@peregrine-j.bsky.social
Artist and plant-freak. Lover of cats and film.
#painting #gardening #agriculture #politicaleconomy
#painting #gardening #agriculture #politicaleconomy
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I dreamed a dream recently where everything was ok and had somehow been fixed. Then I woke up to the nightmare.
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One of so many stories of the science we've lost under Trump: Marina Grant, Ph.D., received a grant from the EPA to study how well homes can protect people from the harmful smoke of wildfires and to develop inexpensive interventions. The 3-year grant was due to be completed in Aug. 2026...
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
One of so many stories of the science we've lost under Trump: Marina Grant, Ph.D., received a grant from the EPA to study how well homes can protect people from the harmful smoke of wildfires and to develop inexpensive interventions. The 3-year grant was due to be completed in Aug. 2026...
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When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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The DOJ is now online commenting on posts, claiming information they released in the Epstein files is fake and shouldn’t be trusted. The desperation is obvious.
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The DOJ is now online commenting on posts, claiming information they released in the Epstein files is fake and shouldn’t be trusted. The desperation is obvious.
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The survivors said the way the release was handled made it “difficult or impossible” to find documents for their cases.
Epstein Survivors Criticize ‘Partial’ File Release As Questions Swirl Over Redactions And Unreleased Records
The survivors said the way the release was handled made it “difficult or impossible” to find documents for their cases.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The survivors said the way the release was handled made it “difficult or impossible” to find documents for their cases.
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Ukraine is not Russia.
Greenland is not the U.S.
Stand against bullies.
Everywhere.
Greenland is not the U.S.
Stand against bullies.
Everywhere.
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ukraine is not Russia.
Greenland is not the U.S.
Stand against bullies.
Everywhere.
Greenland is not the U.S.
Stand against bullies.
Everywhere.
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You're wrong, Jeff Landry. You bullying Greenland on Trump's demand absolutely and negatively affects your position as Governor of Louisiana.
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You're wrong, Jeff Landry. You bullying Greenland on Trump's demand absolutely and negatively affects your position as Governor of Louisiana.
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"We have to have it", says Trump about Greenland.
The felon has attacked Syria and Iran; threatened Nigeria and South Africa; wants to annex Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Gaza; started tariff wars
Trump stupidity will erode US power, encourage more states to go nuclear & build alternative alliances.
The felon has attacked Syria and Iran; threatened Nigeria and South Africa; wants to annex Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Gaza; started tariff wars
Trump stupidity will erode US power, encourage more states to go nuclear & build alternative alliances.
Trump says US needs Greenland after naming special envoy
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"We have to have it", says Trump about Greenland.
The felon has attacked Syria and Iran; threatened Nigeria and South Africa; wants to annex Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Gaza; started tariff wars
Trump stupidity will erode US power, encourage more states to go nuclear & build alternative alliances.
The felon has attacked Syria and Iran; threatened Nigeria and South Africa; wants to annex Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Gaza; started tariff wars
Trump stupidity will erode US power, encourage more states to go nuclear & build alternative alliances.
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Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
FUCK this British government.
https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
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The goal of any monopoly is to create an entity so powerful it sets the terms industrywide, leaving consumers and workers with no choice.
The Netflix–Warner Bros. Merger Is a Broadside Attack on Workers
The goal of any monopoly is to create an entity so powerful it sets the terms industrywide, leaving consumers and workers with no choice.
interc.pt
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The goal of any monopoly is to create an entity so powerful it sets the terms industrywide, leaving consumers and workers with no choice.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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AI is everywhere—and without civil rights protections, it can worsen the discrimination our communities already face.
That's why Congress should pass my AI Civil Rights Act with @markey.senate.gov and @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social.
We cannot allow AI innovation without AI protections.
That's why Congress should pass my AI Civil Rights Act with @markey.senate.gov and @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social.
We cannot allow AI innovation without AI protections.
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
AI is everywhere—and without civil rights protections, it can worsen the discrimination our communities already face.
That's why Congress should pass my AI Civil Rights Act with @markey.senate.gov and @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social.
We cannot allow AI innovation without AI protections.
That's why Congress should pass my AI Civil Rights Act with @markey.senate.gov and @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social.
We cannot allow AI innovation without AI protections.
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📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
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Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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December 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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ICE tried to kidnap one man from a local grocery store in St. Paul, MN, but community members used their humanity & their bodies as a human shield to successfully fend them off. ✌🏻
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ICE tried to kidnap one man from a local grocery store in St. Paul, MN, but community members used their humanity & their bodies as a human shield to successfully fend them off. ✌🏻
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There’s an urgent need for blood in the aftermath of the Brown University shooting
If you can give, please do
If you can’t, please spread the word
Its terrifying to think how bad this shooting might be if they need an urgent call for blood, but the more people donating the more lives we can save
If you can give, please do
If you can’t, please spread the word
Its terrifying to think how bad this shooting might be if they need an urgent call for blood, but the more people donating the more lives we can save
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There’s an urgent need for blood in the aftermath of the Brown University shooting
If you can give, please do
If you can’t, please spread the word
Its terrifying to think how bad this shooting might be if they need an urgent call for blood, but the more people donating the more lives we can save
If you can give, please do
If you can’t, please spread the word
Its terrifying to think how bad this shooting might be if they need an urgent call for blood, but the more people donating the more lives we can save
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The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.
The Senate struck down both a Democratic and a Republican-backed proposal on health care.
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
The Senate Goes Back to Square One on Health Care Subsidies After Dueling Proposals Fail
Americans who use ACA subsidies are likely to see premiums spike in the new year.
www.notus.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.
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On November 28, Trump threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if voters didn’t elect right-wing National Party candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura. interc.pt/491lEO2
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On November 28, Trump threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if voters didn’t elect right-wing National Party candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura. interc.pt/491lEO2
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Today, nations around the world observe Human Rights Day, commemorating the anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The SPLC has been fighting for greater recognition and implementation of human rights treaties here in the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pLYlhr
The SPLC has been fighting for greater recognition and implementation of human rights treaties here in the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pLYlhr
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today, nations around the world observe Human Rights Day, commemorating the anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The SPLC has been fighting for greater recognition and implementation of human rights treaties here in the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pLYlhr
The SPLC has been fighting for greater recognition and implementation of human rights treaties here in the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pLYlhr
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Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.