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Liz

@lizzyfc.bsky.social
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Creative person, Grower of 🌺flowers in zone 9a, friend of 🐕s, Dodgers baseball.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all.
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Infield Fly Girl @infieldflygrl.online · 02/08/2026
Remember, MLB wants you to be mad at the Dodgers for getting all the good players so you'll support a lockout and a salary cap that only benefits the owners of clubs that didn't want to pay the money YOU spend on baseball for players to play on YOUR team
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Liz @lizzyfc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Any other designers using Harvest get an email today that their monthly fees are going up more than 900%!?!? They want to charge $123.96 per month for a service that I was paying $12.79. For a time tracker!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
well done william
On Instagram, the account "Prince and Princess of Wales" posts a picture. It shows Prince William in a gray Glen check sport coat, light blue shirt, and bright blue hard hat. He's supposedly hammering a nail into the wall.  A close up of the photo shows he's not holding the nail, only pretending to.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute
In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
From early Nirvana to Phish, a Chicago fan’s secret recordings of 10,000 shows are now online. blockclubchi.co/4t6zW7R
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026
I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The President is threatening genocide and possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran. It’s clear the President has continued to decline and is not fit to lead. The members of his Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was a woman.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Trump said we “can’t take care of daycare” because “we’re fighting wars.” Hello? The $200B he wants for his war could provide every child in the country with a free school lunch for a year & have $170 billion to spare. Trump can help people here at home — he’s just choosing not to.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.
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SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Skenes looks like a generational talent and it bums me out that the biggest game he’ll pitch this year was in March.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
March 27, 1936: Portraits of the Führer are raised on official buildings across Berlin. This one at the Potsdamer Railway Station reads "Freedom - Peace"
black and white photo taken at night of the grand facade of the railway station with a huge picture of hitler covering the central portion. construction equipment can be seen. A few people are milling about.
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Torr (I moved to Threads) @torrleonard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"A federal tool [SAVE] to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas. DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
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SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - The Texas Tribune
DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The government thought 600,000 jobs had been created last year (Biden created *twelve million* in his first year). Revised figures show only 180,000 jobs were created last year. The American economy collapsed in 2025, it's gradually dawning on the statistics. www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
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U.S. Employers Add Surprising 130,000 Jobs Last Month, But Revisions Cut Thousands Of 2024-2025 Jobs
U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 11/02/2026
Extremely and very do not like whatever the fuck this El Paso airport thing is about.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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ceej @ceej.online · 09/02/2026
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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Liz @lizzyfc.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I love celebrating athletes like Johannes Klæbo who are at the top of their sport. But I wish the announcers would stop erasing the female athletes. Marit Bjørgen is still the most decorated winter Olympian of all time. And in the same sport!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This gets us one step closer toward the final form of Tesla, where the only thing it sells is pieces of paper that say “we swear this isn’t a Ponzi scheme.”
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Liz @lizzyfc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
They couldn’t afford $32 to a 2 time cy young winner but they can give $38 to a pitcher who frequently throws in the dirt? Either they think they won arbitration arguments today or they’re trading Skubal when they lose tomorrow.
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Torr (I moved to Threads) @torrleonard.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"Only 1 in 4 of Chicago’s indie music venues is profitable. Owners say that data spells potential trouble. Sold-out shows aren’t enough. Higher costs are undercutting business everywhere, owners say, from juggernauts like Metro to neighborhood venues like the Ramova."
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Only 1 in 4 of Chicago’s indie music venues is profitable. Owners say that data spells potential trouble
Sold-out shows aren’t enough. Higher costs are undercutting business everywhere, owners say, from juggernauts like Metro to neighborhood venues like the Ramova.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 30/01/2026
This is lovely. www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
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My Childhood Friend, Renee Good
Long before a federal agent shot her and she became a headline and a symbol, Renee was the best singer – and listener – in my church youth group.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Can Minnesota pay Tom Homan $50,000 to get ICE out?
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 29/01/2026
The federal government has no authority to demand confidential voter information from the states. Making it a bargaining tool to stem the violence in Minnesota is a gross abuse of power. bit.ly/4bj8dL3
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Bondi Links Minneapolis Violence to Voter Data
The attorney general laid bare the administration’s plan to interfere with the midterms.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Page after page of DHS agents too ashamed to be pictured doing their job isn’t actually sending the power signal Pam Bondi thinks it is.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
Sesame Street Instagram:
Big Bird snuggling a smaller bird.
Offering comfort in Scary Times:
After a violent event, children of different ages will have different needs. These age based strategies can help them feel safer and more secure.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A stark moment in this morning's hearing in Minnesota when an attorney for the state is staying this:
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Left hand on the ground trying not to hit the pavement; right hand still holding a cell phone. ICE person standing with a one handed grip pointing his gun right at the man’s head. There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We’ve been living inside a 5 alarm fire for a decade. Fighting fascism is the most important thing any of us will ever do. But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 15/01/2026
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
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If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, that's it for me.
I've spent the last week checking on my neighbors, engaging with my city, my local police, everyone. I've supported my friends and family, made sure they knew they weren't alone in their feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness. I've called and emailed my representatives, demanding answers, demanding action. I've just been overcome with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community.

If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I've done my best to be a helper, so that I can still be around to support him and spend time with him.

But if I have to STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. I'm going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son.

If you've been out on the streets, and you're tired, and you're hurting, don't worry. Rest when you need to. Because I know my home and I know my neighbors. When you need to rest, two more will replace you. I will be one of them.

This is my home. Minneapolis is not going to quit. Minnesota is not going to quit. And FUCK EVERYONE who tries to come in here and take from us the PRIDE, LOVE, and COMMUNITY we've built.

As long as I can stand, I'm going to plant my two feet between the oppressors and the home I love.

I love you all. L'etoile du Nord.
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jeremy messersmith @jeremymessersmith.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Want to help folks being terrorized by ICE in Minnesota? Well look at this google doc someone made. Lots of GoFundMe's that haven't met their goals yet. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from people I know or I am connected with. I cannot vouch for all the in...
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Stream the Vote @streamthevote.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I like to paint
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I've written and deleted posts about this about 10 x already. I'll just say this: People are struggling right now for many reasons. There's been a real shift in how people reply to each other on this site over the last few weeks. Please be kind. You never know what someone is going through.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
They will burn the entire world to the ground to squeeze that one last dollar out of the final drop of oil.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
While the Senate is asking Trump why they started a war to kidnap a foreign leader perhaps they might also ask why Trump freed a former foreign leader convicted of the same kind of crimes.
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Liz @lizzyfc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This was the most people I've *ever* seen on stage at the Empty Bottle. Anyone whose been to the bottle knows it's roughly a 12' triangle at it's widest point. 20+ spree members on stage and floor was happy and magical chaos. Thanks @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy archive.org/details/ajc0...
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Polyphonic Spree Live at Empty Bottle on 2003-04-10 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Polyphonic Spree2003-04-10Empty BottleChicago, ILRecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio ArchiveRecorded by:  Aadam JacobsTransferred by: ...
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Lane Becker @lanebecker.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Need to follow-up the “No Kings” protest with one called “No Cowards.”
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this is bananapants @clintofallen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
@darthbluesky.bsky.social this is my nephew, can he get a little boost to help fight the power and get some healthcare?
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