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Dr. Dharma Bum

@drdharmabum.bsky.social
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Card-carrying Antifa member, neurodivergent high-functioning fuck up, spider-loving iNaturalist nerd, and molecular biologist of infectious diseases whose boss has a 🧠 🪱 Turn ons: truth, equality and dogs Turn offs: fascism, misinformation and cilantro

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h
A 911 call from Salem, Oregon, describes a disturbing encounter in which a woman was screaming that she was a U.S. citizen as ICE goons broke her vehicle window and forcibly pulled her out. According to reporting on the call, the woman suffered a concussion, torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs.
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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"May Block..." My God. www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Schumer warns Democrats may block Trump’s judge picks if they flip Senate
Republicans used their Senate majority to block vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination after the 2012 death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Katie Phang on Blanche: What are you trying to hide? Who are you protecting? This is the permissive culture that is created, that is then buttressed by conduct by people like the AG to protect perpetrators, co-conspirators, enablers of crimes. Crimes against children, crimes against women.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Rulings from justices who took bribes still get treated as law. Elections they’ve rigged are still treated as the path to reform. The hope remains that the system will self-correct while the people who broke it keep breaking it." - Christopher Armitage cmarmitage.substack.com/p/this-shoul...
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This Should Put At Least 3 Supreme Court Justices in Jail
When should you stop respecting a court's rulings?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Amy 📎 🇺🇲🇨🇦 @aimze.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️‍🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 @sassysister27.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❤️ Hi, I’m Oakley! 🐶🐾 I’m a sweet misunderstood pup who’s been very fearful since I arrived here. I’m a shy, sensitive boy who’s very sad. I can be social, affectionate & playful w/a slow approach and I love treats! NE Coast 🆓2foster Vet covered Pls DM @cathypolicky101.bsky.social 🙏Share me 🐶TY!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell expelled students who were protesting genocide in Gaza, but made five of seven guys who gang raped a drugged girl for seven hours write essays. That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about the morals of that institution.
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please share. #Pinks
girlyfeminist girlyfeminist
l've been a SA advocate for decades:
NEVER go to campus resources for a SA. Call a rape care hotline/program (off campus), get a SA advocate (they're free), go to a SART hospital for care (and evidence collection if you choose).
They activate the police. Schools have NO business in this process and will minimize and bury it. It's a criminal matter, not an administrative matter.
Period. No exceptions.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States.
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Stevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a Reminder...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The number of decent people in Hollywood is minuscule, but Mark is def a decent guy. Appreciate his advocacy on so many issues. @markruffalo.bsky.social
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MAGA Cult Slayer "🔥 🇺🇸 Tammy Duckworth just became our pick for president. And I’m not moving off of that until somebody one-ups her and that’s not gonna be easy because she’s the first. Mark this moment down. That was a very important sentence. 🤯"
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
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Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
This is Eugenics. Couple amping up the libido of their chosen specimens with their bid to lower the standards on human research subjects’ informed consent and mass deportation, and what other conclusion can be reached?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18/09/2026
Hi, CDC here 👋, We’d like to be excluded from this gross narrative of political propaganda. We do not dispute PA’s health department’s official count of 4 measles associated deaths & would request that HHS leave our names out of their filthy, lying mouths.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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CharChar @char50.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whatever Trump builds the next President must tear down www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Whatever Trump builds the next President must tear down
On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported on the progress of Trump’s attempt to leave DC littered with architectural abominations whose size is matched only by the toxic extent of his poisonous ego.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So which one of Kash’s friends trying to join the FBI had a bestiality conviction on his record?
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Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Want to make RFK mad? Roll up your sleeves for the flu and COVID-19 vaccines, and RSV if you're eligible. These shots can help prevent serious illness during respiratory virus season. 🩹 Find a vaccination site, including for uninsured New Yorkers: on.nyc.gov/4yBwPqX
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with an angry expression. Image: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/ Maybe we’ve been fighting disinformation backward. Fact-checkers chase lies after they spread. But a growing body of research suggests something more powerful: teach people the manipulation tactics first, and they become harder to fool later. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't be fooled into thinking that a "free market" only exists when corporations get to "self-regulate" and do whatever they want. And don't be led to think that the government is "intruding" into the market when it crafts laws to protect the public. The real issue is power — and who has it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
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GenXer-71 @genxer-71.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let's talk about how McConnell's handlers ILLEGALLY COERCED him into changing his vote. WILL they be held accountable??
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Lourdes @lulipardo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is so much research to back up that African American women face a pregnancy mortality rate roughly 3 times higher than that of white women. The abortion bans disproportionally affect minority women more!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Infinite growth on a finite planet is a death sentence. There is no economic growth on a dead planet.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Department of Justice effort to restore U.S. Postal Service mail-in voting rule. A huge victory for voting rights and free and fair elections. A defeat for Trump and his scheme to rig the elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
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🚨 State of California et al v. United States Postal Service et al
Learn more here.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Social Dominance Theory offers a useful lens on the subtext here. Not just “too many brown people,” but “too many brown *men*.” Racial threat narratives have long been gendered: outgroup men cast as a threat to ingroup women.
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Dr. Dharma Bum @drdharmabum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Make a band edible Buffalo Wingsfield
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