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Alyssa Marie Bethancourt

@fallingstarauthor.bsky.social
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dog fan. tree enthusiast. writer of silly elf fiction. autistic af and not exactly straight. black lives matter.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need to take our country back from the fascists and make it a civilized place to live.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
At a time when there is a political permission structure for externalizing sadistic impulses, it can be challenging to maintain our values and compassion. Human connection and modeling help. We maintain our humanity during periods of darkness by being the light—for ourselves and those around us.
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Broke: Getting caught in a storm without an umbrella Woke: Accepting and allowing the fact that you’re going to get soaked Bespoke: Standing in the rain to take photos of these beautiful ass hydrangeas 🌺
Gorgeous vibrant pink hydrangeas and green leaves, raindrops
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
i cannot handle canadian wildfire smoke and the threat of diarrhea lettuce at the same time
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The news should be covering ICE like a serial killer on the loose
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
our obsession with white male redemption arcs is going to kill us all.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/07/2026
My upcoming book is absolutely packed to the brim with em dashes—more em dashes than any well-adjusted human being could possibly need or want—and if any of you tries to claim they are the result of some soulless LLM rather than my own unhinged compulsion I will fight you.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/06/2026
URGENT: Take action to oppose ICE’s mega-concentration camp in Maryland. Public comments opposing it will be critical for the legal challenges to follow. All it takes is a few clicks.
ICE STILL PLANS TO OPEN INTERNMENT CAMP IN MARYLAND
TAKE ACTION! Tell DHS to stop the ICE warehouse in Maryland before public comment ends:
bit.ly/stopicemd
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Another report from Trump's death camps. This one in Webb County, Texas. And this morning, SCOTUS put its seal of approval on the whole concentration camp and mass deportation scheme. Shameless.
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Mexican man dies in ICE custody in Laredo
Webb County’s medical examiner said Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez died from “natural causes,” although the full autopsy is pending. He’s at least the fifth person to die in Texas ICE detention this year.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The absolute best thing that could happen to the Democratic Party is for the people in control of the Democratic Party to lose control and be replaced by people who actually believe in the power of the Democratic Party.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/06/2026
Fuck any official right now who isn't going to fight this authoritarian state. Fuck them sideways.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
People BEFORE machines. All day, every day. It's INSANE That has to be said, but when utilities are diverting power from real, living people TO DATA CENTERS, it is an existential crisis. 🚨This is not a drill.🚨 Today, it's Lake Tahoe. Tomorrow? Who knows. Fuck AI.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
SIGN OF THE DAY…
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
War is failure.
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A SCOTUS that believes that the Constitution protects the political rights of corporations more than it does those of non-White Americans is fundamentally illegitimate and its rulings should be treated as such
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Stabbing Guy Meme

the pic is done in a somewhat realistic cartoon/animated style

on the left is a man with brown hair, brown mustache, and orange shirt. he has both arms raised out in front of him as if to ward off or defend against an attacker. this man has text over his head that reads "Me trying not to eat a bunch of cheese"

on the right is another man and he looks like a straight up bad apple. he is wearing blue jeans and a lighter blue 3/4 zip (i am estimating here). he has blonde hair and a blonde goatee but he has the traditional male pattern baldness. he looks to be advancing towards the defending man and in his right hand, he is holding a knife threateningly. this man also has text laid over him that reads "A bunch of cheese"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.
Simple, direct graphic proclaims "Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“It's a shame that the Pope has made the Catholic Church political” is one of the most amazing sentences ever uttered by a politician. Elite stuff. Arguably the most wrong a person could be, including rejecting basic arithmetic.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Your daily reminder that if voting requires a $165 passport, that’s a poll tax… We made those unconstitutional in 1964.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
2026 might be a pretty terrible year for everything, but at least it has the potential to be a tremendous year for guillotines.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026
Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 09/04/2026
Literally a hole in the ground countries and corporations can throw bribes into
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/04/2026
I'm sure there will be no long-term consequences to all of us veering between hypervigilance over potential nuclear war and trying to go to work because none of us can afford to pay our bills and may still be trying to recover from health consequences from the pandemic we're pretending didn't happen
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 07/04/2026
Just because he backed off shouldn’t stop efforts to remove him. He is dangerous and cannot be left in power.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Just turn around and walk into the sea vibes are strong today
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 07/04/2026
This is outside our normal DHS contracting 'beat,' however: we cannot in good conscience ignore the fact that the president is threatening to exterminate an entire country. This is genocidal and evil. The time is RIGHT NOW for congress to act.
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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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Zach | Somm at the Vineyard @azachurateman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump has been showing signs of dementia for years, and its progressing. He has the nuclear codes. These two facts alone should make every American very nervous. 25th Amendment or impeachment and removal. Anything else is a dereliction of duty.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥
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Gleep Glorp @gleepglorpgamer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
sincerity is a type of magic i think 💚
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Moon eclipsing the Sun from the perspective of the Artemis crew (2x speed). Incredible to watch this live and see the corona appear as soon as the disc of the Sun is fully covered.
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I’m sorry, if you’re a journalist and you’re still going to the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck off.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In all this, I continue to be shocked, daily, at how unserious our political opposition leadership has behaved in the face of an actual attempted fascist takeover of the United States
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️
The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It feels like Congress should be demanding answers on why Trump is building a massive military complex underneath his ballroom.
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US military building 'massive complex' beneath White House ballroom project: Trump
President Donald Trump said Sunday the US military was planning to construct a large complex beneath the new ballroom he is building at the White House.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Oh great. The US President is now back to publicly threatening to commit terrible war crimes because he started a war he did not understand. He should be in prison for this. Attacking desalinization plants could spiral into a regional catastrophe.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
the thing thats just not coming through in the coverage of, well of anything but particularly the war, is that theres literally no reason for any of it and republicans are making your life worse but cant explain why or what the payoff is supposed to be
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/03/2026
Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 25/03/2026
Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.
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Uncle David, Fella of Oz (🇺🇸) @dosnoe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“He demonstrates every day that he sees the presidency not as a sacred trust or as an opportunity for public service but as his personal piggy bank and grievance abettor. He is grindingly incompetent and grindingly malevolent, and he has no place near power of any sort.”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Move fast & break things" is not a model for long-term public goods provision, infrastructure, basic scientific research, social welfare programs, national defense, or anything else the government does. The idea these folks know how to do good public policy is a category error. It always will be.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Sora being killed and Meta losing bad in court, all in one day? Nature is healing.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"AI cannot coexist with education--it can only degrade it" YES OMG YES
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 22/03/2026
Still think those massive detention centers trump is building are only for non-documented people?
trump on truthsocial: Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical left, High Incompetent, Democrat Party!
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