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Heliant

@heliant.bsky.social
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Older but wiser. Sometimes the line down the middle is fuzzy. Dog-rescue, foodie, gardener, black swallowtail butterflies, always a rebel against tyranny. No DMs please. If you have zero posts/no profile, I will NOT follow you.

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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 14h
Reading my third Discworld book, Mort which I am absolutely loving. When I read about Death and little paper umbrellas in drinks, and knowing this was written in the same year as GO, I realized yes! To “those little frou frou umbrellas” Crowley mentions when crossing the street.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dahlia 261683 Relisted TBK 10/10 #NYCACC #AdoptMe She is a cute 4 yr old Has warmed up to handlers, engages in training games Jumps in corner of kennel, panting, hypersalivating Help save Dahlia! nycacc.app/browse/261683 #Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Seniors on Medicare. Take that $90 deposit aka bribe from the felon that you see in your checking account and donate to a Democratic candidate. That’s a great way for you to stick it to the felon.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So proud of my BFF. Huge recommendation from me ❤️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“False neutrality”. That’s what pundits and legacy media are doing. Do NOT be fooled
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here’s the problem. Understand?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
I was honored to visit Our Lady Salam, the first Arabic-speaking Lutheran parish on Staten Island. Its congregants hail from as close as Hylan Blvd to as far as Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, & Egypt — yet have planted roots in our city. Many carry the weight of war and genocide daily.
Mayor Mamdani greets members of Our Lady Salam parish on Staten Island.Mayor Mamdani meets members of Our Lady Salam parish on Staten Island.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
commondreams.org
'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, YET?! 👇 SURE HOPE SO. 😎🇺🇸✨
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 06/10/2026
Thousands are now marching at Cornell University campus, standing in solidarity with Jane Doe. “Tear down the fucking frats. No Justice, No Peace” Thank you to everyone who is protesting. Jane Doe, you are not alone. We are all with you. Justice for Jane Doe.
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Christine Kinser @ckinser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🆘JOLLOF 2B KILLED 2nd time @ ACC in 5 months 💔 Jollof loves toys “& he is happy w/each & every one...Jollof alternates between running about the yard w/his treasures & soliciting petting & attention from us…he’s the sweetest little man around” See video in post below 🙏Repost
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TraceyT @traceytaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Afternoon of Hogwatch Night?
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I do love the size of that bottle.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Discworld friends: reading Mort now. Chapter 18 where Mort takes his first spirit from a body, a witch. Mort: “is that who you were?” The witch’s response: “It’s who I’ve always been.” May it be so for all of us.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AOC IS CORRECT !!
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More like him!!
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Run fast in the other direction. Him or Axelrod.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Honestly Robert I worry about 2 other things more: 1. Ds take House/Senate and Johnson refuses to seat. 2. Once seated after a protracted battle, business goes back to usual, which it SHOULD not, in any shape or form.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Terrible coffee anyway. Just sayin’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So amazing, so deserving.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So incredibly deserving. I am 79, a Terry Pratchett age peer and feel so lucky to have found The Discworld before I have to leave this plan of existence. Reading The Light Fantastic now and enjoying thoroughly. The humor is droll, wry, witty…in short, spectacular.
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TraceyT @traceytaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At least some good news today.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
But of course Alito and Thomas dissent. They are a total treasonous duo. A disgrace to the Court.
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Jacqui @jamelle33.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Florida manatees crowd near aging power plants each winter because warm-water habitat has been degraded for decades. As those plants shut down,thousands could lose the warmth they need to survive cold stress.Demand restored natural refuges before manatees are left with nowhere safe to go
link.greatergood.com
Don't Let Manatees Go Extinct — Protect Their Last Warm Winter Refuge | GreaterGood
When Florida's aging power plants shut down, thousands of manatees will lose their only winter warmth — and there's no natural refuge ready to replace it.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m reading I Eat the Stars by Sarah Wilson, Aussie climate activist. When oil reaches $150/barrel, civilization collapse will escalate. I believe it. We are teetering as it is.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He’s just THAT dumb.
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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🛸 Happy X-Files Day! 👽 On this day 33 years ago – 10 September 1993 – The X-Files premiered, with Mulder and Scully tackling their first mysterious case together in the pilot. The truth is still out there… #TheXFiles #XFilesDay
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This 👇
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another strongly worded email.
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Heliant @heliant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A sternly worded email.
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