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Phil Jackson

@amysterousstranger.bsky.social
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Retired English teacher. Writer. Socialist. Believer in justice--Tax the rich, feed the poor. Lover of reading, literary and genre; and music, mostly jazz. Books! Rationalist and Romantic. Atheist.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 3h
“Pro-life” apparently comes with an execution clause.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3h
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 58m
The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 1h
Love to catch a Guards win from the best seats in the house! #GuardsBall  #StandGuard
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h
Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.
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Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history
The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most
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Helena @book960.bsky.social · 7h
Always wondered why he grew a beared
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 5h
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 7h
How many Urdu speakers follow me? Dr. Imran Ahmad, a Florida professor, on why he is voting for Angie Nixon for US Senate. Share this with your South Asian and Pakistani friends in Florida! Let's elect @angieforfl.bsky.social
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 8h
Canada could save millions by developing its own operating system instead of relying on Microsoft Windows. #cdnpoli theconversation.com/canada-could...
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Canada could save millions by developing its own operating system instead of relying on Microsoft Windows
A national, open-source operating system could help reduce Canada’s dependence on the U.S. while improving security and saving a surprising amount of money.
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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Credit where it's due, I cannot think of another Irish writer who has shown this level of integrity on any moral issue before www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Sally Rooney books: Faber to end supply in the UK
Faber has confirmed it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK, but says copies already held by retailers will not be removed from sale.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6h
Day 319 of posting this until there is justice for brothers Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi who were murdered by the IDF + 20,000 children who were bombed to death by Israel ‼️
Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi
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404 Media @404media.co · 10h
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"
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Data Centers Are War Targets Now
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 5h
Great to be with @shontelbrown.bsky.social for our Pledge to Vote event. Thank you to everyone in attendance – especially the local leaders and Divine Nine members – you always show up to fight for Cleveland, and I'm proud to fight alongside you.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6h
Israeli settler terrorists attacked the village of Burqa in the West Bank, throwing stones at civilians and brutally beating American citizen Haytham Tayseer. He suffered head injuries and was nearly killed in the attack. (Ihab Hassan)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then Trump shut down an elite FBI anti-corruption unit. So we took it upon ourselves to investigate.
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Podcast: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h
This mother, Patricia, was pulled over and detained by masked ICE goons after dropping off her children at school in Austin, Texas this morning. She tried to explain to goons that she had another child at home alone. They pulled her into the the vehicle and and drove off.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 8h
Spanish-born actor Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro, Evita, Puss in Boots) is a self-described agnostic. More #HispanicHeritageMonth freethinkers ➡️ ffrf.us/473HBtY
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10h
The United States of Israel looks good today
In what universe is this normal?
7 Israeli flags/logos
1 United States flag
Texas
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
The @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago. Here’s how we did it. (Published August)
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The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.
The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil throughout — including in yards that the EPA remediate...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Here's why it's important to be Anti-Zionist Zionism is Fascism.
Slow Factory   
Main Title: Zionism is /

Row 1
Genocide
Starvation as a Weapon
3 million displaced since 1948
Ethnic cleansing
State sanctioned terrorism

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Ecocide
Supremacy
Rupture of International Law
Domicide
Scholasticide

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Settler colonialism
40,000+ murdered since Oct 7
Crimes Against Humanity
9,000 Palestinian hostages held w/ no charge
Illegal Land annexation

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Battle-testing murder tech on sieged & concentrated population
Fascism
Torture & Abuse of Palestinian Hostages
Segregation
300 Palestinian children in cages/year

Footer: Systemic change for collective liberation
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h
NEW: Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without going through the state Legislature. with @texastribune.org
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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h
NEW: For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled a gerrymandering attempt by the GOP, some Republican lawmakers are calling for the system to be overturned.
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Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled the GOP’s redistricting push, some Republican lawmakers are calling ...
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 10h
🤔 It always pays to be wary of those who proclaim their faith loudly... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for child sexual offences
Donaldson was found guilty in June of 18 counts of sexual abuse including one rape between 1985 and 2008
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 12h
PLEASE REPOST FAR AND WIDE SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE TRUMP STANDS
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
Newborn baby Malachi, whose parents belong to a faith-healing sect that doesn’t believe in medical care, died of preventable and treatable conditions. Thirteen months later, their next newborn, Liam, died from the same things.
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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 19h
What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/10/2026
Ahead of the 2024 election, @andykroll.bsky.social got his hands on some secret tapes of Trump's budget director, Russell Vought. One thing Vought said hit Kroll like a ton of bricks: that he wanted to put government workers “in trauma.” Listen to this episode: propub.li/4yO4q11
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.” —Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 21h
Cockroach Party leaders jailed. “...a court has ordered two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party jailed for 5 days. ....Delhi police detained at least 30 journalists over the weekend while they covered the [voter purge] protests.” www.democracynow.org/2026/10/14/h...
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Indian Court Orders Two Leaders of Youth-Led Cockroach Janta Party Jailed for Five Days
In India, a court has ordered two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party jailed for five days. Opposition parties and student groups have been protesting nearly every day to call for the resig...
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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 19h
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 15h
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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 17h
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with the A&M consulting company are another example of firms close to the Trump administration landing lucrative deals.
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 21h
I’m not sure you understand what “science,” “truth,” or even “understand” mean. But confidently misusing all three in one sentence is impressive.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The protests are rapidly intensifying. 🔥
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Big turnout at the University of Central Florida for Angie Nixon! She and I did a town hall on how to take on concentrated corporate power and lower the cost of living for young people.
Big crowd of people sitting for the Angie Nixon and Chris Murphy town hallAngie Nixon and Chris Murphy sitting in front of town hall crowd Chris Murphy and Angie Nixon standing with tree in background
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 14/10/2026
Apparently, in Mark Meckler’s version of “sane times,” Christians get religious liberty and everyone else gets tarred and feathered.
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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
I’m currently on a 2,500mi road trip in an EV and as I recharge, I spend $5-$20 on water and snacks at every stop. I wonder what the local economic impact is for EV chargers and why every gas station and convenience store in America doesn’t already have chargers to capture those snacking drivers.
Yes I hate that Tesla chargers are the most numerous and fastest charging, Tesla needs more competition.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 14/10/2026
We need criminal justice advice from people who believe humanity deserves punishment because someone ate fruit, an innocent man had to die for everyone’s sins, and eternal torture is a just punishment for disbelief? Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? christianpost.com/voices/why-c...
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Why criminal justice reform needs Christians’ voice
Nobody should be defined by their worst decision forever As Christians, we are all beneficiaries of a second chance, so we should champion a justice system that holds people accountable and offers
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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 14/10/2026
And when people put God above human rights, equality, science, and the Constitution, everything else suffers. We’ve seen what happens when religion takes priority over people. That’s why secular government matters.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 14/10/2026
An early champion of gay rights and liberal causes, Linda Ronstadt has affirmed her atheism in many interviews, including after a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease that has taken away her singing voice. More #HispanicHeritageMonth freethinkers ➡️ ffrf.us/473HBtY
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just a matter of fact
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"America's prime minister" Read @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social's deep-dive profile of Stephen Miller, the "world’s most powerful unelected bureaucrat is leading Trump’s wars on immigrants, civilians, the law, and human decency." zeteo.com/p/stephen-mi...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Paying people for their votes is illegal. This bobble head should know that.
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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So I just saw this posted by some random engagement farming account and want to use it as an example of a certain kind of post because they piss me off. This image is just a lie. These are not Hot Wheels. You can tell since they have no branding on the bottom.
image showing the underside of 3 die cast cars labeled '1997' '2012' and '2016', with less detail under each of them each time. It has the text 'Hot Wheels losing details over the years'.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Sally Rooney: To publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action
Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We must crush Elon Musk and the oligarchs. It's either us or them. They are playing for all the marbles.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I was in the West Bank yesterday, and it's hard to forget or even explain what I saw. The misery, the fact that they have nothing at all, seeing the settlers abuse them like they're not humans. We have to smuggle in food and water ! Tears streamed down my face. I cried & I cry. It broke my heart.
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