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Mellowwayne

@mellowwayne.bsky.social
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Operate a Firewood business currently in Dallas. Avid reader of literature and nonfiction. Cook. Runner. Writer. Learning to be better. Left of center, empathy matters, morality evolves, and social progress upraises all. www.metroplexfirewood.com

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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How are these people revered ? By literally anyone…so stupid
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yea, I for one, can’t afford this and don’t support it. So good luck collecting it.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Public good is public, not private, and access oriented.
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Anindita Basu Sempere @anindita.org · 11/08/2026
Decided to listen to French news while driving today, and the difference in coverage is remarkable. They describe the new anti-vax EO as “Crazy and with no basis in reality.” They went on to describe what science has demonstrated re: vaccine efficacy.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If it was maintained and filtered it would be.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Meanwhile, in Dallas, TX water fountains look like this
Dog water has a blocked drain and algae growing in it. Evidence of leak around base of fountain.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is fucking insane that Congress is just sitting on their damn hands.
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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My defense-lawyer sister points out people *always* plead, even if they believe they're innocent, because they don't have the resources to fight the gov't. So for only half to plead out is itself a huge loss. For almost half to be tossed is astounding--"I've never seen anything like these numbers."
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yea this. I saw that chart and that was a huge qualifier I think should be clearly stated.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Resists or intimidates? These clowns have been caught making shit up for months, and now we’re supposed to “trust them”? Fuck this
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“Under the federal statute, felony charges can be brought against anyone who “forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes” with a federal law enforcement officer.” The emperor has no clothes.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Federal Agents Were Told F.B.I. Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/07/2026
After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So many…
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
0 references to Waymo in that piece, it’s all about how Flock is being used…so unclear what gotcha you are aiming for? Does anyone read anymore?
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
That wasn’t referenced by the person I was replying to and believe it or not, I (like many, I suspect) hadn’t seen it yet, seeing as I don’t live on this app. But I’ll take a look, thanks.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I am also a skeptic of these surveillance capabilities the possibility for retroactive surveillance. But I also see these vehicles follow more rules than any other drivers on the road, even then, I’m aware of how they may create unsafe situations by their very nature, corporate drones of capital.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is that what I said or inferred? I’ll help you, it wasn’t. But you’re part of the problem when you use hyperbolic language and make sweeping statements without using a reference that proves your argument. I agree, there is an issue to be concerned about, I just don’t agree with the word salad.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Cosplay cowboys screams drag to me.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Took a few minutes of searches and reading of a few articles, but I rate this information as not exactly true. Half true at best. Exaggeration for sure. www.404media.co/waymo-called...
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Cops Say Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun
The San Mateo Police Department posted on Facebook: “Parents do you know where your teens are? Waymo does!"
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What’s new? White Americans again oblivious to how Black Americans have carried them (us).
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment theconversation.com/banning-tran...
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Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment
The US Supreme Court ruled that states could exclude transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports teams.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...
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Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/07/2026
Oklahoma residents: We identified at least 114 oil field waste injection sites located within a half-mile of a public water well. Is your community impacted? Check out our map: propub.li/446vLhs
Interactive web feature titled: "Does your Oklahoma water system have oil field wastewater wells near public drinking water wells?" The feature prompts the user to "Search for your address, ZIP code or water system name to see how many oil field disposal wells are within a half-mile of a drinking water well." A search bar and a map of the state of Oklahoma is below.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Apples to oranges. Great Britain has public transportation networks that aren’t cars vs a deathly car dependent here in Texas. But interesting fact for sure. Also, when folks get injured there, financial ruin isn’t as much a possibility for folks as it is here. Everything is so Great here tho!
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MS NOW @ms.now · 02/07/2026
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: "There is no way I'm going to be intimidated." Former special counsel Jack Smith tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social why it's important for him to speak out.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Not to mention injuries that ruin lives. Look at the data, particularly the economic costs, since that what’s capitalism is so damn skippy to be concerned about…one would think that even that is too high.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 02/07/2026
37% of new heavy trucks sold in China: now fully electric. Not delivery vans — 49-tonne heavy-duty rigs. This one swapped ~550 kWh in just 5 mins. Competitive, proven & inevitable. China's heavy EV truck sales surged 182% YoY in 2025, rising from single digits just two years ago.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Man O’ Man, and to think how many executives and Republicans here, tied to the oil or gas and diesel based economies will burn our atmosphere into our deaths before we cede the ground to the future. Tesla’s sure isn’t anything close to this…nor will one company foot the bill for this infrastructure.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Texas highways are basically a murder machine too Deaths from 2003-2025: 84,522 Consistently above 3000 a year since the 70s www.txdot.gov/content/dam/... The way we diminish deaths by how many hundreds of thousands of miles were driven ‘without death or injury’ is something in and of itself.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Earned?
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I definitely walked away from e-books because of rights management issues. If I’m not able to share a good one or offload one that isn’t for me, ✌🏼 700+books and going
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Oh look, we live in Robocop timeline.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
How Phones Alerted Millions Before Quakes Shook Venezuela www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Phones Alerted Millions Before Quakes Shook Venezuela (Gift Article)
Millions of people in Venezuela and surrounding countries received early warning alerts to their phones up to two minutes before back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
NEW — The sentencing of the Prairieland demonstrators shows the brutality of Trump's war on dissent, but it's not without precedent, @kimkelly.bsky.social writes. History shows us the government has always punished anti-fascism. But this time we can change the narrative in real time. Read here:
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From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I feel like more people need to be upset about this shit right here. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...
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Leader of Antifa Cell Members in North Texas Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Terrorist Attack on ICE Facility
Today, the Justice Department announced that eight North Texas Antifa Cell operatives were sentenced for their roles in rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists,...
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Nothing says “I don’t give a shit about any of y’all”, better than this “Administration” ’s policies.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sure…they couldn’t possibly absorb that cost with their near 69 billion in cash on hand. SMH. They caused these increases by supporting this administration.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
😑
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Antitrust Division has a double meaning eh…?
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And was booed.
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Surely this is an ai written news break…
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Yea, I read that and was like, are they talking about the labor they are stealing from us?
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Good grief.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/06/2026
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. (Published Aug. 2025)
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
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Mellowwayne @mellowwayne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
😂
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