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Jerry Threet

@jerrythreet.bsky.social
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Public law attorney, mediator, civilian oversight of law enforcement consultant, human rights activist, my husband and I co-parent 2 daughters, 2 dogs, & 2 cats. Living on Vancouver Island. NON-BINARY/Fluid. They/He ❤️‍🔥🌈 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 ❤️‍🔥 "Bravery is contagious."

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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 2h
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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 than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 5h
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 7h
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 7h
Connections Puzzle #1214 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
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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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 22h
Worthy thread
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
16/ The test for a healthier democracy is whether people can vote, belong & live with equal protection under the law. A country can be quiet because people feel secure, or because those denied rights have been silenced. We should be clear about which peace we are being offered.
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Penney Esq. FBPE. Easygoing, but I mind more as I get older @iidomind.bsky.social · 22h
And this, of course....
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Rights groups accuse police of using heavy-handed tactics against minors including batons, tear gas and other riot-control weapons.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Student reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests | CBC News
A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on ‌the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union aga...
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Let them takeout Mar-a-Lago “ Is that one clear enough?
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take — Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” “It was not immediately clear what Mr. Trump meant,” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego, Drawing Anger From California Leaders
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wordle 1,935 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a WORD.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1213 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
worthy account to follow if you care about mass surveillance bsky.app/profile/floc...
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The officer’s “use of the ALPR Systems was an Unconstitutional Warrantless Search,” and “was not supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation of [the defendant’s] Fourth Amendment rights,” the judge wrote. www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1212 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FFS can we tax billionaires properly-then regulate AI and data centers “Meta..claims..AI data centers are a giant experiment..It does this so it can tap into a tax credit..which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars..for data center expansion” #BlueWaveIn30Days www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The information obtained from the FBI in theory would provide adversaries a roadmap about agents and analysts working on sensitive matters, and could offer opportunities for foreign intelligence officials to blackmail or recruit vulnerable FBI employees, experts say." www.ms.now/news/fbi-hac...
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‘Incompetence’: Massive FBI hack hit most employees and extends to local officials
The hackers expressed disbelief that such sensitive information was available to them so easily, an FBI agent told MS NOW.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
Depressed kermit the frog costume guy sitting hunched over on a park bench
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Neal Jennings ☮️ @nealjennings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So, when is the first protest against this pipeline?
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Benteveo de las sierras @rincondelassierras.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AHS corgi
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TRAITORS
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No CLUES! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026
I don’t give a damn if Theo Von and Joe Rogan change their tune and become full-out Democratic socialists. They will say whatever is deemed widely popular in the moment to retain their podcast audiences. They gave you Donald Trump.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wordle 1,933 2/6 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every other rich country has figured out that investing in young kids pays off. The first five years shape everything that comes after. Universal child care is how we give every child a fair shot and invest in our entire nation’s future.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1211 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Idiots", huh? I guess your view is the only correct one, and the entire social context of US society can just be blinked away as if it has not reality. The subject of the NYT article I posted presented pretty compelling evidence to the contrary. Race isn't a genetic reality, but it is a social one.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The government is treating people who exercise their First Amendment rights and seek to hold it accountable as criminal suspects, and that's what we're asking the court to stop,” says JoAnna Suriani, an attorney at Protect Democracy who is representing ICE observers in the case.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Karl Rove!!!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2026
My fundamental gripe with originalism beyond its practice being indistinguishable from divination, it's also an implicit framework that forces us to be governed by the dead or worse, the malicious interpretation of the dead.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Jaws 🦈 @gonejoshin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what eating wings looks like
Gollum eating a fish hunched over a body of water
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2026
"please don't attack our klanbase, I mean fanbase."
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1210 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026
This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers
Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Unpublished A.I. Apocalypse Novel That Spawned Something New in Hollywood www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/s...
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From Jason Jones, the ‘Halo’ Mastermind, an A.I. Apocalypse and a New Company
Jason Jones, the reclusive designer behind “Halo” and “Destiny,” wrote a novel about killer robots. Now the story is the basis for an ambitious new entertainment venture.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) @sehnetwork.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"'Our best estimate is that the [62 gas-fired] generators emitted about 140 tons of NOx,' said Xiaomeng Jin, an assistant professor at Rutgers... Her analysis would rank DataOne in the state’s top five NOx polluters of 2025, per EPA data." #DataCenters are an unfolding #PublicHealth crisis.
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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