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equalityalec.bsky.social
It's also important for ICE to erase that this kind of public execution was entirely avoidable in any reasonable society. There was no need for a deployment like this, no need for the street interaction here, no need for the drawing of weapons, no need for firing, etc...
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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maketheroadny.bsky.social
Renee Nicole Good, and all the immigrants we’ve lost at the hands of ICE should still be alive.

When human life is treated as expendable, no one is safe.

We are done accepting this as normal.

Join us this Sunday to say loud and clear: ICE out of our cities now!
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
rufflefeather.bsky.social
Abolish ICE!
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
rufflefeather.bsky.social
The US is spending millions of dollars to torture people.
bubbaprog.xyz Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 28d
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
corporate oligarch media outlets reporting on the malfeasance of other corporate oligarch media outlets isn’t the way out of this btw. give your scoops to independent reporters.
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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aintright.bsky.social
Rudy the Ruddy Shelduck #BirdOfTheDay #Grounded #ukbirds
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
A female Barred Antshrike looking for delicious bugs at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A small brown and rust-colored bird with a short crest perches on a branch against a soft green forest background.
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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above96th.bsky.social
Spent the day exploring Lake Sandoval in the Peruvian rain forest. I was thrilled when we spotted four Hoatzin along the water's edge. Called the strangest bird in the Amazon, it has no close avian relatives! I think it's fabulous. #Hoatzin #Peru #Sandoval
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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gurdeep.ca
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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papawoof.bsky.social
'Julbocken' (Yule Goat), 1917
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social
#SolsticeBlessings #WinterSolstice #WhenBeastsSpoke
Fox closed her eyes, felt the cold on her face She smiled at the darkness, lost in winter's brace Solstice had come, the promise of more light Nature's cycle was done by end of this night She wished all souls love with the return of the sun and Solstice blessing for everyone
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
The Yule goat, the Julbocken, is a bringer of gifts, but also the spirit of the important last sheaf of the harvest. You might make one out of wood or straw to secretly leave at a neighbour’s house and when they find it they must also do the same. 🐐
A vintage Christmas postcard by Jenny Nyström. It depicts a scene of a Tomten and a white Yule goat delivering presents in the snow. A large Tomten with a red hat and white beard is guiding a goat pulling a small cart filled with gifts. Another small figure is seated among the presents in the cart. The scene takes place in a snowy landscape outside a log cabin. Through a window, silhouettes of people inside the warm cabin are visible. The text visible in the bottom right corner reads "GOD JUL", which translates to "Merry Christmas".
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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adamhsays.com
“The Constitution of the Roberts Court is not color-blind. It is a Constitution that permits discrimination on the basis of race, but forbids alleviating discrimination on the basis of race.”

Read @adamserwer.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Return of the Antebellum Constitution
The Supreme Court and the president are undermining the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
www.theatlantic.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
A mallard duckling for the #AboutTheKids theme of #BirdOfTheDay.

#birds #duckling #nature #ducks
Fuzzy little duckling, mostly yellow with brown markings swimming toward the camera.
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Happy Solstice! Not a fan of the dark, so always happy to reach the point where days start getting longer. Spring is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, so here's a happy chickadee for today's #ArtAdventCalendar
Digital painting of black-capped chickadee perched on a branch that is covered in fanciful white daisy-like flowers against a brilliant blue sky. The bird is facing right and has gray wings, white belly and head with black feathers across the top of its head and under its chin.
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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banditelli.org
Look at this duck I met today 🥰🥰 🪶
A ring necked duck looking directly at the camera
December 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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grays.art
Best of 2025 count down: #19

Fresh moult

Vagrant grasshopper
(Schistocerca nitens)

1-15-25 in Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

#grasshoppers #Orthoptera #entymology #moulting #ecdysis #puertoRico #macro #photography #macroPhotography #insects #bugs #nature #bugsky #eastcoastkin
9x16 black background with central vegetation stretching bottom to top, a grasshopper on the left bottom side, and its moult on the top right.
December 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar
I spotted this lovely Great Horned Owl while driving, pulled over & used the railing on a bridge to steady my camera. You can see the sunrise in its eyes… 🪶 1/80, f/6.3, ISO 1000
Great Horned Owl in the blue hour
December 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.

My latest in @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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birdingjohn.bsky.social
Absolutely delighted that Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOnOneLeg so I can share this Northern shoveler looking awkward with foot up and wing askew, and an expression that says "please don't take a photo of this."
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #duck #photography #birdphotography
Side view of a male Northern shoveler in an awkward pose while standing on a log next to a lake. His right leg is lifted up and to the side, and we can see his orange foot poking out underneath his wing, which is slightly outstretched.
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
A pacific black duck at Sydney’s Lane Cove National Park 🇦🇺 for the #DucksOnOneLeg theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social. Ducks are among my #FavoriteThings to photograph.

#BlueSkyArtShow #birds #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #birding
Dark brown duck with white fringes along its feathers standing on one leg at the edge of the water with its head tucked under its wing, one eye peeking out, and showing a gorgeous blue-violet speculum.
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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jocelynanderson.bsky.social
American Wigeons are cute ducks with pale blue beaks, an iridescent green patch on the wings, and the males have a fancy iridescent green noggin stripe and a white cap. These birds are grazers with their stubby beak being ideal for pulling up and eating vegetation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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lauraolin.bsky.social
An “all you fascists bound to lose” sort of night
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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martinpodt.com
The curved aspens

#photography #trees #landscape #landscapephotography #zeldenzomooigezien #eastcoastkin #forest
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM