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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu)

@pianoni.bsky.social
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I'm a little penguin who is determined to resist the tariffs put on our Heard Island. We have lots of fertiliser 💩 and can send images of our residents, but not if we are accused of treating anyone poorly.

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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Why wait for what? Communication = shared understanding, so being vague is useless.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
So ... How to stop it ever happening again?
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org is demanding a CFTC investigation into anonymous traders who netted millions on suspiciously timed bets on US military actions—Iran ceasefire, Venezuela invasion & more Alleged insider trading on war plans IS a national security threat CFTC must act now - TN
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Roy Cohn (lawyer to the New York Mob Bosses) taught Donald Trump 3 basic rules 1. Attack, attack, attack. 2. Deny everything. Admit nothing. 3. Always claim victory. Donny's doing a lot of the 3rd these days.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Such fun 😄
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Sofa, so good
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
bsky.app/profile/pith...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets." Read @pkrugman.bsky.social on the latest incident of people making piles of cash using insider info about national security matters & how it could amount to treason. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Treason in the Futures Markets
People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Here is where we stand in 2026: We are defending a Mississippi law from attacks by the RNC in the U.S. Supreme Court and there is a chance that a conservative majority might rule in a way that millions of Americans would have their otherwise lawful votes through in the trash.
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Get ready to learn a lot more about Helium. There's going to be a global shortage due to this completely prevantable and unnecessary war. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
nbcnews.com
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried.
MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford any disruptions to the helium supply chain.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 24/03/2026
once again I am compelled to mention that Bush v. Gore likely went down the way it did because Sandra Day O'Connor cooked her brain on talk radio scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Later, in his book on the court battles that lead to Bush v. Gore, Jeffrey Toobin
repeated the election night story and included a direct quote from John
O'Connor:
Justice O'Connor said "This is terrible," and she hastened away from the
television . . . . Her husband, John, explained her reaction to the partygoers, saying, "She's very disappointed because she was hoping to retire"-that is, with a Republican president to appoint her successor.

Toobin also described another incident, which occurred while the Supreme Court was adjudicating Bush v. Gore:
On... the day of the Supreme Court's first opinion on the election, O'Connor
and her husband had attended a party for about thirty people at the home of a
wealthy couple named Lee and Julie Folger. When the subject of the election
controversy came up, Justice O'Connor was livid. "You just don't know what
those Gore people have been doing," she said. "They went into a nursing home and registered people that they shouldn't have. It was outrageous."
It was unclear where the justice had picked up this unproved accusation, which had circulated only in the more eccentric right-wing outlets, but O'Connor recounted the story with fervor.

Do these reports describe conflicts of interest that would have made Justice
O'Connor's vote in Bush v. Gore illegal? The question is not limited to Justice
O'Connor. The media have also reported events and circumstances that raise
conflict-of-interest issues concerning participation in Bush v. Gore by Chief
Justice William H. Rehnquist as well as Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence
Thomas. No media reports, however, have done so with Justices Stephen G.
Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, or David H. Souter
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 24/03/2026
More than 12,000 Dallas County voters showed up at wrong primary polling place
texastribune.org
Thousands of Dallas County voters went to wrong polling site
The county GOP forced the elimination of countywide polling sites on primary election day, creating confusion for voters of both parties.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 24/03/2026
I still can’t believe this is real. Trump is giving a French company $1 billion in our taxpayer funds to scrap their wind farms.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Clarification: Donald Trump has always been responsible for the airport chaos We know this because Democrats have proposed bills to fund TSA and the rest of DHS-absent ICE *on seven separate occasions* Each time, Republicans voted against these measures-on Trump’s orders This just confirms it
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer? You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators. So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/02/2026
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
cbsnews.com
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The way I look at it is that anyone this bad should in the name of equity indeed be held strongly accountable in this life and punished also in accordance with whatever their beliefs are about the afterlife. Christians to the eternal flames of Hell. Muslims to the fiery pits of Jahannam. Etc...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
BREAKING: Russell Brand has been charged with additional counts of rape and sexual assault. In a new statement, police said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorized an additional rape charge and a sexual assault charge involving two more women.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/12/2025
In a letter to UNSC Venezuela asked to formally denounce grave act of use of force, hijacking and piracy committed by US on 10 Dec 2025 in int waters of the Caribbean, against private vessel engaged in lawful int trade transporting Venezuelan oil, whose crew members were kidnapped and remain missing
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Yes, he 2x took the oath to preserve, protect and defend. In court, he (maybe through his council? I didn't recall) said that he had never sworn to support. This is true as he never held any more junior government or military position (they swear to preserve and [I think] defend). More word games🙄
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
JB Pritzker, Gov of Illinois, is one making a positive difference.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
That's both lovely and surreal. Thanks
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🤷🏼
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Carol @carolsgunn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Perhaps experiences like this are putting people off www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
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Catherine @accomplishedseer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc4a...
youtube.com
America’s Tourism Collapse: $90B Crisis in 2025
YouTube video by The Informed Travelers
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Longer weaves
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
People trying to visit the US have been turned away, including one person from France trying to get into the US to get to a conference. He was turned back because he had a meme image of JD on his phone. ~150 Canadians are in ICE facilities, and one died. A Cuban tourist w/ child was picked up.
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Gardener🪴 @lat611.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Good morning Bluesky. Ginkgo biloba. The tree that outlived the dinosaurs.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/11/2025
Epstein survivor Haley Robson: "To the President of the United States of America, I want to send a clear message to you…I can't help to be skeptical of what [your] agenda is…I am traumatized. I am not stupid. You have put us through so much stress…It's not right."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class. Show some real leadership. Show that you actually care about the people other than yourself. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Convicted fraudster. Accused child rapist.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution
This is one of those long posts we occasionally have when a judge files a highly significant order.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
COVID caused lost wages, businesses failing, and students unable to go to school. Just when you think society is recovering, the exact same results are now the result of ICE raids. Both COVID and ICE weaponisation happened on Trump's watch. He doesn't care. www.newsweek.com/thousands-ch...
newsweek.com
Thousands of Charlotte students miss school amid ICE crackdown
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte students missed school on Monday, according to city officials.
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💙💚MaryJane💚💙 @maryjanele420.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A flower shop owner! The worst of the worst they tell us? Did they hear them use a scientific name for a flower and ICE thought they were Spanish? $3K for each person they bring in AND a 6 figure salary? I'm disgusted with this administration.
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Orion @warpfactor10.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
How protestors are using whistles in their battle against Trump’s ICE agents
Against this heavily militarized force, whistles have become a modest but effective tool to fight back
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'm wondering what part of Project 2025 is based on Jim Crow 🤔
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John G. @iaincaradoc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A sad masked figure pokes the NRA logo with a stick, saying, "C'mon, do a Resist Tyranny."
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I have an idea. Get Canada to give him a huge log (careful, it might fall on him) perhaps a colourful totem made just for him (what animal represents a grifter?) + a statue of a Moose (perhaps paint it gold, he likes that) for the Oval Office + a coloured representation of a Canadian Goose.
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Gentoo Penguin (aka Pygoscelis papu) @pianoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Exposing the US to yet more risks, all because DJ$$T wants more $$$$$ Fight corruption. Impeach DJT and his entire Cabinet, along with little John$on
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case. A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team. About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Heidibunnyrabbit @heidi-didactic78.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@katiephang.bsky.social I am loving your programming in partnership with Meidas Touch. I am impressed how much information you share in segments and your presentation makes your take a must see.
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