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Left of the Dial Art Director at @RAN.org by day 🌎 Views are my own

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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I saw someone elsewhere call this "Schmitt pulling a grenade and throwing the pin" and that is pretty spot on for how this went down..
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How come no one's calling for a complete and total shutdown of all college fraternities... 'until we can figure out what's going on'.. ?
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Republicans larping as feminists while defending pedophiles is about as gutter level defense as it gets
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Terrible take. Did The Bulwark also think MAGA was a false flag operation run by CAP to discredit the GOP? There is nothing wrong with demanding more justice and accountability from Democrats, who have moved so far rightward they more closely resemble the party of Reagan than Roosevelt
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If ensh*ttification is the path they're on (which it is), this is the correct look for that journey
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#Snotmaxxing
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Death by 1,000 "Common-sensians" 🌎🔥
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We passed the freeway exit to “Concerning” more than 1,000 miles ago
reuters.com
Trump fires Election Assistance Commission members ahead of midterms
The terminations follow the recent Supreme Court decision that granted the president more power.
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As a graphic designer, I wholeheartedly endorse this diagnosis by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#BankingOnClimateChaos 🌎🔥
motherjones.com
Wall Street just won't stop financing the fossil fuel industry's expansion
Major lenders are all in as Big Oil pivots toward plastics, pesticides, and other petrochemicals.
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌎🔥 We are living in a 5-alarm climate emergency, but let’s set the night sky on fire while we fiddle in Rome..
yahoo.com
Extreme heat, severe storms and wildfires highlight July Fourth weather hazards
Extreme heat in the East, severe thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast, and elevated wildfire danger in the West will create a wide range of weather hazards across parts of the U.S. on Independen...
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I defy you to show me true, revolutionary love does not exist 🖤♥️
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"We're going to drain the swamp!"
sfgate.com
Congratulations, the Reflecting Pool is now a swamp
"A national treasure has now become the world's dullest aquarium."
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Summer of the Nothing Burger…
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
static.klipy.com
Anthony Fauci's Memorable Facepalm
ALT: Anthony Fauci's Memorable Facepalm
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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
~NEW EPISODE~ Rainforest Radicals: The History of @ran.org In our latest, we talk with historian Prof. David Benac about his new book on RAN, its roots in Earth First!, international forest campaigns and Indigenous solidarity. 🎙️: bit.ly/49Og9SY
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shut up, world @thebatshitsutras.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
BREAKING: Star Wars cantina band pulls out of Freedom 250 event, saying they weren't told the hive of scum and villainy would be *this* wretched
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This Supreme Court actively sniffs out cases where they can perform cruel injustice
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
So they created a new doc and saved as, but that’s about it…
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Every photo released of him golfing this weekend needs to carry the caption: "circumstances related to Government, and his love for the United States of America"
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is MAGA’s equivalent of student loan forgiveness..
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump’s $1.7 billion J6 insurrectionist restitution fund: “Why go to college when you can attack the capital and get $1 million for your troubles?”
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Even Susan Collins having "concerns" about appearing publicly with JD Vance..
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
💯%
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What a fitting metaphor for MAGAland...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
On a more serious note, save yourself and read this instead: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/books by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
sarahkendzior.substack.com
Books
I am the author of four books: The View from Flyover Country (2018), Hiding in Plain Sight (2020), They Knew (2022), and The Last American Road Trip (2025).
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Oh look, its Dystopian Grifter Vacation with Transportation Secretary Clark W. Griswold.. 🤡
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
On a more serious note, save yourself and read this instead: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/books
sarahkendzior.substack.com
Books
I am the author of four books: The View from Flyover Country (2018), Hiding in Plain Sight (2020), They Knew (2022), and The Last American Road Trip (2025).
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“We have made American Cities safe for families to dine out again. Have you seen the crowds of people waiting in line at the local food pantry?”
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We need less glorification of billionaires and more protection for the Amazon that all life on Earth depends..
newsweek.com
Wall Street Must Stop Financing the Destruction of the Amazon | Opinion
"We depend on the river and the land to live. When they are destroyed, we are destroyed with them."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for documenting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. His photos are worth seeing, so here’s a gift link:
nytimes.com
Our Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer’s Work From Gaza
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough who turns 100 years old this week. He is someone whose words we should all stop and think about.
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
As an appreciator / aficionado of apt metaphors that help us see the world more clearly, I found this piece stunningly accurate
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How about GTFO Again instead?! 🦉🌲
oregonlive.com
Trump administration wants to Make Oregon Logged Again, revving up decades‑old battles over big timber
The proposal to quadruple logging on federal lands in 18 Oregon counties would raise timber harvests to levels not seen since before spotted owl protections.
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
They’re pretexting the War on Gravity.. 🙃
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
His new go-to answer for everything. Necessitates the notion of whether he will actually form a thought, or a concept of a thought, about anything not specifically about him
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Knock, knock Who’s there? Urine Urine Who? Urine-dicted.. 👀
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The Null Set Cabinet
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Resilient are the seeds of Revolution..
nytimes.com
Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Ignominy” has now officially been entered into the Kakistocracy lexicon 👏
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
They are literally saving Snoopy 🐾♥️
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Imagine obediently choosing the infamous "perfect phone call" 6 years later as your hill to die on...
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"Things That Definitely, Absolutely, No Way in Hell Did Not Happen for $200, Alex"
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Introducing two new terms for the political lexicon: -Vanceplaining - Pope Derangement Syndrome
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
BS I got fleeced this year
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vanceplaining
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Toben @tobend.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We know exactly who they are a washin’ at the Washington Post now..
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