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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For all the "parents" out there. ❤️🥹 this 🧵

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As a lover of books, this makes me very happy.

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Sam Won 원영삼 @samobiwon77.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

At Pentecost (Acts 2), the outpouring of the Spirit included the ability to speak the many languages of the nations. The reversal of Babel is not uniformity in one language but the common understanding of many nations and languages. Unity in diversity. 🔥 2/2🧵 #Pentecost

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

it's just wild to think of how "if you don't know the answer to something, look it up" is just not a thing you can say anymore look it up WHERE Wikipedia is all we have left

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#BelieveTheWomen This is just one example of why women don't come forward after sexual assault. This is why an exception to abortion in the case of rape is meaningless. The brave who see it through find the system lets the man go with little consequence, while her life is (re)traumatized.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

In an age when real journalism is being kicked to the curb by big media, there are still independent journalists with the integrity we need, that speak truth. This thread is about real journalism. #BelieveTheWomen

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This whole thread is 🔥, especially for a non-Catholic. Do take a look (and be sure to follow the links all the way through).

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 06/04/2026

Good morning, beloved. Justice is what love looks like in practice. And love seeks restoration, not retribution. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is highly entertaining and informative - worth a read.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Definition of AI: always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth It was written by Paul the Apostle (2 Timothy 3:7) about false teachers. Do with it what you will.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Hopefully we won't all have to learn from Minneapolis. 👏❤️ Bravo.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A must watch. A powerful video from Norway displays gender based inequality. The look of dismay & confusion on the girls' faces upon receiving less for the same task was a little painful. They agreed it was unfair. "Girls are not less than boys." Credit: Finansforbundet, Boss Women Magic #Pinks

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Aha! Something I understood, but couldn't articulate. Worship != Christianity

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s call-up of the National Guard for a deployment in Portland, saying his actions were based on false claims and undermined Oregon’s sovereignty.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of Oregon National Guard for Portland Deployment

Read more here.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This thread. This is not ok. We are not ok.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Ghislaine Maxwell was instrumental in the sexual grooming and trafficking of children. So says multiple VICTIMS. Believe the victims not the perpetrators.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Ummm. Yeah, you just don't accidentally make that mistake. White blue and red?

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

What do you notice? What all do you see? Some folks are born made to wave the flag Hoo, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me... - CCR "Fortunate Son"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It isn't that America lacks courage. It's that we’ve become so cut off from one another that many of us feel alone, which makes us feel afraid. But when we are surrounded by courageous people, all of us become more courageous. Courage is contagious.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

We had this book! It made it through my 4 older siblings. By the time I came along the bow was tattered, and the bell was misshapen and no longer rang, but I read it over and over.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Just updated this timeline to fix a typo and address an error in the last box where I'd gotten the manner of arrest wrong. I present the full version Mr. Abrego's time in the United States, using court documents to explain the allegations of gang membership and what actually happened in his case.

Full copy of Abrego timeline. Excerpted below in alt text:

TIMELINE
ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION.

March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense.

April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.

Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason.

August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This is just the content we need right now.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@kim.senate.gov thank you for joining Senator Booker in protesting on the Senate floor!

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This thread on what it takes to get called an enemy of the state. 👀

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This thread makes my heart sing! Read. Read. Read. And the people are...

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Gahlahad @gahlahad.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I cannot explain the giddy joy it fills my heart with that they actually gave her a place a medal. Like that’s just so pure and innocent and wonderful. I wouldn’t even be mad if I lost a place to her 😭😂

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Da Real Juicy J (10/13 🥳) @realjuicyjay.blacksky.app · 19/03/2025

Hating on ppl is so weird to me. Like, why are you mad bc someone else is winning, fine, accomplished, in love? Seeing ppl win, esp black ppl, makes me so happy. I be so hype! I love reminding ppl that they are beautiful, inspiring, or brilliant. If someone winning upsets you, look within. Pls!

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a man in a tuxedo is applauding in front of a crowd

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is applauding in front of a crowd

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I definitely need to go to Durham someday!

Hundreds of pies on blankets on the lawn in Durham Central Park for pi day (3.14).

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov I am angry that you voted to censure Rep Al Green. I voted for you to represent the people. Congress has sat back and abdicated its responsibility to govern while our government has been hijacked. The very least you all can do is resist in every possible way. I expect it.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Yes! Thank you. My family makes fun of me but I will say it to my dying day, mint and chocolate do NOT go together.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I am deeply troubled by the way this "administration" has treated Ukraine. Please know this does not represent the will of the majority of the American people. 💔

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

@indivisible.org when do we start to withhold paying taxes as a form of protest?

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Reluctant Theologian @reluctantheologian.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A call to conscience + action.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Today is national pie day. Share a slice with a friend! 🥧

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

It is *somewhat* [understatement] audacious to believe that I can or need to defend God.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This thread. I am slowly relearning several bits of the theology I was taught from birth. This is one of those things. Finally, a lot of other things make sense about the character of God (If God is love, why [fill in the blank with your favorite incongruity]?).

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

19 people and 10 pies already and we are just getting started. The fun has begun!

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Carlos A. Rodríguez @carloshappynpo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Jesus fed the hungry and confronted the wealthy. Jesus healed the oppressed and challenged their oppressors. Jesus welcomed the outcasts and called out the religious leaders who excluded them. Jesus is still the liberator of the broken, not the mascot of the powerful.

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Abby McD Schwartz @applepiepdx.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I tried this awhile back but my follows were still mainly on the bird app. Happy to see them congregating here. Loving the vibe here. Happy to stay.

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