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AnneSones

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Left leaning UK based. Hate the Tories. I'm a retired scientist, love rock music and opera. And my beloved 15 year old cat Sylvie. NO DM's!!

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.
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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
All because they think “equity” just helps people of color. 🙄
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/05/2025
It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.
newrepublic.com
Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters
It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.
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@stefanpaetow.bsky.social @stefanpaetow.eurosky.social · 23/04/2025
There's no point to even shout "liar, liar" anymore. They don't have any pants left to be on fire. They don't have any crotches to be on fire. They are ash and yet they persist in lying to SCOTUS.
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Maybe the conservatives in my replies will believe me now.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Until a couple of months ago, this sign hung in the lobby of the Space Telescope Science Institute: "STScI promotes an inclusive, equitable workplace and cultivates a diverse, engaged workforce." It has now been removed.
Lobby plaque with motto proclaiming the virtues of inclusiveness, equitability, diversity, and engagement.Blank wall after plaque has been removed, presumably reflecting an underlying change in values.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump Posts Dark 5-Word Message From His Motorcade twp.ai/4imMox
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Trump Posts Dark 5-Word Message From His Motorcade
On a day where global markets were plunging, the president somehow thought a cryptic five-word all caps post on his Truth Social platform would ease minds.
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LIBERALGIGIAF🐝🐝🫘🫘🐧🐧 @liberalgigi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@fz57.bsky.social @indpndntthnkn.bsky.social @chaosluver.bsky.social @jprampal.bsky.social @wardomon.bsky.social @j4yd13n.bsky.social @linda-d.bsky.social @annesones.bsky.social @rockinrobin3.bsky.social @dagrayson.bsky.social @m0ving-forward.bsky.social @gwnpdx.bsky.social NO ADD ONS
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a man in a tie is screaming in a kitchen and saying it 's taco tuesday
Alt: a man in a tie is screaming in a kitchen and saying it 's taco tuesday
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Survival mode💙 @equestrian34.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Select committee on Intelligence #singalgate m.youtube.com/watch?v=HZKn...
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LIVE: Trump Admin's Top Intelligence Officials Face Senate's Fury After War Plans Leak | N18G
YouTube video by CNN-News18
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
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Beaver Bones Robertson @darickr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The same people that couldn't let Benghazi go and screamed until their throat bled about Hillary's security 'issues', now say "No, an unsecured server with a journalist on the thread isn't an embarrassment." See, if a white GOP guy who looks good on TV and Trump appointed him, it's fine.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
“It’s so unbelievable,” a former White House official, granted anonymity to discuss The Atlantic’s report candidly, said Monday. “These guys all have traveling security details to set up secure comms for them, wherever they are.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
politico.com
'It's so unbelievable': Cyber world stunned over war planners using Signal
Regardless of app security, experts say communicating the military plans of the U.S. government in a non-classified space creates a massive security vulnerability.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2025
BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?! RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that BENNET: It's am embarrassment
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Rogue Citizen One @roguecitizenone.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Trump and Musk are ransacking and looting your Social Security piggy bank to fund massive tax breaks. $2.7 trillion isn’t a trust fund to feed greedy billionaires—it’s YOUR retirement. Wake up before they rob us blind.
Cartoon By: Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

A gluttonous diner is being shown a dessert menu of Social Security and Medicare.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Boebert: I would caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from making jokes about the Gulf of America because next up may be the District of America that we are working on
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Heathrow: Looks like Penelope Keith & her terrorist group are back in business…😲
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19/03/2025
NEW: NJ federal judge Michael Farbiarz, a Biden appointee, is assigned to the Mahmoud Khalil case and immediately orders that Khalil "shall not be removed from the United States, unless and until the Court issues a contrary Order." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This case had been pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. There, on March 10, the Court ordered that the Petitioner may not be removed from the United States, pending a ruling on the Petition. See ECF 9.
Today, the case was transferred to this Court. See ECE 79.
The Court orders: the Petitioner shall not be removed from the United States, unless and until the Court issues a contrary Order.
The purpose of this Order is to preserve the Court's jurisdiction, so that the Petition can be reviewed and ruled on.
The authority for this is the All Writs Act, at Title 28, United States Code, Section 1651, as it has been interpreted by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
See, e.g., Dabone v.
Karn, 763 E.2d 593, 597 n.2 (3d Cir. 1985) (citing FTC v. Dean
Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 603 (1966)) .
II IS on this 19th day of March, 2025, so ORDERED.
Michael E. Farbiarz, U.S.D.J.
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🌲🌀🐾Colorado Citizen♻️🐾🌲🌲 @coloradocitizen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Ross Gerber, a major Tesla investor called on Elon Musk to step down as head of the company as a nationwide boycott causes stock prices to plunge: "Musk has destroyed the electric vehicle maker’s reputation from his work with the Trump administration." I love Nazi karma! 💙 #ProudBlue #Swasticars
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Schumer needs to quit. He’s useless. Completely clueless.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Destruction of property and violence is not the answer, but Elon acting like he doesn’t know why people are angry is absurd.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📌I live in Wisconsin, and the grotesque Elon Musk needs to stay the fuck out of our state and OUR Supreme Court election.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/03/2025
Russia agrees to stop targeting energy infrastructure then immediately bombs energy infrastructure. Trump is putins bitch
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The president of El Salvador doesn’t want our judiciary cutting off his newfound supply of slaves.
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The U.S. is facing a judicial coup.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Scott Jennings blows up at Neera Tanden Tanden: So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”
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Tesla Is Dying, And Polestar Wants To Kill It
The industry is exorcising Musk.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Trump is sending people to DYSTOPIAN HELLISH EL SALVADORAN PRISONS reminiscent of Nazi concentration camps! Will you be next? You sure AF could be... because Trump is not giving people due process & invoking the Alien Enemies Act that's only intended for war! Speak out! www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
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Tensions mount as judge demands more answers about deportation flights
Trump administration lawyers defended the weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite a federal judge's order to turn the planes around.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/03/2025
This shit makes me want to slam my head into a wall, so excuse my language. How many times have MAGA folks said “do your research”? Meanwhile, these dumb-fuck Trump voters didn’t Google shit or even listen to his own words. Now democracy is on the line because of their willful ignorance.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I don't know if you saw Chuck Schumer with Chris Hayes tonight...but....I have to believe they could have found someone more interesting to fill that spot with than Chuck. I don't want to hear a Goddamn thing from Chuck Schumer.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event. Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
You won't catch me calling him any title but convicted felon, and you won't catch me calling it any name other than Gulf of Mexico.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/03/2025
This is a disgrace!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/03/2025
I had to compose myself before posting—because this breaks a part of my soul. If you’re a contractor with a segregation policy, say it loud—so non-white dollars don’t fund your business. It won’t go how you think. And if anyone uncovers businesses doing this, put them on blast. #NAACP #BlackSky
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Who thinks that we need to see more fight and more passion from Democratic leadership? Do you think we're already in a Constitutional crisis? I do.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 19/03/2025
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Colin Robinson @fermiparasocks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Found a tattooed individual that I’m cool with not getting due process
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Russia ended the ceasefire in Ukraine it negotiated with Trump minutes after agreeing to it. Trump is a failure and clown. Putin has now attacked a hospital in Sumy, and the cities of Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Cherkasy regions.
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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A girl can dream. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Nile (like the river) @nilejoan.com · 19/03/2025
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?
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