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Celeste D

@celested.bsky.social
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Personal acc't, personal opinions. Cat lover; arts and culture; books and movies; labor and economics; fair & ethical courts, policy, and governance. Be a good neighbor and a good citizen. #UCLA #GoBruins

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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 5h
Connections Puzzle #1210 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 5h
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 21h
Connections Puzzle #1209 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 22h
Recently, workers at Jack in the Box in Northern California organized a strike due to wage theft at the store. In California, wage theft is a crime. We won’t back down until we get paid. #UnionsForAll #MoneyPowerRespect
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h
Trump said "I don't rule anything out" when asked about potentially invoking the Insurrection Act to place troops at polling locations (federal law makes it a crime to put armed troops at the polls). He's going to lose the midterms, he's a desperate man, and all he's got to offer is "we'll see."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
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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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 22h
Woot! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
nytimes.com
I got Genius!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending
a graph of roadway and mass transit lights
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good read: including how Trump doesn't recognize his own statements anymore, doesn't understand percentages & keeps threatening genocide against Iranians. Most importantly, words from the great Umberto Eco that explain Hegseth's obsession with machismo. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
thebulwark.com
Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump, You don't get to pick your press corps based on who flatters you Letting Fox in while shutting out CNN, MS NOW & Politico is textbook viewpoint discrimination & the First Amendment forbids it Constitution 101 w/ @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social -TN
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wordle 1,931 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Woot!
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1208 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To be clear, I knew this by second grade. I mean, it was probably first grade, but I’ll spot him a year. Telling everyone “TIL dumb has a b at the end” as an 80 year old isn’t the flex he thinks it is.
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive. Instead he was wrongfully killed by ICE agents. His son Lorenzo Salgado Jr. recalls memories of how his father inspired him and shaped him into the man he is today. Oversight Dems will get justice for Lorenzo and his family.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/deportatio...
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Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters.
Your ticket’s one-way, your destination’s a secret, and your opportunity to object has been downgraded to standby.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are there any actual progressives who think the “abundance agenda” isn’t just an anti-union scam? Please, do tell.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Trump's approach to free speech is more similar to a monarch or dictator than a person who swore to protect and defend the Constitution. The First Amendment isn't optional. It's the law. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a Suggestion
Where normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1207 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wordle 1,929 6/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sheer luck!
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Must watch of the week: #enshittification substack.com/@luizajarovs...
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD (@luizajarovsky)
Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @Cory Doctorow's concept of 'enshittification':
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1206 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 29/09/2026
Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 28, 2026 Wordle 1,927 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A day late. Killed my streak.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wordle 1,928 4/6* 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This was a great show!
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1204 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wordle 1,926 3/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"It's no trick to make a lot of money. If all you want...is to make a lot of money." -Mr. Bernstein, Citizen Kane. "Allow my vast wealth and prideful sociopathy to make clear my overarching genius." -the voice in Peter Thiel's head. Never equate riches with intelligence or human worth. Never.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1203 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
P.S. If there's one thing that can override the usual divergent ideological leanings of the Justices, it is a lower court that disobeys the Court's earlier orders or looks for sneaky ways around them.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wordle 1,925 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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wavedeva @wavedeva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
justinthenickofcrime.substack.com/p/free-p-y-u...
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“FREE P---Y UPSTAIRS”: THE HORRIFYING CORNELL FRATERNITY ALLEGATIONS EVERY PARENT SHOULD READ
A former Cornell student says seven fraternity members drugged and raped her while one allegedly invited others upstairs. And the allegations are unfolding during National Hazing Prevention Week.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1202 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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carriew811.bsky.social @carriew811.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The corrupt 6 strike again.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1201 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Loudoun Cats @loudouncats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Lucky Charms Crew! Acorn (m), Clover (f), Jade (f), & Zuni (m) are so ready to be in their forever home! This crew is everything you want - super playful, snuggly, lap kitties who follow you around. Clover should be adopted with a sibling Apply/Inquire: www.loudouncommunitycats.org/adoptions
The 4 clover kittens are featured.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wordle 1,923 5/6* 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers? Spoiler Alert: No. open.substack.com/pub/mikekonc...
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Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?
Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”
deseret.com
Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Intervenors in Missouri maps case go to SCOTUS seeking emergency relief following the Eighth Circuit's Monday order. Justice Kavanaugh — nearly immediately — called for a response by 2p ET Wednesday. www.lawdork.com/p/eighth-cir...
IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS AND RICHARD VON GLAHN,
Applicants,
CONGRESSMAN ROBERT "BOB" ONDER; RICHARD "RICK" BRATTIN; PATRICIA "PAT" THOMAS; AND DEBRA HAVENS,
Respondents,
and
STATE OF MISSOURI AND DENNY HOSKINS, in his official capacity as Missouri
Secretary of State,
Respondents.
EMERGENCY MOTION TO CLARIFY
THIS COURT'S SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 ORDER
AND ALTERNATIVE EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAY PENDING APPEAL
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1200 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:
Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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patrick mcneil (he/him) @patrickryne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm not a lawyer. But why is Justin Smith (Trump's former attorney) ruling in this case when the Club for Growth is involved? Smith was previously the treasurer for the Missouri chapter of Club for Growth Action and has other dark money ties to the group. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/8th-circui...
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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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Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1198 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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