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Hope.

@perchesinthesoul.bsky.social
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Always curious, learning, and questioning. Wearing my heart on my sleeve since the Reagan era. Be kind. Interests: journalism, finance, history, geopolitics Loves: reading, gardening, laughing, exploring, dogs, good music ☮️❤️🌎

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 4h
Last day to watch the now-gigantic sled dog puppies. It’s been really fun!
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Webcam: Sled Dog Puppies - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
Webcam: Sled Dog Puppies
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 7h
This is what guilty people do when they’re worried about being charged with war crimes. Though I doubt that the ICC will actually hold them accountable for anything…
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 11h
I haven’t been a practicing Catholic since the turn of the century, but I really appreciate Pope Leo.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h
I love this so much❤️ 122 new dads met their babies for the very first time yesterday when the USS Abraham Lincoln finally returned to San Diego. Families waited almost a year for this moment.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 12h
I can’t wait for the morning I wake up and don’t see any headlines mentioning “Trump says”—I’m going to make gigantic sundaes for breakfast and have a dance party with my kids.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Steve Miller Band releases “The Joker” today in 1973 — written after a long day in the studio, he said, when “I went outside with my acoustic guitar to sit on the hood of my funky old GTO and think about my lyrics for the next day. .. I had no idea it would be our next single. I didn’t have a clue.”
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Or perhaps Jack Smith with a barbed wire bat?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico: “I've gotten to know James Talarico. He's a good man, who will be a good senator for the state of Texas. Please vote and vote for James Talarico.“
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just over here fantasizing about Eisenhower-era tax rates.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 08/10/2026
I'm sure Republicans are scheduling several months of hearings on this very important development
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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God @thegodshow.com · 07/10/2026
Thou shalt tear down this rapist crime syndicate in November and if they cheat we hit the street.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 07/10/2026
Yesterday, after a russian strike on an apartment building in the Zhytomyr region, residents rescued not only themselves, but also their beloved pets. Cats and dogs were carried out, held tight, comforted, and never let go of. Because pets are part of the family, and you don't leave family behind💛
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hello, beautiful: paidforby.info
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"AI and digital surveillance reversed the American consumer model. We grew up with people constantly trying to sell us stuff. Now they're trying to sell us *to* stuff. We are the things being purchased. Our data, our lives." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
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Expert Explains to Sam Altman Why He Sucks (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So basically, Musk still has his grubby mitts all over our government—NDS is just trying to be more subtle about it because people hate Elon. One of the most important jobs after the government flips: holding these people accountable.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026
DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptiv…
DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2026
Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...
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We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ProPublica has made a database of all the incidents they could find where ICE detained citizens. Important work. This kind of data is too often hidden and lost.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think it’s officially time to ditch the “land of the free” propaganda and replace it with “land of the tech fascism.”
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Heard this song this morning, and it reminded me how much I love Chris Cornell. Such an incredible talent gone way too early. Hope his tortured soul finally found some peace.
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Say Hello 2 Heaven (25th Anniversary Mix)
YouTube video by Temple Of The Dog - Topic
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him. But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Grief is excessive; so is revolution. It is a defiant ‘yes’ when the rest of the world would say no. It is a refusal of the foreclosing of our time, an overflowing of humanity into the places that it is forbidden. We will not be machines anymore." - Sarah Jaffe -
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Letterpress prints of "From the Ashes" by Sarah Jaffe — radical emprints
About the words: These two letterpress prints are excerpts from Sarah Jaffe's beautiful & timely new book From the Ashes: Grief & Revolution in a World on Fire. This is one of the most ...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bellingcat has become aware of an individual contacting people via Telegram and WhatsApp from a UK number, naming themselves "Antony Kevin", claiming to work for Bellingcat, and asking for assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria, in particular Damascus and Idlib.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it. Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
im a low vision user who can't see this tiny fucking box well enough to type in it. ffs this is obviously not for low vision peopel
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Russia Plague:
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Went to see my talented nephew exhibit his LEGO creations at BrickUniverse this weekend. So many incredible builds, but understandably, you couldn’t touch like 99% of them. One artist built this and glued the pieces together so kiddos could play and give this pup all the pats. Loved it.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Brazil falls to the right wing today, the Trump capture of South America will be complete. The US, Israel and Russia anti-democratic forces will have greater room to concentrate operations on Mexico and Canada. Brazil’s outcome will carry global consequences for democracy.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the 100-seat parliament, Kulbergs' United List party secured 42 seats, a record for the post-independence history of the former Soviet republic, local media reports. The results point to a continued pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course for #Latvia www.euronews.com/2026/10/04/l... #FutureOfEurope
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Latvia's pro-European ruling party wins parliamentary election
With more than 99.9 per cent of votes counted, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' United List party was in the lead with 35.4 percent, according to state TV.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Love The Boss.
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Inside the DC 'Power to the People' festival headlined by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and other music legends delivered a powerful message at the “Power to the People” protest festival in Maryland.
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BostonTimelapse @bostontimelapse.org · 04/10/2026
MORNING BOSTON! Sunrise still from Bunkerhill!
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❤️💪🏻♀️🇨🇦 @smhebe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good morning ☀️
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hammered by @garethgore.bsky.social meticulously documented book Opus and two HBO documentaries, Opus Dei wants a say. Its all a big misunderstanding guys. www.ewtnnews.com/world/europe...
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Opus Dei spokesman aims to address misconceptions surrounding apostolate
In his new book, Jack Valero, the spokesman for Opus Dei in the U.K., provides an inside look at the apostolate based on the experiences of members themselves.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’d really love to just blame Reagan, but neoliberalism is a big reason, too. And wicked greedy capitalists—see the Powell Memo from ‘71.
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Hope. @perchesinthesoul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More, please.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Feeling pretty darned good about entrusting the future of humanity to this trifecta.
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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 01/10/2026
I hate that there’s conspiracies involving wealthy people with very little substance to back the claims. Focus up. This is real. Tether has ~$200 billion AUM and connections to Jeffrey Epstein, UK Reform’s biggest supporters, and Howard Lutnick. No conspiracy.
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