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Bright Echo

@brightecho.bsky.social
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Writer & Composer | Critter Enthusiast | Wanderer of Unusual Places Always chasing new adventures, fascinating folks & stories they carry. Leftist with a penchant for wandering off the beaten path & a PhD in meeting strangers who somehow become friends.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 11h
"Nearly $100" is such interesting wording The MIF is basically a reserve account with allocated dollars that's meant to reduce premium costs I know this will shock you, but only Congress has authority to disperse those funds
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I'mNotAHRHitter @imnotahrhitter.bsky.social · 10h
The Medicare Part B Premium is $202.90. $100 it's literally not even half the cost of it.
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JQP @bendtowardjustice.bsky.social · 11h
Countdown to Midterms 31 days until Tues, Nov 3rd Register & Vote!! If you were one of the 1.2 million Texans who were put on a suspense list, you have until Oct 5th to update your address at VoteTexas.gov. If not, you will still be able to vote but will have to take extra steps at the polls.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.
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lauriemac916.bsky.social @lauriemac916.bsky.social · 4h
This needs to get on every news channel! @maddow.bsky.social @tizzyent.bsky.social can you help? This poor woman needs to be found. Looks like a kidnapping. How are we to think anything else?
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 3h
I was so angry in ‘24 when I heard about ppl “vote swapping”, voting for the felon because they were in a red state & said their vote wouldn’t matter while asking someone in a blue state to vote blue. Absolutely unconscionable to vote for evil & contrary to your beliefs as a protest.
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Lizzie Ann @pinehurstrare.bsky.social · 5h
How do you even know they’re ICE? There’s no identification. They could just be kidnappers. Well they are kidnappers. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. 
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waiting74patiently @waiting74patiently.bsky.social · 3h
So, are we to understand from this video the ICE is now operating in plain clothes now? Those guys could have been anyone, human traffickers, rapists, murderers!
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 4h
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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 23h
10/2/1846 — b. Eliza Maria Mosher, American physician, educator, author. The first dean of wmn, Univ of Michigan; founder, American Posture League. Editor, Medical Wmn’s Journal (1905-28); wrote ‘Health & Happiness: A Message to Girls’(1912) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #womenwriters
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 19h
Impeach his ass 👇
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ZachsMind @zachsmind.bsky.social · 10h
Trump has claimed our nation is in a state of several national emergencies and so long as those emergencies are in place, he has Special Powers that neuter Congress and The Supreme Court. This madness appears to be coming to an end. The court just took his tarriffs away. youtube.com/shorts/pnTkw...
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SCOTUS axes Trump’s tariffs
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Fair Q
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 16h
Every bit of this 👇
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Ābrajam Simpson @mattformath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In case you need another reason to NEVER USE DOORDA$H
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 4h
turned around in Nov, it will be a generation before we can fix all the damage these 💩s have done so far. 😔
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 4h
This is maddening. As a voter, it would def motivate me to vote for someone who promised to do everything to uphold the laws we counted on, starting with enforcing them & putting these criminals behind bars. We need brave ppl stepping up & doing what’s right. I’ve read that even if we get things 1/
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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K Wilde @flowerchildob1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, whaddya know... I'd also suspect the previous positive ones are nonsense, too.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 18h
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 5h
I couldn’t figure out if they were trying to drink it all to free her or what 🤣 One bee, singular, saved her sister. The rest were just like “Yummm… honey!” 😋 🍯
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Air (she/her) @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 8h
Something needs to be done about these lawless officers! I was arrested while protesting a data center this summer for ‘disorderly conduct.’ The cop looked at me with pure hate and man handled me for speaking. DA dropped the charges because I was within my 1A rights 🙄. They hate free speech!
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Good Trouble 🇺🇸 @nativenewyorker77.bsky.social · 13h
They twisted his arm. Hard. On camera. I hope they get sued.
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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 13h
Friday thought #9:
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Feodor Chin @feochin.bsky.social · 18h
BREAKING: Los Angeles being forced to suffer through record breaking triple digit temperatures in October this weekend clear sign that even God doesn’t want Paramount Warner Brothers merger going through.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 5h
Oof. Punctuation matters. I am a little sleepy, but I read this as the ax is required to be stored on planes to attack the captain 😅
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7h
🚨 Naomi Smith: The people of Scotland, like the rest of Great Britain, are of one mind when it comes to the UK and the EU: they know it’s been a disaster and they simply want to be back in.
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Poll: Scottish Labour would hold onto most of its MPs if PM promises to rejoin EU
Scottish Labour would hold onto most of the 37 Westminster seats it won in the 2024 if the Prime Minister pledges to
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17h
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
Black text on a white page that says the following:

We know this moment is particularly difficult for survivors. I want to be very clear: you deserve to be safe and our administration supports you at every turn.

NYC Family Justice Centers are available in every borough and provide free, confidential support for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, including sexual violence. 

Call NYC’s 24-Hour Hope Hotline at 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or 311 for more information. You can also chat with an advocate at on.nyc.gov/hotlinechat.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
Black text on a white that says the following:

The allegations in the Cornell sexual assault case are deeply disturbing and gut-wrenching. Cornell University has failed this survivor.

I fully support Governor Hochul's decision to name Attorney General James as special prosecutor in this case and look forward to the complete and extensive investigation that is to come. 

Accountability and justice cannot simply be values, they must also be delivered.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 13h
Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
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Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
8,300 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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JustSayin @justsayin-fromx.bsky.social · 11h
OUR 2024 ELECTION WAS MANUALLY HACKED BY ELON MUSK WITH TRUMPS BLESSINGS- THEY BOTH DESERVE LIFE IN PRISON!!! ✨✨✨REPOST✨✨✨
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 8h
Exactly! It’s not like any of this was legal, they’re ignoring long standing laws! I know some ppl were hating on the new Starfleet academy series but I looked forward to it each week & was excited to see where the characters would go. I believe it could’ve pulled a new generation in but now 😔
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pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 15h
Surely that guy "knows why they're doing this". I mean, come on. The president himself told his worshipers to "cheat like hell" and nobody batted an eye.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9h
Michelle Kingdom, fine artist based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in embroidery #WomensArt #Saturday
Embroidery featuring four woman holding red fruit lounging or standing under a tree with red apples, all against a pink background
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 9h
WTH! I did not know this! How do we even begin fixing this mess when foreign countries are swooping in and controlling them? 😣
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Hey cHAmpa @heychampa.bsky.social · 14h
Not to mention who has almost 50% equity stake now, due to recent FCC rules changes to allow foreign investment. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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TherapyKitten @thetherapykitten.bsky.social · 12h
If a company goes above a certain networth, it should be forcefully broken up into competing companies
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TateRaken @tateraken.bsky.social · 14h
Dems needs to actually enforce monopoly laws and break up these gigantic mega corps. They could do it for AT&T, they need to do it for all of these other massive companies. They're all constantly merging and making everything worse for all consumers.
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jennie5309.bsky.social @jennie5309.bsky.social · 15h
Time to the break them up, @warren.senate.gov
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 9h
I wish there was a way for regular fans to buy out the franchises we love to support them & allow creators to keep making great content ☹️
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Bright Echo @brightecho.bsky.social · 9h
I’m so mad about paramount (I love Star Trek & they’re just tossing it aside bcuz maga says it’s “too woke” 🤬) and HBO! I canceled paramount already & now I’ll have to cancel hbo because I refuse to support this shit despite loving John Oliver & Star Trek 😔
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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Proudly Blue @proudlyblue.bsky.social · 18h
In the first 8 months as VP, Vance has been on vacation 7 months. He's been on vacation with his family to India, Rome, Disneyland, the UK, the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont, & a park in North Dakota. And then he tells us to stop griping about costs calling them little things. Fuck Vance!
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 17h
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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M-A.Stay’Legit™️🇨🇦 @bagdmilksowhat.bsky.social · 20h
The Lunatic in Chief who thinks that Joe Biden’s Autopen was running the country… Is using Grok to run the country. Now Elon Musk is working for the Pentagon. What can possibly go wrong 🤷‍♂️
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