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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

Which party incites violence again?

GOP Lawmaker Sparks Outrage After Calling For Dem Rep. To Be Executed For Urging People To Protest Trump

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 7d

Trump likely wants a small war where victory is certain like the 1983 Invasion of Grenada. Venezuela or Iran would be a major war and victory iffy.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 11d

Who lost China? Trump and his Republicans lost China. The Middle Kingdom has also abandoned American for Australian beef. Starting trade wars you are going to lose is stupid.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

China weaponizes ag imports to target Trump and US farmers

China’s freeze on U.S. soybean purchases hits a key GOP constituency in the run-up to 2026 midterm elections

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 12d

Geoengineering can not "stall" what is already stalled. The UNFCCC has failed as a climate regime. Time to stop pretending that national decision-makers will suddenly come to their senses and save the day.
davidsuzuki.org/story/costly...

Costly geoengineering schemes could stall real solutions

Some are clearly designed to allow the destructive fossil fuel industry to keep operating.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 12d

Trump is being lobbied by rival foreign policy networks for wars with Venezuela or Iran. Sending troops to Portland obviously plays to a domestic audience of anti-urban conservatives while avoiding the sort of large scale interstate war that he fears going very wrong. #Portland #Venezuela #Iran

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 15d

Healy's only year-round medical clinic will close in November.

Denali Borough Mayor Chris Noel said he was surprised by the announcement and hopes the community can work together to find a solution.

Healy's only year-round medical clinic will close in November

The closure means many Denali Borough residents will have to drive longer distances for care at other facilities.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 14d

JJ Cale is the perfect soundtrack for THE LOWDOWN
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The Lowdown (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 6.9 | Biography, Drama, History

59m | TV-MA

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 15d

Ethiopia?

Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 15d

Decision-makers in Ankara and Cairo are now likely thinking much harder about acquiring their own nuclear deterrents. Saudi Arabia seems to be in the process of borrowing Pakistan's and the cheapest option would be to buy nukes directly from Islamabad.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 18d

Great news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.5% in August too! That's three months of solid data showing the pedestrianization pilot is good for business.

Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going into the fall: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...

people sitting and walking on the street

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Margot @mehes.bsky.social · 23d

www.juancole.com/2025/09/assa...
Here’s another thing Israel (or its enablers are doing when I posted this article on FB, it immediately disappeared!!! Tried 2 more times:same result. Deleted history!!!

Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. A day earlier...

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 24d

Nancy Mace pronounces the word 'dignity' as "digny." How undignified.

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Town Crier 🇺🇦 💙 🇵🇸 @nctowncrier.bsky.social · Sep 10

‼️PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED by SEPT 19TH to SAVE MIILLIONS of ACRES from LOGGING‼️GO‼️

The Trump Adm & U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken the next step in repealing rule protecting nearly 60 million acres of national forest land from logging & development
#RoadlessRule
www.kpax.com/news/montana...

Feds take next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests

The ‘Roadless Rule’ has prevented new road construction across 58 million acres of national forest land across the country.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 28d

Windshield bias from a Fox affiliate: "female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle." Implicitly attributing agency to vehicles they would never attribute to firearms.

www.fox5dc.com/news/pedestr...

Pedestrian hit, killed in early-morning Route 50 crash in Anne Arundel

A pedestrian was killed in a tragic early morning crash on Route 50 in Anne Arundel County. Troopers from the Maryland State Police responded to the scene, where a preliminary investigation revealed t...

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 28d

Conservative extremists only getting a catch-as-catch-can purge and not the violent pogrom they wanted.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Workers are getting fired, placed on leave over Charlie Kirk posts

Reactions to the conservative activist’s killing have become a litmus test for employers’ tolerance for political speech by employees, in public and private.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · 29d

This is a good moment to read or reread Amy Knight's brilliant take on one of the most important assassinations of the 20th c.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29d

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired Britain's ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, over links to Jeffrey Epstein

UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U.K’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · Sep 10

Urban protest/riot is the primary revolutionary weapon and regimes have adopted three urbanisms in response:

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Dispersal, isolation and surveillance: Regime survival urbanisms in the 21st century | Request PDF

Request PDF | Dispersal, isolation and surveillance: Regime survival urbanisms in the 21st century | The 21st century is witnessing massive and rapid urbanization, especially across the Global South. ...

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · Sep 10

Nepal has the attention of activists in 2025 as Bangladesh and Uganda did in 2024. Regimes around the planet have been implementing three urbanisms to protect themselves from protest turned riot since the mid-20th c. #Nepal www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Dispersal, isolation and surveillance: Regime survival urbanisms in the 21st century | Request PDF

Request PDF | Dispersal, isolation and surveillance: Regime survival urbanisms in the 21st century | The 21st century is witnessing massive and rapid urbanization, especially across the Global South. ...

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · Sep 9

Democratic Party Establishment once again unable to think beyond the same faces and ideas

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Mamdani takes big lead in NYC mayoral race, new poll shows

Forty-six percent of likely voters said they would vote for the democratic socialist in the race for the city's top seat.

www.politico.com

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Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social · Sep 5

Street design in the French Quarter breaks every rule of transportation engineering. This curb radius is about 6', and the gallery columns are about 6" from the street. It's important to study seemingly impossible things & ask "why does this work?" & "are the rules wrong?"

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Sep 5

US blue-collar job growth has completely stagnated, hitting the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic—manufacturing is currently losing jobs at a rapid pace, and growth in construction/transportation has slowed to a crawl

a graph of year-on-year change in US blue collar employment

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is so perfectly corrupt I’m almost impressed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/n...

Talks Between Adams and Trump Adviser Center on Saudi Ambassadorship

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Bridie Mac @bridiemac.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ah America! The land of the free! 🙄

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 5

Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor.

Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.

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Dr. John Hickman @spacepolitics.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fun to know that a vulgar transhumanism informs the musings of the two biggest dogs of authoritarian Asia. Also unsurprising. #Putin #Xi #globalpolitics

www.cbsnews.com/news/xi-puti...

Putin and China's Xi heard on hot mic discussing life-prolonging organ transplants and immortality

"Predictions are, in this century, it may be... possible to live to 150 years old," China's Xi Jinping mused to Vladimir Putin before a historic military parade in Beijing.

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