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Just Dave

@freakedoutmaniac.bsky.social
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Leftwing Twitter refugee, deep behind enemy lines in the dark heart of rural Texas. I tried voting for 52 years and it didn't work--what else you got?

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 24/09/2026
Hemp can do a whole lot more than you might think. We can grow it right here in Texas and use it to make biodegradable plastics while creating another cash crop for our farmers. It’s time to let Texas farmers farm.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2026 was the hottest summer on record since records began in 1895. Shockingly, Republicans are trying to stop ALL federal heat safety protection regs-NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. HR6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. Let's stop this! 1/
Graphic reading “Not having shade, water, breaks is not just dangerous it is inhumane,” with a  hand holding strawberries chained to gray links with the link breaking up top; the stark design conveys urgency
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE agent shot a man in the torso during a traffic stop in North Austin today. He's in serious but stable condition. Austin PD wasn't involved; the mayor wants local police on the investigation for third-party eyes. ICE has been out of control since they started this B.S.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great intercept deep dive into "Neighbors for Strong Communities" astroturfing for Flock
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Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support
As Knoxville residents soured on Flock, the company got help from Neighbors for Strong Communities, a group accused of “astroturfing.”
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 19/09/2026
The water problem doesn’t end at the intake pipe. Data centers are already drawing scrutiny over how much water they use. Now their wastewater is raising concerns about what gets put back into our water.
Graphic featuring a Guardian headline reading, “US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution.” The subheadline says cases involving rare bacteria, “forever chemicals,” and other alleged pollution have prompted alarm. Below is an aerial photo of a large data center complex next to an image of a person holding a “NO DATA CENTER” sign.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 18/09/2026
Texas farmers should be free to grow hemp, and Texas adults should be free to buy it. Let farmers farm. Test it, label it, keep bad actors out, and stop burying a growing Texas industry in red tape. It’s time to put Texas farmers and consumers first.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet week! We only adopt cats that are "less adoptable" due to FIV and I've known countless amazing cats at the shelter that were overlooked for too long due to age, medical issues, or behavioral challenges. Please consider the "less adoptables" if you can!
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 11/09/2026
Texas farmers need more options when the rain stops coming. Hemp can help farmers protect their soil and keep money coming in during drought. Let Texas farmers decide what makes sense for their land, not politicians or corporate monopolies.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/09/2026
Download Privacy Badger to block spying ads and invisible trackers. www.eff.org/privacybadger
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Privacy Badger
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's hot. After last month's historic heat wave, many CA temps will be in the 100's again. Remember the farm workers out harvesting the chilled snack you're enjoying. #WeFeedYou
Mixed berries close-up above a farm worker harvesting fruit in the sun, text highlights extreme heat in Coachella, CA at 118°F and labor behind fruit harvest during a heat wave.
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Farm Aid @farmaid.org · 08/09/2026
Farmworkers represent the backbone of our food system. Yet, increasingly, ICE enforcement is wreaking havoc and spreading fear across our rural communities. This moment calls for solidarity, not silence.
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Solidarity Over Silence: Standing with Immigrant Communities in Farm Country
Immigrants are more than hired hands in this country. They are our family. Our neighbors. Our community. Watch our webinar on ICE activity in farm country.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey everyone, tonight I saw the new @rifftrax.com @mst3kofficial.bsky.social episode that’s showing in theaters tomorrow. Lots of big laughs! Get tickets while you still can, you’ll have fun!
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I sure wish the press would stop blowing this obnoxious loser
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Workers take their lunch break in a shade structure. At 10am it already was past 90° in Madera. "Rosa" shares, "Our union contract means basic protections like a structure and cool water are taken care of. Non-union workers often don't have something as nice as this." #WeFeedYou
Workers at a union winery company taking their lunch break under a awning shade structure
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Juan" shares, "I'm harvesting cauliflower in Salinas, CA. I've been working in these fields for 8 years. There's very little work for us farm workers as the growers planted less this year. I don't earn isn't enough to cover my expenses. I'm worried for my family." #WeFeedYou
A worker holding up cauliflower in a field where he is harvesting the plant
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jessie electric @jessieelectric.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“If Trump tries to steal the election this year, and he will, we’re gonna need to turn civic action into civil disobedience!!” - Senator Ed Markey, at his Dem primary victory speech last night
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Claudia" and crew her hard at work harvesting carrots in the Cuyama area. "Temperatures this day were close to 100°. It's already hard to work on our knees all day long, but when when the sun is this strong it makes a hard job even harder." #WeFeedYou
Workers harvesting carrots
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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Texans: No, you haven’t been “suspended,” but yes, you should still check your voter registration now and update it if necessary. The GOP relies on fear and confusion to supress the vote. This article is a great explainer. Read it and spread the knowledge. open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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Suspense, Suspended, Purged, Purgatory
No, Texas didn't suspend 1.2 million voters. Here's what actually happened.
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... #CKDu #Mesoamerican-nephropathy Narrative focuses on the handful of Texas Drs trying their best to determine why young farm workers who labor in extreme heat are getting fatal atypical #kidney-disease. DJT, Dept of Labor & Abbott are sabotaging these efforts.
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A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas. Immigration Enforcement Has Made It Harder to Combat.
The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting laborers from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into hi...
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#ResistanceEarth Farmworkers are struggling as temperatures rise, and not only due to heat stress. Extreme heat causes pesticides to evaporate faster, filling the air with dangerous chemicals. As workers sweat, their pores open, also increasing exposure through the skin. www.rfi.fr/en/environme...
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Farm workers face a ‘double-edged sword’ of extreme heat and pesticides
As extreme heat makes working outdoors increasingly dangerous, farm workers face another, less visible threat: the pesticides used on the crops around them. Higher temperatures can make these chemical...
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 01/09/2026
If Texas is going to have a hemp industry, Texas farmers should have a fair shot at it. We don't need another agricultural market swallowed up by a handful of giant corporations. Let’s keep hemp open to independent farmers.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Happy #SocialistSunday comrades ✊🏻
Four-panel political cartoon. An older white man in a suit warns two workers, one Black, one white, "Careful. That foreigner wants your cookie." While he distracts them, the workers wrestle the plate of cookies away from him and ultimately share them peacefully together.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Jesus" has worked in Gonzales, CA for 21 years as an irrigator. "I'm transporting the water tanks on the tractor to the areas where the lettuce plants have already been planted, so they can grow. This is an important responsibility." #WeFeedYou
An irrigator sitting on top of his tractor at the edge of a field
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Luis" is hard at work in Gonzalez CA preparing the pipes to irrigate the new crop. "This work is hard, especially in the afternoons, as it's very windy in this area. Plus the loose soil makes the work even harder." #WeFeedYou
A farm worker is hard at work in Gonzalez CA preparing the pipes to irrigate the new crop.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Ian" is harvesting Mandarin oranges in Arvin CA. "I start at 5-6am. My back hurts by the end of the day from carrying the full 70 lb sacks. It's almost 100° by 12 so I work as fast as I can so I can finish before the heat gets even higher. I earn $55 per 900lb crate." #WeFeedYou
Our farm worker walking along the side of a mandarin orchard
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Many workers can’t avoid the heat in air conditioned offices: Don't forget the farm workers who feed you, working outside in 100°+ heat. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
The following text on a colored background: Many workers can’t avoid the heat in air conditioned offices: Don't forget the farm workers who feed you, working outside in 100°+ heat. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Lourdes" shares “I've worked in Salinas CA ag for 17 years. I'm currently removing the runners (vines that stick out from the main vine) on strawberry plants. This requires a lot of walking, bending and carrying bags full of these vines to the edge of the field." #WeFeedYou
A farm worker standing in a strawberry field where she is working in the berries
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Gabriel" is working in the vegetables on CAs Central Coast. "I get up at 4:30 am to get to work on time. I spend long hours working bent over in the sun. It's very hard work especially during this hot season, but my hard work supports my wife and children." #WeFeedYou
Central Coast vegetable field
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Joel" shared this photo of Gallo of Sonoma farm workers. These workers negotiated 9 paid holidays, a generous medical/dental/vison benefits and jury duty pay as part of their UFW contract. Let’s raise a glass of union label wine to these farm workers. Si Se Puede! #WeFeedYou
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Pedro" has worked in agriculture for 18 years. "Right now I'm picking blackberries in Watsonville, CA. I'm working fast because I and paid piece rate. Current temperatures are hot for this area plus the tunnels we work in are made of plastic. It gets very hot" #WeFeedYou
A worker harvesting blackberries under a plastic tunnel
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Saul" says, "Look at this white coating. It's diluted and sprayed on the trees and leaves a whitish coating on the apples that helps get rid of insects and pests. It also really bothers our eyes and throats. But they always take care of the product over us." #WeFeedYou
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 18/08/2026
Nearly five million Texans rely on Social Security. Ken Paxton's team wants to hand those hard-earned benefits over to Wall Street. HANDS OFF!
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Juan" works in WAs apple thinning. "We use our nails to take the apples off, leaving one apple at a certain distance from the other. This allows them to grow big. Because of the heat many days we only get to work 6 hrs. At min wage it isn't enough to support a family." #WeFeedYou
A worker laboring in the Washington Apple thinning
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 18/08/2026
Texas counties sue feds for trying to tie election security policies to anti-terrorism funding.
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Texas counties sue feds for tying election policies to grants
El Paso and Harris counties joined cities in Tennessee and Ohio in the suit arguing the new requirements are unconstitutional and would cost millions to implement.
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Joe Edinger @joeedinger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Padres, THE PADRES, just sold for almost $4 billion. Don’t let any MLB owner tell you they don’t have the money to make their team better
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It was 89° at 9:45am in Mettler CA as swampers did the hard work of load the freshly packed grapes onto the trucks. This is exhausting work as each box weighs 22 lb. The grapes then head to Cold storage and they're shipped out to supermarkets. #WeFeedYou
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"José" is harvesting mandarin in Bakersfield CA. "We're paid $55/900lb bin. We start at 5am and usually get out by 12 noon. "Temps then are a very hot 98°. I'm ready to leave as working fast in that heat is too hard on my body. I filll 2-4 bins during these 6 1/2 hrs." #WeFeedYou
A farm worker harvesting Mandarin oranges
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Andres" is picking onions in Fresno CA. "We start at 4pm to midnight. We're paid $1.50 a sack. The evenings are very humid and temperatures still don’t feel cool. And by 10pm it's dark out and it is hard to see which makes the job more challenging." #WeFeedYou
Harvesting onions
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s 8am and already 97° in Bakersfield CA at the grape vineyard where these workers are laboring. "Dante" shares, "Harvesting and packing grapes is difficult in the current heat. Plus, we start earlier than usual, which is hard as many of us commute from a distance." #WeFeedYou
A grape packing station at the side of a grape vineyard where workers are harvesting
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 14/08/2026
There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Jesus" is proud of his work in the fields of Soledad, CA. "I'm preparing the land after the lettuce harvest. Right now I'm getting the land ready for the next harvest. It's a big responsibility to drive the tractor." #WeFeedYou
A worker in a tractor preparing land for the crop
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pro tip: If you have a baseball bat it's nearly impossible for someone to get close enough to touch you with shock gloves.. 🤷‍♂️
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
For years now, Dems and others who once cared about BLM and Black causes in general have quietly abandoned the cause. It was a defiance that was coded and hidden, in attempts to return to the status quo without being too obvious. Now it's just full throated, unabashed abandonment. Explicit.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13/08/2026
Texans are rallying to halt destructive border construction in Big Bend National Park. Even if you're not in Texas, call your representatives and urge them to call for the halt of the destruction.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Joel" is harvesting tomatoes in Los Baños, CA. "We start very early in the morning because of the heat. We earn 90 cents/25lb bucket. If we work very very fast we can pick 150-200 buckets before we leave at noon. It is very hard to rush with these high temperatures." #WeFeedYou
Workers harvesting tomatoes
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Esperanza" shares, "Today we started planting broccoli at 3am. Planting is one of the most exhausting jobs, we must start early and we spend our work hours bent over, making sure we're planting the seedlings properly. Sometimes I get dizzy from bending over so much." #WeFeedYou
Farm workers bent over planting broccoli
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Jaime" has worked in agriculture for 19 years in the Gonzales CA area. "Right now I'm working thinning lettuce. It's a very tiring job as you need to walk a lot on the uneven ground." #WeFeedYou
A worker thinning lettuce
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