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GiveDirectly @give-directly.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Reshare this to help U.S. families losing SNAP food benefits tomorrow🔁 GiveDirectly.org/snap
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Apparently, the national debt only matters when Democrats are in office. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/b...
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Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent
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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Used this @resist.bot petition to tell Congress to do what they can to condemn and stop this illegal use of troops against our own citizens. #resist resist.bot/petitions/PK... @altdod.bsky.social @altusmc.altgov.info @altdhs.altgov.info @roguevha-mkii.altgov.info @altcoast.altgov.info
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TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION to Stop Trump Deploying Troops Against Americans
Text SIGN PKWFUK to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Cuts in American aid are crippling groups promoting rights in China econ.st/4jTd9Ia
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Cuts in American aid are crippling groups promoting rights in China
Some aid money has been very well spent
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A spot of good news. The church should license the name to gay activist groups. #proudboys #rebrand www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Trump's tariffs
Hopefully his supporters can take a yoke (I'm sorry)
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 28/01/2025
I’ve been hearing from constituents about how Trump’s order to halt federal funding has caused chaos and confusion. We’re going to do everything we can in the courts and in Congress to fight tooth and nail against this. Contact my office for help at kaine.senate.gov.
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Betty Zou Art @bettyzouart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Crafty artist checking out this space. I play and I explore with color and mediums. Here are a couple of terracotta plant pots I painted.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Images of destruction from LA fires with blurb "They say the Green New Deal is expensive. Compared to what?"
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
PSA
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Stolen from fb.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Give Directly uses mobile payments to send cash directly. This results in lower costs for supplying aid as well as better transparency and respect for recipients who know how best to spend the money to meet their own needs. Please donate if you can. www.givedirectly.org/lafires/?utm...
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Cash Relief for Wildfire Survivors | GiveDirectly
Donate directly to help low-income survivors in Southern California rebuild and recover from the devastating wildfires.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Evangelicals overwhelmingly chose Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter — a literal Sunday school teacher. There is no reason to think they will ever return to sanity…
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I just saw a post talking about how Pres. Carter put solar panels on the White House. Another fun fact about the roof of the Carter White House, Willie Nelson smoked a joint up there.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Young woman holding a sign that says "Bottled water companies don't produce water, they produce plastic bottles.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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What Are The Implications Of $66/kWh Battery Packs In China? - CleanTechnica
China's battery packs plummet in price again. Hydrogen prices didn't decline and BNEF triples its estimates for future costs. The implications are huge.
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Paul Macdonald @paulmac.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Anthropogenic Global Warming: Fossil Fuel Pollution, Severe Weather, CO2, Plants, Food, Nutrients, Food Chains, & Supply Chains 🧵 www.scientificamerican.com/article/corr...
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Correction: Plants Will Not Flourish as the World Warms
A new study contradicts the notion that higher temperatures will enhance plant growth
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 29/12/2024
Even the telephone calls that immigrants in detention make to their loved ones serve as a profit center.
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Guess Who Profits From Trump’s Deportation Plan? Private Equity Firms.
Private equity firms play a key role in America’s prison system. If Trump carries out his plans for mass deportations, they stand to benefit.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
This nails it perfectly.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Circumnavigating The Globe Solo On An Electric Motorcycle cleantechnica.com/2024/12/20/c...
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Circumnavigating The Globe Solo On An Electric Motorcycle [Interview] - CleanTechnica
Roman Nedielka rode his all-electric Zero motorcycle around the world, proving the point that it is possible to complete a solo ride on an electric motorcycle around the globe.
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Phoronix @phoronix-poster.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
GNOME Added Many New Features This Year Amid Foundation Woes - www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-2024-Hi…
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GNOME Added Many New Features This Year Amid Foundation Woes
The GNOME desktop environment had a vibrant 2024 with landing many new features, continuing to refine its (X)Wayland integration, apps like Ptyxis as a modern terminal taking off, and more. From the software side 2024 was great for GNOME while over on the GNOME Foundation side they had to deal with coping from running a recent deficit and also their executive director departing after less than one year...
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Republican lawmakers have now clawed back half the investment the Biden administration made in the tax agency.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/12/2024
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Fuck around and find out: After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits
Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Donald Trump hoping he’d curb inflation. But he’ll be under pressure to cut federal spending.
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Jason Alexander @i-jasonalexander.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Nothing like nepotism to boost efficiency. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump names former staffer Katie Miller to Musk-led DOGE panel
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Katie Miller, who served in Trump's first administration and is the wife of his incoming deputy chief of staff, as one of the first members of an advisory board to be led by billionaire allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy that aims to drastically slash government spending, federal regulations and the federal workforce.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Rolling Stone gets it. #DepartmentOfGreedAndExcess www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Indeed, this is where we are.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Bernie Sanders: Welcome to the world of Oligarchy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Unionized Starbucks workers across the country are on strike over the corporation's failure to engage in collective bargaining talks. Starbucks' record of union-busting is unlike anything I've ever seen. That's why I've been boycotting.
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It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich
Starbucks has:-Fired scores of pro-union workers-Closed unionized stores-Threatened to withhold improved wages and benefits from stores considering unionizin...
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/12/2024
Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
that's the attitude
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/12/2024
Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids. Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
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Carter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, two billionaires supporting Trump "are the leading edge of a false populism that hides an agenda that will unfold over the next four years designed to benefit the wealthy at everyone else’s expense." Yes.
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Opinion: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has irked billionaires, but it serves the public well
Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen have begun a campaign against the agency, but they're rowing against public opinion: Americans see its value.
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sgarbus.bsky.social @sgarbus.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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