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Bridie Macdonald

@bridiemacdonald.bsky.social
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I make stuff (images, words, things). Magic is everywhere. Curiosity leads to great treasures. Yes to collaboration rather than extraction! Yes to #biophilia #bluecrew #love — I didn't vote for this chaos machine. 👉DMs blocked unless I know you

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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
News of this is dominating my socials. The fact that this administration stripped all sorts of help from the system is clear. But they don't give a 💩 plus thier top guy is prob already wearing depends. Ugh. The state of 💩
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Map: Where cases of ‘explosive’ diarrhea-causing parasitic illness have been reported
It’s still unclear what has caused the spike in illnesses.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sit in for gun violence bill. I remember the day Sandi Hook happened. Picking up my son at elementary School, parent's in line crying, in shock. Years later, a dear friend of mine's family got murdered in one of the too many high profile shootings in small town USA. It's well beyond time for action.
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Gun violence stalemate (and sit-in) at the Capitol will last until Saturday
YouTube video by KARE 11
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My new Q&A with cinema verité master Barbara Kopple – on the Janus Films and @criterion.bsky.social re-release of her two Oscar-winning labor docs, facing off with gun-wielding union busters, and her next movie on gig-workers – up now @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Why Barbara Kopple’s Labor Films Remain As Urgent as Ever
As her Oscar-winning labor documentaries return to theaters, Kopple reflects on union-busting, gig work, and her latest film on unions.
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I grew up in the 70s - pollution was pretty much unregulated compared to now. I remember certain areas that were not safe to swim. I remember that the smells of the industrial waste that sometimes filled the air was a gross part of being in the world. This all makes my heart hurt.
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Brett D - OKC @brettdokc.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Absolutely true! No more Biden-style administrations. Democrats have to bring it. And, if some or all don't, primary them in the next election.
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Steve @sfshelton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
America lost 150,000 manufacturing and construction jobs last year! Look at the chart below and notice how many jobs Biden added in his term! Facts do not lie about who is the better President for we the people!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
So exciting to see this mission launch, in space, and now, safely home. P.S. Dear universe please deliver more good news like this. #hope #artemis #humanity
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Wishing this fabulously competent—and joyful—crew a safe return to a planet that, frankly, doesn't deserve them.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The line in the sand. LOLZ.
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Republicans Be Like...
YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump lost in Iran, but he's winning the culture war. My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Waging a Culture War By Promoting Comedic Mediocrity
The Ellison family, poised to continue dominating the media landscape with its Warner deal, signs on an infomercial-grade comic to replace Stephen Colbert.
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
image from inside Artemis II

text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"All you had to do was pay us enough to live" Arson obv. is a terrible crime. Fire loss estimated 150 million. The warehouse was operated by NFI Industries, a third-party logistics provider, rather than directly by unionized Kimberly-Clark manufacturing employees.
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SJ Thompson 🍁🇨🇦 @sjsthompson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
He's really enjoying this. That's what sadists do. Impeaching him won't stop this. Get the duct tape & wrap this sucker firmly. Sort out the details later for cripes sake. DO IT NOW.
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Has anyone asked Trump which civilization will die tonight? Because he's doing a great job killing ours.
the image is a truth social post of Trump's that starts, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Seeing this vile post makes me weep.
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
His call to obliterate an entire country is a peak DC/MCU baddie move. But, there is no popcorn and it 'aint a movie and superheros are fiction.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The President is threatening genocide and possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran. It’s clear the President has continued to decline and is not fit to lead. The members of his Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.
Earth appearing as a bright crescent behind the Moon’s surface
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
i can't believe a representative of the Vatican openly pondering whether someone should be burnt at the stake in 2026 and my answer is, "Yes absolutely, do it slow." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/1...
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
64 percent of the people polled do not approve of Trump. No Kings Day coming up this weekend. Sour away!
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Exclusive: Trump's approval hits new 36% low as fuel prices surge amid Iran war, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Americans' views on Trump soured significantly.
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
yes! let’s see how zuck likes being docked an hour’s pay!
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This enrages me. Refusing medical treatment for ANY detainees is peak evil. Docs and nurses please speak up. This hits on a personal level. I had an ovarian cyst that almost killed me years ago. The level of pain beyond anything I could imagine. Thankfully I was able to get emergency surgery. #ice
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‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention • Minnesota Reformer
Leer in espanol.  Andrea Pedro-Francisco was supposed to have surgery more than a month ago. A cyst on her ovary has swelled to nearly the size of a tennis ball and is now at risk of rupturing or cutt...
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crankycatlady.bsky.social @crankycatlady.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Something beautiful to start the weekend!
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Happening today - the intention is for anyone available on this planet to take 5 min to chill and hold the intention of peace, love, unity and respect all together ---->>>> 1pm est / 10am pst. Pass it along! ☮️ 💖
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Laura 💠 Ancient Waters on Instagram: "On march 21st at 1PM eastern time (10am pacific time), thousands of people around the world will be pausing at the same moment with a shared intention for peace, ...
5,801 likes, 90 comments - liveloveandlegacy on March 20, 2026: "On march 21st at 1PM eastern time (10am pacific time), thousands of people around the world will be pausing at the same moment with a s...
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
AI without humans = a hot mess. Not a problem if you are just writing an email - but for big systems oof! Vibe coding fail. The fact that Amazon did this obv. not a surprise. Crossing 🤞we make it through the billionaire class being so greedy that they destroy well, everything. #aislop #billionaire
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AI written code is breaking Amazon’s systems. #ai #tech
YouTube video by Parthknowsai
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
One of the most fun things to do in this world is creating things. Music, words, images. The push for AI everything is increasingly grating on me. Ethical concerns aside, I find my brain shutting down the instant I clock any type of media being AI assisted. This video is a pretty great take #aislop
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How Ai Slop will Spark the Next Human Renaissance
YouTube video by After Skool
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
First day of Spring - and the weather?....def. not very Springlike. #burninghot #heatwave #climatechange
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/03/2026
Three teenagers in Tennessee have sued Elon Musk's xAI, claiming the company's image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images.
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Teenagers sue Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors
Three teenagers in Tennessee have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images.
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Anna @sctroyenne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Reminds me of sitting in a cafe in Feb 2020 with news on the TV reporting Lunar New Year events being canceled in Asia and overhearing some kind of finance bro bragging about himself in what seemed to be an interview. I thought what he was saying was so dumb that I noted some quotes in real time.
Then they said the Coronavirus was affecting the markets and I was like,
"*Really*?! A million other things going on in the past six months and THAT'S what's affecting the markets?"
I create models to handle all kinds of weird things that will affect the markets. They brought me in and there were all these PhDs and they wanted to hear from *me.*
I'm usually right though I admit sometimes I get it wrong. Today I'm wrong cause Coronavirus really? If you told me it was Kobe dying yeah but Coronavirus?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
As we will shortly see, FBI counterintelligence agents assessed Epstein to be a valued asset of Russia's GRU at least by 2019. It can't come as a surprise that they had Epstein's internal messaging. After all, the Epstein installed a GRU-approved security system at his residence on Epstein island.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Now that I've read for myself the sloppy - stupid emails etc. of scientists, doctors, new-age gurus, businessmen, agents contained within the files I can't unsee how idiotic they all are —oh, and gross. 💩 humans doing 💩 things with 💩 ideas. Time for a change. Some background here. #epsteinfiles
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The Edge of Technocracy: How John Brockman Helped Jeffrey Epstein Capture Scientific Authority
YouTube video by Bekah Day
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The flood of AI generated text in ads, content - everything everywhere is so annoying. Remember those old Peanuts cartoons where the adults talked and their voices were just horns? That is how I feel when I hear or read that kind of content. #HUMANMADEISBETTER
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"The clips never make President Trump’s case for war...they characteristically depict it as painless entertainment with no hint of it as a baffling and violent offensive that has so far displaced 3.2 million Iranians at a cost of more than 11.3 billion taxpayer dollars in just the first six days."
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The Trump White House’s Vision of War as Nihilist Entertainment
In a new X post building on an earlier Hollywood action-clip montage, the White House tries to render the horrors of war as a Wii game.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It’s almost like Putin and Netanyahu control our foreign policy.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
War and pestilence for the win.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I wasn't raised Christian but, what is the logical framework of speeding up the end-of-the-world when goodies already get to heaven right after they die? I know I could google this but I'm too distressed at the current apocalypse death cult madness of this administration. #FFS
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@benschwartz.bsky.social on Fonda, big media and the Committee for the First Amendment - “Fuck it,” Fonda says. “If there’s enough of us who stand up and resist, and we can make that contagious, we’re going to win. This country does not want to be taken back. We want to move forward.”
thenation.com
How Jane Fonda Is Rethinking the Hollywood Resistance
The actress’s revived Committee for the First Amendment is taking aim at industry mergers as well as threats to the freedom of expression.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
March 4 - 2026 - Jasmine Crocket putting Kristi Noem's feet to the fire is such a great watch. Jasmine Crocket (as always) on point - problem is I think Kristi Noem is immune to any fire as she behaves as someone who came into this world having emerged from the hot flames of the underworld.
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'You Have Lost More Lives In Detention Than Anybody Else!': Jasmine Crockett Grills Kristi Noem
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
12.01 min & worth every second to watch. Opening comments by Rep. Jamie Raskin 🔥 "There have been three homicides in Minneapolis in 2026, your agents committed two of them...the billions of dollars showered upon your department has paid for violence and chaos in the American heartland." #kristinoem
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BREAKING NEWS: Raskin Plays Videos Of Renee Good & Alex Pretti Killings For Noem To Watch
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 11/02/2026
Quote is about the destruction wrought in science this year. And it all happened with effectively a flat budget, without budget cuts, because science agencies have been presidentialized since Jan 2025– shifting control from the scientific community to the president.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Bridie Macdonald @bridiemacdonald.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that publishes data about the U.S. criminal justice system. Here is latest article about "false-positive" of drug testing at childbirth. The result = terrible for families who are impacted from this dragnet system.
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Journalists: New Data to Investigate Hospital Drug Testing at Childbirth
We collected child welfare data in 21 states to report on the consequences of faulty drug tests for pregnant women, including referrals to law enforcement.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)
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