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John Lerner

@johnflerner.bsky.social
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Dad. Bostonian. Metalsmith. Progressive.

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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So, not bombs for other countries?
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So sick of this every day
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is fucked up
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
So kidnapped a member of Congress?
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Megyn Kelly goes full White supremacist today about Haitians: "You being here only dilutes it for us, those who built it and live it..We don’t want you! We don’t care if you’re offended. Get out! Go home! Go back to f*cking Haiti!" www.mediaite.com/media/news/g...
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‘Go Back to F*cking Haiti!’ Megyn Kelly Goes on Wild Rant Over Supreme Court Ruling
Megyn Kelly celebrated the SCOTUS ruling that paved the way for the Trump White House to strip legal protections from Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
You realize that the algae now growing in the Washington Mall reflecting pool can be burned as fuel and new algae will absorb that carbon so it's a closed carbon loop of renewable energy. Excellent.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14/06/2026
🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iran said on Sunday there was "no point" in peace talks with the United States, accusing it of failing to uphold its commitments and casting doubt on a deal that Donald Trump had insisted would be signed imminently ➡️ u.afp.com/Szcm
Traffic moves past a billboard showing the Iranian national flag on a building on Enghelab square in Tehran, on June 14, 2026File photo shows US President Donald Trump speaking before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026
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nathanpboston @nathanpboston.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Instead of corrupt @massgovernor.bsky.social pushing new pipelines for her gas industry & data center donors, we should be doing this (albeit on top of housing above these car storage heat islands).
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
All eyes on Delaney Hall. The Proud Boys showed up today after a night filled with police violence. A right wing livestreamer pepper sprayed a group of ICE protesters. Share what you can about this story in the days to come as it doesn’t get much algorithmic boost on its own.
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Protests continue at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in New Jersey as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens to reassign troops to the facility. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports....
TikTok video by CNN
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So lately when I open a PDF using Adobe Reader I noticed that the document is taking a long time to load and then I realized it's because they have ai scanning everything. I just changed to an OPEN SOURCE reader called Okula, loads instantly, tax returns, bank statements... Available for most OS.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Under current law, tech companies and data brokers are free to collect, analyze, store, and sell our most personal data for profit. And they are doing it every day. We need a 21st century privacy law in Massachusetts to protect us all from harm. mobilize.aclum.org/a/pass-enfor...
Tell your lawmakers: 
PROTECT US FROM BIG TECH. Massachusetts needs strong, enforceable privacy law.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.
Photo showing the burning of the books looted from the Magnus Hirschfeld library.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And his company paid *no* taxes. #BoycottAmazon.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 05/05/2026
This robot installs 80 panels/hour. One every 45 sec. 1,920/day ≈ 0.0008 GW/day per line. Sounds small. It’s not. Scale this across thousands of lines and #solar becomes manufacturing, not construction. 👉 10,000 lines = 8 GW/day. That’s HOW China is winning the energy game.
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
So many atrocities, so little time.
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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Twenty years of fighting hard for a health care system that costs 3-4x per capita what universal health care does showed us “fiscal conservatism” was a bald faced lie long ago. The GOP is crony capitalism, nothing more
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Now do *child rapist*
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/04/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
John Roberts’ Wife Made Millions From Bribes Roberts accepted $10 Million in bribes disguised as recruiting fees from Law firms with cases pending before the Supreme Court. www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...
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Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report
At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
One in seven people who signed up for health insurance this year couldn’t afford to pay for it. That’s not just a statistic, it’s real people forced to gamble with their health so corporations can line their pockets. No one should be priced out of care. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Exclusive | Around 14% of Enrollees in ACA Plans Failed to Make Payments, Data Shows
The decline in January payments has been driven by a loss of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Pilot shot down in Iran visits the White House. Looks familiar, can’t quite place her though
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#mapoli
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump surrendered an 1805 American victory over free navigation of the seas.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Called my three. Call yours, too.
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's called a gully way and it's so you can put your car charging cord across the sidewalk and not interfere with anything. #boston. #bospoli. #mapoli www.facebook.com/share/r/18XW...
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Passed the MA senate 40-0 this morning. Wow! On to the House. Call your reps!
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
David Hogg and Leaders We Deserve is running a candidate against Steven Lynch. 🎉🥂🎉🥳
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
holy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...
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ICE is full of COWARDS. They are all absolute, pathetic, untrained COWARDS. DEFUND AND PROSECUTE.
YouTube video by Seth Moulton
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Happy Birthday @wutrain.bsky.social
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
BREAKING REPORTS: Ice has blocked off an entire street and is going door to door in Minneapolis. This has been also reported by @veronicadelacruztv.bsky.social ICE is not meant to be an occupying army! We demand #ICEOUTforGood!
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Ken Howery (below) is Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. He: Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion. Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/
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Jessica Jewett @artbyjessicajewett.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
ICE has been swarming parts of West Virginia the last few days. Particularly, there's an operation happening along the toll roads. And ICE is doing pretend DUI checkpoints. The state police are traitors and helping them. Be careful, Appalachians.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yowza www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 08/01/2026
🚨After we forced a vote, the House passed our bill to restore the ACA subsidies Republicans let expire. This is an important step toward saving healthcare for millions of families—and a testament to what's possible when we organize & fight back. The Senate must follow suit.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE. jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 08/01/2026
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22/12/2025
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 21/12/2025
so we're just getting straight-up censorship now.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?
A photo of a passed out (?) girl on a couch on Epstein’s desk next to Steve Bannon
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There's one state senator, Nick Collins, that has prevented legislation that would ease the tax burden on Boston residents. Here's his phone number. You should call his office. (617) 722-1150
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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The release of the Epstein files is required by law to happen on December 19th. On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela. Bank on it.
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John Lerner @johnflerner.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
IMPORTANT There's one state senator, Nick Collins, that has prevented legislation that would ease the tax burden on Boston residents. Here's his phone number. You should call his office. (617) 722-1150
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