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Oakmarie

@oakmarie.bsky.social
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Artist, grandmother, media vet, flamenco aficionada, empath, Minnesota born, Oakland is home. Reluctant optimist. Pragmatic leftist. I know some shit! “I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” — B. Dylan

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h
“Don’t worry, using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal… in banana republics." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 3h
FDR was a brilliant problem solver at a time when the country was hungry, desperate and looking for leadership. The right has worked tirelessly to make sure FDR’s brand of socialism will never happen again. They might have succeeded.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 6h
The more I learn about Sam Altman, the more alarmed I get about his inability to control what he’s created. Open AI is out of control because he is.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 14h
Can Democrats build a broad coalition like that FDR created in the 1930s, and remake the nation for the better? The exposure of the GOP's false promises, from Reagan to Trump - and the resulting growing public revulsion - offers a rare opportunity, as I discuss here.
publicnotice.co
Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, yes. Everyone must vote! No sitting this one out. If 70% of the people disapprove of this administration, 70% should show up to vote. That’s the math.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Peter Thiel is a sociopath and needs to be indicted for crimes against humanity. The murder of young innocent girls is on him but he shrugs it off as the price of progress. We have lost our way.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OMG, this article was the perfect antidote for the lingering guilt of accumulated art supplies. Exhale and have another glass of whatever puts a smile on your face!
huffpost.com
If You're A Senior, You've Likely Heard This Common Piece Of Advice. It's Complete BS.
“Don’t be guilt-tripped into the anxiety of surfeit!”
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Happy Sunday, friends!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OMG, this article was the perfect antidote for the lingering guilt of accumulated art supplies. Exhale and have another glass of whatever puts a smile on your face!
huffpost.com
If You're A Senior, You've Likely Heard This Common Piece Of Advice. It's Complete BS.
“Don’t be guilt-tripped into the anxiety of surfeit!”
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So go figure, Sam Altman is begging the government to slow down AI development. WTF?
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s what I don’t get about AI breeches — why aren’t the CEOs of the companies getting their hands slapped, or shut down for illegal acts? The headlines always act like, “oopsies”, our over-zealous AI agent just accidentally hacked into your sensitive client data.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s what I don’t get about AI breeches — why aren’t the CEOs of the companies getting their hands slapped, or shut down for illegal acts? The headlines always act like, “oopsies”, our over-zealous AI agent just accidentally hacked into your sensitive client data.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Days of Wine & Roses and Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1962, awkwardly with parents.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
$7 a gallon in SF.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting read. I thought I knew a bit about Canada from growing up in Northern Minnesota— Alberta a far cry from Ontario. Good work!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He stole that motto from Trump.
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Wanda @itswanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🗳️ The Carter Center is looking for nonpartisan election monitors to observe in #Georgia, #Nevada, #NewMexico, #Michigan, and #Montana Please share widely! (Scroll all the way down for links to each state form.) Monitors may receive reimbursement www.cartercenter.org/country/unit...
cartercenter.org
United States
Though the Carter Center’s focus is predominantly international, we apply our expertise in our own country where we see opportunities to be effective.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Enjoying the ride so far — can’t help comparing it with Rachel Cusk’s Life of M, also about celebrity & identity.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great reporting:
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John of John is a brave book, beautiful and tragic all at once, though the Christian brutality has gotten to me and I’m struggling to finish it. Agree it deserves to be on the short list. Oprah got this one right.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal
theguardian.com
Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal
President made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales despite voter anger over elected officials trading stocks
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Commodore 64 — 1982
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in unimaginable ways, as millions of Americans report being targeted and victims of AI scams. Take this AP quiz and test if you know how to spot what's real and what's AI.
bit.ly
Could you spot an AI-powered scam? See if you can tell what’s real.
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Ninety-eight percent of Americans say they have been targeted by scammers — many on a daily basis — according to a poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ahem, this is newsworthy and about time!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fu-c-k Rob Bonta!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dead on! Thank you, Kara.
theatlantic.com
Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might
The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well, bull crap — he shouldn’t have taken the $ in the first place. These people are the worst.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dead on! Thank you, Kara.
theatlantic.com
Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might
The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The very definition of gaslighting.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Right you are! The first influencers.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Turning the future around will be a generational challenge after all that this criminal administration has wrought on the world, trust issues aside.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I pretty much expect to wake up with pics of the building half bulldozed—cuz that’s how useless judicial orders seem to be in this man’s world.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/09/2026
The far-right ideologues and grifters running U.S. foreign policy are the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America but the world, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports.
bit.ly
Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
250 to 250
As the nation gears up for the 2026 midterm elections, we are drawing a line beneath the first phase of the 250 to 250 project.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s not A.I. itself that’s the problem, it’s the greedy, corrupt, power-hungry, armageddon-loving owners who need to be throttled. But it won’t happen under Maga leadership cuz they’re in on the end-of-times, anti-christ narrative. These assholes all believe they’ll survive.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Utopia!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WTF?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/09/2026
"Naturally, I asked AI if we’d succeed in meeting the challenge of AI. Gemini wasn’t widely optimistic: 'Significant warning signs suggest that keeping AI aligned with human interests is becoming increasingly difficult.' I guess we’d better get to work."
lnk.thebulwark.com
AI Is a Test of Our Maturity. *Gulp*
Recursively self-improving machines vs. recursively self-deluding people.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s not A.I. itself that’s the problem, it’s the greedy, corrupt, power-hungry, armageddon-loving owners who need to be throttled. But it won’t happen under Maga leadership cuz they’re in on the end-of-times, anti-christ narrative. These assholes all believe they’ll survive.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Say what?
apple.news
Federal Court Rules There Is No Constitutional Right to Safe Drinking Water — Capital B
A federal appeals court has used a decades-long water crisis in one of the Blackest cities in America to rule that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee Americans the right to clean and safe drinki...
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Local matters!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WAPO: “.. The Associated Press is advising its reporters and others who follow AP style to continue referring to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite President Donald Trump’s order to rename it Lake America last month ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yeah, and we still need student loan forgiveness!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Holy moly, let’s everyone please just shut the eff up about Reagan!
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Elon should take his “network state” road show to Germany, see how many government contracts he can bag over there. Buh-bye!
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Here's another one. It's the height of dahlia season. #flowers
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
WTF?? “Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young *** Exclusive: Grants are part of controversial package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics” By @aishadown.bsky.social 7/17/26… 1/
theguardian.com
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Americans need some serious therapy.
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Oakmarie @oakmarie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wrestling, Nascar, already on my shit-list but now golf.
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