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@ronsv.bsky.social
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Tech, West Coast (Bay Area), Liberal-leaning Centrist, GenX, former PGH, co-conspirator for @michmichsf Slack made me a random plaid avatar years ago, and I liked it. And I kept it. In case you were wondering, so, you're welcome.

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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 18h
@alivitali.bsky.social Listening to #WayTooEarly driving home from the Daly City BART station back to Redwood City after a night out in San Francisco. It’s #SFTechWeek and #FleetWeek out here! :-)
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Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He’s reaching new levels of stupidity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come on this is ridiculous.
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Blue Skies In Utah @papabear333.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
First time I heard it, I thought, "Oh they're being cosmopolitan and clever." I can't remember the moment, but I remember it. Then, started hearing it everywhere I went. GenZ thing? People attempting to "upscale" the retail experience? Is there an influencer on the Interwebs to "give credit to?" 🧐🤣
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I swear people are speaking #German every time I walk into an establishment. I don't speak the language, but... A couple years ago, people started greeting you with "Welcome In," instead of "Welcome," when you visit an establishment. Every time, I hear, "Willkommen!" Is it just me? 😅 #Willkommen
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
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Boringbore @woodenwood.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trumps lawyer was Roy Cohn. — Roy Marcus Cohn February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor. Prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–1953) both executed. Cohn assisted Senator McCarthy's investigations of “suspected”communists in the 50s. Fuck them.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/07/2026
youtu.be/_yNQiiX6Od8?...
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Adam Kinzinger Slams GOP's Anthony Fauci Hearing: "This Is McCarthyism"
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Republicans attacking Anthony Fauci is 'one of the darkest days in our Senate's history’ youtu.be/AXERTFATZYY?...
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder:

"I love you, Tony"
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is kinda great. www.defiance.news/p/the-epstei... #Defiance #ReleaseTheFiles
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The Epstein Files will haunt Trump through the midterms. We're making sure of it.
A major announcement with Epstein Survivors is planned for this week, on the eve of Todd Blanche's nomination vote to be attorney general. Join us LIVE.
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I'm surprised this isn't getting coverage in many places, and I'm not seeing anything on #MSNOW unfortunately. This is, kind of a big deal. @deadlinewh.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
(3/3) Please take a moment to make your voice heard, for the rights of all students to have access to a public education and maintain the educational resources that have been afforded to them for decades. #SpecialEducation does not belong under the #HHS department. act.thearc.org/campaign/164...
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Protect IDEA. Protect Students.
Tell Congress to Take Action!
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
(2/3) It's about educating all students, and providing equitable and accessible education. Currently as the attempts to dismantle the #DepartmentOfEducation continues, this administration seeks to move special education under the #HHS
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
(1/3) #SpecialEducation #IDEA is under threat with the current federal administration. Put aside political association for a moment, this is not about that. #ProtectIDEA #NoInstitutions #DefendIDEA #EducationForAll #SpecialNeeds #SpecialNeedsParents
Image of a young individual with disabilities alongside her teacher, para or caregiver at a table with wooden play toys.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/01/2026
Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two. RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊ March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I just visited Liam and his father. I also met with countless more children and families who have done nothing wrong and should not be detained. My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center: youtu.be/j9FcMwyWN2I?...
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I just visited Liam and his father. My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
YouTube video by JoaquinCastroTX
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
280 📆 #AlexPretti #ReneeNicoleGood Eye on the prize. Regardless of what makes you feel uneasy today in our country, just remember to be heard 280 days from now. To the elected liars, hypocrites, and callous: Be gone. #Vote2026
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 25/01/2026
Here is the video showing the ICE agent stealing Alex Pretti's very legal firearm. It shows the ICE agent discharging the firearm of Alex Pretti. Then the murder of Alex Pretti. Total incompetence. The only thing that's been a standard for ICE. #SheShed #FuckICE Video TikTok CFH Unfiltered
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they left his belongings in the street after murdering him ALEX PRETTI v n
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Left: Kristi Noem says Alex Pretti is a domestic terrorist Right: Alex Pretti, a VA ICU Nurse, reading the last rights over a veteran at his hospital Alex Pretti, "Today we remember that freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. And even sacrifice for it"
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is powerful from military veterans about Alex Pretti. "They took his life. Don't let them take his name."
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
These "officials" are officially evil. I've gotten particularly nauseous with his particular accent and brand of sewage he produces with his mouth.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Notice the whole time in this interview that he calls Alex Pretti, who was shot at least 10 times, a "suspect"
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Keith Porter, another man killed by ICE. Keith Porter. Alex Pretti. Renee Nicole Good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
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Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense. Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city. Continue reading...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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Ally Raymond @allyraymond.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#electionsmatter If Kamala Harris were president, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today.
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
the entire difference between kyle rittenhouse and alex pretti is that kyle rittenhouse was there to shoot people the cops wanted to shoot and alex pretti was there to protect people the cops wanted to shoot
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
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It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Nonviolence is a double standard
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
the r/nursing subreddit altered its profile picture to feature Alex Pretti, seen in scrubs by an american flag.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti… This is who Trump’s secret police killed today in Minnesota. He was a VA nurse.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Wolves have a moment of silence for Alex Pretti, after seven seconds of silence several fans yell "FUCK ICE"
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Ryan Eichten @reichten.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Alex Pretti
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
RIP Alex Pretti.
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NPR @npr.org · 23/01/2026
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost. n.pr/3YVSGJK
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Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Doesn’t make anyone safer
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Christi👻n Rinc🎃n @christianrincon.com · 23/01/2026
happening at the same time
screenshot of a post by Jack Jenkins: "Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants "let them pray" and "Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE" — the thumbnail is of clergy praying and singing on their knees in subzero temperatures as the police get ready to arrest them
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It's always been abolish ICE. For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency. I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.
White text on a black background has the words "Reform, retrain, defund" crossed out. Below, white text reads "Abolish ICE."
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27 8x10 Color Glossy Pictures (w/ the Circles & Arrows) @getrikt.com · 20/01/2026
If they pull this off I think this shows that it can work in other big cities too. A genuine general strike is the absolute last thing the powerful want to see. If it really goes this far, then you know this administration has *drastically* overplayed their hand.
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ronsv.bsky.social @ronsv.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/01/2026
ICE’s actions tear families apart, intimidate communities, & undermine the conditions that make education, research, healthcare, & public trust possible. We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
Red protest-style graphic with bold white text reading “Scientists Against ICE.” Below, rows of black human silhouettes stand holding hands. Centered is the Stand Up for Science logo, followed by text: “Calls for a General Strike Jan 23, 2026, Minnesota.” Black starburst shapes frame the sides. Bottom text reads: “Mobilize the fight for science and democracy.”
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NPR @npr.org · 12/01/2026
Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis. n.pr/49uZhj5
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Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE at the Golden Globes
Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis.
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Rep. Casten has it absolutely correct: Trump is *both* weaker *and* more dangerous than ever. Buckle up, but don't be afraid. Because fear is how he wins.
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