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Michael V. Nixon

@mvnixon.bsky.social
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Lawyer, Strategist, Consultant, an' 'at. Protect #OakFlat Wolf photo courtesy of www.robinsilverphoto.com Western Apache crown dancers photo courtesy of Elias Butler, Photographer www.eliasbutler.com

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 7h
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7h
In 1997 I was at an art conference where everyone was saying cozy things about close-knit deeply rooted small communities so I stood up and said "I am a San Franciscan and I live among people those close-knit deeply rooted small communities wanted to kill."
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Anand Giridharadas | City Arts & Lectures
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7h
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h
Holy shit.
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Michael V. Nixon @mvnixon.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: ‘The Last Remaining Grandmother Cottonwood Cut Down Just Now after Violent Arrests at ‘NO Border Wall’ Tree Sit in Lochiel’ By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 5, 2026 bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/10/brea...
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Breaking News: Violent Arrests Underway at Lochiel Tree Sit: Grandmother Cottonwood Cut Down -- 'NO Border Wall'
Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
“At some point, maybe we should listen to the words of Meta’s founder who, years ago, bragging about how people just hand over their information to him, revealed what he thinks about those who do so: ‘[d]umb f—s.’”
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Meta’s Mass Data Collection Is Not A-Muse-ing
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/10/2026
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cartoonist: Steve Jones
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 03/10/2026
Federal judge: "Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society & it is a reasonable expectation that society already accepts ... Why is it the govt's business where everyone goes all the time?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules
A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Sam Alito on the way to his beach house
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tomorrow they’re holding a funeral in Springfield for the Haitian college kid Pierre Damas Bel who killed himself. On the same day in nearby Dayton Ohio suburb President trump will be there holding a fun little rally, not far from the body of the student his policies appear to have, you know, killed
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Judge Sara Hill, N.D. Oklahoma, issued this decision on Thursday —>
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 02/10/2026
Seven Virginia tribes withdrew from formal engagement with the Chesapeake Bay Program after their requests for signatory status were denied.
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Chesapeake Bay Restoration Obstructed by Federal Policy Shift, Tribal Withdrawal - Inside Climate News
A Trump administration executive order and a breakdown in relations with seven federally recognized Virginia tribes has raised questions about the partnership’s future.
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Michael V. Nixon @mvnixon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eleven Ninth Circuit Judges Urge Supreme Court to Protect #OakFlat #ReligiousFreedom #NativeAmerican #SacredPlace nativenewsonline.net/environment/...
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Eleven Ninth Circuit Judges Urge Supreme Court to Protect Oak Flat
Overview: Despite the Ninth Circuit’s refusal to rehear three lawsuits challenging the transfer of Oak Flat for a proposed copper mine, a group of 11 judges sharply criticized the court’s decision and...
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Michael V. Nixon @mvnixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So’s this too: ‘9th Circuit rejects another request to rehear #OakFlat mine arguments’ — "Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia warned Oak Flat would be destroyed unless the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in.” www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-...
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9th Circuit rejects another request to rehear Oak Flat mine arguments
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down a request from a coalition of tribes, a group of four Apache women and environmentalists to rehear a case that cleared the way for a land swap that wi...
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Michael V. Nixon @mvnixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
See 30-year history of the proposed copper mine at Arizona's #OakFlat — By @debkrol.bsky.social www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-...
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See 30-year history of the proposed copper mine at Arizona's Oak Flat
Although copper has been mined in the area surrounding Oak Flat off and on since the 1870s, the current struggle over the fate of the campground - deemed sacred by Apaches and other Native peoples and...
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Belted Kingfisher. Female. The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. This species has a large head with a shaggy crest. 📸: @robert.s.parker
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Deb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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O'odham leaders visit springs, cultural sites at risk from border wall
Tohono O'odham Chairman Verlon Jose joined other tribal leaders on a tour of sacred sites threatened by the border wall.
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Deb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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California tribes win protections for sacred sites and ceremonies
California tribes would have access to state lands for religious practices and be guaranteed other religious rights in a groundbreaking bill passage.
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Elon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 29/09/2026
N7628 Landed in Burbank, California, United States. Apx. flt. time 4 h 35 min.
Reg: N7628 On Ground: True Alt: 0 Last Contact: 0:00:00.400749 Trigger: now on ground
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epic backfire!🔥
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Chehalis tribe of Washington State just south of Olympia have retaken possession of land along the I-5 corridor. This is how they repurposed the billboard facing the freeway.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/09/2026
Before you trust the polls, remember: pollsters find the same six people who still answer unknown numbers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026
Fascinating new research: "1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds. Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Researchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC News
New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s something you didn't know you needed; the Bass line of legendary Motown musician JAMES JAMERSON — visualised into a hypnotic graphic score. AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (1967)
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SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The ISREALI ASSET and REPUBLICAN FASCIST COLLABORATOR is being reminded why people call him CUCK SLIMER Credit @climatedefiance.bsky.social
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
🏛️ The Supreme Court’s fall term has officially kicked off. The Court will decide which cases it will hear over the coming months. This time around, some of them could impact U.S. democracy. Here are the voting rights and elections cases we’ll be looking out for:
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Supreme Court could take up these critical election cases as new term begins
The decisions made at Monday's "long conference" could have a huge impact on American democracy.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
How was a Nevada Republican with a 30-year mortgage on a $565,000 home able to loan his Congressional campaign $1.6 million? We don't know, because he has repeatedly failed to submit required financial disclosures that would illuminate his personal financial position.
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined. www.wired.com/story/plasti...
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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.
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