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Ashes

@figure8labs.bsky.social
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Experiencing ego death (again). Will come out the other side. Artist, homesteader, overthinker, polyglot.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 French Senator Claude Malhuret says what the majority of the world is thinking
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/10/2025
Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.
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Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2025
Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.
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Ashes @figure8labs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Working on my new collection for open studios and wow it's different from what I normally make. #art
A photograph of a surreal painting of a hare engulfed in water and flames, stylized and textured.
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Fleeky @fleeky.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
#circus #stacking #handbalancing thanks @figure8labs.bsky.social for the dslr pics! practicing on the third level , but not fully stacked yet !
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.
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✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Good morning 🫡
A poster with a cat and the words: 

THE WRONG AMAZON
IS BURNING
THE WRONG ICE
Is MELTING
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/06/2025
Warnock: "I rise tonight in a moral moment in our nation ... if this awful budget were an EKG it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
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Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tammy Duckworth BARELY holds back her naked (justified) contempt in this clapback and the whole thing is 🤌🏼
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🤦🏼‍♀️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Priorities.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question. Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.) The Trump regime is out of control.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 11/06/2025
The estimated cost for *the completely unnecessary* deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles? $134 million. Cost for Trump's military parade? Around $45M. But we can't scrape together that much to keep Job Corps open and students off the street.
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Not Cool Supernatural GIF
Alt: A male character from Supernatural says "Not Cool" while pointing
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one
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Fiona Creates @fionacreates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Barn Owl — gansai tambi and faber-castel polychromos.
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings." ~ Charlotte Brontë, ‘Villette’ (1853) #Painting by Ffiona Lewis.
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Richard @rvmrn69.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Good night everyone
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Queen Jane, Approximately, 2011 by US artist Hope Gangloff #womensart
Artwork featuring a white woman, in a white dress with fishes, lounging on a sofa with head resting on her arm
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025
Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: "You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI."
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
From the neon series by contemporary South Korean artist Jung Lee #womensart
Photo in purple dusk light of a beach or desert setting with orange neon writing on the sand stating "p.s. I love you"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm. We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open. Hello?
rollingstone.com
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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Ashes @figure8labs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It makes me so sad that our country has made cruelty a sport.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement, If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey. The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2025
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2025
“Taking an increasingly combative stance, the administration defied a federal judge’s order to provide a written road map of its plans to free the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Trump officials then repeatedly stonewalled her efforts to get the most basic information about him at a hearing.”
nytimes.com
Defusing Showdown With White House, Judge Requests Updates on Deported Man (Gift Article)
Clashes — both inside the courtroom and over the department’s refusal to comply with her demand for a road map to release Mr. Abrego Garcia — left open the possibility of a standoff in the future.
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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. @annepmitchell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Authoritarian Party Line Alert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Justice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistake
Erez Reuveni had worked at the Justice Department for nearly 15 years, most recently as the acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2025
Trump’s view on trade deficits is like getting mad at Target because you spend money there but they never buy anything from you. It’s just complete brain dead nonsense.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
In the President Harris timeline, we all have fun plans for the weekend that don’t include hoarding coffee or medicine.
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sometimes in this fast-moving and complex modern world, it’s hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong. But here’s a handy rule of thumb: If you are ever on one side of an issue, and Sesame Street is on the other, YOU’RE the bad guy.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
bloomberg.com
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
COURAGE BEGETS COURAGE
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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Booker is on track to erase and replace a historical record (from segregationist Storm Thurmond) at a time when we have an administration trying to erase the real history of this country. Lots of things matter. Symbols among them.
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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Over 80K people currently watching on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
youtube.com
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Ashes @figure8labs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 27/02/2025
Trump and Elon Musk have wiped out the national database of police misconduct. Nearly 150,000 records of misconduct by federal officers erased, like it never happened.
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Ashes @figure8labs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
In other super fun news
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
you wouldn’t download a, uh, $500M building www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
wired.com
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
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Ashes @figure8labs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Remember that movie "Brazil" made in 1985 that we all thought was darkly ridiculous?
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Burned out crone @burnedoutcrone.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The abuser’s classic playbook is to isolate you from your friends, create a sense of helplessness, make it difficult to connect with others and force you to simply think about your survival from one day to the next. We are seeing that playbook applied to the nation as a whole.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Trump today: If Iran does not agree to a deal “There will be bombing and it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before” Can he go 1 day without threatening a new war? How many would he like? - Greenland - Panama - Gaza - Mexico - Yemen - Somalia - Gaza - Venezuela Is 8 enough?
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