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El of LA

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Bio-Anthropologist/Linguist/IT/Writing professional. Post on social issues/indicators, environment, justice, evolution (which we're failing at). Slava Ukraini. "We all do better when we all do better!" (Here since 9-2023. I keep feed short.) NO LISTS

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|Between The Lines| @frankjones25.bsky.social · 10h
So the trillions of dollars that Trump claims we got from tariffs are actually taxes he collected from “US”. Got it.
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Dem presses Bessent: “Who pays tariffs?”
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 9h
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project futurism.com/artificial-intelligenc… #USA #Google #DataCenters #AI #Environment
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Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project
Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 11h
www.wired.com/story/ice-ha... You cannot intimidate, you cannot arrest all of us!….
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Epstein @genelisadaily.bsky.social · 14h
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court paved the way for Trump admin ‘taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take’ with decision on DHS use of Social Security information - N...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court over a recent decision. BY: MEGA Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Court’s
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🏴‍☠️Øracle 671⚓️🌻 @ssnbubblehead.bsky.social · 14h
I swear to the gods, we're all gonna die. That's by design. Elon Musk is now running the Pentagon. Happy Friday night. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon
Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 13h
GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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fransbiebaut.bsky.social @fransbiebaut.bsky.social · 20h
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 20h
Project Salt Box open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract
The company, whose growing ICE portfolio includes locating people for deportation, will now run DHS’s contract for people leaving through the CBP Home app.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is going ahead with building the wall despite that residents of Big Bend are protesting it.
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y’all, look at this absolute *unit* of a sycamore tree I found in the Pennsylvania woods. This giant was an absolute specimen. Over 200 years old. A trunk that dwarfed little ol’ six-foot me. I named it ‘Tree Rex.’ That’s an elder, man. An ancient. I do love me an old tree.
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump
Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.
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Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pine Island data center: AG Ellison claims project could result in over $1 billion in costs, raises transparency concerns www.kaaltv.com/news/pine-is...
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Pine Island data center: AG Ellison claims project could result in over $1 billion in costs, raises transparency concerns
(ABC 6 News) — Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office argues Google’s proposed data center in Pine Island may end up costing Xcel customers ‘billions’ and calls for transparency in new documents rele...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race newrepublic.com/post/216119/...
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The Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Van Orden Hit with Cease-and-Desist Letter Over AI Deepfake Videos www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/va...
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Van Orden Hit with Cease-and-Desist Letter Over AI Deepfake Videos
Attorneys for Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke say the Wisconsin representative’s campaign used the technology to “falsely attribute” statements to his opponent.
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Joy 💙 @sugataai.com · 01/10/2026
In Brazil's Paraná coast, researchers are pioneering a first: vaccinating Black-faced lion tamarins to protect this endangered primate from deadly viruses. 🦜 #Mongabay sugataai.com/blog/a-first...
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A first in Brazil: Black-faced lion tamarins vaccinated
Deep in the coastal restinga of Paraná state, where the rhythm of the ocean usually drowns out the whispers of the forest, a quiet revolution took place this July.
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https://rudytuesdaydesigns.etsy.com @wild999.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
rudytuesdaydesigns.etsy.com bracelets $26 #artists #handmadejewelry
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https://rudytuesdaydesigns.etsy.com @wild999.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
rudytuesdaydesigns.etsy.com $16 #artists #handmadejewelry
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
omg 😱
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Max Fuller (Elias Harger): We're Doomed
ALT: Max Fuller (Elias Harger): We're Doomed
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Blackburn sues Jack Smith for obtaining her phone records
The Republican senator brought the suit one day after the former special counsel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice... The Justice Department took the unusual step on Wednesday of filing a judicial misconduct complaint against all but one of the federal district judges in Minnesota….
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Justice Department files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Justice Department had filed a judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota after they spoke with the New York Times.
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable apnews.com/article/trum...
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What Trump’s homelessness policy means for the most vulnerable
The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump administration considers scaling back border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park apnews.com/article/bord...
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Trump administration considers scaling back border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
The Trump administration says it's considering reducing the scope of a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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Fascism in America @bjmcguire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Signs of Fascism #8 Religion and Government are intertwined Here we are … a right wing nationalist in charge of the military trying to influence people’s beliefs: Violates the constitution. Violates the rights of non-Christians and agnostics. Violates democracy #FascismInAmerica
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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Courts Are Not Going to Save Voting Rights open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Courts Are Not Going to Save Voting Rights
🚨 34 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds, judge rules apnews.com/article/immi...
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US can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds, judge rules
A judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds.
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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US immigration judge allows cold war-era law to deport Wisconsin mosque’s president
When one track failed, Trump administration rushed immigration case of Palestine rights advocate Salah Sarsour
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Project Salt Box open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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ICE funds tent camp for detained women at Batavia
A federal contracting record shows DHS is paying Akima for a "soft-sided tent facility" for detained women, weeks after a New York law barred county jails from holding people for DHS.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please help me get 10/17 voting events shared. RP💙 On Oct 17th there are events that will be happening all over the U.S. These are events to get out the vote. Some communities are planning family friendly events & walks to local drop boxes to cast your vote nokings.fiftyfifty.one
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50501 · No Kings: Vote Early · October 17
No thrones. No crowns. No kings. Save the date and get updates from 50501.
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serafina-tiklya.bsky.social @serafina-tiklya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me too! I almost threw my shoe at the TV!
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For what it is worth, the huge road trip I am on for a family emergency has left me horrified at how dangerous it is to drive in a car on the US road system. There are so many 18 wheelers that my 15 hour trip South in a Honda CRV had me blown all over the road constantly + almost blown off it 2x! 😱😡
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A family emergency took me out of town and on a 1700 mile journey by car for at least a week yesterday. I may forward some substack posts, but I am not really 'here,' I am with my family. Blessings to all, I will address follows and all other things when I make it back home.
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oliver Kornetzke oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/western-in...
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Western Innocence
How Western Power Helped Create the Conditions Putinism Exploited
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Project Salt Box open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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Firm that brokered ICE's warehouse deals wins $655 million contract to build at sites from Honolulu to Guantánamo Bay
The joint venture pairs SK2, which helped the agency buy warehouses for detention, with a company tied to a Boston developer whose name appears on ICE's property deals.
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Project Salt Box open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states
With its warehouse plan stalled, ICE is building on land it already owns, and one of the companies it hired is tied to a developer who worked on its earlier property deals.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court and could result in hearings and legal arguments from the administration as soon as this week.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access | CNN Politics
The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — filed a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access.
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El of LA @elofla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dan Rather's, "Steady" ON FIRE :) 🔥 steady.substack.com/p/trumps-ban...
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Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring
As the media unites against him
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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump Greenland Deal Panned as 'Largely a Rebranding of the Status Quo to Claim a Win' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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Trump Greenland Deal Panned as 'Largely a Rebranding of the Status Quo to Claim a Win' | Common Dreams
"Trump did an incredible job negotiating for things we already had in Greenland," said one US critic.
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's strange how Democratic Socialists - who are being denounced by both parties - turned major deficits into balanced budgets in both New York and Seattle.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sniper bullets inside children heads is pretty rough. A day of atonement, now more than ever. www.npr.org/2026/08/06/n...
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U.N. commission report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children
NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump just overhauled and implemented the “public charge” rule, which dates back to 1882. Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández says it is a “tool of eugenicists and white nationalists across time who have tried to filter who is allowed to enter the country.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEf...
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Stephen Miller is reportedly OBSESSED with this 19th century immigration rule. Trump implemented it.
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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C.S. Lang @cslpoetry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Pinball President
No commander in chief has been better at seizing public attention than Donald Trump. But there is a difference between getting attention and doing something with it.
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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
apnews.com/article/alas... blames mail delivery issues for dozens of ballots from rural Alaska not counting in primary
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State blames mail delivery issues for dozens of ballots from rural Alaska not counting in primary
Officials say 75 absentee in-person ballots cast by voters in rural western Alaska communities arrived too late to be counted in last month’s primary election.
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Tedm211 @tedm211.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m... “But Congress, compromising with development interests over potential oil and gas reserves, punted on wilderness designation for the coastal plain, leaving it open to oil development.” “Compromising” being weasel speak for caving in.
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A fragile Alaska refuge for hundreds of species is caught in a tug-of-war
Drilling for oil would change everything for the hundreds of species and the people relying on a fragile coastal plain in Alaska.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We cannot pursue solutions to the nuclear and global warming threats amid confusion, myths, half-truths, and a lack of basic understanding of facts. www.commondreams.org/opinion/know...
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In a World of Nukes and Climate Emergency, Knowledge Is Survival | Common Dreams
​We cannot pursue solutions to the nuclear and global warming threats amid confusion, myths, half-truths, and a lack of basic understanding of facts.
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