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Todd Beeton @toddbeeton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

As with anyone who leaves a cult, many former MAGA are undergoing a sort of deprogramming and, in the process, are working through all the classic stages of grief. Get out the popcorn! 🍿

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The Five Stages Of MAGA Grief

As MAGA voters turn on Trump, they’re reckoning with loss in a classic, recognizable pattern

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

With RFK Jr. leading HHS, the spread of misinformation at the highest levels of govt is a real threat to public health. But science still exists. Here’s what you can do: 1. Follow and support science communicators 2. Advocate for evidence-based policies 3. Stay engaged and push for accountability

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NPR @npr.org · 25/04/2025

Last year, more than 9 million people watched across the world, and executive producer Johan Erhag said he expects viewership will be even higher this year.

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A moose trek across Sweden pulls in millions of viewers looking for 'Slow TV'

Last year, more than 9 million people watched across the world, and executive producer Johan Erhag said he expects viewership will be even higher this year.

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I LOVE that old school beats are back. Listen to that BD pocket and not a single sprinkler hihat.

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DENIAL IS A RIVER by Doechii on Apple Music

Song · 2024 · Duration 2:39

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Humans are very weird and mostly do things because the people around them do them. This is true for me and you and everyone. Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

An incredible version of this classic song all in her native tongue. There are quite a few great tracks on this record. Love it!

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Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass) by Elisapie on Apple Music

Song · 2023 · Duration 3:58

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

@satiarshah.bsky.social love your work, man. Rational, thoughtful, and very well informed. Canucks fans are lucky to have you. Much appreciation for you.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I assume that most Canadians are unaware that the National Post and Postmedia Network is no longer Canadian owned, and that the 2/3 owner since 2016, Chatham Asset Management LLC, has close ties to the current Trump administration.

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Happy winter solstice. Perfect day for a hike in Vancouver.

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Back to work, and loving my new headphones. 🎧

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

An odd song I wrote with Molly Guldemond of the band Mother Mother. music.apple.com/ca/album/ano...

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Another You by Mnlop on Apple Music

Song · 2020 · Duration 3:20

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It’s funny when people like Dana White romanticize being a dysfunctional and damaged man based on 1950s men who were traumatized in WW2. Emotions, empathy, reason, will, compassion are all faculties of the brain. He’s essentially bragging about being mentally incompetent.

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Niko Friesen @nikofriesen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024