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Kyle R Freund

@kylefreund.com
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Communicating on coffee, cocoa, fair trade, sustainability & stuff. Working at Heifer USA. Wisconsin farm kid grown up. Madison, Wis. he/him goodislove.wordpress.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2h
they are stealing billions from us in order to build data centers in our backyards in order to run machines designed to take our jobs and ultimately enslave us
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Funny Karate Bear (But Festive) @thedimpsler.bsky.social · 4h
Local Man Inexplicably Happy That Process of Artlessly Ripping Off Better Music Now Fully Automatic, Stella Lefty Reportedly Overjoyed
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5h
Obamacare, while far from ideal, has been better than the previous system in every single way. Not even one aspect is worse.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 5h
An assignment for everyone today. I'll do mine later if I remember.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20h
According to America.gov, it’s not totally clear if it’s illegal to marry an eagle, so I might still have a chance!
what part of U.S. law states that I cannot marry an eagle, because TBH I'm skeptical
There is no statute titled "you cannot marry an eagle." Two separate rules apply.
Marriage is between two people
Federal law treats marriage, for federal purposes, as a union between 2 individuals that is valid where it was entered into.
• 1U.S.C. § 7 7
States issue marriage licenses. An eagle is not a person who can get a license or consent. I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice.
Eagles are separately protected
Bald and golden eagles may not be taken, possessed, molested, or disturbed without a permit.
• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
668-668d) 7
• "Take" includes capture, molest, or disturb.Eagles are separately protected
Bald and golden eagles may not be taken, possessed, molested, or disturbed without a permit.
• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
668-668d) 7
• "Take" includes capture, molest, or disturb.
Trying to "marry" an eagle would still run into those possession and disturbance rules.
I cannot verify a single line of the U.S. Code that saysạẠmarriage to an eagle is prohibited" by those words. The practical bar is that marriage is for two individuals, and eagles are protected wildlife.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 15h
Accidental double exposure fun times. #believeinfilm
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 22h
Herky the Hawk Red Oak, IA
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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is mandatory for every politician to get one staffer that knows ball.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 23h
Idiocracy.
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brooke bikes mke @brookebikesmke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A sitting senator publicly confusing the Atlanta Hawks NBA team with the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team feels like it was a discarded subplot from Veep.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 29/09/2026
#1 question for every person running for office is: Will you do everything you can to overturn Citizens United? We've been tipping this country over, but that piece of shit supercharged it. www.stampstampede.org
stampstampede.org
The Stamp Stampede - Stamp Big Money Out of Politics
The Stamp Stampede is a non-profit organization of over 75,000 Americans legally stamping money to help build the movement to stamp Big Money out of Politics.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 29/09/2026
The only art that will survive AI is performance art.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 29/09/2026
We have a stripped down iPhone that we give our 11-year old daughter with no social media access or otherwise. Fellow parents: What do you do with your kids? How are you navigating this?
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Tessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com · 29/09/2026
This is an exceptionally clear presentation of New Mexico’s exceptionally clear findings that Facebook wantonly and intentionally deceived the public in regards to the theft of their data and the incentives to promote and profit from hate speech on the platform. Tap in, scroll down.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 29/09/2026
Just absolutely maddening the patented obstruction, obfuscation, belligerence & bad faith operating from the GOP in Wisconsin. Horrible people up & down.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 29/09/2026
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justin (rough cut notes) @justininpost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
stop what you're doing right now and watch this
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GENER8ION feat. Yung Lean Perform "STORM" | 2026 VMAs
YouTube video by MTV
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026
Animal Facing Extinction In 2003 Fucks Its Way Back theonion.com/animal-facing-extincti…
Animal Facing Extinction In 2003 Fucks Its Way Back
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton 

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And as their voters cry out for help affording basic necessities, Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, Bryan Steil and the other Republicans running Congress are doing nothing about it.
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
Imagine if instead of regulating drone risks the normal way (which we did), we instead paid weird bloggers lots of money to worry about superintelligent dogs sprouting thumbs and using drones to kill us. This is pretty much how the US is approaching AI risks and regulations. My latest:
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI
Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 25/09/2026
Single issue voter: changing the names of birds, like Tufted Titmouse, Woodpecker, Red-Shafted Flicker, and Dickcissel, to non-sexy names.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And the reform needs to be the elimination of single member districts:
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Letter to Congress: End the Redistricting Wars by Adopting Proportional Representation
Gerrymandering persists because single-member districts allow it.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Right before Netanyahu was set to address the UN in NYC, Zohran Mamdani preempts him with this moving video — He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Jim Witkins @jimwitkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This guy? #trumpTiffany Hell no, Wisconsin, DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS TRUMPY, BILLIONAIRE SPONSORED CHUD. Guy who voted for Iran War 5 times (raising gas prices) and will gut ACA/healthcare to please his daddy trump. #Wivote
Tom Tiffany = Donald Trump
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w…
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
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Jim Witkins @jimwitkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans are lying about election fraud. Look at the evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Ash McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 24/09/2026
This is a familiar pattern that repeats itself every time Republicans get on this voter fraud kick. Another familiar pattern is Republicans who complain about voter fraud not living where their voter registration says they do.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Share with everyone you know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JI4...
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Elizabeth Banks in "Just a Little Heart Attack"
YouTube video by American Heart Association
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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 24/09/2026
📢Who really keeps the world fed? On 5 Oct, we launch #FoodWork, our major new report exposing exploitation across global food chains. Join @rajpatel.org, @deschuttero.bsky.social & labour advocates… what will it take to make food work dignified work? 👉 Register: ipes-food.org/launch-webin...
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LAUNCH WEBINAR : Food work
Launch of Food Work, a landmark IPES-Food report exposing labour exploitation across global food systems and how to guarantee dignified food work for all - 5 October.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 24/09/2026
These are wonderful young people.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
josh Hawley, just subscribe to 404media.co
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/09/2026
You know who can afford not to know their own address or phone number? Tiny little babies and fucking billionaires. These tech freaks are not normal people and their ideas undermine the lives of normal people. Reject them and their predatory ideology and technology at every opportunity.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 24/09/2026
this one is really good.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 24/09/2026
After listening to @lutimestwo.bsky.social describe the consistency of camel urine as syrup-like on Terrestrials, my daughter looked it up. And who knew drinking camel urine cures cancer. Also important learning on safe searching for children. solalholistics.com/health-benef...
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 24/09/2026
Absolutely amazing.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The most morally injured military on earth
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Since 2017, suicide has been the leading cause of death for active-duty troops
​A new report from the Pentagon shows that the overall military suicide rate is on the decline, but it's still higher now compared to a decade ago.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)
propublica.org
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Americans will pay up to 95% of Trump’s chaotic tariffs. Yet Donald Trump still has zero plan to give tariff refunds back to YOU. I'm pressing Trump's top trade official for answers. You deserve to get your money back.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tiffany is relying on the support of these three billionaires to just a staggering degree. Who do you think he’d serve as governor? www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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3 billionaires put Tom Tiffany in a big cash lead over David Crowley
Three billionaires are responsible for the about two-thirds of the campaign cash raised so far by Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's a good test case for our framework, demonstrating how a real incident can be turned into a false "rigged election" rumor or narrative. Here the DOJ highlights a case where a postal worker discarded mail that included ballots, and uses that to suggest voter fraud and untrustworthy elections.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bring back RSS www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Traffic to news sites is plummeting in the U.S. as tech giants steer people away from search and toward AI.
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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 23/09/2026
John Lennon 🤝 Howard Cosell youtu.be/9T9iPilZLAk?...
youtu.be
Howard Cosell interviews John Lennon on Monday Night Football December 9th, 1974
YouTube video by Vinnie Favale
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Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“There’s never been a better time to buy donkey meat.” www.newsweek.com/trump-advise...
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Trump adviser dismisses 'silly' economic polls, points to cheaper burger
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
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