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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19h

A nice added bonus from decorating your porch for Halloween is the little shot of autumn dopamine you get every time DoorDash sends you a picture of your delivery

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18h

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads:
“Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years.
The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.”
Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 23h

If you don’t want to read Edgar Allan Poe together by candlelight whilst sharing dark chocolate cheesecake and a vintage bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon in an abandoned cottage in the Scottish Highlands during a raging storm, then please don’t tell me you’re “open to trying new things.”

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 20h

Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 4d

#poetry #mpprompt

faded memories
along the rocky coast
playing in tide pools
anemones waving
hermit crab walking
sea star bright & slow
gulls crying above
waves crashing against long stone benches reaching from the cliffs
where footprints worn by ancient ancestors
greeted my toes like old friends

photo of the big flat stone "benches" along the west coast, worn with millions of feet and waves, pocked with tide pools. The ocean and coast cliffs are in the background.

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 1d

not the fisheries content I was expecting today but this is our life now 🤦‍♀️

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 4d

Please save this, read it, feel it.

Shame on all those who do not see our children!!

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 1d

"her memory is a cloud she can't hold..."

Lots of feels with this poem for my mum. Sent with love for anyone with a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's/dementia. It's a journey.

(And thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and Rick Barot for sharing this one. It means a lot.)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 2d

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 3d

🌕
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity
#fullmoon
#harvestmoon
#huntersmoon

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 3d

If we can’t watch Hocus Pocus together whilst carving jack-o’-lanterns and having hot apple cider by candlelight during a full moon on a cool October night with the sound of wolves in the distance, then what's the point?

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the repost, @malformed-poetry.bsky.social 🙏

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

my cousin had the family over tonight for a party whose theme was “everyone make a cake and then we will sit around in the backyard and try all the cakes” and honestly like, we should do this once a month

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 4d

everything is falling
leaves, water, the nation
why are the crows so silent?

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 5d

I dreamed
a white horse
in a field

at the golden hour,
fenced in

by the highway -

I walked
the shoulder,
alone

when the
grey fox snarled -

in hindsight,
a wolf.

It did not
consume me.

#poetry

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 4d

#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity
#mpprompt
#Goodbye
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4d

If they'll do this to one of the most recognizable human rights advocates on the planet, imagine what they do to the nameless Palestinians they hold in their torture camps

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!

Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 4d

300 ICE agents, plus swat gear, Blackhawk helipcopters...how much do you suppose those two trumped-up arrests cost apiece?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

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