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Dessner

@mikedessner.bsky.social
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River rat, vet, fishpimp, expeditioneer. Anti Concentration Camp. Sorry if I snap at you… I’m irked. ♀ ✊🏿 🏳️‍🌈

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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sulu and Chekhov really sell this.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genocide as real estate development.
aljazeera.com
Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/09/2026
On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed hundreds of people.
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Sep. 28, 1868 | White Mobs Massacre Black Community in Opelousas, Louisiana
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 26/09/2026
Dan Sullivan owns up to $5 million in his brother's chemical company. And he used Alaska’s Senate seat to vote for the tariffs that allowed the company to raise costs on customers and pay out $349 million to shareholders. Self-dealing at its finest.
alaskaindependentnews.com
Sullivan’s family company’s profits grow as Alaskans struggle with rising costs
Sen. Dan Sullivan holds up to $5 million in shares in the company, which just paid shareholders $349 million in dividends.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That cops hate cops who investigate cops tells you everything you need to know about cops.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 22/09/2026
On this day in 1906, mobs of angry white men gathered in the streets of Atlanta to attack and kill dozens of innocent Black men on sight.
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Sep. 22, 1906 | White Mobs Terrorize African Americans in Atlanta, Killing Dozens
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The US Concentration Camp Industrial Complex is monetizing human misery, one crime against humanity at a time.
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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The Birthday Fairy Project @thebirthdayfairy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today, September 17th, is the birthday of Lula Schmidt. She was shot and killed at 6 in a 2022 triple murder in Maquoketa, Iowa. Lula loved being outdoors, playing with her cousins, doing art projects, reading, and being with animals.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should be building a world class firefighting force and showing them the same respect we promise our troops (but really only deliver when it’s time to board a plane).
theguardian.com
‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As I said on Friday: the Trump administration has a huge opportunity to enlist China in the effort to rein in AI when President Xi visits the White House in two weeks. They should take it. www.ms.now/news/news-an...
ms.now
Hillary Clinton on what she learned in the aftermath of 9/11 — and how those lessons apply today
In today’s edition of The Tea: Hillary Clinton’s long-ranging conversation with the “Morning Joe” panel.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
By the time President Bonespurs declares victory in Iran he’ll be selling them entry level nukes and explaining that it was inevitable. How only he could keep them from obtaining H-bombs.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The US Concentration Camp Industrial Complex is doing its level best to live up to its namesake. In true Abu Graib fashion, bringing back the Tiger Cage. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/weve...
historynewsnetwork.org
We've Been Here Before: The Tiger Cages of Vietnam
My best friend was tortured to death in 1970. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong was a gentle person. But he hated the war and the destruction of his country. He was arrested by the U.S.- sponsored Saigon police i...
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And I assume that it does, though it’s still scarcely AI at all. So this is a familiar future, yet stupid. And in so many other ways as well.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The anti-Shariah panic is back, but the level at which it’s playing out is different...It is not just the weirdos in the back of the room at tea party meetings...It is governors from some of the biggest & most diverse states in the union." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.
The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A very worthy 🧵
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone harassing La Jolla Sea lions should be prosecuted under the Marine Mammal Protect Act, where they would be fined upwards of $20K. But that would take federal enforcement and the pro corruption GOP will never allow their addle minded adherents to be held responsible for their criminal actions.
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Watching humanity fail the sea lions of La Jolla Cove in real time - boingboing.net/2026/09/11/l... " people walk directly into groups of sea lions. They crowd mothers and pups, poke them, chase them, and do a maddening amount of stressing them out"
boingboing.net
Watching humanity fail the sea lions of La Jolla Cove in real time
The remarkable animals in these videos aren't the humans.
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
US supreme court again rejects Missouri congressional maps redrawn to benefit Republicans in midterms | US supreme court | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US supreme court again rejects Missouri congressional maps redrawn to benefit Republicans in midterms
Latest decision appears to set the stage for the state to use its old electoral maps this year
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In my decades of public service, I have rarely been as angry as I was the day the damning inspector general’s report was released about the EPA's response to the World Trade Center collapse. Read my new piece on the lessons of 9/11 at @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Every three days. There’s a Family Annihilation in this country every three days. And there are 3 mass shootings in this country every 2 days. Both rates are climbing. 1/2
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026
"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."
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Pete Hegseth 💩 the Bed Again
The secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
No problem!
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Red Truck Flies Off Cliff
ALT: Red Truck Flies Off Cliff
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s a new Slave Trade. Selling migrants to buyer countries who then farm US tax dollars to pay for their ongoing debasement and incarceration. The US Concentration Camp Industrial Complex, monetizing human misery and providing work for sadists around the world.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Saved him to death.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 04/09/2026
On this day in 1875, armed white men from Clinton and Vicksburg, Mississippi, formed roving bands targeting Black men. An estimated 50 Black people were killed.
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Sep. 4, 1875 | Massacre by White Mob in Clinton, Mississippi, Leaves Dozens of Black People Dead
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is the way. Delete your bootlicker map ap and get one that fears not fascism.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nope. This is a troll or wishful thinking or both. The soul crushing cognitive dissonance that would arise from them realizing just how badly they’ve been scammed and how much evil has been committed in their names virtually guarantees it won’t happen.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bootlickers hate kneelers (especially nonwhite ones).
theguardian.com
Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant
A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bari Weiss "praised the story during the network's daily editorial meeting ... Weiss even personally directed that the headline be tweaked to mention that El-Sayed had deleted tweets referencing the Sept 11 terrorist attacks." via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...
status.news
CBS’ El-Sayed Scandal
The Bari Weiss-led outlet is being pummeled by a storm of outrage over a story about Abdul El-Sayed—and Status has learned that within the network, some staffers have raised the matter with standards.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Sam Jones @samjownes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reagan judge to Paxton: if you don’t like drag shows, don’t go. Permanent injunction. Appeal all you want.
dworkinsubstack.com
Great News That’s Terrible For Trump: Eight Wins They Want To Keep Buried. Oops.
A drag queen beat Texas. A sailor's father came home. A warehouse supervisor took down a travel ban. Plus five more.
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The US Concentration Camp Industrial Complex’s child facilities are a national shame. The Republican Party and the rapist/convicted felon who lead it need to be held responsible.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Measles Are Gaining Again
cnn.com
Two people in Pennsylvania have died from measles | CNN
Two people have died due to measles in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. Both individuals were unvaccinated.
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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 23/08/2026
Spider-Man beating the shit out of Jake Lang is my 2026 spirit animal.
Spider man punching Jake Lang. Below, JK Simmons saying now thats a picture of spiderman
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Robots don’t “break records set by humans”. That’s idiotic, like saying my car beat human speed and distance records. A toaster can’t be a person the same way my car can’t be a person.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The woman who wrote this story got fired by the rapist regime.
stripes.com
Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion
The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.
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Resistance is persistence! @chuckspaeth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#30million8/30 Only you can prevent fascophiles. March in August to protest the regime. March in September to protest the fascism. March in October to protest the failed Legislators. March in November to the polls to be heard. NATIONWIDE PROTEST 8/30 RISE UP! OVERTHROW! END FASCISM IN AMERICA!
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 22/08/2026
Bill is a third-generation Alaska fisherman. He’s seen firsthand how Lower 48 factory trawlers have collapsed our runs and gutted our fisheries. Proud to fight against the trawling industry for fishermen like him.
adn.com
Opinion: Alaska fishermen deserve a senator who fights for us, not the Lower 48 factory fleet
The future of Alaska’s fisheries depends on who holds power in Washington.
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Get out. The coliseums are run by the Nazis?! Who in the world could have predicted such a thing?
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 18/08/2026
I’ll be speaking about my executive order to protect the Boundary Waters shortly. Tune in here: www.youtube.com/live/iAZ8G76...
youtube.com
LIVE | Gov. Walz delivers climate address after issuing new mining restrictions
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“As his popularity collapses among almost every other demographic, he seems to recognize that the criminal-American community is his last and most loyal constituency.”
digbysblog.net
A Den Of Thieves - Digby's Hullabaloo
Trump's banana republic Image via Indy Week. Judge J. Michael Luttig on Sunday cited warnings from David French, Tim Snyder, Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, and others, that Donald Trump and his ...
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is the way. Love The Cities.
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... Researchers found prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients.
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Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams
The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...
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Dessner @mikedessner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This excellent (and horrifying) data base, sets the definition for a mass shooting at 4 victims. So far the US is averaging 3 such shootings every 2 days. Every three days in the US there is an attempted family annihilation, or familicide. All preventable. www.massshootingtracker.site
massshootingtracker.site
Mass Shooting Tracker
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