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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 14d

How do the stories we tell ourselves and each other about ourselves, each other and our place in the web of life shape our world?

How can we craft narratives that can shift the way we see and experience the world?

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The Magic in the Tales we Tell: Living new Stories in Service to Life with Paddy Loughman

How do the stories we tell ourselves and each other about ourselves, each other and our place in the web of life shape our world? How can we craft narratives that shift the way we see and experience t...

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 35m

New episode with Zack Polanski and Owen Jones out now on all platforms

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

A second set of pre-trial motions is due by Oct. 30.

Comey’s defense counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, said he expects that batch to include a motion regarding abuse of grand jury process and an “outrageous government conduct” motion.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 20h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30m

"Cliff Notes Fascism" is a good one.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 20h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

We must all stand up and speak out.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 28m

Well, here we are.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24m

Just your latest reminder that, although everyone has decided to stop talking about climate change, it is still very much happening -- worse and faster than predicted.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26m

The verdict? "... the stability of these four tipping elements has declined in recent decades, suggesting that they have moved towards their critical thresholds, which may be crossed within the range of unmitigated anthropogenic warming."

Cool. Cool cool cool.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26m

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience

A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

www.nature.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1h

too powerful

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 4d

If you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it?

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Let the Wild Gods Rise! Bridging Between the Worlds with Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott

Let the Wild Gods Rise. Easy to say and harder to do - but if you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it? ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 10h

How would it feel to wake every morning knowing that you—all of us—were here to help all life to flourish?

That as a species, we could still become self-conscious nodes in the web of life, to act for the good of all?

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Of Beetles' wings and Brittlestars: using Biomimicry to co-create a flourishing future with Michael Pawlyn

What is humanity for? What happens if we rethink not just the way we plan buildings, but our entire role as beings on a living planet? These are the central questions driving Michael Pawlyn's third ...

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 2h

Trump looks like a figurehead. DHS cut NYC counterterror funds without telling him, then reversed. He learns policy from governors and the press. Project 2025 operatives like Vought and Miller steer while masked raids escalate.

A mentally diminished Trump is clearly someone's puppet — but who's pulling the strings?

On Friday, the president changed his mind. He decided that he is not going to break the law by withholding $187 million in federal funding for an intelligence and counterterrorism initiative in New York City.And you should be grateful.“I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 3h

You cannot buy this kind of publicity, the ruling party thinks your upcoming televised mini concert is sexually demonic liberalism and keeps telling the media about why

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 3h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2h

Have conservatives come up with a specific objection to Bad Bunny yet? I know it's pretextual and the answer is "he's not white," but, like, what do they claim it is?

I'm no Bad Bunny expert but he seems quite mainstream and unobjectionable unless you're a white supremacist!

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Nature @nature.com · 2h

The Chemistry Nobel was awarded to the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks that can trap molecules — our reporters dive into the science

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

The government's lack of a plan prompted Comey's counsel, Fitzgerald, to say that the prosecution "put the cart before the horse."

Usually, you figure out classified information issues in consultation w/ DOJ's national security division *before* bringing a case, he said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

MORE: The government indicated that it is not yet sure how it intends to handle the potential use of classified information at trial — i.e., whether it will use the process set out in the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) or opt to declassify the information.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 5h

How would it feel to wake every morning knowing that you were here to help all life to flourish? That as a species, we could still become self-conscious nodes in the web of life, to act for the good of all?

accidentalgods.life/of-beetles-w...

#accidentalgods #Podcast
#biomimicry
#BooksofBlueSky

Of Beetles' wings and Brittlestars: using Biomimicry to co-create a flourishing future with Michael Pawlyn

What is humanity for? What happens if we rethink not just the way we plan buildings, but our entire role as beings on a living planet? These are the central questions driving Michael Pawlyn's third ...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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