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Jack of Bears

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Social Justice Cleric & Pagan Papa Bear Extraordinaire. ~ he/him/they/y’all ~ Hermes | Heimdall

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026
As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 31/08/2026
is "odin" a corruption of "woden", which is itself a corruption of "whoa, dan"? i'm just asking questions. who IS this great and amazing dan that inspires us all to say "whoa"?? www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
T-Rex: Happy Monday, everyone! Or should I say...

T-Rex: ...happy MOONday?T-Rex: The day IS named after the moon, and I FERVENTLY BELIEVE that the world would be a better place if we went back to the namesakes, instead of our CORRUPTED versions. Instead of Tuesday: Tīw's Day, the day of the Norse god of one-on-one combat during battles! AWESOME.
T-Rex: Can't wait for THAT.T-Rex: And instead of Wednesday, Woden's Day - celebrating ODIN!
Utahraptor: A.K.A. Woden.
T-Rex: A.K.A. Woden!

T-Rex: Thursday is Thor's Day, Friday is Frigg's Day - FRIG, she rules - Saturday is Saturn's Day, and Sunday is Sun's Day, but we will now REALLY hit that "'s" so it's clear when we say it.
Utahraptor: And you think the world will improve?
T-Rex: Absolutely!Narrator: AND THUS:
Off panel: Thank God it's Friday!
T-Rex: As for me, I'LL be thanking ODIN it's FRIGG'S DAY!
Off panel: I didn't know that was allowed.
Off panel: ...Why I am suddenly mourning all the years I wasted not knowing that was allowed??
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 28/08/2026
portland traffic standoff: two drivers and one pedestrian all waving at the other to go first for an hour
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 27/08/2026
EVERY MONTH
Aerial photograph of a full Dodgers stadium, capacity 60k
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One of the more obscure facts I remember about Dolly Parton is this: just like Star Trek would not exist without Lucille Ball, Buffy would not exist without Dolly Parton. She was a silent producer of the movie and show. That's why Buffy Summers has the same birthday as Dolly: January 19.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/01/2026
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...
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AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton
Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh, no! Dolly Parton had such a pure soul and beautiful heart. Her philanthropy touched so many people in need.😢
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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/08/2026
Never let a writer help you move
A cardboard moving box with EPHEMERA written on it in Sharpie
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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper
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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“One rule of thumb for chatbots is that they can only provide useful information to experts who have the discernment to ignore the defective output that LLMs always emit. That means that the dream of chatbots as replacements for teachers is a nightmare.”
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OPB @opb.org · 27/07/2026
Oregon currently has dozens of active, large fires burning statewide, covering more than 1 million acres.
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Oregon wildfires explode over weekend with no signs of slowing down
People on the Warm Springs Reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened as more than 1 million acres in Oregon have been consumed by wildfires.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Beyond being terrible guidance to give people on the specific issue… this is not how science works. A mountain of studies have failed to detect any link. That’s all the “ruling out the possibility” science can do.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/06/2026
The United Nations is calling for independent investigations after at least 50 people have died in ICE custody since President Trump began his second term. The death rate is higher than it's been in over a decade, and this year is already on track to be worse than 2025. This is unconscionable.
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UN Demands Probes Into US ICE Custody Deaths
The United Nations on Friday demanded independent investigations into dozens of deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since last year -- and swift action to prevent more peopl...
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/06/2026
A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually
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Sascha Trippe 🛰️ 사샤 트리페 @saschatrippe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Q: How did we survive in the old days without modern hygiene or medicine? A: Half of us didn't. 🧪 #science #medicine #progress
ourworldindata.org
Mortality in the past: every second child died
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. How do we know about the mortality of children in the past? And what can we learn from it for our future?
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
France bans bee-killing pesticides. Bees are the engine of our agriculture. Without them, our food supply is put at risk. Healthy soil and intact habitats form the foundation for true sustainability.
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😈™ @cooltimesonline.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Went to an anti AI datacentre protest march today and a friend of mine got a picture that summed it all up
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 04/05/2026
This is for *your* kids, you understand. The tech elites send *their* kids to private, screen-free Montessori schools. They know exactly what they're doing.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine
Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. [alt text from NASA]
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Can you image what it would be like to go from the first image to the second? To literally watch your home planet shrinking behind you until most of what you see is the emptiness of space? For every minute to further hammer in our insignificance against the vastness of the cosmos? (1/2)🧪🔭
A view of the interior of the Orion capsule. A window takes up most of the frame, through which Earth is visible. About 1/3 of the planet is shown, with cloud patterns over the oceanA view out a window of the Orion spacecraft. Earth is visible as a slim crescent in the distance, with most of the field of view being black space
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We pack a handful of folks into a tin can loaded with explosives. The computers are running Windows and the toilet is malfunctioning. We hurl them at a distant rock. Everything about where they are is deadly. And it is sublimely beautiful, one of the greatest things we’ve done as a species. #Artemis
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Mons @dennismons.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Sir, a second bird is at the feeder
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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
People come up with complicated reasons why art/music scenes are less vibrant now but it is like 90% just this
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This feels weird. A lot of reporting is sounding very much like "how long will this take to get back to normal" when there's no sign in the short term that normality will return at all It's like 2020 Covid reporting
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Best money I spend every month
Onion headline that reads “I work very hard, and I would like to try cake” by A Horse
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
WOW. Amazon planning one of their largest data center projects in the world in NE Oregon. At full scale would use as much power as the entire Portland metro area. Pacific Power says it can somehow supply it with existing transmission lines? www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
NASA might have been the coolest organization on planet earth — a real life/larger than life organization that the smartest people in the world respected, kids dreamed their whole life of working for, & even Hollywood couldn’t make larger than it already was. So of course Trump ruined it in a year.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/03/2026
Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early theonion.com/dad-suggests-arriving-…
Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I thought they were supposed to help out in some nebulous way. But they are just going to stand around menacing people huh?
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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it.
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ceej @ceej.online · 20/03/2026
I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it
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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 28/02/2026
just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production. you have until March 23rd to comment. i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/02/2026
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
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Meredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.myatproto.social · 26/02/2026
Gentle reminder that sometimes I don't comment on The Hot Topics Of The Day because I'm not equipped to do so in a nuanced or thoughtful way. Knowing your limitations doesn't mean not caring or not paying attention. It means not taking up space that needs to be occupied by more informed voices.
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