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Dara

@daraann.bsky.social
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Gardener, animal & music lover and presently trying to figure out how to navigate the next four years and stay sane.

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Dara @daraann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Soon these little ones will be headed south. I'm going to miss seeing them everyday but I'm glad I have the plants to support them and all the other critters that need them. 🌱
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Dara @daraann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning! 🌱
Monarch feeding on Joe Pye Weed.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
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Dara @daraann.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
♥️ have a wonderful weekend. 🌱
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This man is a mass murderer on the level of any of history's most reviled monsters.
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Dara @daraann.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🎶 Milkweed brings all the bees to the yard🎶 (And Monarchs too) 🌱
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Armed federal agents are murdering innocent civilians in the streets, we’ve lost a war that cost hundreds of billions of dollars that had no discernible rationale and the administration is illegally withholding millions of documents that may link the president with Jeffrey Epstein. Seems bad!
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Dr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 09/07/2026
Washing produce lowers Cyclospora risk but doesn't remove it. Michigan: ~1,000 cases in 2 weeks. The FDA lab check for it got switched off in 2025 to save $. CBS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQb3Naz-gg Read: www.celinegounder.com/p/cyclospora-…
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Graham Platner’s claim that the Democratic Establishment conspired to destroy his candidacy is the only good thing I’ve heard about the Democratic Establishment in months.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In case it wasn’t clear, I think there are a lot of mistakes and beliefs that people can change and — with effort and good faith — try to make right. Rape is not one of those. You cannot rehabilitate a rapist. There is no room for rapists in our movement.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/07/2026
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
 Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026
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Dara @daraann.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ninebark in bloom with hundreds of insects having the best time. 🌱
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The entire fuckin point of the national mall is loitering
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For a long time, the New York Democratic machine was corrupt, sclerotic, hostile to progress, and completely implacable. That started to change when 13 women came forward, at great personal cost, about the sexual harassment they experienced from Andrew Cuomo.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/06/2026
now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline
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The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk spent $290 million getting Trump elected. During this midterm cycle, he's spent $85 million. In total, that’s 0.0375% of his $1 trillion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So many people insisted that Graham Platner was just a growing boy who couldn’t be held responsible for a Nazi tattoo and some bad behavior in relationships and the Democrats are so desperate to appeal to white men who they will never sway that they will tolerate this raggedy ass man.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Rubio: I have never seen Trump fall asleep. Lieu: I’m going to show you a video that shows you just lied to congress. Here is a video of him asleep while you are talking.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026
Scott Pelley is a hero, and it really makes you wonder: where has this spirit been? In other media figures, other executives, other people who have seen these oligarchs degrade everything of value in this country? Why is it so striking & unusual for *anyone to fight back*?
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If you’d told me on January 7th 2021 that everyone in this picture would be pardoned and be paid $1 million each for reparations, I’d have said you were insane. It turns out that it’s American voters that are insane.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Erin Brockovich’s website that has a map of major AI data centers in the U.S. that are either operational or under construction.
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Brockovich Data Center Reporting – U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map
Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — built or being built. Understand the community impact and report issues in your area.
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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
call me crazy, but i think forcing the adoption of tech that intentionally hollows out the human labor market and accelerates climate destruction in order to concentrate wealth is just mass-murder with extra steps
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Congress works 140 days a year and earns $174K annually, plus full benefits. How can anyone survive on that without a few stock trades and a little insider trading? They get 225 days off a year and think it’s okay to hold the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour for 17 years.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I honestly hope at least 90% of currently elected Democrats lose their jobs the next available chance in favor of people who actually believe power can be used to shape needed change for the people they're allegedly meant to represent. It's our only hope.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
we know
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
watching the willful and steady destruction of respect and faith in all three branches of government is kind of depressing not going to lie
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Jeff Bezos and his wife are the lead sponsors of tonight's Met Gala. Now seems like a good time to remind folks of all the ways Bezos is shafting American consumers and Amazon workers — and how his wealth is putting our democracy at risk. www.commondreams.org/opinion/amazon…
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It Is Difficult for the Brain to Comprehend All the Ways Jeff Bezos Is Shafting Americans | Common Dreams
Like the robber barons of the first Gilded Age, Bezos’s consumption is of the conspicuous kind. But is luxurious lifesty
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Passed in 1965 with overwhelming bipartisan support, and re-authorized repeatedly, the Voting Rights Act has long and widely been regarded as one of the signal achievements in US political history. Now an activist conservative super-majority of Court has taken it down with a brutal 1-2 attack.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The masked ICE thug who killed Renee Good got 3 days of administrative leave. The guy who posted an anti-Trump photo of seashells faces 10 years in prison.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
NEW: WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond. read @telliotter.bsky.social:
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Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
he's counting on people not knowing what a doctor looks like because they don't have healthcare
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“He has several sexual assault accusations against him, but maybe they’re not true.” “He has a Nazi tattoo and racist Reddit posts, but maybe he’s not that bad.” Not how you build a passionate voter base. We Democrats need to do better than this shit.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/04/2026
Apropos of nothing, just something I think about a lot: During the worst pandemic in a century, lots of people told a bunch of outrageous lies that caused much, much more death. It was one of the more grotesque moral crimes I've ever witnessed & zero (0) of those involved faced any consequences.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/04/2026
Four women have described sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her. The Democrat, a candidate for governor of California, has denied the allegations. cnn.it/4voKIHQ
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Any Doubts @anydoubts.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
A man in a dark suit with a red tie (Trump) stands between two women dressed in white tops. The woman on the left (Melania) wears a fitted white jacket and pants, with long straight brown hair and a neutral expression. The woman on the right (Ghislaine Maxwell) has short dark hair, a white button-down shirt, tan pants, and holds a small red handbag. All three face the camera against a dark, indoor background.

Melania Trump, Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell attend Anand Jon Fashion Show on September 18, 2000 in New York City. (Photo by Rossa W. Cole/Sygma via Getty Images)
Four people pose together indoors at what looks like a formal or fashion-related event. From left to right: a woman in a sleeveless dark blue dress with a wrap or shawl draped over her arms (Maxwell); a tall woman in the center-left wearing a dark, textured coat over a short outfit with high boots (Naomi), smiling brightly; a man in a suit with a light blue tie (Trump), also smiling; and a woman on the right in a black satin dress with lace or sheer sleeves (Melania). They stand close together, facing the camera, in a well-lit interior space.

Ghislaine Maxwell, supermodel Naomi Campbell, Donald and Melania Trump attend an opening for the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house in November 2002.
Photo by Thos Robinson/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Three people pose closely together at an indoor event. In the center is a man wearing a dark suit with a red tie (Trump). On his left stands a woman with a short, platinum-blonde bob hairstyle, wearing a patterned, gold-and-black coat or dress (Maxwell). On his right is a woman with long brown hair, wearing a fitted white blouse and dark pants (Melania). All three are facing the camera against a dimly lit background.

A 'hookers and pimps'-themed Halloween party held by Heidi Klum in New York, October 2000, Photograph: Coleman-Rayner.A group of people stands together at what appears to be an evening social event under a covered outdoor or tented area.

On the left, a man in a dark suit with a red patterned tie (Trump) stands beside a woman wearing a fitted black sleeveless dress and a cross necklace (Melania); she has long straight brown hair and faces the camera. Next to them, another man in a dark suit with a light-colored tie looks slightly off to the side rather than at the camera.

In the background and to the right, several other guests are visible. One woman in a white sleeveless dress is turned toward another woman (Maxwell), as if mid-conversation, while a man (Prince Andrew) stands behind them watching. Jeffrey is behind them. The setting includes decorative trim along the canopy and soft lighting, suggesting a formal or semi-formal gathering.

Portrait of, from left, American real estate developer Donald Trump, his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, financier Jeffrey Epstein and at right Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The new White House App the Trump admin just rolled out got a Community Note.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is utterly extraordinary. If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more. The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. Gets worse as you read it. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...
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The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
counted 25 ICE officers (most with ERO vests) during my 26-minute wait in the LGA Terminal C Touchless line this morning. every one of them was either standing doing nothing or slowly walking the length of the line doing nothing. at least four were in masks.
two ICE officers who look like they’re about 16two ICE officers standing by a walltwo ICE officers pacingtwo ICE officers, both masked, walking the length of the TSA line
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A judge has allowed the DOGE deposition videos back online. After originally ruling plaintiffs had to "claw back" the videos and them being removed from YouTube, the judge has now said the videos fall "squarely within that core public interest." Now back on YouTube www.404media.co/judge-allows...
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Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online
“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE m...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
the thing i keep coming back to whenever “bluesky isnt quite there yet” discourse hits the timeline is at least on here my viral posts arent generating revenue for an artisanal and on-demand child sexual assault image generator
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/03/2026
this is why they call it March Madness
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
NEW: This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children. www.propublica.org/article/fami...
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The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted
This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publ...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
One year, folks. Madness. www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/u...
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Palestinian protester held in immigration detention for over a year is released | CNN
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman detained by immigration authorities for over a year after she was arrested at a protest at Columbia University amid Israel’s war in Gaza in 2024, has been released fr...
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