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Common Raven

@100grasses.bsky.social
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anonymous civil servant resisting hostile takeover. please free my kin being held captive by your health secretary.

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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 1h
Well, here we are, just like corporations, "Machines are people." And just like corporations, they'll have rights but no accountability.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 1h
Yes, Trumplicans, bring out Ms. Hutchinson. The whole county will once again be treated to her integrity and experience and judge YOU for what you are: a coven of criminals.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
wired.com
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h
When we know our rights, we can defend them. Get ready for the upcoming elections with us — RSVP NOW. www.mobilize.us/noki...
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 1h
@alexwagner4129.bsky.social and @katiephang.bsky.social bring the right kind of heat to the climate case coming soon to a Supreme Court near you www.youtube.com/watch?v=6usH...
youtube.com
Alito Defends Trump in "Ass-Kissing" Interview About Major SCOTUS Decision
YouTube video by Runaway Country with Alex Wagner
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lighten up friends! We've got billionaires to defund! Who cares what the model is?
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Damn. Until now, Trump had such an amazing streak of consistency
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Holy Absence of Self Awareness, Batman!
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Haha. Good luck deprogramming people's ideal of capitalism. At this moment, I think it's most useful to point out grotesque forms of manipulation and hoarding.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This isn't capitalism. It's piracy.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oath is awesome. I will never return to the other one.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At @atrupar.com's Public Notice by @paulwaldman.bsky.social: 🧾 “Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire: Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar...& are given the keys to the DoD. t2m.co/0w8GU7B 🤔 Why does the table of dangerous clowns of Project Meridian remind me of this?
Dr. Strangelove’s incredible War Room, one of cinema’s greatest film sets, was the brilliant work of production designer Ken Adams.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/10/2026
The next No Kings Day is almost here. Let’s make it clear that We The People won’t let the fascists sabotage the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” How about we let them happen to you, exclusively, first, and then we’ll decide if we’re game? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
It’s batshit to me that the far left think they can win national, statewide, or even local races across this country w/out building a coalition that includes moderates. I’m a progressive. But I know calling moderates names doesn’t win them over, it just shrinks your coalition.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something I’ve heard about during my trip to the Gulf? War profiteering. Often by U.S. companies. Let me tell you what I learned. And why a Democratic Congress should do something about it
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
bravelittlevoices.substack.com
Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Trump and Republicans strip health coverage from millions (for tax cuts for the rich), Dems plan to expand Medicare. #MedicareForAllNOW www.newsweek.com/medicare-upd...
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Distressing signs of an alien parasite degrading its human host.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Or, could we say "political obituary"?
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wow. That photo gives me strong "nobody's home" vibes.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gift link to Lina Khan’s op ed on regulating AI. While existing law can provide some accountability, it is absurd to think private companies can police themselves. Give Congress funds to hire real experts and legislate, just as we do with other dangerous products. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong? (Gift Article)
Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.
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Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · 29/09/2026
These are not products of an effective design process. Instead of starting with a purpose and finding the best way to satisfy it they are starting with a behemoth existing material and desperately trying to find ways to make it useful. This is anti-design.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Smart women make me smarter. @katiephang.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgu...
youtube.com
Trump PANICS As GOP Rep FAILS TO SHOW UP And VIRGINIA Wants HIM GONE!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also, is there the typical AI industry disclaimer: Made by AI CEOs and may contain errors
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I want to know which AI did the writing and was another tasked with proofreading.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
newrepublic.com
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Whenever they say "super intelligence" I hear "stupor intelligence"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A federal judge just blocked FEMA from withholding anti-terrorism funds from local governments that don't change how they run elections. It's the latest blow to Trump's attempts to rewrite election rules.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mitchell McConnell is paving the way for the immortality cult.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why do they have to act like such stereotypes of corrupt lying politicians?
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@billmckibben.bsky.social and I have a double feature for ya today on the *What If We Get It Right?* podcast, recorded live during NYC Climate Week with Patagonia’s head of impact and the CEO of Protect Our Winters: The Fight for Public Lands. Wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
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WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?
Listen to WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? wherever you get your podcasts!
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"concerns"
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need the equivalent of gym programs for kindness.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes! Also, Rebecca Solnit's The Beginning Comes after the End
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
P.S. This is not to greenwash billionaires. Sweeny's story is very much an outlier.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wendell Berry's twenty-five year old essay Life is a Miracle would be a good conversation starter across many perspectives. Among other things, calls out the hubris of technical industrial scientism. Also, Robert McFarlane's Is a River Alive?
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/09/2026
This should be both a brutal and honest account and an uplifting story about the heroic folks standing tall in the face of injustice.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is true, and I know for a fact that in the case of one 7000 acre tract in Virginia, Sweeny donated it to the state dept of conservation. Now protected "in perpetuity."
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Could they have made any worse technological choice?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
The U.S. strike on the Iranian elementary school was the deadliest American military targeting error of the 21st century in terms of child casualties.   Horrific.   This war needs to end – now.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pirates.
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Common Raven @100grasses.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can see who wears the pants*higher* in that family
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Coyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coyote Yipps is 𝒕𝒉𝒆 most charmingly informative and visually appealing coyote website on the internet. See the collage preview? Click the link for full-size photos with captions. #Coyotes are incredibly playful creatures. Credit: Janet Kessler. 💚 coyoteyipps.com/2020/11/28/c...
A collage of fifteen photos showcasing a playful coyote leaping, somersaulting, and whirling around like a mad dog. 

The author and photographer, Janet Kessler, lives in California. She observes wildlife from a safe and unobtrusive distance.
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