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Shana at the Cottage

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First of her name Mother of pit bulls Seeker of a coherent plot (I know, the country has other ideas) Pe aici nu se trece #NOLAtwitter #BookSky

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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · Jun 9

And why exactly are you so determined that we find middle ground with fascists? 🤔

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d

A glimpse into life in Kyiv.
Air raid alert.
I’m at the metro station,
waiting for the all clear to cross the bridge
(trains don’t cross the river during alerts, it’s dangerous).

I have books to read.
So I’m sitting and reading.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 22h

"Zionism is un-Jewish" is cowardice of the sort I usually expect from Christians unwilling to interrogate their own traditions.

Zionism is inextricably tied with Judaism. That does not make it good or beyond criticism. Have the courage to accept this & assess Zionism accordingly.

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Lumpy, Beanpole & Shooz @hamshooz.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooo · 13h

i just really love how portland is handling the occupation of their city. you weirdos are gonna end up saving the rest of us

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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Paul @ednasmeds.bsky.social · 8h

..been a while

Kind Of Blue (1959)
- Miles Davis

#nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying #jazz

Vinyl record on turntable, cover displayed.
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Kind of Blue

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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · 3h

Wow, did they build a data center up there?!

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 5h

We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.

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Christopher Mootham @chrismootham.bsky.social · 10h

ALL SOLDIERS WHO FIRE ON AMERICAN CITIZENS ON UNITED STATES SOIL ARE TRAITORS TO THEIR OATH TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. PERIOD.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

@aftynbehn.bsky.social

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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · 3h

Sooooooo good!

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s video of the incident

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 3h

Barbara Walter explains the ugly ugly game plan. It worked in Israel, it’ll work in America 😡

Barbara Walter, a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego and the author of "How Civil Wars Start, explained:

The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there's no reason for them to be there. It's inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this.

Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil.

People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

Once citizens begin to view their own government's security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump's team knows this. In fact, that's the point. They are not trying to restore order; they're trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely.

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Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 4h

I really can't get my head around that there are people who hold random members of the public more responsible for the state of things than the literal Government running things. How is your perception of power so warped like that?

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 7h

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 12h

Good night,💤

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome back, DVpit! While I'm closed to queries, I'm still looking for some particular stories, so please feel free to submit a query and full here if I like your pitch:

querytracker.net/query/BeccaP...

(and if I like a project that's already in my inbox, just message through QM to let me know 🙏)

Query Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 17h

While border barons at ICE splurge $825K on vans rigged with phony cell towers to snoop on unsuspecting phones, tricking devices into spilling locations and calls sans warrants. #SurveillanceState

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 5h

Every farmer who gets a bailout is a socialist.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4h

ROLLING STONE RANKS THE 250 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 21st CENTURY SO FAR 🚨

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

bit.ly

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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks and also thanks for the links! I‘m going to start at the bottom and listen to at least ten full songs a day. My brain needs the education (and reminders).

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13h

Nice weather and good vibes today in Seattle. Saw a group of protesters outside KOMO (the Sinclair-owned local TV station here in Seattle) today. And another group on a 99 overpass with a sign that said “Stand Up. Speak Out.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

open.substack.com

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