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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/03/2025

Tariffs have thrown the auto industry into disarray, and workers on the Iron Range are paying the price. I’ve been in touch with the union to make sure that laid-off workers are getting connected to the resources they need. www.startribune.com/iron-range-l...

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More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs

Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia.

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

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Capt Chris @capt-chris.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Mindset reset: Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life. If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

Picture of a Ukrainian soldier with mud on his face with a Time-magazine style caption that reads “Person of the Year, Ukrainian Defenders.”

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!

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NorCalGal-54 @norcagal-54.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

More of this 👇

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Arrow Ironica @arrowironica.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Know your immigration rights. You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status. Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... #immigration #knowyourrights #constitution

Know your immigration rights

You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status.

If law enforcement asks about your immigration status

Stay calm. Don’t run, argue or resist. You have the right to remain silent. Don’t lie or provide false documents. If asked for immigration papers, you must show them if you have them. If an officer asks to search you, you can say no.

If you are stopped by police, ICE, or Border Patrol

Stay calm. Don’t obstruct officers. You have the right to remain silent - say it out loud. You don’t have to consent to a search. If arrested, you have the right to a lawyer. ICE won’t provide one. Don’t answer questions about your immigration status. Memorize phone numbers of family and a lawyer.

If police or ICE come to your home

Do not open the door unless agents show a warrant signed by a judge. Ask them to slide the warrant under the door or show it through a window. You have the right to remain silent - say so out loud. If they force entry, don’t resist, but state: “I do not consent to this search.”

If you are detained or arrested

Ask for a lawyer immediately. Do not sign anything or answer questions without a lawyer. You have the right to call your family or a lawyer. If detained by ICE, you can request a list of free or low-cost legal services. Remember your immigration number (“A” number) and share it with family.
If you need a lawyer
Police must provide a lawyer if you’re arrested, but ICE does not. You have the right to private communication with a lawyer.
If you are stopped in transit
Car: you must show your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. Bus/train: Border control can ask about immigration status, but you have the right to remain silent. Airports: Agents can ask about your status when entering or leaving the U.S. but legal residents are only required to confirm identity and residency.

If your rights are violated
Take note of badge numbers, patrol car details, and a…

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Feels like we are living in the first third of a Star Wars opening crawl

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

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🦇🎃 Boo-ana 🎃🦇 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Luigi is my favorite Mario bros character. Some people might balk at that and wring their hands, but Luigi is a hero. More people should be like Luigi. The Mario Bros character.

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Jane Ng @janeng.com · 01/02/2025

In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right? But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Nobody is paying attention to things like this because the CDC no longer communicates. The current occupant of the White House broke government. He broke the ability to keep America safe. This is spreading, and this administration plans to pretend it doesn't exist. 828newsnow.com/news/228822-...

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Dead bird at Lake Julian Park tests positive for avian flu - Asheville's 828 News NOW

Preliminary tests show a bird at Lake Julian Park had avian influenza H5N1

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Moebius13 @moebius13.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

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🌊Sandy #GunReformNow @cynthiaharless.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

America is being dismantled and destroyed by Robber Baron Brown Shirts! No one is coming to save us! We must stand United and fight them at every turn! Pass it on!

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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 01/02/2025

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

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ncmema.bsky.social @ncmema.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is what we all should remember.

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Pearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

So to be clear, Elon has given a Nazi salute, then said Germans shouldn’t feel guilt for their Nazi grandparents actions, said no race mixing for Italy, and that we have to “save” Japanese culture. This motherfucker trying to speed run reforming the Axis.

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Shayna Ghram-Kaiser @shaynalynn86.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It's just like that too!

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Who’s gonna tell him the radical ideology is from Jesus?

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Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A reminder - don't use Amazon, but go to bookshops, which play a far more vital role in promoting literacy just by simply making books more visible, and allow you to find things by chance rather than by what the algorithm decides.

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Lyss @lyssabyss.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!! This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)

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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I'm just saying...

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Blue Fox Moon @bluefoxmoon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

• Get a library card • Use your library card • Support indie booksellers • Read banned books • Read diverse authors • Resist • Repeat #booksky #resist

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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Never forget January 6th. Never forget January 6th. Never forget January 6th.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

People on TikTok are reporting ICE raids happening in small cities in various states. To get past algorithmic censorship, they’re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.

Screenshot of a young person holding up a sign that says “BREAKING: ICE IN KENTUCKY”

The algorithm-facing comment says, “Had to share these cute winter boots I just got!”

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience. What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/01/2025

Check out these peaceful protesters on the day of love!

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Arloween 🎃 @feraldactal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Reading is political. Reading has always been political. Your favorite characters wouldn’t just sit by and watch. They’d get up and burn some shit to the ground. #booksky

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