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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Polish PM gets Trump exactly right.

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The threat of NATO's break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orbán - it all looks like Putin's dream plan.
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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

How many will agree that at some point during the birthright hearing Trump will break order. Either to interrupt and spout aggressive nonsense. Or if the decision doesn't go his way, harass the justices verbally?

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm betting this is the incident that finally triggers Vance (or others) to invoke the 25th Amendment. www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...

Donald Trump's Truth Social post that reads "Iran's New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blastingIran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!
President DJT

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 31/03/2026

I’m just tired of films that want to make some grand statement about “America” but don’t actually contend with the unique experiences of a good portion of the country’s population. Almost all of these films are specifically made by white male filmmakers.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Attn: Pete Hegseth

Screenshot of a tweet by Christopher Hale quoting a religious message attributed to Pope Leo XIV about rejecting war and condemning violence. The image shows a pope in ceremonial robes reading from a paper at a microphone.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Sources say Pete Hegseth is going to tear down the Pentagon and replace it with a Crossagon, since the five-sided military headquarters looks and sounds too “satanic.”

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Bill Maher warns of a "slow-moving coup — masked police, troops in DC, federalized forces setting up a permanent security state so even if Dems win, Trump won’t give up power. "The next coup will go a lot smoother than the last one."

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

In the 90s, I tried making sense of my troubled life by spending my nights in a coffee shop, studying philosophy and writing in a journal. 30 years later, I’m now trying to make sense of our absurd world in our lenai, studying existential philosophy and writing in a journal.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I knew some of the details about France’s colonialism of Africa. But I had no idea of the scale, depth and how recent the horrors have been. www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/26/t...

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The Rise of Trump, the Fall of Imperial America

Some 2,000 years ago, an itinerant preacher, Saul of Tarsus, was writing to a wayward congregation in Corinth, Greece. Curiously enough, his words still

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Heck, imagine praying to a god that said “Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’”

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

And when they’re done with that, they’re going to investigate Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Well now Time magazine did too. (Many times.)

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

They own enough super yachts, islands, and politicians. TAX THE FUCKING BILLIONAIRES.

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Coyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Added a quote to my profile: "Ecology without class struggle is just gardening." —Chico Mendes #Conservation can't take place without human rights advocacy. They're intertwined. As before: "We are nature defending itself." Original context in the screenshot below. #climatecrisis #environmentalism

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“Ecology without class struggle is just gardening” is a quote by Brazilian activist Chico Mendes. The quote is often used to emphasize the need for intersectionality in climate activism. It conveys the idea that the social and environmental aspects of life cannot be separated, and that they should be addressed with common solutions.

Mendes' quote is a critique of the Western environmentalism model, which views nature conservation and human activity as mutually exclusive. This model is often embodied in the "fortress conservation" model, which has been shown to enable human rights abuses.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I 200% agree. And I’d be willing to disassemble/fold boxes to leave at my door or street for drivers to pick up when delivering. Because if the box is still good, they could reuse it rather than “recycling” them. That could even save them money.

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Boss Wrangler @bosswrangler.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Amazon should be required to have a recycling program for their boxes - seeing all those boxes in trash cans is gross. Bezos leaves a trail of detritus everywhere he goes. Simple: once a week Amazon sends a truck to a central neighborhood location to collect boxes & reuse.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Well, when you put it that way, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

From Joyce Carol Oates on the dead bird app

"very bad of people to be hinting at sympathy for the CEO silencer-assassin. it is absolutely not the American way to execute by extrajudicial means unless one is a police officer with guaranteed immunity or a vigilante rightwing hero like, for instance, the murderer of Trayvon Martin."

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Anytime I get into a discussion with a Trumper, and I bring up a horrible thing he said or did, they always answer “fake news.” So I say, “So what you’re saying is if he did do/say that AND there was irrefutable proof, you would THEN say he shouldn’t be president?” The answer is always… 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

And every person that dies from a diet full of highly processed foods, workplace accidents, lead in the water supply, air pollution and drug and alcohol abuse caused by alienation and the hopelessness of living in such an economically and socially unjust society, etc.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Reid: What does that say about his leadership? Setmayer: The guy bankrupted casinos. He has terrible judgment

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

His brain is an impediment to his ability to govern.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Graphic novel maniacs: First pic is what I read this fall. Currently reading books 1 and 2 of Monstress. Pic 3 is what’s on deck. Fable books in the mail. Any must-haves I should add? Preferably omnibusses. And I’ve read Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Y the Last Man, Ex Machina and Dark Night Returns.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Mäilliw: A set of four book cases that covers the full height of every wall in a room, in which you can store thousands of books…that you will never read.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I hear American farmers are going to need fruit and vegetable pickers soon.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.

Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Mister Bluesky Please tell us why You had to hide away for so long Where did we go wrong? Hey there Mister Bluesky We're so pleased to be with you Look around see what you do Everybody smiles at you #bluesky

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I was thinking the same thing. It’s like sexual offense has become a key pillar of the Republican platform.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Prediction. Time’s “Person of the Year"…Bluesky CEO Jay Graber.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We should come up with a new term for right-wing, nationalistic, MAGA “Christians.” Because they’re definitely not following Christ’s words or example. Any ideas? Antichristians? Mammonites? Selfians?

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Thanks for the post. It reminded me how much alt tagging was encouraged on Mastadon. Hope the same will happen here.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

To be fair, they removed the books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, because they’re just too “woke.”

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/11/2024

Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

Great article by David Bentley Hart, which includes his belief (and now mine too) that an accurate translation of the Lord’s Prayer shows that it is really a prayer for the poor. jacobin.com/2024/03/chri...

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Christianity Was Always for the Poor

From the Sermon on the Mount through the Apostolic Age, the first Christians preached against wealth.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

“When children are present in a place that is bombed, they die more frequently than adults.… The smaller the child, the greater their risk. When you bomb a place with children in it, your primary intention is to kill all the children first.” Sabreen Akhter

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When children are present in a genocide

When children are present in a time of genocide, they will always be the most vulnerable, the most affected, and the most in need of our protection. They will need pediatricians, such as myself, to ac...

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Newest issue of Jacobin magazine's Catalyist includes two essays about events in Palestine. "Seth Ackerman provides a sweeping background history to the current conflict...and Journalist Amira Hass...provides further context with on-the-ground reports from her station in the West Bank."

Cover of Catalyst journal with a picture of four Palestinians in a jeep with two Palestinian flags waving.

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

"It’s a little bit like there’s a raging fire, they pour a cup of water on it, and at the same time they’re providing gasoline to fan the flames,” said Rashid Khalidi, a professor of history at Columbia University and author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine. jacobin.com/2024/03/bide...

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Biden’s Sanctions on Israeli Settlers are Just for Show

Joe Biden has announced sanctions on Israeli settlers in Palestinian territory. But the sanctions themselves are toothless — a way to signal displeasure with the Israeli government without actually do...

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Bill Bittner @billybitts.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Just ordered "Jim" by Percival Everett. "A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view." tertulia.com/book/james-p... #books

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James, by Percival Everett

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, AND OPRAH DAILY A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry F...

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