EC Hamilton (Siobhan O'Leary)
@siobhanftb.bsky.social
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She/Elle EN/FR. Policy, critical public health, medical anthropology, cats. IU 651. Opinions are my own. Ex-journo under Siobhan O'Leary (bylines: Rewire.News, VICE, Shadowproof). Public speaker, irregular blogger. 🏳️‍⚧️ liberation now.
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siobhanftb.bsky.social
Her little chocolate syrup nose!
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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jaredlholt.bsky.social
Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?
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realqrampage.fightins.online
creating art is like, the worst use case I can think of for AI

art is fun! art is the stuff that makes life worth living! art is good and cool and human! it doesn’t even matter if you’re “good” or “bad” at it! why on earth would you want a machine to do the fun stuff for you??
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emmalbriant.bsky.social
Designation of antifa as a foreign terrorist organisation to allow First Amendment rights to be violated is particularly obscene.
emptywheel.bsky.social
Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed. President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.
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jessothomson.co.uk
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Oh hell yes I'm gonna get bloodied & arrested for felony good question asking with a bunch of my neighbors while the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which is 3 coal companies in a trenchcoat, pretends to take what we say into consideration before saying Ok lol ofc Google can do it
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jamellebouie.net
really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
atrupar.com
Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
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booker4ky.bsky.social
This morning, I am thinking about all the innocent families being terrorized by ICE. We all want our streets to be safe from violence and terror, so ICE shouldn’t be on them.
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tauriq.bsky.social
I cannot believe how disrespectful this piece of shit woman is; her smirking whatabouttery and Karen-energised responses make me want to tear my hair out. She's not the US attorney, she's Trump's protector.

It's so blatant by now.
mediaite.com
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse sparked A.G. Pam Bondi’s anger during a Judiciary Committee hearing by asking about Jeffrey Epstein allegedly showing “people photos of President Trump with half-naked young women.”
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naomialderman.bsky.social
have they read so little & thought with such shallowness that they think the purpose of human life is "be a valuable cog in the productivity machine of your country, purchase an acceptable home, keep it filled with the usual items, consume media but don't get any ideas, raise your replacements"?
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naomialderman.bsky.social
I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
outonbluesix.bsky.social
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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thetyee.ca
The BC General Employees’ Union has been escalating its job action over the past five weeks and as of Friday had more than 17,000 members on strike or taking other job action, about half of the number who work for the core government.

Andrew MacLeod reports. #bclab
Labour Rally Challenges 'Out of Touch' Government | The Tyee
Supporters protest at the legislature as a BCGEU strike heads towards a sixth week.
thetyee.ca
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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michaeliantorno.com
Every study shows that vaccine campaigns immensely reduce the strain on provincial health systems, but Quebec is now charging $150-180 for a Covid shot: effectively shutting out most people from getting it.
Quebec's latest COVID campaign is underway, but vaccines aren't free for all
Only certain groups will be eligible to receive a free COVID shot. Other will have to pay $150 to $180.
montrealgazette.com
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kathbarbadoro.bsky.social
It took me a second to figure out the person on trial is the victim of the shooting and not the ice agent who shot somebody
davidjbier.bsky.social
It's not looking good for DHS's account of yet another shooting theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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shamjaff.bsky.social
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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willoremus.com
Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations
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blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
It’s amusing to see the Democratic leadership wake up to the fact that if you stand up to a bully you surprise him. They’re all like, “Wait. You mean we might have a bit of power & we don’t have to reach across the aisle & play nice with authoritarianism?”

AFTER EIGHT & A HALF DAMNED MONTHS. 🤦🏾‍♀️
siobhanftb.bsky.social
i see neither: this is clearly a scoop of chocolate caramel ice cream