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Pat (Zone 6a)

@patssky.bsky.social
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Lifelong blue, social worker, gardener, reader. Mostly retired but not from the service of peace and social justice.

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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bring back the corporate death penalty.
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Bring back the corporate death penalty
We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is America great again yet? #StillWaiting
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
meme graphic showing the rear view of a silver Honda CR-V parked in a garage. Mounted on the back door is a spare tire covered with a fabric print made up of dozens of different U.S. state license plates patterned together.

Top text: "Lets see the Flock cameras try to figure this one out"
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John Teets @suenitos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." — Jessica Mitford 🌱📷
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I want to see midterm campaign ads that are just loud ass data center nosies for 30 seconds straight.
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American democracy is under siege…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I remember the pages of print out directions with fondness
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Supreme Court enters a new era of transparency. Thanks for the cartoon, Benjamin Slyngstad (@slyngstad.bsky.social).
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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
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A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
At the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drilling
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mad about the food all being poisoned? You can thank the heritage foundation and project 2025. These people don't believe we should have any oversight to keep our food safe.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”
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Texas Lawmakers Call on ICE to Close Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held
In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy,...
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A win! A federal appeals court upheld an EPA rule requiring polluters to help pay for cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemicals,” rejecting an industry challenge to the rule. This keeps the financial burden where it belongs on the companies responsible for the pollution!
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#01208678639 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of Americ v. EPA (D.C. Cir., 24-1193) – CourtListener.com
PETITIONER BRIEF [2083600] filed by Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and National Waste & Recycling Association in 24-1193, Institut...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
MY LATEST: Donald Trump’s Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall. On Monday, it quietly announced that it will deploy 1,000 election monitors at polling places during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/doj-...
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DOJ is 0-23 in court, so now it’s sending 1,000 monitors to the polls
Donald Trump's Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fauci is a hero. The GOP attack dogs are liars and crooks.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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BillT @billt51.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Workers at Ghirardelli’s shop in San Francisco began a three-day strike yesterday. The company has been charging customers a 6% “healthcare fee” while simultaneously cutting workers’ care. This is why we need unions. substack.com/@usdemocrati...
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US Democratic Socialists (@usdemocraticsocialists)
HUGE: Workers at Ghirardelli’s shop in San Francisco began a three-day strike yesterday. The company has been charging customers a 6% “healthcare fee” while simultaneously cutting workers’ care. This ...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Exactly. We are already seeing what would happen
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U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026
Data from Johns Hopkins University's U.S. measles tracker shows the nation reported 2,295 cases as of Tuesday. That count surpasses last year's total of 2,289.
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 p.m. EDT
Yesterday at 7:18 p.m. EDT
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More than 11,500 cyclosporiasis cases
reported in 41 states: CDC
There are about 4,100 laboratory-confirmed cases,
CDC data says.
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July 22, 2026, 9:11 AM
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🔥 nonetheless, she persisted in gratitude ♥️ rep stansbury 💐
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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
They are killing nature with their data center. They can't be allowed to continue.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸
Pentagon shares the names of two US servicemembers KIA Friday and Saturday in the Iranian attack on the
US base in Jordan.
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii;
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
RIP
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Pat (Zone 6a) @patssky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Took them long enough
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Kevin Tompkins, but halloween @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Do not fall for it. Trump has been laying the groundwork to justify massive interference in our midterms. It’s coming on Thursday. Don’t let him fool you.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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tea2opals.bsky.social @tea2opals.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Come on, US! Wake up! You are being outsmarted by an idiot.
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Honey Girl Grows @honeygirlgrows.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Start calling it GOP Climate Warming, those voters deserve every bit of credit. 🌱
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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
remember when a series of unfortunate events was a book and not your life
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This is very good
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Imagine being one of Amy Coney Barrett's two adopted children from Haiti, and having your mother explain to you why she voted to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 330,000 of your fellow Haitian nationals living and working in the United States.
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Gabe Wasylko @gabewasylko.com · 29/06/2026
Tonight’s Guardian Moonrise in Cleveland, Ohio
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THEY SAY IMMIGRANTS ARE THE PROBLEM.
BUT WE ALL SAW WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL.
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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Has anyone seen an Environmental Impact Assessment for these data centers? Wonder why?
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Hundreds pack Minnesota open house as Google's $2 billion data center draws protesters, lawsuits
A large crowd filled an open house in Hermantown, Minnesota, where Google sought to calm worries about its planned data center outside Duluth.
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Thomas Swords 🇮🇪 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thomasswords.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
6/27/26 tweet by Just Jack: Mamdani’s crazy shtick about actually doing the stuff he promised has confounded every political pundit in America.
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