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@teacherinpastlife.bsky.social
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Habitat grower of native plants and people. Art enthusiast. Once upon a time sailor and jam skater. Gen X. Outspoken activist wondering what we can do about it.

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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 2h
I ❤️ Jack Smith. The astounding incompetence of the Republican Party in full display and then they doubled down.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 12h
Today before Senate.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 17h
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Disgraceful.
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Way to make me dislike the professional sports franchises even more than I already do…
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
American health care creates no incentive for pharma companies to cure diseases. When you cure a disease, the customers go away. There's no money in that. Curing patients is not a sustainable business model, per Goldman Sachs. news.slashdot.org/story/19/02/...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, said the use of federal funds for the ads could be an ‘abuse of power’ and ‘an impeachable offense.’ He urged Congress to demand a reimbursement for the spending.”
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Raise your kids to be on the right side of history. ☑️ Plant native plants and tell all friends and coworkers so their grandkids can have fireflies and caterpillars (and a secure food supply). ☑️ Influence any conservatives on the wrong side of history - or at least brazenky stand up to them.☑️
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Mike Jacobs @isaidhi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
vote as soon as you can! Lock it in!
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RedStateBlues @coolsprings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces used drones to deliver food to residents of occupied Oleshky! During one of their recent large-scale operations, they delivered 4,000 kg of food across 100 locations in the city. This gives people a little bit of time, but pressure must be put on Russia to let people evacuate!
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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't have the raw data, but sounds about right.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Under Donald Trump, America is much less safe and much less secure.👇
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I gave Claude its own pronoun because “you” is too human. Defined as: Claude = ye (unless trademarked), a human = you. Claude messed up twice referring to me as “ye”. Maybe the top issues with unregulated AI, aside from environmental, are intermittent incompetence and fractioned morality. Thoughts?
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I feel like this is how okd I will be when I can finakky skate again. 😂 I’m sure it could be worse but a broken bone in a foot is an exercise in patience. youtube.com/shorts/AN22P...
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watch this to remember the good old days
YouTube video by Before the Algorithm
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Smooth aster and Stiff Goldenrod (because Showy Goldenrod has gone to seed) and some Purple Mist Flower going bonkers. Late season blooms in zone 4b; ecoregion: Eastern Broadleaf Forest biome.
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Silvana @silvana-k.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good. 👍
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
October 2016: WaPo publishes piece expressing amazement that someone at a Trump rally shouted out the Nazi term “Lügenpresse.” September 2026: Trump’s decision to ban the “fake news” from the White House is defended by a DOJ lawyer who once said Mein Kampf was his favorite book.
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A German crowd gives the Nazi salute to the U.S. Olympic contingent as it marches past the reviewing stand of Olympics host Adolf Hitler, pictured in semi-silhouette on the right. (International News Photos)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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Uechi Technocrat @uechi-technocrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If my thoughts are ping-ponging all over the place I try to imagine something simple. Like a lemon. Maybe dice. and focus on the details. The feel of the edges of the dice. The smell of the lemon skin. It slows the racing thoughts down.
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Nextdoor app is so cringy. After an article titled “No One is Safe” posted about Renee Good & Alex Pretti, some comments blamed these individuals for their actions in favor of ICE. Nextdoor turned off commenting, so I messaged the inhumane nazis directly to let them know who they are.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
After six American soldiers died in an Iranian attack earlier this year, Democrats pressed Pete Hegseth for answers — but he's stonewalling. Rep. Pat Ryan and I are pushing for a public hearing. Our service members and their families deserve better.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
Fire stations are paying more and waiting longer for new trucks. Why? A few big corporations bought up the fire truck industry and jacked up costs. That's not right. Corporate greed can't come before public safety.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coal companies are fighting miners’ federal black lung benefits claims, while the black lung rate surges to a 50-year high. Remember: Trump indefinitely stalled a rule that would limit miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust, which causes black lung. The “pro-worker” president.
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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. ​The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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kristinfo.bsky.social @kristinfo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Congress @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Chiefskitty❤️‍🩹- Arrest and Convict the Epstein Class!! @chiefskitty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Korea plans massive lawsuit over Trump's ICE raid
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump asked budget chief Russel Vought to draft order bringing health research funding under his control www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The response to Trump’s attacks on these outlets should be for every news outlet to boycott the Trump White House. They don’t need to stand there to do their reporting. See how Trump likes it when no legitimate news outlet shows up for his tantrums and lies.” www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...
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Is Trump Collapsing?
A Saturday Prompt
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 19/09/2026
FWIW, people have a much better opinion of LocalGov. No shade tho FedGov. You do you. 😏
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kristinfo.bsky.social @kristinfo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Congress. This is a failure and a travesty and a lie and elder abuse @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're wondering why Trump is all of a sudden pushing AI and dismissing concerns about its safety as a "hoax," just look at his stock trades.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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teacherinpastlife.bsky.social @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you were the President of the USA, what would you do with $250 Million a day for 5 months?
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
WARREN: You and Kennedy are keeping these pharma deals secret. The companies say they are immaterial. You still want the American people to believe they are a great deal? KLOMP: Billions of dollars have been saved in out-of-pocket transactions— WARREN: Then show me the receipts.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for your attention to this matter...
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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