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daBookdragon

@dabookdragon.bsky.social
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Middle aged she dragon who enjoys curling up with a good book and has zero f*cks left to give. Child rights advocate since the 90's. Disabled retired nurse. Stan of Eleanor Roosevelt and her human rights activism. ER > FDR.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We 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
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Bhattacharya 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.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Thank God Merrick Garland waited nearly 2 years to appoint Jack Smith because, after all, nothing is more important than preventing the optics of politicization.
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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great 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.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Gas prices up, car prices up, computer prices up…if only Trump voters thought to google what tariffs are before they voted him in.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The irony is here is that this fake department has its sites on NPR
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I think it’s pretty clear to Trump
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
lol 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...
Chinese state media is reportedly troubled by the latest exodus of X users flocking to Bluesky. State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform — including by buying ads, deploying bots, and hiring influencers — have recently seen their growth plateau.

The growing popularity of Bluesky, which has a largely liberal base and harder-to-manipulate algorithm, has sparked “worried chatter within Chinese state media circles,” a former Xinhua and China Daily employee wrote in his newsletter. He predicted the accounts will migrate to Bluesky, though it may take time. For now, the sector’s focus has shifted back to domestic, Mandarin-language channels and platforms like Bilibili, WeChat, and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This is the way …..
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
If 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
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Cranky McCrankymom @marag.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Every 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.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What 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 👇🏽
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/11/2024
Everytime someone calls Trump “President Donald J. Trump” is like reaffirmation that this is the cultiest cult to ever cult
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So 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.
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Devlyn Angel, ETQ 😈😇 @devlynangel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Agreed.
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daBookdragon @dabookdragon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I 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.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
33-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.
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Chris Crimm The Independent @miamisixthman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We 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. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
One 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.
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nanaleanne57.bsky.social @nanaleanne57.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
THIS!!!!
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Grambo @grambo1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This looks familiar right? All they do is lie. It's incredible how they all tell the same lies. Disgusting ppl
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Nutzeeer @nutzeeer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Lists 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.
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Leo💙 @21leo54.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thank you Lauren!
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Always 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.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
100%. 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
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. @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
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
When 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?
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peregrine kate (she/her) @peregrinekate.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Yes. @indivisibleguide.bsky.social brings the 🔥
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Pearlmania500 @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.
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Kevin 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...
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Opinion | Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.
Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Trump’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.
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Exclusive: Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victory
As 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.
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Harlie Queues @harliequeues.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
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Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A 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/
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Pearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
THEY ARE CALLED SKEETS.
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♘ 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 千尺丨几Ꮆ乇 ☘️⚔️ @irish-pickle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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gearoidmm @gearoidmm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
What’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.
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Nancy Anne is tired, but committing the sin of empathy @bohemianbloom.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Optimist: 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.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cartoon of orange Hitler holding a cannon labelled “trade war“ pointing at China, but the explosion comes out the back and hits his voters
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I 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.
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This 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.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Someone put it into words. 🎯👇👇
Krystal ball tweet
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Mike McGann @mikemcgann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
As 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.
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