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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Ooh, love to hear this and looking forward to reading it!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.

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Laura Mother of Cats @motherofmanycatz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

@democracyblue.bsky.social Also please repost ICE is trying to gain entry into building by flashing official looking papers. They CANNOT GAIN ENTRY WITHOUT SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT. document explains what it looks like and explains rights coloradoimmigrant.org/related/unde...

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Understand the Difference between Judicial Warrants and ICE Warrants — Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition

Learn the difference between an ICE warrant and a judicial warrant to protect yourself against ICE enforcement.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I have such an urge now to launch a resistance karaoke speakeasy & food swap! Maybe late spring when the garden is going. 😁🎤

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We have a sound board, speakers, and two microphones in our living room, plus a pretty hefty collection of tunes. Love home karaoke!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

What an amazing project, Liz! My day job is pretty all-consuming for the next 4-5 months, but maybe I can offer some rusty HTML/CSS or Python project brainstorming later this year?

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Incredibly useful guide for how to protect our neighbors and co-workers -- there are fact sheets to share with employers and tips for organizing an ICE watch program.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

VHS tape flashback in my attic! I was in a children’s theater company when Twin Peaks first aired and from day one we had viewing parties (coffee & cherry pie required) and we snuck Twin Peaks references into our shows when management wasn’t looking. Those were the (viewing) days!

Four Twin Peaks VHS tapes, lovingly recorded by me off network TV back in the day - commercials edited out on the fly (which was an ART, let me tell you).
Just like the best vintage home made mix tapes, these are decorated appropriately with mountains, trees, coffee, donuts, and of course the Black Lodge.
Do they still play? No idea, but can I part with them? No. Not yet.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/01/2025

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I am here for this. I’ve spent too long un-weirding myself for the corporate day job and that needs to stop!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Paul and Feyd share a sad moment among the spices.

Paul & Feyd action figures from David Lynch’s Dune, seated among many spice jars on a kitchen shelf. They’re having a rough day.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

That’s my next audiobook from the library. Really looking forward to it!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Getting that with a streetlamp nearby makes it even more impressive!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Similar to you, I’ve been loading up on audiobooks via the library’s Libby app. I have a lot of data cleansing to do for work right now and I can listen to novels while I’m at it. It’s been wonderful!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I mean, being able to shout “Bingo” after accomplishing some joyous goals is too good to pass up!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I love this. I may need to put “Aggressively Pursue Joy” in frivolously embellished script above my home office desk.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

He wrote a widely distributed Wobbly pamphlet called “Sabotage,” but not a book. As much as he’d appreciate the praise from beyond the grave, you’re likely thinking of a different “Sabotage.” It’s probably not an uncommon title!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Or just mention his infamous pamphlet “Sabotage” and I’ll know who wrote it! 😁

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

What!!! IWW Laborpunk? Holy crap, this is my family. Sneak a mention in there of my “noted IWW agitator” grandfather Walker Conger Smith and I will be forever giddy about it! www.historylink.org/File/8621

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I'm just going to say that if you like the work a person does, putting some dollars in their pockets is important right now. AI companies are coming to run everybody they can out of business with a torrent of slop.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My awesome spouse got me the awesome gift of an #awesomesocksclub subscription!

It’s Awesome Socks Club packaging plus my feet in Awesome socks!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I just planted 50 flower bulbs and 50 garlic bulbs in my yard and now I want to sleep til Boxing Day.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

🚨BOYCOTT STARBUCKS🚨 Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store between Dec. 20 -Dec. 24 while the workers are on strike! Here’s how to support: x.com/sbworkersuni...

Image of a hand holding a coffee cup surrounded by fire; text: ‘twas the strike before Christmas, Dec. 20-24th

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

OMG I totally head cannoned Harvey Guillén as Leo while reading The Drowning House. And yeah, Kristin Wiig would be a fantastic Melissa.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I’ve been neglectful and have not yet named our SE Portland coyotes. Am torn between Chips n Dip and Neeps n Tatties.

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Pamela @pamela-c.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Like members of Alice of Chains should be scared of the public after doing this: Kept $3.4 out of $4.1 million for themselves, didn’t provide health insurance for employees. When their crew member got cancer, they reposted his GoFundMe and sent him to a charity. They didn’t help him. He died!

Screenshots from Business Insider about celebrity musicians stealing from taxpayers. Band members from Alice In Chains spent money on themselves, didn’t provide health insurance to crew, and their crew member died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.

The band did not pay for health insurance for their employees, but they did repost the crew member’s GoFundMe page

The crew member did it receive much, if any, money from the band during the pandemic. The band connected him with a charity that helps with medical bills.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The results of yesterday’s cookie decorating party!

Five frosted cookies on a festive holiday plate, including two snowflakes, a small Christmas tree with tiny sprinkles representing a string of lights, and one big silly blue Cookie Monster with candy eyeballs.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Oh that was deliciously crunchy!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I listened to the (excellent) audiobook and had to pull a huge wait WTF REWIND REWIND at that moment.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I actually have an appointment tomorrow with the Oregon Running Clinic to see if they can help minimize my foot pain so I can start running again!

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m taking 2 weeks of staycation PTO at the end of the year and I know already that my expectations for pausing, relaxing, and accomplishing non-dayjob things are far exceeding what will be the unfortunate reality. It takes me at least a week just to unwind from the grind.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

There will be a winter dog walk where I will once again regret my lack of waterproof boots.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Chef spouse baked brioche for making Thanksgiving bread pudding and it’s going to take every ounce of restraint in my bones not devouring all of the deliciousness before then.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’m listening to the audiobook of Wintering by Katherine May and aside from it being truly wonderful, it’s reminded me that I do not own a decent pair of waterproof boots.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

KEEP CALLING. IT'S WORKING. Schiff is at least the 7th of 52 Democratic yeses last week who we've moved.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Done and done. What a vile creature.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’ve been struggling with this. Job has me slammed so the time for connecting is limited, but on top of that, our very purple neighborhood has been like a graveyard since the 6th. People aren’t even making eye contact much less saying hello because no one knows who voted for who. It’s eerie as hell.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Good morning, BlueSky. This is Sammie. She hates delivery trucks. Her least favorite Taylor Swift songs are ‘You Need to Calm Down’ and ‘Shake it Off.’

A large black fluffy dog on a rug, looking up and looking dismayed that she must stay put and not perform yet another bark show. But, put she will stay, because there still may be a reward for suppressing her delivery truck alarm system.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Cedar Waxwing doing God’s work there eating that damned Yellowjacket.

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Robin Catesby @robincatesby.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Awww, look at that cozy critter!

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