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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"The enforced fatigue of this illness made me realize how much i do, do, do, and go, go, go--between work and family / friend stuff and my writing--on a daily basis. I am not happy to be sick but I'm grateful to have this opportunity to take a break." www.patreon.com/RonaFernande...

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Listening to The Body | Rona Fernandez

I'm recovering from my first-ever COVID illness. There've been a couple times in the past six years that I thought I had COVID (like on my 5

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What I don't understand is why are so many people so afraid/lazy/arrogant that they can't deign to ask another, more experienced human being for advice or help?

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Honoring @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social student and author Rin Kelly, the Rin Kelly Scholarship for Fiction offers a $350 scholarship to emerging writers with a focus on speculative, imaginative and critical/satirical works.Submissions open thru Sept. 10! Learn more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So many perps in plain sight. The number of grownups in denial is staggering

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Looking for romance novel reccos for a friend who’s Fil-Am activist and environmentalist. What’s good out there? @quirkywritergirl.bsky.social @irette.bsky.social I think yr experts on this right?

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"While friends and family can fail to follow through on their commitments to support me, nature is steady, dependable, ever-present. Nature isn't always easy or kind, but she is consistent. And sometimes, that's what healing requires: reliability, consistency." www.patreon.com/RonaFernande...

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Nature is the Only Reliable Healer | Rona Fernandez

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Also known as teaching your newborn child to gamble

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mother Nature is ant|-fasc1st 🙂

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It’s Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Island & issued General Order No. 3. It announced that “all slaves are free.” This story of this one event was commemorated through the diaspora of Black Americans for more than 150 years before becoming a national holiday.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/04/2026

Fake judges. Fake lawyers. Real deportations. Scammers are profiting off Trump’s immigration crackdown, and the impacts on victims are endless.

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The scammers profiting off Trump's immigration crackdown

Fake judges. Fake lawyers. Real deportations.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 15/04/2026

FedEx and UPS — two private carriers positioned to capitalize on a weakened U.S. Postal Service — poured nearly $20 million into federal lobbying in 2025, an OpenSecrets analysis found.

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As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying

Lobbying from private carriers has helped limit USPS expansion into new services like postal banking.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Writing and creating while going through a physical healing process is not as easy as some people think. My Patreon posts are viewable by subscribers only; subscriptions start at $1 a month for accessibility. www.patreon.com/posts/good-d...

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Good Day vs. Not-So-Good Day: Post-Op Healing Edition | Rona Fernandez

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I was sooo looking forward to Zendaya calling out Ryan Coogler’s name for best director Oscar. Would’ve been a huge moment for Oakland. But it’s all good.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13/03/2026

“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence...We are training our own death. We train ChatGPT and it’s killing us slowly.” Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. Now, they're fighting back.

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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I wrote this story as a way to imagine what would happen after the next 'Big One' if we built a world where our economic and political systems existed to fulfill basic human needs, rather than to create profit for rich elites. #earthquake #lomaprieta www.patreon.com/posts/from-s...

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"From Shock to Shelter": A Vision of the Future We Need | Rona Fernandez

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 29/09/2025

In June, I wrote about Trump’s dystopian vision for Gaza. His AI-generated fantasy fuses necropolitics with venture capital. And it reflects an extremist Silicon Valley ideology called the Network State. via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...

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Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press

We’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

BREAKING: Trump makes his first appearance at the US Open. There were audible boos and a few light claps. Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Just in case the world needs to be reminded that most Americans hate him

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

So can we launch a publicly-funded multi-agency investigation into toxic masculinity please?

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I'm combining two of my great loves here in this post—eating delicious seafood and being near bodies of water—for your culinary enlightenment. Available to paying Patreon subscribers only. Levels start at $1/ month for accessibility and affordability. www.patreon.com/posts/eating...

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Eating the Sea: Top 5 Places to Eat near the Water in California | Rona Fernandez

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

WaPo is now the propaganda mouthpiece of the regime. This is NOT journalism.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I know that 'journaling' is the more common spelling but for some reason I always want to write it as 'journalling'. Holdover from when I was a kid and wished I could be British #thingswritersthinkabout #writinglife

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Ooh Mahershala Ali is in the new Jurassic Park 🤩

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Yet immigrants are somehow the “problem”

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A. E. Lanier @aelanier.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Calls to “not resort to violence” distort the reality that a bunch of masked men w/ big guns showed up & started kidnapping people & some very brave people said “stop” & had the audacity to film it. If we gave ICE’s violence 1% of attention we give others, we would never stop talking about it.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I also live in LA, the President is full of shit.

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

When people said “abolish ICE,” this is why. The politicians from both parties who called that “radical,” blindly funded them and called it “immigration reform,” because they were getting campaign donations from the corporations getting ICE contracts. And now we’re here.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Ooh I like this one. I’ll take it one further: FREE college education for all

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Janet Ghoulcia (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Too much “what are the protesters doing” and not enough “why isn’t ICE leaving?”

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If it looks and sounds like martial law...

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Fellow So. Cal folks - ICYMI - Cisneros, Chu, Tran were denied access to an ICE facility in Adelanto this morning. Just as a reminder: MOC are allowed to visit to conduct oversight without previous notification. ktla.com/news/local-n...

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California lawmakers, immigrant advocates denied entry to Adelanto ICE facility

A coalition of California lawmakers and immigrant advocates were denied entry to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility in Adelanto, where many immigrants detained during recent rai…

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Jeremiah Palmer @norants2024.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Make no mistake, Trump is testing the waters for the police state he wants to construct, if people don’t turn out now and showcase how they feel about this federal takeover in L.A. then who knows what he does next.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

BREAKING The City of Glendale, California — one of the most populous cities in Southern California — says it has terminated its contract with U.S. Homeland Security and ICE.

Glendale, CA - The City of Glendale has made the decision to formally terminate its agreement with U.S. Homeland Security and U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale Police Department facility.
This is a local decision and was not made lightly. Since 2007, the City has maintained a highly regulated, locally controlled facility that is maintained to the highest standards, extending basic dignities to those temporarily held-ensuring access to clean accommodations, on-call medical care, family visitation, and legal counsel. By offering local access, detainees were given due-process proximity that is too often lacking in more remote or privately-operated detention centers.
Nevertheless, despite the transparency and safeguards the City has upheld, the City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good—has become divisive. And while opinions on this issue may vary—the decision to terminate this contract is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for—public safety, local accountability, and trust.
Glendale is consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in the nation. That is no accident. The Glendale Police Department is trusted and supported by the residents and businesses, and in turn, our officers work every day to protect and serve with professionalism and care. At this time, it is in our best interest to not allow that trust to be undermined.
To that end, we emphasize:
• The Glendale Police Department does not enforce immigration law. That is not their role, nor will it ever be.
• We remain in full compliance with California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), which prohibits local law enforcement from using resources for immigration enforcement.
• The Glendale Police Department has not engaged in immigration enforcement, nor will it do so moving forward.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/06/2025

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

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$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

If you support Ben’s righteous action and live in a blue district, Sign up to do Patch through calls to ppl in Red districts to pressure their Congressional reps on the budget. Just a few Republican reps need to break ranks to defeat this evil budget: www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...

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OC Action "Transformers" Team volunteer Patch Through Calls - CA 40 · Million Voters Project

Come join OC Action's "Transformers" Team as we make calls to voters in Orange County's CA-40 district! With the federal budget process ramping up, our communities risk facing massive cuts to progra...

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I don’t get why they needed so many agents to arrest one person. Seems mostly like an intimidation tactic. Her neighbors are brave and we all need to step up like they did to do the right thing.

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

My Mother’s Day treat will be a second watch of Sinners: one of the few realistic film depictions of baby loss + loss of one’s only child, and the ONLY one I’ve seen featuring people of color. TY Ryan Coogler, Wunmi Mosaku, and Michael B. Jordan

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Rona Fernandez @ronafernandez.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

When I woke up, I forgot today was Mother’s Day. I had one year—when my child was still alive—that this holiday was a truly “happy” one for me. I wish people would expand their vocabulary for holiday greetings on days like this.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

“The notion that I or any of my colleagues ‘body slammed’ armed federal officers is absurd. DHS is lying because they know their agents were out of line.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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