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Original Gen X cynic just trying to find peace and quiet.

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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely 👇
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
After Australia relaxed its restrictions on abortion pill prescriptions, the number of Australian pharmacies stocking MS-2 Step (mifepristone and misoprostol) increased by almost 50%. Deregulation of abortion promotes safer and faster healthcare!
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Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
The number of pharmacies stocking the MS-2 Step medication increased from 2,228 to 4,107 after rules relaxed in 2023
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your electric bill is up as much as 30%. PG&E's CEO took home $63.6 MILLION. Duke's CEO took home $51.2 MILLION. And both companies paid NEGATIVE federal tax rates. That's not a coincidence. That's a rigged system. Tax the rich.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump. Corrupt as hell.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Actor Gary Sinise took over 1,000 children of fallen soldiers to Disneyland, free of charge Original post
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ysph.yale.edu/news-article... Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than the system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
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Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A true hero 💔👇
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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U.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Postal workers are on the front line of the fight for democracy. They are telling their own bosses to stop attacking vote-by-mail. Will you join us sending a message to @ambermcreynolds.bsky.social & the USPS Governors, who have the power to stop this? usmailnotforsale.org/take-action?...
Workers hold signs in front of a post office. The overlaid text reads “an attack on vote by mail is an attack on our right to vote. Usmailnotforsale.org”
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#sustainableliving ideas that actually work in addressing #climatechange
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
NEW: the man who attacked Amy Acton is the brother of a Ramaswamy donor who worked for Husted’s campaign. tiffinohio.net/posts/patric...
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Armed man arrested after pushing toward Amy Acton is brother of Ramaswamy donor who quit Husted campaign
Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested Sunday while carrying two pistols and a Taser. His brother, Andrew Havas, gave more than $10,102 to Vivek Ramaswamy and resigned from Jon Husted’s campaign after scruti...
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Wonder Why🦆Ducky🦆 @duck-flying.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation
Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wooden towers also solve the transportation problem for remote windy sites. Utilities in Germany and Scotland have ordered pilot units. Analysts believe timber could replace steel in thirty percent of onshore towers by 2035. Source : Swedish Environmental Research Institute Lifecycle Study, 2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton was attacked by an armed individual who lunged at her during a campaign event at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown. 1/
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Apple Maps has caved too and changed it to “Lake America.”
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Victims of Epstein’s abuse sued celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai Tuesday for allegedly helping to “groom” women for Epstein’s abuse. This, after Rep. Thomas Massie, named Fekkai on the House floor as one of several alleged Epstein “co-conspirators” who should be investigated & prosecuted.
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Epstein Victims Sue Frédéric Fekkai For Alleged Grooming—Hairstylist Is Accused Of Being ‘Co-Conspirator’
“Epstein used” hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai “and his entities to control and further abuse the victims and in turn Fekkai made millions,” the victims alleged.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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The Winter of Our Discontent @caraeileen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Walmart is making headlines for receiving a $2.9 billion tariff refund. But there aren’t any headlines about Walmart’s biggest secret…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Science & Facts
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Cop union: Rubbing boy’s face across wall ‘acceptable force’. "...video... appears to show an officer pushing the boy’s face into a stone wall..., then dragging it along the stone. OPBA Gen. Counsel Dominic Saturday said the action was an acceptable use of force." www.cleveland19.com/2026/08/21/p...
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Police union defends Parma officers accused of excessive force against 13-year-old
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (OPBA)to hold a press conference on Friday morning to address the lawsuit filed accusing three Parma police officers of using excessive force against a 13-y...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you for everything. 💚💚💚 Tomorrow, there will be more of us.
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚗☀️ Solar panels are moving beyond rooftops. Chinese automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass says it now has mass-production capabilities for vehicle-integrated solar roofs, with PV cells built directly into laminated car glass.
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Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof - pv magazine Global
Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded in laminated automotive glass to power auxiliary vehicle loads. While reports have link...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A win! A federal appeals court upheld an EPA rule requiring polluters to help pay for cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemicals,” rejecting an industry challenge to the rule. This keeps the financial burden where it belongs on the companies responsible for the pollution!
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#01208678639 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of Americ v. EPA (D.C. Cir., 24-1193) – CourtListener.com
PETITIONER BRIEF [2083600] filed by Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and National Waste & Recycling Association in 24-1193, Institut...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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