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Craftsy woke progressive feminist antiracist LGBTQI ally Social media n00b (first bc I wasn't down with the Sign Your Soul Over To Zuck thing, and then I got chronic fatigue (M.E.) #cfs/ME #MEcfs #pwME She/her Stephen Colbert made me get this handle :)

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
‼️ A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances. A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months. This is the way 🔥🔥🔥 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2025
Friends of Russian anti-war singer cast doubt on official version of his death
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Friends of Russian anti-war singer cast doubt on official version of his death
Vadim Stroykin reported to have killed himself by jumping from a ninth-floor window during visit by security services No one knows exactly what happened in the final moments of Vadim Stroykin’s life. The 59-year-old Russian singer-songwriter’s vibrant…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2025
It’s never been more important to stay tuned in | Margaret Sullivan
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It’s never been more important to stay tuned in | Margaret Sullivan
I’m far from certain that staying engaged will make a difference. What I do know is that if we all tune out, there’s no hope at all
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/02/2025
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/02/2025
The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams
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The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams
The truth is paralysing. But after JD Vance met the far-right leader Alice Weidel in Germany, it is time to be clear about what we are seeing, writes Zoe Williams
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Brazil ex-leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet formally charged Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. apnews.com/article/bols...
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Brazil ex-leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says
Brazil’s prosecutor-general said that former leader Jair Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as part of an attempt coup to rema...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil former leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says.
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Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
REPOST if you stand with AOC!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/02/2025
I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?! Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too. 🧵
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
✅ DEI Job of the Day™ Levi Strauss & Co. Head of Talent, Diversity & Inclusion - GPO "Cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace" "It’s not just the right thing to do — it’s a business imperative. We know that companies are stronger and more successful when they are diverse and inclusive."
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ L'Oréal "At L’Oréal USA we strive to be as diverse as the market we serve, and are committed to building the standard in inclusive beauty. This is nothing short of a business imperative." "Diversity + Inclusion = Innovation and Success®." www.loreal.com/en/careers/
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L'Oréal Groupe - Freedom to Go beyond, That’s the Beauty of L’Oréal
L'Oréal Group Careers: Our goal? To make beauty accessible to all, by all. Discover what working for the #1 Beauty Tech company looks like. Search for Job offers and career opportunities at L'Oréal.
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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18/02/2025
She said that if trans pronouns harm military readiness, then military leaders must be “incompetent.”
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Federal judge mocks Donald Trump’s “frankly ridiculous” trans military ban
She said that if trans pronouns harm military readiness, then military leaders must be "incompetent."
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights,” he said. “I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/02/2025
white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/02/2025
A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2025
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Not even six hours apart.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The first attack on books by Nazis started with LGBT and “un-German” books.
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Bigotry and Nationalism Launched Nazi Book Burning
The first attack on books by Nazis started with LGBT and “un-German” books.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I understand that Big Brother Musk is now going through Americans' tax returns. Remember that IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH and FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2025
Imprisoning journalists is fine when we do it
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Could someone out there write a definitive guide on convenient alternatives to using Amazon.com for goods and books and whatnot? Asking for some folks who don’t want to see democracy die in darkness.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We agree.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/02/2025
⚡ Finnish President Alexander Stubb: "If there would be an automatic NATO membership for Ukraine if Russia were to attack after peace agreement, I think that's a very strong deterrent." #MSC2025.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 15/02/2025
Zelensky is basically giving the ‘the US has abandoned Europe’ speech. “Does America need Europe? As a market, yes. As an ally, I don’t know.” “Old days are over when the US supported Europe just because.” #MSC2025
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Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Department of Special Tasks (set up in 2023), is based in the Russian military-intelligence HQ, a sprawling glass-and-steel complex on the outskirts of Moscow. Its operations, have included attempted killings, sabotage and a plot to put incendiary devices on planes.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive | A New Spy Unit Is Leading Russia’s Shadow War Against the West
The Department of Special Tasks has brought together veterans of the Kremlin’s most daring clandestine operations to carry out assassination attempts and sabotage overseas.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 15/02/2025
Zelensky at #MSC2025 “What if Russia carries out a false flag attack? How fast will the allies respond and will they respond at all?” “I urge you to act for your own sake.”
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 18/02/2025
Talked to DW last night about European defence and what to do now. The solutions, I argue, are in fact pretty much known. We just need to do it. Now. www.dw.com/en/european-...
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European leaders battle for unity after Trump's Russia push – DW – 02/17/2025
European leaders have held emergency talks in Paris amid fears that they can no longer rely on their security alliance with the United States. French President Emmanuel Macron called the meeting after...
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Dashka Slater @dashkaslater.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is what book banning is. This is its goal. Wholesale removal of entire peoples and their history has always been the agenda. They softened the target with claims about obscenity that some folks fell for and when they got away with it they kept going.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Trump is helping an accused human trafficker, a rapist, and a man who formed an organized crime group to exploit young women. I’ll say it again: This is the most corrupt administration in American history.
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E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“There’s no doubt in my mind that democracy is threatened. It’s been in modest decline for the last 18 years. There’s an ugly nationalism growing mostly from the intolerant right.” — Former British Conservative PM John Major, accusing Trump of “cuddling Mr Putin.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech
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American Blue Sky @americanbluesky.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Germans recognize fascist wannabes when they see them.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
It’s not about “government efficiency.” It’s about autocratic power.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/02/2025
Donald Trump signed a bunch of executive orders rolling back abortion protections in the middle of the night, hoping that no one would notice. This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I love this
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Yesterday it was revealed that the Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles. After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla. "Transparency."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 29/01/2025
Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.
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stevesack.bsky.social @stevesack.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Not All Klansmen Wear Hoods
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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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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Take away #Trump's Viagra - problem solved
Bette Midler, time to ban viagra because if pregnancy is gods will then so is your limp D*ck
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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025
this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!
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Opinion | DEI and Disparate Impact
The next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report
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