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SheltieDad

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Balcony gardener and birder.

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 16h
The Red Cross chief has seen war from Gaza to 🇺🇦 to 🇮🇷. Her warning reaches beyond the battlefields: political leaders increasingly disregard the rules meant to restrain them, while wars spread, interlock & become harder to end. Peace requires more than a ceasefire. ⬂ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. (Gift Article)
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 16h
They have to be prosecuted
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The ‘Clandestine Detention Center’ in the Miami Suburbs
Behind the manicured hedges of a Florida ICE office, routine compliance can lead to squalid confinement—and an agonizing wait for families outside.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
fastcompany.com
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why would we let Anthropic decide this for us? If you ascribe to a moral philosophy or religion that disavows being mean to a toaster, that is fine. It is not however fine for a tech company to make, functionally, a moral law for a talking word toaster that is promised to rule us one day.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Storms hit red Indiana & blue Illinois. Trump only aids Indiana. Just a complete rejection of the union itself.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Correct
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He’s shaped like a Weeble™️ and smells like B.O. and shit.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Russian asset.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Again, he <doesn't follow laws or court orders> & there is only one solution to this. Every day, more crimes & constitutional violations requiring the people who swore the oaths to Do The Thing. Yes, it's a Very Bad System. Juan Linz was right about that. He was just wrong about 🇺🇸 exceptionalism.
Wait it's all in Linz? Astronaut memeLinz, Perils of Presidentialism. Bart at board: The institutions are not self-enforcing
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They could have a pay for view 24/7/365 live stream of Trump, Hegseth, Miller, et al in their solitary cells in H Wing of the SUPERMAX The fees could go towards paying down the trillions $$$ National debt, which would be balanced in less than 24 hours I’d definitely pay for the whole cable package
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The proposition of sentience or intelligence is part of the AI Industry’s agnotology gambit. Just as Big Tobacco funded red herring research to flood public discourse with doubt, so this industry poses inane talking points as existential questions and even funds research into them.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Thats a serious question?” Lmfao
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
part of what is going on here the libertarian mind finds it challenging to conceive that another person would have a sincere moral belief; there is an ideologically-mediated lack of theory of mind for moral sentiment in others (1/2)
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians
Libertarians are an increasingly prominent ideological group in U.S. politics, yet they have been largely unstudied. Across 16 measures in a large web-based sample that included 11,994 self-identified...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
its just weird how theyre never gaming out scenarios for curing cancer or anything like that, i couldve sworn they said that was one of their big goals
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is insider trading an official act? Asking for a Chief Justice.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
White people attended public lynchings in droves and had picnics with their children there. I mean, PLEASE.
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The graphic is mid but the rest is just bad marketing. Guy can get a job with @democrats.org or @openai.xmirror.bot
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As I've said before: On January 20, 2029, every ICE agent hired in the prior 4 years should be immediately fired. Any who think they're one of the good ones can reapply and try to prove they aren't the last kind of people we want given a gun and a badge.
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This “fire and re-apply” is standard corporate practice nowadays.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Warehousing the diaper wearing Deranged Tyrants livestock of ‘for profit human trafficking. It’s a human abomination of the highest crimes against humanity. Never Forget. Never Forgive.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’ve been out of the loop a little, and was wondering why my New England 83 year old normielib mom had gone hard for Ossoff. Now I get it. The moms want blood.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/10/2026
NYC is on track to have its lowest rate of shootings EVER, and the thing that is going to ruin that is the presence of ICE. If the police commissioner cannot pick the side of New Yorkers, she obviously has to be fired. The numbers do not lie.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 08/10/2026
Urban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, according to a new study. stateline.org/2026/10/08/u...
stateline.org
Urban, rural hospitals closing at similar rates, study finds • Stateline
Urban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, acc...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In a political system where companies can be gouged for unlimited cash, inconsistent application of the law is a powerful financial opportunity. At some point some of these companies might realize they are better off under a predictable and impartial legal system rather than a personalist one.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One good thing about being on medical leave is that it lets me feature some of my favorite writers and activists. Today we have a guest post from, @lolgop.bsky.social, written for CARD, about one of my favorite topics: bitter divorced billionaires and their far more sane exes. Enjoy!
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How the Women Who Survived Elon Musk Expose Him Best
The women of “Musk” offer a clarity we’d better act on.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Republicans show up for midterms
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Its not cities. Trump is asking Iran to nuke the USMC, the Sixth Fleet, the Navy SEALS and the largest community of retired military in the world. That’s San Diego. Why would he use SD instead of traditional bogey SF?
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There’s the rub. These guys have an unbreakable base voter who show up every two years.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
44 percent is still voting for Trump?!
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The old saying is “wingnut welfare pays” but now we see (Kavanaugh too) it also pays off your debts.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a damning report of the economic destruction ICE has left in its wake—recession-like conditions for local economies, small businesses forced to shutter, and a rise in unemployment. ICE must be reined in and held accountable. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/i...
cnbc.com
ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies
Research links ICE enforcement surges to lasting declines in local spending, foot traffic and jobs. In Minneapolis, businesses are still recovering.
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
are you fucking kidding me
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What if OpenAl solves the Jewish problem
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unified field theory / quantum gravity
within the next 12 months?
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Evan @ereller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I dunno, this feels more antisemitic than anything Piker has said
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
San Diego. Home to Camp Pendleton, the Sixth Fleet, the Navy SEALs and more than 200k retired military.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Al Swearengen @al-swearengen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More Russification from the Russiapublican Party. Trump is taking tips from Putin on keeping everyone poor, uneducated, ignorant (untraveled), and easy-to-control. Makes a tyrant's job easier.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
While Trump was doing midterm rallies, the two men running his campaign were in a pro-Putin statelet getting paid for election advice. Trump's excuse? They're just "outside consultants." Your Wednesday Update is here:
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Wednesday Update: Camp Mar-a-David – 10/7/26
Important updates. Paywall free.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fight for a fair and incorruptible America. That will bring prices down and broaden prosperity. It’s the corruption stupid.
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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia Aligned Government James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
nytimes.com
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government (Gift Article)
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Brazilian national arrested and charged with voter intimidation, conspiracy to commit bribery, threatening a public servant to influence their performance, and unlawful use of a police badge or insignia after he put on an ICE costume he bought from Amazon and stood around the polling site.
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
another example of how the people seeking to redesign our society don't actually like any fun things
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
one of the ways the media shows which side they prefer, is which politicians they quote uncharitably out-of-context and which they clean up for even when what they actually say and do is offensive (the Biden story ran on the front page less than a week before the 24 election)
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