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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Called my Senators & Rep in Congress to ask them to bring attention to this and pressure the government to force ICE to return the man they shot to the hospital. Would you call? "hospital staff called to say ICE had taken Garcés Pérez out of the hospital" #resist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas
Anti-ICE protesters gather and demand transparency at site where 28-year-old was shot in torso
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disturbed that the US Treasury Direct web site is moving to highly invasive & risky id.me third party verification simply for logging in to your account. If you won't feed id.me your information, you'll no longer be able to view your own treasury bonds info. Call a member of Congress please?
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Canada, how about renaming the water passage leading to Lake Ontario "The Strait of Our Moose"? Credit to a redditor here: www.reddit.com/r/inthenews/... (Adding "Lake America" to this post for those searching bsky for that phrase so they'll see this)
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Unhappy-Professor-88's comment on "Americans hate both ‘Lake America’ and Trump’s trade war with Canada: Oppose renaming Lake Ontario by 4-to-1 margin, oppose tariffs on Canada by 3-to-1"
Explore this conversation and more from the inthenews community
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Switch to @bitwarden.bsky.social if you use @1password.bsky.social currently.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 30/08/2026
minnesota should rename the Mall of America to the Mall of Ontario
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 14/07/2026
The United States is turning into a kind of reverse Omelas: everyone is miserable except for a single child, Donald Trump, who inexplicably must be kept happy.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is @theonion.com's web site fully down?
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just because an organization you know nothing about appeals to you by talking about causes you support, doesn't mean you should donate to an organization you know nothing about.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
clearly there was a mewtiny
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've called my representative and senators about this a few times this year, but will definitely call again. I ask, "would you pass a law that requires every library and bookstore to check everyone's IDs at the door?" I tell them this is the same thing, because it is. #resist
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Last weekend, in the woods, saw a rosy maple moth! #bugs #wildlife
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It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping! @pipercat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Here are well known socialists Greg Abbott and Rudy Giuliani asking their constituents to turn their thermostats up to 78 degrees during a heatwave: www.nyc.gov/html/om/html... www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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Abbott to Texans: Try To Use Less Power | Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday made this appeal to Texans: Curb your electricity use, if you can — for the grid's sake.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 25/06/2026
The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Recent stuff at Graffiti Alley #CambridgeMA #streetart
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I joined a birding walk this morning. When we saw some double-crested cormorants, someone remarked that cormorants aren't very photogenic, and in defense of cormorants I immediately thought of this photo I took in the Everglades years ago. #birds #wildlife #Everglades
Double-crested cormorant (a large dark bird) viewed at an angle from the rear, sticking its neck up and holding wings out to dry. Background is clear blue water, no ripples, with bits of trees and clouds reflected.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN. Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
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Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously remove…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW: Ahead of our meetings with @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social this week @fightforthefuture.org is sharing a draft of proposed alternative social media legislation. Our model bill cracks down on Big Tech abuses without destroying privacy and throwing LGBTQ+ youth under the bus.
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Fight for the Future releases draft of proposed social media legislation that protects ALL kids from Big Tech
Massachusetts-based digital rights group Fight for the Future has released a working draft of a model bill they are offering as an alternative to the well-intentioned legislation put forth by Governor...
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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
it’s not even close (this is from 1985)
An IBM motivational poster with Challenger

“Defect Prevention… It Matters.”
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
At the #MayDayStrong rally in Boston today, one of the speakers from a teachers' union was asking for support to stop this deportation: tinyurl.com/aftma4mariola - sign and re-post. #resist
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Stop the deportation of Mariola – keep this mom and educator in her community!
Mariola is a mother, elementary school educator, and student at Salem State University. Sixteen years ago, she came to the U.S. fleeing violence and persecution she faced in Guatemala as an indigenous...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Trump is directing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prioritize cases of discrimination against white men, but commission staff are "struggling to find complaints with merit"
Four months later, in early January 2026, the same district director made the instructions more explicit, telling his reports that they should assign the top ranking to all cases claiming discrimination against white people, except those deemed to have major legal shortcomings.

The second email came weeks after Ms. Lucas released a video on social media, encouraging white men to file complaints if they experienced discrimination at work.

The video spurred shock and consternation inside the agency, employees said. In the past, they said, investigators had always pursued cases on behalf of white men when they arose. Singling them out now, at the expense of other groups, seemed to turn the E.E.O.C.’s mission, born of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, on its head.

Now, facing pressure to bring more cases for white men — as well as claims of discrimination against American-born workers and cases of systemic antisemitism — staff in several districts said they were struggling to find complaints with merit. And they said they were pressed by their superiors to look for reasons to keep those cases alive, even when evidence was weak.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Plan ahead so that you don't need to buy anything on Friday! If you can, also plan to take off work on Friday. #resist
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
PabloReports: Who do you think Trump should fire next? AOC: Is he out of women? Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... Yesterday I called my senators and representative and said we shouldn't renew FISA section 702 at all. Call yours. #resist
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We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702
The intelligence community and its defenders in Congress, as always, seem more interested in defending their rights to read your private communications than in protecting your right to privacy. It’s n...
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
EFF stays on social platforms they don't endorse and have strong criticisms of, because other people on those platforms need what EFF offers. But they're leaving Twitter because it's no longer relevant or impactful - because most people have left and they don't think it's worth the trouble anymore.
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Diesel of Sarcasm @dsng480.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In 5 days, the crew will be further away from Elon Musk than anyone else has ever been. Goosebumps!
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The other day I realized that since Macs changed from using Intel chips to Apple Silicon, they now have real Apple cores.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So the government's argument against birthright citizenship is that people without legal immigration status are not "subject to the jurisdiction of" the US. Okay, how does that logic apply to immigration enforcement? @akivamcohen.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
National organizing call on Tuesday evening to learn about plans for upcoming activities. Plans for economic strike on May 1. #NoKings #resist
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A few more #cats from #NoKings #Boston today.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
@dropkickmurphys.com playing a set at #NoKings #Boston, starting with the song they debuted at the Hands Off protest in Boston last April
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Jimmy Tingle on immigration at #NoKings #Boston: "40% of agricultural workers are undocumented - most of these people would make great citizens. Some of them are sneaking into this country... to work! That's like someone sneaking into your house to clean it!"
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings #Boston rally starting with a crowd larger than I can fit in the frame from standing on the hill above the field
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Cos @cospics.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Cats return for #NoKings #Boston again! Here's my thread of cat signs from last June's protest. Respond with pics of any No Kings cats you see today.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I'll post more from #NoKings #Boston on my @cospics.bsky.social account
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Ellen Seebacher @ekseebacher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I spent my junior-high and high-school years in Texas, and books were my life. Prohibiting students from reading anything but state-approved pabulum is repulsive: thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/t...
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Today they banned my book. It was not the first. It won’t be the last. Here’s what I want you to know.
This is not what I wanted to write. I wanted to write about how I’m about to go on book tour for my new book in a few days. Instead I am writing about the fact that I was just informed that m…
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
With #NoKings protests coming up this Saturday, a good time to (re)read and share this article from December: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @50501movement.bsky.social #resist
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/03/2026
Crockett: "What if someone from another country said 'We're gonna bomb America bc we have a warrant for the president's arrest bc of the child sex trafficking in the Epstein files.' Every single one of you sticking up for him right now would be screaming. The analysis has to be the same."
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Tim Pierce @unchi.org · 04/03/2026
I am a certified coffee snob and I loathe Dunkin's coffee and also I will absolutely defend them to the death against this smack-snorting naugahyde zombie.
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This definitely looks like an image a movie maker would use to illustrate "the US is now a military dictatorship with a thug leader" for a fictional dystopia. #resist
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
John Oliver is right to not just say we need to eliminate ICE, but that the Department of Homeland Security as a whole was a bad idea and should be unwound. Somehow he still manages to be hilarious while solidly making serious points about disturbing and horrible things. #resist #ICE
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I'd love for Wyze to get as much mileage as they can out of this brilliant parody. Watch, and share!
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Someone compiled a list with location, size, and links, of all the warehouses ICE is buying or trying to buy around the country to turn into more abusive concentration camps: www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track... Local opposition is blocking some of these. Pass it on! #resist #ICE
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From the Keep_Track community on Reddit: All 23 warehouses that ICE is trying to buy
Explore this post and more from the Keep_Track community
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
In addition to watching and sharing this video, also call your Senators and Representative and ask to make sure they watch it. They need to demand that any DHS funding bill includes measures that will send these ICE thugs to prison, such as an independent special prosecutor. #resist #ICE
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Cos @c0s.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
What they should be saying is shut down ICE, but as a _compromise_ we could appoint an independent special prosecutor to prosecute the violent field agents and the leaders who gave illegal orders, and criminalize ICE agents detaining people with legal status w/o solid probable cause. #resist #ICE
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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