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Working towards a better collective future #progressive #leftist #disabilityjustice #actuallyautistic #chronicallyill #anti-ableist #science #freepalestine 🍉 🏳️‍🌈

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The @newslit.org has amazing resources for educators! I wish this was required in every school and their social media content is fantastic too Does anyone know of similar resources available for adults? Specifically, I’m searching for a news literacy primer versus a course to share
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am devastated for very selfish reasons because she’s always meant a lot to me personally, but also because she was the one thing that everyone agrees was good #dolly May her memory be a blessing but also a lesson
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It is crazy that opt-out (vs opt-in) data collection/sharing is legal We have to recognize time and energy as a cost. It is not optional to use credit bureaus or internet or other utilities etc. When they require me to opt out, it is not free Stop letting corporations steal your energy and time
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Shocking news: corp dem supports corporation deadline.com/2026/08/xavi...
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Xavier Becerra Says He Prefers Settlement Of Paramount-WBD Lawsuit
The Democratic nominee for California governor said that it would be easier to talk than to mount a trial.
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Never forget that Chuckles @schumer.senate.gov voted to create ICE It’s been 24 years of escalating abuses and he’s still complicit I can’t wait to support a primary challenger against this corrupt politician
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.
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Rare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplant
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,…
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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 24/06/2026
went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I am baffled that my campaign slogan for New York's 12th district, "Let's Close Our Eyes and Do Everything the Same Forever and Maybe Somehow Things Will Improve?" failed to rally Democratic voters. Some said "maybe lose the question mark" but I wasn't sure I could stand behind a flat statement.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/06/2026
The sentencing here is so absurd, it's a miscarriage of justice. A guy who wasn't present or involved got 30 years for moving a box of zines. The two people who helped plan January 6th, Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes got 22 years and 18 years for seditious conspiracy, respectively.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/06/2026
Both these headlines are from Texas this month. Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/06/2026
Imagine if we treated Trump the way we treat people who miss the recertification deadlines for government assistance programs.
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Is there someone in construction that can explain to me why there needs to be scaffolding above the letters?
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Just want to register my strong disapproval of the profane language used in my home country.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/06/2026
You don't hate Elon Musk enough.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
however much you hate billionaires is not enough
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Wealth tax now. A progressive tax on assets starting at $100M. Everything from $1B up should be taxed at 100%
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This SpaceX IPO thing has me bummed What about the people that work just as hard for their communities that will never see anything close? Why do we value the for-profit defense work more than teachers for example? Or people working in community health centers? Or the low cost vet clinics?
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This SpaceX IPO thing has me bummed What about the people that work just as hard for their communities that will never see anything close? Why do we value the for-profit defense work more than teachers for example? Or people working in community health centers? Or the low cost vet clinics?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026
Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is so unbelievably problematic. The heart of these conferences is supposed to be discussion and distributing a reprint is completely in the spirit of that This is scientific censorship and it will hurt everyone
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The right wants me to not exist and the dems want me to be nicer. What the actual gaslighting fuck is this country
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If any other gov candidate had a platform even close to as strong as what Steyer’s is, I would vote for a not-billionaire But I have to support ideas and policies that are going to save lives. The other candidates are pathetic So no, I didn’t want to vote for Steyer, but he’s the best option imo
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/05/2026
I would like to see this sort of thing out of every Dem candidate for office it's not that hard to be a decent human being, it just isn't and I know the world is full of shitty assholes who will try to tear you down for it, but I really believe that it doesn't have to be a liability
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/05/2026
Here is Tom Steyer personally supporting high school trans athlete AB Hernandez. I don't think I've ever seen a candidate as brave as Tom Steyer in his explicit support for trans folks. It says a lot that it took a self funded billionaire not dependent on donors to do it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/05/2026
The FDA webpage had a stark warning: Some purported autism “cures” or treatments, including chlorine dioxide and raw camel milk, are dangerous and make misleading claims. Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, that advisory is gone. (Published Feb.)
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Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Anyone know how I can get a @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social yard sign in LA? I know they have them for sale on his website, but it says that it takes 1.5 weeks to ship so there’s not time to
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Here’s an issue that people from every political affiliation agree on: Political texts suck and should be illegal if you don’t get consent in advance. Get rid of them
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Some genius thinks that my 178 follower account is getting paid for a post supporting Steyer 💀 Somebody else once accused me of being a paid protester and yet, all I came home with were bruises. I keep asking how I can get paid and no one will tellllll meeee
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Woman Asks for Money: 'Money Pleeeease!'
Alt: It’s a clip from Parks and Rec. Woman Asks for Money: 'Money Pleeeease!'
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It's so infuriating to see Harris/Trump 2024 repeating itself in CA Dems are insisting that we need to get behind the centrist, Becerra, so that Bianco doesn't win No How about you earn the progressive vote instead of just forcing another candidate down our throat in a run to the middle?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Real wages are falling.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It's true if Elon Musk's entire fortune was seized and he was imprisoned for crimes against humanity every person on earth would get about $93. We should start there and see how we feel and if everyone likes it we do the next one
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 26/04/2026
Can’t wait for like, 500 articles that are like “as I dived under a table to hide from the shooter I realized I had to be even more sycophantic to the White House”
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
LA Los Angeles Anarchist Book Fair this weekend (Saturday & Sunday) - details in the link
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2026 Book Fair
Our so called City of Angeles, sits atop Tongva tribal territory. The LAABF collective acknowledges the Gabrieleno/Tongva peoples as the traditional land takers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin …
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is upsetting, but perhaps not surprising. Google promises its users that they'll tell you BEFORE they hand over your data to law enforcement. But they didn't. This person attended a protest in support of Palestine for a few minutes. He's still being hunted despite already leaving the US
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 15/04/2026
April 15 is Steal Something from Work Day! Bosses, landlords, and billionaires steal from us continuously. It's not just wage theft—they've robbed us of the entire world, reducing everything to private property, commodities, or wreckage. Let's snatch back what we can. stealfromwork.crimethinc.com
Steal Something from Work Day

April 15, every year
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Misinformation is still wrong even if you like the source This post-truth/post-fact society is wearing me down. It was exhausting when it was coming primarily from the right, but now it's pervasive everywhere
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
BBC picked up the story, great to see it getting more visibility - I just hope it leads to action: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African
Trump has given priority to Afrikaners, a white minority group he says is being persecuted. South Africa has objected to his characterisation.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.
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Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
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Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Los Angeles Bluesky, I need your help. I just learned that on Saturday at the protest at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, a friend’s 18-year-old son was shot in the eye with a pepper ball by DHS, permanently blinding him. He needs justice. If you were there and saw anything, please… 1/5
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Omg I read through the doc several times thinking I was just missing other countries This is a report from the government. All but three refugees in the last months admitted IN THE ENTIRE US were from South Africa What a shit hole country we live in
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Alt text: On the left side, there are 2 books by bell hooks, a Black woman and respected writer on race, feminism, and class who lived and was a distinguished professor in KY. The books are Communion and Appalachian Elegy On the right, there are 2 books by JD Vance: Communion and Hillbilly Elegy
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is an important distinction. The fight isn’t over It’s bad, but it could have been worse and WE STILL HAVE TO FIGHT
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flyingawaynow.bsky.social @flyingawaynow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The amount of “allies” that have tried to explain why I shouldn’t be grief stricken 😩 And I have to keep screaming it at the top of my lungs - the same person that invented “conversion” therapy also invented ABA which tortures autistics into behaving in acceptable ways. Everything is connected
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