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@epollaert.bsky.social
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Former M&A and project finance lawyer, current photographer and Germanic linguist. London and Utrecht. No DMs. I block condescending jerks and stupid ppl. Apparently that needs to be said.

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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 5h
We aren’t getting $5000 checks, but even if we did, it’s not enough to make up for how much we’ve lost.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 7h
Trump's Raising Prices On Diesel Trump wants to stop exporting Diesel. It costs more to ship Diesel from Texas to the East or West coast then it does to buy it overseas. youtube.com/shorts/HEpuD...
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A Major Panic In The White House
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
This is the funniest shit of all time… wait for it…😂
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Gravity @freefalljump.bsky.social · 6h
Here’s you fucking monument asshole.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12h
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h
“I can do whatever I want, when I want” - President Donald J. Trump, October 7, 2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5h
Guess who the 2nd unnamed foreign country or intelligence service he was leaking information to is.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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epollaert.bsky.social @epollaert.bsky.social · 4h
The fact that he is gratuitously cruel to large numbers of animals, presumably because he enjoys hurting them, is terrifying. He will never even see any of the animals he condemns to a life of pain and suffering, but he seems to enjoy it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 6h
Trump wanted to jam more hens into smaller spaces - making it harder for inspectors to access them - and making living conditions for egg laying hens worse. All so businesses could sell cheaper eggs.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10h
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
cnn.com
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h
Dictator Move of the Day.
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FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms, including those created with AI
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Trump suggests he wants to cut off almost all trade: "We're gonna very very self-sufficient very soon"
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Cortney McKee @cortneymckee.bsky.social · 6h
Not my favorite picture of Honey, but she has something important to say. But still a good dog picture.
Dog on a couch with a sign that reafs 'There are more.than 65,000 people in US Concentration Camps."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
Wow — MEMPHIS already up with billboards shaming the 7 city council members who voted to delay a data center moratorium vote yesterday
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h
Why is Trump shouting out Russ Vought and saying, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country." Remember when they told us Project 2025 was fake? It’s not.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 5h
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 9h
Trump said in 2016 he’d eliminate the national debt in eight years. The national debt apparently took that personally.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Trump’s $50 billion tax on Americans and counting. And we got absolutely nothing for it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7h
The plinth reads: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7h
A towering gold statue of a naked President Donald Trump has gone on display inside a European Parliament building, titled "Orange Plague" and also known as "King of Injustice."
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​European lawmaker dares Trump to complain about his naked golden statue in parliament
A towering gold statue of a naked President Donald Trump has gone on display inside a European Parliament building.The 8.5-foot sculpture, titled "Orange Plague" and also known as "King of Injustice," shows a nude Trump holding a set of justice scales and a long golf club topped with a golf ball mad...
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 8h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
The Trump Crime Family
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 8h
motherjones.com
Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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epollaert.bsky.social @epollaert.bsky.social · 8h
That would not be surprising, given one of his alleged early jobs.
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 18h
Jean Ibosh @fedup90611.bsky.social · My husband is retired Navy and I can see that his heart is broken by this administration. He can’t believe that there hasn’t been a military coup. But I told him they got rid of any high ranking military that weren’t MAGA.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 8h
Republicans/Victims connected to Epstein: died mysteriously 1. MARK MIDDLETON May22, age 59 2. EPSTEIN Aug19, 66 3. MARY KENNEDY May12, 52 4. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE Apr25, 41 5. CAROLYN ANDRIANO May23, 36 6. JEAN-LUC BRUNEL Feb22, 75 7. STEVEN HOFFENBERG 2022, 77 Seven more in the comments!
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why yes, we will have a NO KINGS VOTE EARLY event in Montclair, NJ. SATURDAY OCT 17 12 - 2 pm Bloomfield Ave & Lackawanna Plaza JOIN US mobilize.us/s/SfqliK
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No Kings: Vote Early Montclair NJ · No Kings
WE WILL GATHER IN FORCE TO SEND THE MESSAGE: YOUR VOTE MATTERS **We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.** For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the i...
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 11h
Brazilian stocks are soaring because investors see Bolsonaro as an opportunity. They’re betting on Brazil’s economy opening further to foreign capital through the familiar neoliberal playbook: deregulation and privatization for investors, austerity and cuts to social spending for everyone else.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,100 people and spread to Kenya. More than 70% of new cases were never identified as virus contacts, while conflict continues disrupting the aid response and scattering people exposed to the virus.
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Ebola Reaches Kenya as Congo Death Toll Passes 4,100 and Military Sweep Disrupts Contact Tracing
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,100 people and spread into Kenya. Despite falling weekly cases, more than 70% of new infections are among people never identified as contacts, while confl...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
No badge, no warrant? That looks like home invasion.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h
According to a recent study, >20% of children and adolescents reported using AI for emotional support, and its use was “significantly associated with higher scores of emotional problems and a greater prevalence of clinically significant symptoms…” (Correlation ≠ causation)
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Affective Generative Artificial Intelligence Use and Youth Mental Health
This cross-sectional study examines whether affective generative artificial intelligence use is associated with emotional problems among youth.
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God @thegodshow.com · 9h
Trump accidentally CONFIRMED that he has a heart condition.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h
“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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tbeaumont.bsky.social @tbeaumont.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 10h
Tying health insurance to employment makes workers easier to exploit, bc when you get fired you don’t just lose your job, you might also die or go bankrupt…
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Sandilu @bibimkuu.bsky.social · 11h
The American version of concentration camps nothing more nothing less and the cruelty is the point for this administration.
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Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12h
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14h
Advocates decry detention of Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh by ICE in US aje.news/h22kdv
Advocates decry detention of Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh by ICE in US
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uɐʅ∀ (𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚖) @alanbutler.info · 12h
Replace most of the adobe suite with these open-source apps: getartcraft.com/apps Alternatives to: Photoshop Illustrator inDesign Premiere Pro After Effects Lightroom Acrobat Dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0 code on github: github.com/storytold OH BOY. This is going to be interesting!
getartcraft.com
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 10h
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation requiring large businesses to try to connect you with a human within 15 minutes of asking, or schedule a call back taking effect in 2027. It’s part of a wave of state measures targeting the administrative and financial burdens of the “annoyance economy“
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 30/09/2026
Rising costs are one thing when you're talking about the Lower 48. In Alaska, it's a whole different ballgame – we're facing the highest costs in the nation. We need leaders fighting to bring costs down, not leaders who voted for the price-hiking Iran war more than 10 times.
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