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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

@altnasa.bsky.social you might want to take down the links in you bio. Your site is inaccessible.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We will be lucky if all they do is censor us.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

“Not at all” For people out here believing Homan is some sort of savior, and acting like anything anyone in this regime says can be counted on

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back. There’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back. The debate about what Alex Pretti did or didn’t do is irrelevant. The agents committed murder. It wasn’t a “bad shoot”. It was a killing

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Getting election results and humming... “And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may think it's a movement.” We have ourselves a movement. #election

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Happy sock week, #showmeyourknits Maybe I should share a different pic every day. My most recent pair - Jemima Socks by Kay Jones of The Bakery Bears. 🧶 🧦 #socks #knitting

A pair of textured handmade socks in a pastel variegated yarn of pinks, greens, blues and purples with contrast heels in a tons pink yarn. Jemima socks pattern by Kay Jones on Ravelry.

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I stand with Texas Representative Nicole Collier. This 12-year-old kid is spitting knowledge 💥

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Eileen @eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The reality of how bad slavery was is not about “woke” ideation. It’s about finding your humanity and knowing that no one deserves to be owned, sold or enslaved. We should not be talking about slavery in 2025.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

"So, no, the BLS is not incompetent, and it does not have an easy job at all. The reasons for revisions are incredibly boring and technical and have nothing to do with politics or ideology. Or at least they didn’t, until the president fired the BLS commish because he didn’t like the jobs numbers."

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Why Counting Jobs Is Really, Really Hard | National Review

The reasons for revisions in jobs numbers are incredibly boring and technical and have nothing to do with politics or ideology.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Also, #showmeyourknits, I’m making Labubu clothes my GrandBubu. As my grown daughter says, “They’re cheaper than real kids.” Truth. And knitting for them takes less yarn.

Little blue handknit dress for a weird Labubu doll. Don’t tell my daughter I called her “babies” weird.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Happy birthday #showmeyourknits You have brought me much joy and inspiration. Here’s my most recent FO. Mothman socks using motifs from Jamie Lomax’s Cryptid doodles just published on Ravelry. Also I’m kindergeek there and insta if you want to deeper dive some projects.

A darkened image of Mothman wearing socks handknit by kindergeek. Pattern by Pacific Knit Co (Jamie Lomax). Handmade socks in cream wool with black speckles for the leg and foot, dark red tonal wool for the cuffs, heels and toes. Mothman designs knit under the cuff. Folded to fit the stuffie.

A screenshot image of an instagram post of Mothman stuffed toy appearing to look at a pair of human feet in socks handknit by kindergeek. Pattern by Pacific Knit Co (Jamie Lomax). Handmade socks in cream wool with black speckles for the leg and foot, dark red tonal wool for the cuffs, heels and toes. Mothman designs knit under the cuff. Text on the image has Mothman saying “You stole my socks” and “Mothman socks!”

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

So the Kerr County, Texas commissioners refused Federal ARPA funds for emergency warning systems because of “communism” and the result was they killed over 200 people… This is what hate and GOP rhetoric does to your brain. It’s deadly.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Before long it will be a tourist attraction…

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/07/2025

To the “I voted for this” crowd: You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters. That’s what you voted for?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/06/2025

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Ombré gradient golden yellow Andarna cowl (Ravelry by Brittaney B Designs). Gorgeous texture. And Andarna? IYKYK 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits yellow week #knitsky

Hand knitted cowl in a dragon scale pattern featuring an ombré yarn in yellow and gold gradient colors. Twisted rib top and bottom borders.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18/06/2025

A reminder that it was a fight over a big, beautiful flagpole at one of his properties that led to Trump sitting down with Stephen Colbert and admitting he didn't know what the 13 stripes represented.

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Donald Trump 13 Stripes American Flag | Stephen Colbert Trump Flag | Video

In Stephen Colbert's eyes, Donald Trump is a reclusive patriot who has the courage and generosity to erect a huge flagpole on his golf course. But Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Doug Stern claims that the ...

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I Stand With Greta. 🐾💙✊✊🏼✊🏾 #Pinks #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This one’s for you and your henchmen, @jd-vance-1.bsky.social Also nice way to complicate your user name, jd-

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much.
"We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve.
"Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad.
"Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them.
"If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following:
• Plant a tree.
• Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail.
• Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do.
• Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it.
• Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone.
• Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something.
• Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace.
"Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Listening to Karen Bass’s press conference right now and I have one thing to say… youtu.be/KcADqxnQA_4?...

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Randy Newman - I Love L.A. (Official Video) [HD]

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"And now, in the latest of a string of appalling actions, a sitting U.S. senator has been assaulted and detained in the state he honorably serves solely because he tried to do his job as a public servant. The good faith experiment is clearly over." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-good-f...

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The Good Faith Experiment is Over

When is it all enough?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/06/2025

In April, President Trump and Salvadoran President Bukele shook hands in the Oval Office to celebrate a deal to ship gang members to the notorious CECOT prison. But a new ProPublica investigation found there’s more to the story. 🧵👇

Photo of President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office in April 2025. Trump has praised Bukele as “one hell of a president.” Credit: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Getty Images

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work. You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules. Get your lies straight.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Stop sugarcoating the unhinged actions of that immature, mentally unstable, reckless clown in the Oval Office.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits WIP Vanilla Kite Heel Socks by Céline Feyten (Ravelry). First time trying this heel. Very thorough pattern! Sock yarn from stash (no clue) but it’s very splitty. Heel fits really well and was fun to knit. Making them shorty to push me to finish the pair. 🧶🧦🧦 #knitting #knits

Partially completed hand knit sock still on the circular knitting needles (long red cable, silver needles) mad from pale grey yarn with flecks of black and highlighter colors of pink, orange, yellow and green. The sock is laying on a black iron table in front of a pink mesh project bag (bag by DellaQ). Image taken outdoors on a deck in the sunshine.

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#showmeyourknits #purple I am not a purple person but a couple of years ago I knit my then 93 year old mama a very soft keyhole scarf. She still has it and wears it occasionally. 🧶#knitting #knit

Lovely senior lady smiling and wearing a hand knit bright purple keyhole scarf with a shawl collar over a black and white diagonally and randomly striped long sleeved shirt.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Share online and by word of mouth. This is insane

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Trump 2.0: Armed fed'l agents burst in (apparently a no-knock warrant). Since they'd worked the case, they knew who they were looking for. Instead, they found a mom & her 3 girls. Nonetheless, they sent them out into the rain in underwear & then took all their $ as evidence. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Judge Luttig sums up the situation.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/04/2025

Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it. Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids. Don’t let this go!!!

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knittergeek @annepatrick.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits double #WIP In the pink small DellaQ Oh Snap Sack, an ALMOST FINISHED pair of ribbed socks. In the orange large Oh Snap Sack, first sock for a test knit pair. Secret until the designer releases next month. #knitting #socks 🧶 🧦

Unfinished pair of blue-faced Leicester ribbed socks in gold tones bursting out of a pink mesh project bag on a beige striped tweedy couch. The sock on the left is still on the needles (2 pairs of circulars with red cables) and to Ty have a row of colored metal lightbulb markers to aid in row counting. The sock on the right is complete, but is draped over the bag so you can only see the cuff and leg ribbing.

Three skeins of yarn and the inside of a partially knit sock still on the needles inside of a salmon-orange DellaQ Oh Snap sack project bag sitting on a beige striped tweed couch. From left to right, the yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 Ply in black, white and red. The sock is inside out on one long circular needle set showing the floats of a color work pattern of indeterminate design with a black German short row heel.

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