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christineb143.bsky.social

@christineb143.bsky.social
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Unapologetic liberal, Twitter refugee looking for my peeps here. Birding, cooking, nature, gardening are my jam.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Wow, talk about finding a rarity! This bird is a long way from home!
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
nytimes.com
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
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Kate Greenough @etakoneerg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
11 Feb 2025 ayespider.com/2025/02/12/1... my daily art - in prep for the upcoming collage party and also that day of hearts. Plus and also a bird.
red and black squiggly one, paper and acrylic. There are a couple of rectangles of gray paper with heart shapes torn out, then a bunch of red paint lines on top of that, and a little hard to discern, a black outline of a sitting bird, in profile facing left.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Copycats! 😂🥰🐈
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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Truth! #USDemocracy
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court
Lawsuits challenging Trump policies raise big constitutional questions, but they also rely on a law that requires the government to follow the correct procedures when changing course.
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Texas Rep. Introduces The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act preventing 69 million married women from being able to register to vote. It requires a birth certificate that matches their current name, which is a problem for women who changed their legal name when they got married
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Married women could be stopped from voting under SAVE Act
The act could affect whether married women without passports are able to register to vote.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The coding geniuses made a page that doesn’t work on mobile www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
opm.gov
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Welcome to opm.gov
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 08/02/2025
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats”
A gray tabby cat with green eyes sits upright, wearing a blue collar with a small tag. The background features semi-transparent white curtains with a black floral pattern, and the cat is perched on a cardboard cat bed with a lemon design along the edge.
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I am Spartacus. I am Nemik. @spartacus-nemik.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The armed individual who blocked senators from entering federal property bears the insignia of "Triple Canopy", which merged with Blackwater in 2014. This is a mercenary paramilitary guard for Musk and his minions. *Anyone wearing this insignia should be considered extremely dangerous.* #resist
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retiredcynic.bsky.social @retiredcynic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Every paragraph here is worth an article, if not a book. It is all horrifying. February 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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February 6, 2025
The U.S.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social : “They are basically saying Congress doesn’t matter… Article 1 doesn’t matter… they can stop spending money for public schools… Medicare… social security… this is literally their theory.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
truthout.org
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
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christineb143.bsky.social @christineb143.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
None of this shit is funny. Seriously, I hope you all know they are going to crash our economy deliberately. They want to devalue the US dollar so they can use our federal reserve to "invest" in Bitcoin. We are more fkd than anyone realizes. Stop buying 💩 & save your $.
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Ana María Morales Cañizares @ammcanizares.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
We trapped this 32 yo male Golden Eagle banded back in Oct 1992 in Ashfield, PA. He is a force of nature coming at a live turkey in our bow nets. Now he has a GPS transmitter that is going to show us his migration and hopefully how much longer he lives! #womeninraptorresearch #birds #womeninSTEM 🪶🧪
Picture of the talons of a Golden Eagle with a band on his tarsusClose up picture of the left side of the male Golden Eagle’s face showing his beautiful eyePicture from above showing the hooded head of the Golden Eagle, the beautiful golden nape, really light colored shoulders, and the GPS backpack he was fitted withPicture of the male Golden Eagle’s left wing extended
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"
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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 06/02/2025
It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored. They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
wsj.com
More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Resigned So Far, Short of Target
Uncertainty about whether they will get paid not to work through September is deterring employees who face a Thursday deadline for taking a buyout.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Sam @very-simple.com · 06/02/2025
Every time I see a sad cat I think about that “scientist” who claimed that cats don’t have the facial muscles to express emotion.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Canada no longer trusts the US, the boycott against US products continues to grow. Billions in losses expected for the fascists to the south.
Canada boycott to affect most of US
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Jay @jayfrompa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
this was the most cooperative belted kingfisher i had ever seen. She fished a few times, then hung out above the pier for awhile softly rattling. #Birds #Photography #Nature
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Aimee Sher @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Just beautiful
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide
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Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Heads up for the Weather Community! You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Now is a great time to read WIRED magazine’s 2015 feature story, “The Untold Story of Silk Road.” There were good reasons why Ross Ulbricht was serving a double life sentence. www.wired.com/2015/04/silk...
wired.com
The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1
How a 29-year-old idealist built a global drug bazaar and became a murderous kingpin.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/01/2025
Something to think about with the Ross Ulbricht pardon. The feds are still sitting on $6.5 billion in bitcoin seized from silk road. If Trump gives it back to Ulbricht, he could easily pay back Trump by trading it for Trump coin. A potential bribe of millions or billions of dollars for a pardon.
"Headline from Fortune Crypto: 'The federal government just got the greenlight to sell $6.5 billion in Bitcoin seized from Silk Road,' written by Catherine McGrath, published on January 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST. The article focuses on regulatory developments surrounding Bitcoin."
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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Are there any Black and Brown folks on this app that enjoy nature and birds? I’m really struggling to find ya’ll on here. Algorithm, please HELP! 🙏🏾
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Que Sera Sara 🐎🦋 @solfabulous.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hey, Canada 🇨🇦 👋 Your weather got out, and it's at my house...can you come get it?
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Conspiratorial templates @mynamehear.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Was crypto invented *specifically* to fleece idiots of their life savings or is that just a little side benefit?
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Ken Marsh @alaskaken.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
COMMON GOLDENEYE ... in uncommon light. Anchorage. #birds #wildlife #ducks #waterfowl #nature #photography
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Posting these quotes (from my article) in light of Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Biggs, Enrique Tarrio, & Stewart Rhodes. buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/trum...
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Leon Wagner אריאל 🌱🇦🇹🇩🇰🏳️‍🌈 @leonwagner.me · 21/01/2025
Instead of the usual “have a nice day,” the checker at Trader Joe’s just told me “go conquer the day.” So I guess that’s my plan now.
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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
LOOKING BACK: This all began with Reagan's repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. News stopped bring a regulated public service....
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Sophie @sophiefrommars.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
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Cranky Grandma @crankygrandma.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
He cheated. He did not win the election. And he’s bragging about it, because Rump thinks cheating is smart - it’s outwitting the system. There will never be a fair election again, he and his friends will see to it.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.
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Edward Fitzgerald ☘💙🗽⚖🌻 @eafitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The hypocrisy never ends.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025
i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
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Marge OMalley @margeomalley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
this cartoon seems appropriate for today
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Sister Unity @sisterunity.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025
i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump’s pardon of the J6 Terrorists is about encouraging future MAGA violence open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
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Trump’s pardon of the J6 Terrorists is about encouraging future MAGA violence
Trump is copying the fascist playbook
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Pardoning these J6ers is a real Brownshirt moment.
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Rod Webber @rodwebber.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today’s Forecast: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FASCISM
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Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
European MP and former Belgian PM
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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
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