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Cedric

@cedriclvs.bsky.social
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Activist, social worker, musician and prospective luddite Make cruelty unfashionable again

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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“She was killed on a public street, while doing what thousands of her neighbors were doing that winter: watching masked, armed men terrorizing her community and refusing to look away,” the lawsuit says.
nytimes.com
Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Trump Officials Over Minnesota Killing (Gift Article)
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are we surprised? A no-regulation wild west gold rush happening in plain sight.
theatlantic.com
OpenAI Has Gone Rogue
It’s impossible to know the extent of the AI-hacking crisis.  
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Republican governors refuse to enforce federal labor standards on federally funded projects, exploiting workers with poverty wages and no benefits on the taxpayer's dime. Check your registration. Make a plan. Vote for fair wages. #GetReadyToVote
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They don't seem to be obsessed with clearing out "The Swamp" anymore. Must be they're enjoying the swim.
theatlantic.com
MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fun times for the billionaire oligarchs but the entire planet is impacted; all life -animals, plants.... and our children. Make damn sure you and all like-minded people vote in November
nytimes.com
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"In statehouses and county offices, a cohort of election deniers has taken control of significant parts of the nation’s electoral infrastructure.,"
theatlantic.com
The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Can the goldrush be slowed to ensure common sense safety measures? I fear history and human nature tell us otherwise...
nytimes.com
Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday (Gift Article)
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Some surprises are especially nice
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Again Blocks Republican-Backed Missouri Voting Map (Gift Article)
The map had been drawn to give Republicans an advantage in the midterm elections. It was not immediately clear how Missouri would proceed.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unprecedented and unethical
nytimes.com
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says (Gift Article)
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Less Regulatory and Oversight Monitoring, Longer Supply Chains, Climate Change, and Agricultural Factors (Irrigation water, soil amendments, and close proximity to livestock can spread bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli onto fresh fruits and vegetables).
motherjones.com
Here's why we've been seeing so much food-borne illness
It’s not just Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Such thinking unintentionally obscures the urgent need for all of us, especially those in relative positions of comfort, to roll up our sleeves, walk out our front doors and make ourselves part of the answer to this crisis."
nytimes.com
Opinion | Our Democracy Is at Stake. Stop Waiting for a Savior.
The greatest power we have is our own.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A landmark MIT study and global expert survey warned that multiple AI risks have a high probability of causing civilizational-scale or catastrophic harm by 2030. Bill Gates has warned that the world has already crossed critical "danger thresholds," making immediate policy action urgent.
theatlantic.com
Data Centers Are a Distraction
What humanity needs is an international AI nonproliferation treaty.
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
More than 70% of U.S. residents oppose the construction of AI data centers in their areas...
inthesetimes.com
It's Time to Topple the AI Oligarchy
The fight to halt data center construction is gaining steam—and it’s part of a broader effort to make artificial intelligence work for the public that gave rise to the technology, rather than a billio...
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Getting out the vote is crucial. If there is no shift in congressional majority power after the midterms, the specific investigations into Trump administration officials, federal health contracting, and corporate relationships with political appointees will likely be shelved or severely minimized.
newrepublic.com
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote
In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As usual, it's the humans. AI has been aggressively trained by these companies to pursue any goal as aggressively as possible.
theatlantic.com
It May Be Time to Panic About AI
Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
There appears to be no limit as to how low a vile, insecure man and his cult can take the U.S.
nytimes.com
As Canada Opens Gordie Howe International Bridge, Americans Are Told to Stay Home (Gift Article)
After a delay ordered by President Trump and new tariffs against Canada, the bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit finally opened on Friday.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wherever they show up no one is safe. The Goon Squad fatalities continue to pile up. Discrace
nytimes.com
Authorities Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford, Maine
The killing occurred in Biddeford, about 20 miles south of Portland. The Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement nationally in recent weeks.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This victimization began with colonization and continued through deliberate federal and state policies that violated human rights, sovereignty....and basic dignity
nationalgeographic.com
Mapping how the U.S. forcibly took Indigenous lands
Not long after the Great American Experiment began, the newly established nation set its sights west. Here's how a series of conflicts, forged treaties, and forced migration led to the loss of a major...
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Never understood this and still don't. Wake me up when it's all over
slate.com
An Eye-Opening New Book Offers Insight Into the Hearts and Minds of Conservative Women
Christian conservative women aren’t all alike, Katie Gaddini’s book Esther’s Army suggests.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/07/2026
USAID saved lives. It follows almost by definition that abruptly gutting it kills people.
lnk.thebulwark.com
Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed
Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As the global artificial intelligence boom accelerates, society slides ever closer to the dystopian future we are concerned about. Sane adults would navigate us toward a balanced future, but, alas......
commondreams.org
As Millions Endure Extreme Heat, Climate Group Tells Congress: 'Protect People, Not Data Centers' | Common Dreams
"The reason the grid has so little headroom is that data centers are consuming electricity at a scale it wasn't built for, around the clock, every day of the year," said a 350.org campaigner.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
On the current immigration fiasco - "We know what it’s like to be pushed out from the land we call home, to be categorized as “other,” and therefore less worthy of living in this place they call America."
nativenewsonline.net
A Love Letter to the Merciless Indian Savage
Guest Essay Editor’s Note: This article is part of Native News Online’s America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land initiative. When the “Founding Fathers” gathered on that hot summer day 250 years a...
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sandy Hook families have suffered a decade of severe psychological torment, continuous death threats, and harassment because of Alex Jones. Justice delayed, but hopefully soon delivered
dailykos.com
InfoWars finally forks over cash to Sandy Hook families
The families and survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are finally receiving money from Alex Jones.
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Dan Farbman @danfarbman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Jackson's concurrence is really excellent both in substance and style. She's become a heroic voice amdist our modern Six Horsemen SCOTUS.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The ruling highlights how vulnerable a 150-year-old precedent has become. The decision signals that a future shift in Court composition or a direct legislative challenge from Congress could re-open an issue previously considered foundational to American law...
thebulwark.com
The Supreme Court Just Made the Case for Its Own Expansion
Today’s birthright citizenship ruling wasn't a win for constitutionalism. It was a warning.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/06/2026
The standard measures we use for the economy show a system that’s functioning fairly well. Look deeper, though, and you will see something so far off track that most inhabitants of the United States may soon be ready to support revolutionary change. bit.ly/4woYomd
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What Is the American Economy?
The gap between what the numbers say and how people are feeling has only grown wider.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Aside from being obscene for a nation of our wealth it is causing widespread preventable deaths & healthcare collapse, disproportionate harm to women & girls, escalating extreme poverty & severe malnutrition, educational gaps & collapsing infrastructure, geopolitical instability & mass immigration
commondreams.org
Journalists Set the Record Straight After Musk Claims ‘Not a Single' Child Died From DOGE’s USAID Cuts | Common Dreams
​"Come with me on a reporting trip," said New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff. "You'll see the dying children themselves."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/06/2026
If a program saves lives, and if severe cuts to it abruptly withdraw lifesaving programs and services, then of course those cuts can be said to have killed people. @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social on the death toll of gutting USAID:
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MS NOW @ms.now · 29/06/2026
In a win for voting rights, the Supreme Court says mail-in ballots received after election day WILL count. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I actually think this statement is a big deal. Because it tells you all you need to know. They believe, in their bones, in an imperial presidency where the executive rules absolutely and uses his power to destroy enemies and enrich himself.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It's called sadism - deriving gratification from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others
salon.com
SCOTUS's immigration decisions prove cruelty is still the point
The Supreme Court's latest rulings signal that compassionate conservatism is officially dead
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Or don't care
esquire.com
A Miserable New Supreme Court Decision Makes It Clear That Conservative Justices Don’t Think Racism Exists
Unfortunately for the rest of us, we live in reality.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It’s good to be a corporation. If you’re anyone else, your rights may not be very useful to you at all.
theatlantic.com
The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights
The Supreme Court is not saying people don’t have certain rights, just that no courts can help them when those rights are violated.
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AMHotFlash @amhotflash.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We must #EndCitizensUnited. #ECU
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Democratic congressional leaders downplayed wins for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s handpicked challengers in primary races Tuesday. Listen up, boys. The times they are a changin
theatlantic.com
New York’s Warning for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer
They aren’t the dominant force in their hometown.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The first Alaska Native and the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives
theatlantic.com
Democrats’ Great Alaskan Hope
Mary Peltola, the Democrat most likely to win a red-state Senate seat this year, is largely unknown outside her home state. That’s not a coincidence.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The White House has explicitly threatened to withhold or cut federal funding if the Smithsonian fails to eliminate what the administration deems "improper ideology"
theatlantic.com
First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian
How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
And on the 8th day, he wept ..
motherjones.com
The Southern Baptist Convention was going mainstream. Then the Christian nationalists weighed in.
The SBC appears to be making a significant course correction in the form of a sharp rightward tack.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"This is an unbelievably bad deal. It could only have been devised by the type of man who would lose money as a casino owner." - Becket Adams, journalist and media critic in Washington.
thehill.com
CNN was right about the war, and I was wrong
This White House is exactly as inept as advertised.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We loved dinosaurs as kids. I still do.
movieweb.com
10 Best Far Side Comics About Dinosaurs
These dino gags are anything but extinct.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The dismantling and funding cuts of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have severely hindered the containment of the active Ebola outbreak in Africa. Shame.
commondreams.org
We Should Fear More Than Ebola | Common Dreams
While we should all fear and work to stop this outbreak, we should also be willing to fear and confront the conditions that enabled its devastation.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Envy and jealousy is an ugly thing. A certain person who was not invited recently compared the Obama center to a trash heap.
nytimes.com
Presidents Line Up for Obama’s Long-Awaited Center in Chicago
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the U.S. recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation. When gold was discovered the U.S. broke this treaty and seized the hills. The Supreme Court ruled this seizure illegal, but the Lakota refuse monetary compensation.
nativenewsonline.net
Next on Native Bidaské: South Dakota Tribes Unite Behind a Plan to Return the Black Hills
Dr. Valeria Big Eagle of NDN Collective joins Native Bidaské to discuss how South Dakota tribes are uniting behind a historic plan to return the Black Hills.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Todd Blanche cannot be Attorney General. The Senate must oppose his nomination. If you’re with me on this, please contact your senator’s office and tell them to vote NO on confirming Blanche. The Senate switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
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TheRealSparky💙🐸🇺🇸 @funkynassau.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
www.5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
These actions are hardly war crimes. They constitute plain murder (or extrajudicial killings) under domestic and international human rights law. Once again, there is no more shame
thebulwark.com
No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Humanity's greatest power is empathy. And learning to (somehow) understand one another is crucial to surviving.
theatlantic.com
An Alien Movie for a Post-Truth Moment
Steven Spielberg makes a plea for empathy with Disclosure Day.
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Boys Club. When men systematically protect, excuse, or cover up for other men accused of sexual assault
wionews.com
‘It felt like they were working for Epstein’: Former police chief makes explosive claim about Bush-era officials
Former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter claims federal officials under the George W. Bush administration weakened the Jeffrey Epstein case despite evidence from dozens of alleged victims, accord...
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Cedric @cedriclvs.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
If electricity use doubles as projected by 2030 and tech companies fail to implement aggressive cooling innovations and governments fail to enforce strict regulation, we are in for some very unfortunate consequences....
theconversation.com
UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world’s electricity and more water than we need to drink
As AI models become cheaper and more attractive, they will likely encourage new uses and higher volumes of use – erasing any efficiency gains.
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