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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In the UK, and we have CCTV monitoring the main (locked) gate that's always on, fed onto screens in the sanctuary and the hall that are always on, just in case someone decides to try and break in. This is an Orthodox shul, as well.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Yep, she went on a lengthy rant about how federal employees are lazy, don't do anything, blah. I just assumed she was speaking for herself, since it would explain a lot.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Uh, this woman seems very confused, to the point that she appears to have forgotten that she IS the federal government. Anyway, I hope the leopards enjoy her face.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thank you, every single time I see someone quote this poem, it sets my teeth on edge.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thank you for asking the real questions here.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Those socks are making me irrationally angry.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Oh, so this is going to be like in Passion of the Christ where menacing music swelled in the background every time the Pharisees were pictured. Love that for us!

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

"Look, in our defense, we planned exactly none of this and also have zero idea of how any individual government agency functions. Also, we love wallowing in our own ignorance and have no interest in learning how various agencies work. What more do you want from us???"

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 06/03/2025

the story of sodom is that a bunch of greedy rich assholes decided that it was their own brilliance that made them so wealthy rather than god's good graces (sheer luck). when they not only refused to share their abundance and began to punish those who did, god smote them for their wickedness.

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(4) Rabbi Ẓe'era said: The men of Sodom were the wealthy men of prosperity, on account of the good and fruitful land whereon they dwelt. For every need which the world requires, they obtained therefrom. They procured gold therefrom, as it is said, "And it had dust of gold" (Job 28:6). What is the meaning (of the text), "And it had dust of gold"? At the hour when one of them wished to buy a vegetable, he would say to his servant, Go and purchase for me (for the value of) an assar. He went and bought (it), and found beneath it heaps of gold; thus it is written, "And it had dust of gold" (ibid.). They obtained silver therefrom, as it is said, "Surely there is a mine for silver" (Job 28:1). They procured precious stones and pearls thence, as it is said, || "The stones thereof are the place of sapphires" (Job 28:6). They obtained bread therefrom, as it is said, "As for the earth, out of it cometh bread" (Job 28:5). But they did not trust in the shadow of their Creator, but (they trusted) in the multitude of their wealth, for wealth thrusts aside its owners from the fear of Heaven, as it is said, "They that trust in their wealth" (Ps. 49:6).

(5) Rabbi Nathaniel said: The men of Sodom had no consideration for the honour of their Owner by (not) distributing food to the wayfarer and the stranger, but they (even) fenced in all the trees on top above their fruit so that they should not be seized; (not) even by the bird of heaven, as it is said, "That path no bird of prey knoweth" (Job 28:7).
(6) Rabbi Joshua, son of Ḳorchah, said: They appointed over themselves judges who were lying judges, and they oppressed every wayfarer and stranger who entered Sodom by their perverse judgment, and they sent them forth naked, as it is said, "They have oppressed the stranger without judgment" (Ezek. 22:29).
(7) They were dwelling in security without care and at ease, without the fear of war from all their surroundings, as it is said, "Their houses are safe from fear" (Job 21:9). They were sated with all the produce of the earth, but they did not strengthen with the loaf of bread either the hand of the needy or of the poor, as it is said, "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy" (Ezek. 16:49).

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I've been saying all weekend, "Do you know how angry you have to make hundreds of people in small town New England be for them to make signs and stand outside in knee-deep snow just so they can yell at your motorcade?" And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

'Did you even say thank you?'

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt

Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez. Bezos is in a tight fitting shirt, heart-shaped sunglasses, tight white pants, and a white belt. The shirt has a red, gold, and blue pattern in the style of a kitchen backsplash. Sánchez is in a two-piece, sparkly outfit.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Does your staff have to provide weekly reports to... IDK, Senator Collins, for whom they do not work? Because that's the equivalent of what happened here. OPM is not in the chain of command of a fed working at State, or DHS, or the FBI, or the VA. I would really expect a senator to know this, TBH.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thank you for being pedantic so I didn't have to be.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This feels like the federal government equivalent of watching some grifter convince my grandma to buy solar panels.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I literally just got done watching this about two minutes ago, and it was so well done. That shift to tying all of these instances of police neglect together was both infuriating and poignant.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Maine's position on the trans stuff has been very clear, I was surprised he even asked her. I have to assume he was so used to dealing with Susan Collins that he just figured all Maine women are ready to wring their hands and give up at a moment's notice.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

They're so fucking scared they're literally crying, but they're totally fine with letting feds, veterans, active duty military, immigrants, trans people, the people they represent face these same threats from the very government to which they were elected. Talk about your profiles in courage.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I expect it will come as a huge shock to this... delightful individual to find that actually, some trans people ARE ALSO JEWS. Big if true!

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/02/2025

man i am just straight up not interested in people who will be perfectly okay in the next couple years moaning in public over and over and over again that we’re all cooked and doing nothing else. fuck off man! some of us have things to live for

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

They're trying to come back in the UK- I saw something semi-recently about trying to reopen stores here after that first, failed attempt. But Popeye's is already here, so LGBT hate aside, there's zero reason for anyone to darken CFA's exceptionally mediocre doorstep.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"All graphic novels." So Maus is a "dessert book"? Seriously?

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Cassie, Anxious Millennial Pixie @cassieceleste.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I have to wonder about the American strategy of spending three decades defunding and mocking the humanities, forcing kids into STEM fields whether they like it or not, and then rug-pulling the entire US science & medical sector because you got mad at women online.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Because Elon is mad that his trans kid hates his guts and isn't too scared of him to say so publicly and repeatedly. I doubt Trump actually gives a shit either way, he just says whatever his people tell him because it's no skin off his nose what happens to trans people, and it riles up the base.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There are multiple Heritage-funded websites out there as I type this doxxing federal employees on a "target list" (their words) for such crimes as donating $7.50 to Kamala Harris and being registered Democrats. I'm sure the White House will be speaking up any minute now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2025

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It's that P.S. for me. Whoever wrote this, you dropped your crown! 👑

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

"They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred." This, right here? This is the kind of energy we need from the Democrats. Someone forward that speech to Chuck Schumer or something and force him to read it. Twice.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I would never dare to cross the bubbes at my shul. Not in a million years. My own mother is herself a retired lady and has literally spent days at a time standing outside Susan Collins' office protesting. The old, retired ladies have time, good organizational skills, and they do not fuck around.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Throwing tomatoes at someone? In this economy?!

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hey, nobody beats the Drizz. Uh, I'll take my decades-old reference and just see myself out, shall I?

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wizardry variants kib @kib.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The reason there are so many music snobs is because people desperately don't want to admit that Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego by Rockapella is the best song ever written. But you have to let go of your shame and be free.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Well, Debbie, they could start by not cruising off on a fucking three-day weekend while this is all unfolding. Even if there is literally nothing they can do, the optics of that are shit. Have a strategy meeting. Bring the whole caucus in to come up with a plan. Get in front of the news. Something.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Nice to see that in e-mailing both my senators this morning, one of whom is a Republican, and urging them to get their collective shit together, I've literally done more than the Senate Minority Leader to push back against this stuff. 🫠

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This should be a thing from here on out, TBH.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Just saying, my recollection is that the now-full ban on puberty blockers in the UK also started with a "pause." 🤷‍♂️

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It's the Uno Reverse of American exceptionalism. If we're not the best-y best of the best, then we must be the worst thing in the history of the world. There is no scenario in which the United States can be mediocre at being good OR evil. It's always all or nothing.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I always enjoy the people announcing, "Trans people! Women looking for an abortion! I WILL HIDE YOU!" Well, you're doing a bit of a shit job hiding anyone at the moment, Brenda!

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Ami Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

DEI shot JR

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I think it may vary based on your state. Your best bet is to see if you can find an LGBT or trans organization in your particular state and get advice from them; most have pages up with details, and some will also do clinics to help people with administrative stuff like this.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In other news, did you know that you can just... quit at any time and do not in fact need to give Elon Musk months of advance notice? This whole thing is such an obvious scam, anyone who falls for it is extremely foolish.

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(((Luxestronk))) @hawkeyepierce.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I've been e-mailing Susan Collins so much the last week, I'm pretty sure we're penpals now. It takes zero effort to call, e-mail, write, do anything besides sit around on this website and go, "Nyah, it won't even do any good." I'm blocking anyone who does that shit.

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