Reposted by daBookdragonKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We can’t push ourselves the way non disabled people can. Our bodies NEED more rest. Pushing only leads to setbacks, further illness and worst of all - a reduction in baseline. Baseline is everything when you’re chronically ill. It must be protected at all costs /7 1769
Reposted by daBookdragonWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Bhattacharya is one of the architects of a failed herd immunity strategy reliant on mass infection, arguing against infection controls, including vaccines. Although not explicitly anti-vax, Bhattacharya has cast doubt on the necessity/safety of vaccinating young folks + made allies of anti-vaxxers. 412231
Reposted by daBookdragonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Thank God Merrick Garland waited nearly 2 years to appoint Jack Smith because, after all, nothing is more important than preventing the optics of politicization. 1226289404209
Reposted by daBookdragonDan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Great thread that leads to me charging $30 for a caprese salad in a restaurant to maintain margins, & not having a workforce to serve it because the immigration system will be even more broken than it is now. 26717
Reposted by daBookdragonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Gas prices up, car prices up, computer prices up…if only Trump voters thought to google what tariffs are before they voted him in. 42576152
Reposted by daBookdragonMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The irony is here is that this fake department has its sites on NPR 981480240
Reposted by daBookdragonMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I think it’s pretty clear to Trump 2846454784
Reposted by daBookdragonMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook) www.semafor.com/article/11/2... 262112443242
Reposted by daBookdragonMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This is the way ….. 592453336
Reposted by daBookdragonAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/11/2024If you still have a Twitter or threads account, start encouraging more people to join Blue Sky, especially if you are European. Twitter (X) is being used to manipulate elections globally and suppress information. Post at least once a day, encouraging others to join. #bluesky 641261296686
Reposted by daBookdragonCranky McCrankymom @marag.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Every single time. UBI works *and* it saves money. But no, we can't do this because we hate poor people so much that we would rather waste money than alleviate any suffering. 23712
Reposted by daBookdragonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin? Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps. Please share below 👇🏽 1262149482705
Reposted by daBookdragonAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/11/2024Everytime someone calls Trump “President Donald J. Trump” is like reaffirmation that this is the cultiest cult to ever cult 1193225572291
Reposted by daBookdragonCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is. 8027882080
daBookdragon @dabookdragon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I have been in the hospital with a small bowel obstruction since Sunday. There is a critical shortage of IV fluids in th US. They just stopped my fluids. I still have an NGT in and am unable to eat or drink anything. My NGY output is still significant. As a former nurse I don't feel safe. 120
Reposted by daBookdragonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/11/202433-year-old former far-right cable anchor Natalie Harp may be the most important person in America that you’ve never heard of. She controls all the online information flow to… Donald Trump. Literally. 702072425
Reposted by daBookdragonChris Crimm The Independent @miamisixthman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We do legal backwards in America. So damn wrong! The highest ranking person our Govt should be held to the HIGHEST scrutiny, and be MOST accountable for their abuse of power. Why do we do this the other way around?!?! It’s like our lawmakers want Democracy to fail. 🤦♂️🤷♂️ 67517
Reposted by daBookdragonMachine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 24/11/2024One thing that is glaringly obvious to anyone paying attention: The institutional media is being purchased and controlled by American oligarchs, and as such, can no longer be relied upon to carry out it's responsibility as the 4th estate. 1192806746
Reposted by daBookdragonGrambo @grambo1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This looks familiar right? All they do is lie. It's incredible how they all tell the same lies. Disgusting ppl 25358142
Reposted by daBookdragonNutzeeer @nutzeeer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Lists are a trust thing. And i bet some right wingers will create fake lists that include people on the left. People should be aware of that. 0193
Reposted by daBookdragonAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Always remember that a large amount of people wanted to negotiate with Hitler 'for peace' long after Germany started eating its neighbours. When the French collaborators negotiated they nearly lost all of France to the Nazis. Negotiation can only happen after the invader has been pushed back home. 14070711591
Reposted by daBookdragonLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024100%. It's a simple, elegant plan for Elon and his cronies: Step 1: gut the federal workforce Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup 782488835
Reposted by daBookdragon. @iamdevist8ed.bsky.social · 23/11/2024##POTUS #ERANow Whitehouse.gov/contact Ask POTUS to publish the ERA. It’s already been ratified by 2/3 of the states. The only thing keeping it from being a constitutional amendment is a technicality. Don’t let a arbitrary expiration date stop ERA. We must enshrine women’s rights 084
Reposted by daBookdragonStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 23/11/2024When MAGA left other social media platforms for Parlor and Truth Social, people on the left were not outraged by it. We thought it was funny. But right-wingers do seem upset, insulted, and even abandoned because we have left Xitter for a safer, more user-friendly experience. Why? 1491218109
Reposted by daBookdragonperegrine kate (she/her) @peregrinekate.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Yes. @indivisibleguide.bsky.social brings the 🔥 0236
Reposted by daBookdragonPearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 23/11/2024“Overnight political conversion” - she had a psychotic break during the pandemic lockdowns. The NPR I once loved is just a skin suit being worn by centrists. 81895
Reposted by daBookdragonKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 23/11/2024🧵 Thanks to @jamellebouie.net for highlighting Frederick Douglass's "Lessons of the Hour." It is indeed a must read, but I would suggest that Douglass's last great speech was an address to school children a few months later on September 3, 1894. Douglass traveled... 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow. 1013236
Reposted by daBookdragonAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee, billionaire and former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, managed a hedge fund where he lost 90% of the $6 billion of assets entrusted to him.reuters.comExclusive: Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victoryAs a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge fund's assets. Now, with other business lines expanding, he has scored on perhaps his biggest bet yet: President-elect Donald Trump. 21826231105
Reposted by daBookdragonMichael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 23/11/2024A respectful dissent. Yes, much of politics is about the feels, but there’s also a need for voters’ ability (or their willingness) to step outside the shadow of their expectations. Kamala called on us as a nation to do that, with qualifications, courage and joy. We dropped the ball, not Kamala. 1/ 1101
Reposted by daBookdragonPearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 23/11/2024THEY ARE CALLED SKEETS. 4255732
Reposted by daBookdragongearoidmm @gearoidmm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024What’s bankrupting the US is a lack of tax revenue but we are all going to get very sick of hearing how it’s the “non-productive” members of society who are doing all the damage over the next year until they pass the next tax cut aimed at the rich. 183
Reposted by daBookdragonNancy Anne is tired, but committing the sin of empathy @bohemianbloom.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Librarian: sir, we can’t allow you to place cups of your own piss on the shelves in the religion section. 121
Reposted by daBookdragonGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I will never get over how the white dude "white supremacy researcher" scene uniformly turned up its nose at the idea that misogyny was a core component of US white supremacist fascism. And then white supremacists went & used misogyny to win a presidential election and nominate a cabinet of rapists. 271303282
Reposted by daBookdragonBerny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 23/11/2024This is exactly right. Elon fooled lots of people into thinking that his acquisition of Twitter was about protecting free speech—it was always about reengineering a public square into a reactionary echo chamber. Which is why he’s flirting with running the same play again with MSNBC. 541144288
Reposted by daBookdragonKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Someone put it into words. 🎯👇👇 901162403
Reposted by daBookdragonMike McGann @mikemcgann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024As I said in 2020, none of the weird crap people are claiming happened, happened. The election, while less than desirable in terms of results, was legit. Let's focus on the things we can do something about and not race down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. 3531