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Anti-capitalist. Not sane-washable. Still waiting for that trickle down. 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🍉 🍄🌳✨ #cascadia #generalstrike #NSPM-7 #taxthechurches #icecritic

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There has been more energy in the US to disrupt or cancel an Ed Sheeran concert than the multiple visits Netanyahu has made to the US.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They're exposing our secrets! Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar said Sunday he will work to revoke the citizenship of Oscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their documentary “NAZA” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film examines what it describes
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Israel's culture minister threatens to revoke citizenship of Gaza doc filmmakers
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It reveals 'in detail the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza' following the e...
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 21/08/2026
A new, deeply researched book by retired reporter and editor Steve Law, Peddlers of Hate, provides historical context for one notorious period in particular—the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon. And the similarities to today’s United States are profound.
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The Ku Klux Klan Are Losers - Portland Mercury
A new book by Oregon journalist Steve Law describes the Klan’s path into politics and power and the people who took it down.
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"I'm talking about the 1906 Meat Inspection Act and the 1906 Food and Drug Law, which laid the foundation for all consumer protection laws that followed in this country."
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I've been right-hooked twice already while riding through this intersection. Both times, the driver ran the red arrow without so much as a brake check. @pbotinfo.bsky.social
Picture of bike lane with improved signaling and permanent buffer.Closeup of bike lane improved signaling
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I'm not the first person to say this, but the bike industry in the U.S. is really missing a huge opportunity by not aggressively defending and promoting e-bikes. I think this is largely the result of it being an industry built on recreational cycling and not transit riding.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 09/08/2026
194 segments on record heat across ABC, CBS, NBC this summer, zero mentioned climate change. UK broadcasters made the link 62 percent of the time on their heat wave. Attribution science makes some of these events five times more likely now, but American networks just call it hot.
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 07/08/2026
The Mercury spoke with several people who purchased electric bikes through Portland Clean Energy Fund's new rebate program. While the recipients’ backgrounds and transportation habits varied, everyone echoed the same general sentiment: e-bikes are game-changing.
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E-Bike Town - Portland Mercury
Earlier this summer, Sabrina Taylor picked up her new electric bike, purchased with a rebate through the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund’s (PCEF) new e-bike incentive program. Not long a...
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Centrist Democrats are just Trump hating Republicans. Better than Trump loving Republicans, but still just Republicans.
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Ononebete @ononebete.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The sleazy billionaire can fleece the city and lowball the staff if we win. "They captured the Stanley Cup in June and have made the playoffs eight straight years since Dundon took over, so who are any of us to tell him he should run anything differently with the basketball team he just bought?"
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Entire economy is fake. Any GDP growth is coming from circular financing of AI, military spending and inflation that is strangling mainstreet.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“The FBI has signaled that its new effort to brand political opponents of the president as terrorists has only just begun, and that soon the power of large language models will be brought to bear on the effort to flag and tag political dissidents en masse.”
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Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list
Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can." - Frank #Zappa
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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Most Democrats don't realize that the billionaire megadonors funding American Bridge are also seeding a new crop of super PACs that are spending against progressives in primaries. They keep a low profile and move dark money. James Carville is attacking progressives as he's paid by American Bridge:
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Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"To 6 of the 40 Philadelphians arrested for not having bells on their bicycles, Ann Carey explains she did have a horn. But Fairmount Park police gave her a summons, anyway. They were all discharged- after being warned to get bells." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin July 24, 1937
Photo of a woman in a dress standing astride a bicycle with several other women in dresses standing around her.
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dead bodies everywhere.
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Union Carbide (West Virginia)
YouTube video by Revolting Cocks - Topic
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It is best in cases like this To pretend that You are stupid (DOH . . . ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-9z...
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Heavenly Bank Account
YouTube video by Frank Zappa - Topic
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Just met someone who identified as a centrist democrat. I used Ray-Gun to turn him. Amazing how many think that asshole was a good person.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The median newspaper columnist writing about bike infrastructure is like, "I once had to park 150 feet away from the coffee shop so I talked to 2 other drivers, a failing restaurant owner, and a person who once saw a cyclist run a stop sign about how bike lanes ruined our lives."
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador. New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony. www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador
New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"It's really not creepy to have little kids mindlessly recite this anthem every day and pledge their life to a government before they're old enough to really think about what they're saying."
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The Pledge of Allegiance
YouTube video by WKUK: Whitest Kids U’ Know
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Leonard Peltier: There's nothing to celebrate at America 250. www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2026/06/28/l...
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Leonard Peltier: nothing to celebrate at America 250
Leonard Peltier. Photo: Angel White On July 3, fireworks will burst over Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (the Six Grandfathers), the sacred Lakota mountain the settlers rename
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...
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Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
Federal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people...
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Didn't have Nathan Vasquez correctly identifying Ronald Reagan as a cause of the current mental health problem at the Armory pro-cop Safer Portland/Eli campaign rally in the Pearl tonight with Bob Day. Attendees skewed older and were actively worked for signatures and money in the lobby.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
NEW: Palantir has gone on a Democratic lobbyist hiring spree, picking up Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff, a top DCCC fundraiser, and a former Democratic senator to push its interests in Washington DC. readsludge.com/2026/06/22/p...
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Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree
The ICE contractor has hired Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff and a former Democratic senator as it builds out a Democratic lobbying operation on Capitol Hill.
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Jacob Crosse | WSWS.org @crossebarx.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Obama library dedication turns presidency of war, Wall Street bailouts into Democratic Camelot The opening of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side was an exercise in political myth-making. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Obama library dedication turns presidency of war, Wall Street bailouts into Democratic Camelot
The opening of the Obama Presidential Center was an over-the-top exercise in political mythmaking, aimed at recasting a presidency of Wall Street bailouts, war, deportations and attacks on workers as ...
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“Our children are inheriting a world soaked in blood, built on violence and domination, drowning in genocide and hatred, and strangled by greed. And we’re rapidly making it worse. I want that to change, and I want us to give them something better.” #cascadia
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Bleeding earth by Vancouver artist removed from Science World | Daily Hive | Urbanized
A compelling piece of art in the form of a sculpture created by a Vancouver artist was recently removed from the Science World area.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Democrats may not like Trump, but they do not like him because he is chaotic - and moreoever - so brutal, that he threatens to push the working-class into mobilizing against him. And that is what physically terrifies the Democratic establishment. timwhitakerspeaks.substack.com/p/delaney-ha...
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Delaney Hall Shows us That the Democrats Won't Save Us
Did I really vote for a bootlicker?
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/05/2026
NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them:
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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Woman arrested in Texas for posting photos of dirty water on Facebook. The police claimed she was spreading information to create panic. Apparently a president is immune from such arrest when they spread lies every week that cause mayhem and panic. www.fox4news.com/news/woman-a...
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Woman files lawsuit after arrest for Facebook post concerning Trinidad water supply issues
A Facebook post about problems with the City of Trinidad's water quality led to the arrest of a Henderson County resident, who says she's filed a lawsuit against the city and called the arrest "politi...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ben-Gvir, a key ally of Trump and Israel’s Minister of National Security, as well as leader of the far-right ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, posted a video of himself verbally abusing and mocking international human rights defenders while they were chained, forced to kneel, and abused.
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The Register @theregister.com · 19/05/2026
America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames
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America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames
I wonder what's in 'external-secret-repo-creds.yaml' and 'AWS-Workspace-Firefox-Passwords.csv'?
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The business of war. Pakistan is betting on the JF‑17 to open new arms‑export markets. But how much potential does the jet really have, and what’s behind the multibillion‑dollar deals? p.dw.com/p/59h8x
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Fighter jets: Pakistan’s export hope
Pakistan is betting on the JF‑17 to open new arms‑export markets. But how much potential does the jet really have, and what’s behind the multibillion‑dollar deals?
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Happy Cascadia Day!
The Doug flag, also referred to as the Cascadian flag or the Cascadia Doug flag and nicknamed "Old Doug" or simply "the Doug", is one of the primary symbols and an unofficial flag of the Cascadia bioregion.
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Grifting liar. Everytime. “Meanwhile, the contract’s true cost – which Trump initially told journalists would be $1.8m – has been revealed to be $13.1m. Amid the controversy, Trump has distanced himself from the company, contradicting previous statements by denying that he had ever used it”
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Workers racing to turn reflecting pool blue for Trump may be at risk, union warns
Union representative concerned about safety as workers rush to finish repainting DC pool before 250th celebrations
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Somebody PLEASE make the dumbfeckery stop 😳😂😂😂😂 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Christian leaders say Pentagon’s UFO photos could be ‘falling angels’
Theologians express skepticism over latest Pentagon release of declassified material and ask: ‘What if the better explanation isn’t extraterrestrial – but extra-dimensional?’
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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
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As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
Cuba is struggling with devastating nationwide blackouts as the United States’ effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But this crisis may also be accelerating a China-backed clean energy revolution that’s been quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation.
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Flock keeps spying on us all, and state and local officials aren’t protecting us The cameras are everywhere. The regulations are mostly missing"
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Flock keeps spying on us all, and state and local officials aren't protecting us - 48 hills
The cameras are everywhere. The regulations are mostly missing.
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Ground News @groundnews.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
More than 29 million gallons of unbilled water flowed to Quality Technology Services’ data center campus under development in Fayetteville, Georgia, after two industrial-scale hookups went unaccounted for. ground.news/article/data...
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 11/05/2026
For the last three decades, logging on Oregon's federally-managed land has focused on balancing wood production with wildlife management and recreation, but now, a revised resource management plan from the Bureau of Land Management aims to quadruple the agency's annual timber harvest.
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New Federal Logging Plan Could Decimate Oregon’s Old Growth Forests - Portland Mercury
In February, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) filed a notice of intent to revise its resource management plan for the nearly 2.5 million acres of forest land it manages in Oregon—aiming to quadrupl...
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Daring Fireball bot @dfbot.eurosky.social · 10/05/2026
Meta to Start Capturing Employee Mouse Movements, Keystrokes for AI Training Data
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Meta to Start Capturing Employee Mouse Movements, Keystrokes for AI Training Data
Link to: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-start-capturing-employee-mouse-movements-keystrokes-ai-training-data-2026-04-21/
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 10/05/2026
1974: oil prices ~4×. One option: nuclear. 2026: solar scaling ~10× faster. Multiple off-ramps. Oil may not spike the same. But the system break will be bigger than anything in history. This time, it doesn’t rebuild. It gets replaced. #Bettrification #SWB Enjoy my take 👇
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1974 vs 2026: When Energy Systems Break -
1974 forced a rebuild. Today’s crisis triggers a faster, cheaper, decentralised replacement. Solar, batteries, and EVs are scaling globally. Cost wins.
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Beng @bengtang.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survi...
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Rare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured Them
As airstrikes and reports of torture under Ecuador’s U.S.-backed military regime continue to mount, fishermen tell Drop Site News they were blindfolded and held hostage for eight days.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“For decades, federal agencies have gathered data on everything from climate risk to the rising cost of childcare. It is information funded by taxes, and that belongs to the American people. But over the past year, the Trump administration has been altering and removing decades’ worth of datasets”
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The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are 5 ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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costumeface @costumeface.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Over 21 billion $ awarded by the US Government and counting. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
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Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims
This is a separate case to the lawsuits alleging Tesla misleads about range.
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Liberals love to pretend that ICE is meaningfully different from other law enforcement, that they're worse, that they're "fake;" they love to fantasize about calling the cops on ICE. ICE are cops and cops are ICE. ICE may be sloppier, but everything they do is supported and enabled by local PD.
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