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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 23h

Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 22h

This is so gross and offensive even to me, a thoroughly non-religious person

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 23h

I’m thinking like Wagner as a tuba solo, things of that nature

Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 23h

Can we crowdfund for a tuba player to follow these guys around Chicago

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

My transgender bathroom agenda is giving Gavin Newsom the biggest swirly of his life.

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

They had 2 murders on Fair Isle and there are only like 50 people living there

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got so many house finches. So many!

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Arundhati Roy said it best in her Pinter prize speech they were too cowardly to televise

I refuse to play the condemnation game. Let me make myself clear. I do not tell oppressed people how to resist their oppression or who their allies should be.

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Also asking other people to sacrifice themselves in that manner is pretty fucking ballsy

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The General Goodsman @generalstoreman.bsky.social · 1d

before everyone pretended to give a shit about Israel's crimes, there was the march of return. it was a peaceful demonstration and it perfect for displaying the brutality of their zionist opponents and the world at large, including you, Asha Rangappa, weren't moved at all

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Should have said Iggy Pop

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think Steven Tyler looks bad here, for his age

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

If Shetland had the murder rate of the tv show Shetland there would be nobody left on Shetland

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

I may ask to join your discord if this place keeps sliding downhill

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Are we really going to lose to the crybullies?

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Someday I’d like one of those big Norwegian forest cats but I don’t see myself paying for a purebred kitty. I won’t even buy a purebred dog

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

He has a Maine coon look about him

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · May 23

Welcome to America

A sign in a parking lot reads:
NOTICE
MUST BE CUSTOMER AT ALL TIMES

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 1d

Tree on the Moon

A full moon captured in perfect symmetry behind a solitary tree on a hilltop

Photo: Bernd Nowack

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

The rats would do a better job

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

Something as simple as a crack pipe

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

If I could take a train my 50 minute commute would be a highlight of my day

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

I won’t hear a bad word about pierogi or sauerkraut

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Jess but spooky @messyjess.bsky.social · 1d

This is it. European countries can do retvrn to their particular culture but who’s going to get excited about a whites only melting pot

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 3d

HERE IT IS:

1 in 40,000? 1 in 200,000? Who knows. But it's likely the only leucistic California Towhee I'll ever see.

Finding it took over 5 hours, I got about 20 seconds of solid shooting time thanks to ravens and squirrels, but it was WORTH IT! 🪶

A California Towhee but it's nearly all white, in a tree

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