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@jcarmichael.bsky.social
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Observations and comments, mostly political. Always considered myself centrist: social liberal and fiscal conservative. But it seems the country shifts to the right and I don't.

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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That's still unfair to the birds
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Still not as creepy as a camel cricket
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Psyll Magazine - Science, Tech, Politics & Business @psyll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bioluminescence is at least 540 million years old, and it has evolved independently at least 94 times. From glowing plankton and fireflies to lanternsharks, living light serves defense, camouflage, communication and predation - with almost no heat.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
nytimes.com
Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The worst Nobel Prizes part 2
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One star: isn't that Captain Puerto Rico?
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 29/09/2026
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the 1990s, a Japanese diver saved an injured fish 56 feet underwater, and ever since, the fish has swum to meet him on every single dive for over 25 years. Original post
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026
In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.
seattletimes.com
Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage
The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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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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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Few months ago, UCLA illegally fired me as DEI Director. Why? Bc I spoke truth about this bigoted piece of dog sh*t after he died. Now, my loving 2-dog 2-cat pack and I need your help making ends meet, til my lawyers reach a fair resolution against UCLA: www.gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc
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I Love Animals @animals.pics · 28/09/2026
After her husband passed, she felt the silence deeply… So her family brought home a rescue dog named Buddy - the same nickname her husband had as a child. ❤️ Now, she’s smiling again… and never truly alone.
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big talk. When will the Democrats follow through?
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 29/09/2026
‘It is all a damnable lie, and if Democrats fall for it, MAGA will stab them in the back at the earliest possible opportunity’ No mercy from MAGA, from LP's Executive Director, Rick Wilson, on Substack. bit.ly/4dCoCuk
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just saw the constellation Orion
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I still have mine. It's not exactly that model, but it still works.
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rules for thee but not for me
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Tweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the happiest dog i've seen in my life Original post
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P01135809LOCKHIMUP @fightthebiglie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All the sane people know when tRump talks it's going to be a lot of lies, sadly the MAGA that voted for him will believe the idiot without question.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hurry up and do it 💥
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Comfort
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson isn't holding back anymore. Speaking at the University of DC's law school Thursday night, she directly accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of turning emergency rulings into a special privilege reserved almost exclusively for Trump.
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Convicted felons should be in prison
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 23/09/2026
LAPD cops working for ICE contractors off duty — while the department fights to keep its moonlighting records hidden. That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love Josh Johnson. Watch video 🤣
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When a dog is rescued by a woman who loves crocheting: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
uh ... wow?
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Onion should clap
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Australian toilets don’t spin backwards
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some of the most intelligent creatures on earth
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Put him in gen-pop
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Inexcusable
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Tweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost by @TweeetsOfDogs RT by @TweeetsOfDogs: This is Morocho, the legendary dogo argentino who defeated a puma to save two little girls. Click to see original repost
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When white people rap
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The one thing Flock cameras are best at is showing how many police officers are creepos
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
People with principles… MASS DIPLOMATIC WALKOUT! DELEGATIONS EXIT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS NETANYAHU TAKES THE ROSTRUM. Dozens of international delegations walked out of the UN General Assembly hall as Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium, leaving rows of seats visibly vacant in protest.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Andy Burnham’s UN General Assembly address delivering a blunt message to Putin and announcing a National Centre for Information Defence is a vital step. Countering state disinformation and defending democracy requires real action, not empty rhetoric. Why let tyrants sow division? 🤔 #FBPE
youtu.be
‘We Won’t Play Russia’s Game’: UK's Andy Burnham Sends Blunt Message to Putin in First UN Speech
YouTube video by Hook Global
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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love how she said, ‘The UN let us in.”
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Comical.
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/09/2026
President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in his address to the United Nations General Assembly, though he largely stuck to a prepared text. Here is a fact check of some of his assertions: cnn.it/4hiiKYe
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 23/09/2026
In his address to the UN General Assembly, President Trump defended the United States' robust use of military force in Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere, saying the international community is incapable of handling threats from those countries. (From @politifact.bsky.social) to.pbs.org/4ApjCmJ
pbs.org
Fact-checking Trump's speech to the 2026 United Nations General Assembly
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ robust use of military force in Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere, saying the international commun...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When they passed FA and have entered FO.....
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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jcarmichael.bsky.social @jcarmichael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tapestry of leaves
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”
deseret.com
Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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