Proverbial Crow 🎄
@proverbialcrow.bsky.social
Cats, birds, nature. Baseball
Know a little about Aging (Area Agency on Aging - retired, now volunteer)
Believer in democracy
#SlavaUkraini
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Know a little about Aging (Area Agency on Aging - retired, now volunteer)
Believer in democracy
#SlavaUkraini
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Pinned
While cats sit quietly in their magnificence and mystery. Beauty bows before them, and the air holds its breath.
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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Jewish Insider is accusing Maryland Governor Wes Moore of laundering anti-Israel sentiment by separating "the people of Israel" from the Israeli government in his speeches.
JI is concerned that such rhetoric, typically used for authoritarian states, will set a precedent for centrist Democrats.
JI is concerned that such rhetoric, typically used for authoritarian states, will set a precedent for centrist Democrats.
The shifting politics of being pro-Israel
Last week, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore stood before a crowded room of Jewish attendees just outside the nation’s capital, and proclaimed: “Today, I want to be loud and clear, that Maryland stands with the...
jewishinsider.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jewish Insider is accusing Maryland Governor Wes Moore of laundering anti-Israel sentiment by separating "the people of Israel" from the Israeli government in his speeches.
JI is concerned that such rhetoric, typically used for authoritarian states, will set a precedent for centrist Democrats.
JI is concerned that such rhetoric, typically used for authoritarian states, will set a precedent for centrist Democrats.
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“Many writers who incorporate scientists into their fiction avoid depicting the laboratories where their characters spend their days.”
New at PB: John MacNeill Miller (@snarlsdickens.bsky.social) on the importance of grappling with the laboratory in fiction.
New at PB: John MacNeill Miller (@snarlsdickens.bsky.social) on the importance of grappling with the laboratory in fiction.
The Empty Lab, in Science and in Fiction - Public Books
When literature refuses readers entry into the laboratory, it fosters suspicions of science itself.
www.publicbooks.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Many writers who incorporate scientists into their fiction avoid depicting the laboratories where their characters spend their days.”
New at PB: John MacNeill Miller (@snarlsdickens.bsky.social) on the importance of grappling with the laboratory in fiction.
New at PB: John MacNeill Miller (@snarlsdickens.bsky.social) on the importance of grappling with the laboratory in fiction.
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We live in a wealthy nation. No one should be unhoused.
People are trying to survive in this warped form of late-stage capitalism and extreme greed.
And then the state and its power destroys the little someone has.
Meaning. Memories. A sense of self.
Or, dehumanization.
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People are trying to survive in this warped form of late-stage capitalism and extreme greed.
And then the state and its power destroys the little someone has.
Meaning. Memories. A sense of self.
Or, dehumanization.
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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 1:33 PM
We live in a wealthy nation. No one should be unhoused.
People are trying to survive in this warped form of late-stage capitalism and extreme greed.
And then the state and its power destroys the little someone has.
Meaning. Memories. A sense of self.
Or, dehumanization.
🧵
...
People are trying to survive in this warped form of late-stage capitalism and extreme greed.
And then the state and its power destroys the little someone has.
Meaning. Memories. A sense of self.
Or, dehumanization.
🧵
...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
1/2
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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AOC: We're looking that there could be a cycle where R+10 seats flip to Democrats. And so if Republicans want to draw a map that makes them more vulnerable to that, that's their decision to do that.
Raju: Do you think there will be a blue wave?
AOC: I think so.
Raju: Do you think there will be a blue wave?
AOC: I think so.
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
AOC: We're looking that there could be a cycle where R+10 seats flip to Democrats. And so if Republicans want to draw a map that makes them more vulnerable to that, that's their decision to do that.
Raju: Do you think there will be a blue wave?
AOC: I think so.
Raju: Do you think there will be a blue wave?
AOC: I think so.
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Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
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Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
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"Antifa"
A philosophy. An idea. A movement out in the Ether.
Abbreviated short for Anti Fascist.
Highly structured well organized well funded and a threat to the Federal Govt. but we are not able to pinpoint the headquarters or provide data on the numbers
Who wants to tell him.
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A philosophy. An idea. A movement out in the Ether.
Abbreviated short for Anti Fascist.
Highly structured well organized well funded and a threat to the Federal Govt. but we are not able to pinpoint the headquarters or provide data on the numbers
Who wants to tell him.
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Antifa"
A philosophy. An idea. A movement out in the Ether.
Abbreviated short for Anti Fascist.
Highly structured well organized well funded and a threat to the Federal Govt. but we are not able to pinpoint the headquarters or provide data on the numbers
Who wants to tell him.
🤡
A philosophy. An idea. A movement out in the Ether.
Abbreviated short for Anti Fascist.
Highly structured well organized well funded and a threat to the Federal Govt. but we are not able to pinpoint the headquarters or provide data on the numbers
Who wants to tell him.
🤡
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dont let boomers give you shit about your kid's screen time they used to get so much screen time they would dream in black and white
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
dont let boomers give you shit about your kid's screen time they used to get so much screen time they would dream in black and white
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New federal judge Emil Bove is facing an ethics complaint for attending Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, in violation of rules that prohibit judges from engaging in political activity.
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said a conservative expert.
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said a conservative expert.
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New federal judge Emil Bove is facing an ethics complaint for attending Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, in violation of rules that prohibit judges from engaging in political activity.
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said a conservative expert.
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said a conservative expert.
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Just comically corrupt.
Ye olde tyme corruption, even.
Ye olde tyme corruption, even.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Just comically corrupt.
Ye olde tyme corruption, even.
Ye olde tyme corruption, even.
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I always run into Brad Lander around the neighborhood because he's on his way to help people out; Goldman was supposed to be at a community meeting (of mostly elderly folks!) who had all come out to talk with him, and at the last minute, he FaceTimed in from his car instead, and left the call early.
I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I always run into Brad Lander around the neighborhood because he's on his way to help people out; Goldman was supposed to be at a community meeting (of mostly elderly folks!) who had all come out to talk with him, and at the last minute, he FaceTimed in from his car instead, and left the call early.
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There goes the lucrative industry of international tourism, already fairly wrecked. The US was "the world’s most powerful Travel & Tourism market, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 TN to the nation’s economy last year" said the World Travel & Tourism Council in 2024.
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There goes the lucrative industry of international tourism, already fairly wrecked. The US was "the world’s most powerful Travel & Tourism market, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 TN to the nation’s economy last year" said the World Travel & Tourism Council in 2024.
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Regime of incompetence ✅
Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she’s here illegally
A federal magistrate judge called the situation “Kafkaesque” at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Regime of incompetence ✅
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The only thing I ever learned about Canada is they'll make any flat service into a hockey rink.
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The only thing I ever learned about Canada is they'll make any flat service into a hockey rink.
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NEW: The developer of the ICEBlock app is SUING ICE, DHS, DOJ, and White House officials for illegally pressuring Apple to remove the app from the Apple App Store in violation of the 1st Amendment. See our exclusive interview here: youtu.be/P84cH-am6vY
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Creator Sues Trump Administration Over 1st Amendment
YouTube video by MSW Media
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December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: The developer of the ICEBlock app is SUING ICE, DHS, DOJ, and White House officials for illegally pressuring Apple to remove the app from the Apple App Store in violation of the 1st Amendment. See our exclusive interview here: youtu.be/P84cH-am6vY