bsky.social @fightfortheftr.bsky.social @publicknowledge.bsky.social
Read the brief we joined on Friday with 7 other organizations in TikTok v. Garland explaining why: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
@eff.org @itif.org @cendemtech.bsky.social @fightfortheftr.bsky.social @publicknowledge.bsky.social
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Remember the hobbit!
December 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Remember the hobbit!
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 1:29 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.