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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 02/07/2025

We are a long ways from the ethos of one of my first city editors, who used to say the daily mission should be guided by the question "What are the bastards trying to get away with today?" It defined for me a certain posture journalism ought to take toward power on behalf of citizens.

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 23/06/2025

ICYMI, Trump's Bureau of Land Management is delaying solar farms, leaving projects in a "state of quiet stasis" baffling to both solar developers and opponents. @jael.bsky.social has the full story, feat. @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social of @biologicaldiversity.org.

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The Trump Solar Farm Slowdown

Permitting delays and missed deadlines are bedeviling solar developers and activist groups alike. What’s going on?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

So, they’re just still down there in El Salvador aren’t they

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 23/06/2025

In the few days leading up to NYC’s pivotal mayoral race, hundreds of canvassers gathered for a final push to get voters to rank Zohran Mamdani as their number one choice for mayor. From: @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:

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Hundreds of Canvassers Make Final Pitch for Mamdani

Though the campaign has already hit its goal of knocking on one million doors, 700 people met up across New York last Wednesday to keep contacting voters.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

no accidents

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker. My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...

The Onion NYT ad. The headline of the editorial says “CONGRESS, NOW MORE THAN EVER OUR NATION NEEDS YOUR COWARDICE”

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

If you rank Zohran 1st you’re voting to make every New York Times Opinion writer insane for several years.

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Ken Miller @kenmiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The great land selloff in the reconciliation bill -- they are selling off huge chunks of the west and Alaska, what is now Forest service and BLM land.

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated". #climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

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Randy Flaglover @dawntheysleep.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No Kings, no ICE Secret police aren't very nice Due process, declaration Down with MAGA Save our nation! Feel free to steal folks!

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

hey! this story was the result of months of hard reporting and sourcing. would really appreciate it if you gave it a share. :) ty have a nice day

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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

When they ask where it went wrong after the proliferation of the Internet, this will be the answer

"What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?" Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. "It looks like an additional monthly user."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12/06/2025

Judge: But that's not where we live (in a monarchy). We live in *response* to a monarchy.

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Leslie of Vengerberg @betweentheworlds.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Not a lawyer but this is breathtaking. Read it.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 05/06/2025

While President Trump spends millions of taxpayer dollars to throw himself a birthday party, we’re taking to the streets. Fight the administration’s abuses of power with us on June 14. Find a rally near you. www.nokings.org#map/?utm_sou...

Black graphic with yellow and white text reading in all-caps "Protest President Trump's abuse of power. Join us on June 14. RSVP Now." Two photos are shown of crowds at protests.

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Da Real Juicy J (10/13 🥳) @realjuicyjay.blacksky.app · 29/05/2025

Greed can be very costly. Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing

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⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️ @tommothecabbit.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Adobe can go to hell Anyway, here's some alternatives

A list of alternative programs that's not made by Adobe

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Leslie of Vengerberg @betweentheworlds.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Every time I think Elon couldn’t get more scummy, I read something else that lowers that bar even more. www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-o...

Describes the “algorithmically generated mileage” that Tesla uses. One example: a driver with a daily 20 mile commute logs their mileage as 72 miles/day based on energy consumption and driving patterns rather than physics rotations.

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Starting Wednesday 200 weather and climate experts will conduct a 100 hour marathon on Weather and Climate wclivestream.com Youtube page will be www.youtube.com/@wclivestream I plan to talk on Breathing of the Biosphere, next Saturday at 3 pm Pacific time.

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The Weather & Climate Livestream

Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.

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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

“Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out this week for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken.” www.science.org/content/arti...

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Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

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Lux in the Bronx @rlux.nyc · 24/05/2025

Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"The Trump Administration will root out the evils of anti-Americanism". "It is a privilege to employ aliens on campus ... You have lost this privilege". "Let this serve as a warning to all universities". The language here is as chilling as the actions being taken.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

When you’re the first Muslim elected official to run for mayor, people say some pretty wild things.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2025

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

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Leslie of Vengerberg @betweentheworlds.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Frost said it’s all too much, too bright, and to awake… naptime.

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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 02/05/2025

Heads up! If you’re near Richmond Park, the entire Isabella Plantation is now in bloom. It’s the best time of year to visit! (And it’s free.) 🌱

A path surrounded by blooming azaleas of various warm colours.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Force of nature 🐺

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 29/04/2025

This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/04/2025

The moment Mohsen Mahdawi was released from ICE custody in Vermont.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 19/04/2025

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

TLDR: the administration wants to remove habitat loss from the definition of "harm" for endangered species, which will effectively gut the ESA. I just commented. If you're in any way interested in ecology, nature, and the protection of endangered species, you should, too. Free daily action!

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