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@tortieservant.bsky.social
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Humanitarian, public servant, disaster response, servant to an incorrigible tortie cat, resister, anti-fascist. 💙

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 26/10/2025
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2025
The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to U.S. officials. The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, business, attending university or visiting relatives.
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U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I like the rebrand.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/09/2025
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
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UncleRicoReturns @unclericotnt.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Sorry food workers just know I've been there. I feel for you.
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Old School Gentleman @oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Science is real
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I didn’t know it but now I need a baby donkey 😂💗
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/09/2025
One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed on Sunday that the president may have a difficult time getting rid of one of his cabinet secretaries because they play an important role in his relationship with the MAGA base.
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Biographer reveals 'problematic' RFK Jr. is 'protection' against Trump's key weakness
One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed on Sunday that the president may have a difficult time getting rid of one of his cabinet secretaries because they play an important role in his relationship with the MAGA base. Michael Wolff, who has written four books on Trump, discussed the late...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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SEIU MN @seiumn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Mad about Medicaid cuts? Frustrated by tax breaks for super rich while the rest of us barely get by? Angry that families are getting ripped apart? Turn that anger into action this Sat (7/26) at 2pm outside the MPLS Labor Center at the #FamiliesFirst rally/march! RSVP: www.mobilize.us/familiesfirs...
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.
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‘Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2025
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
“It was a nightmare.” “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.” “We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.” Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador. Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...
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‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison | CNN
For months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/07/2025
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 51 Palestinians, including 23 aid seekers, since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 25/07/2025
Virginia’s economy is under attack — yet the Youngkin-Sears Administration continues to dismiss these threats.
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 26/07/2025
As Governor, I’m prepared to grow Virginia — our workforce, our business investments, and our trade opportunities.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2025
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers. Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp. “The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role twp.ai/4io6Eu
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Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/07/2025
According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)
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How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
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Clue Heywood @clueheywood.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I know a guy who bought a defaulted storage unit at auction and when he went through it he found a bunch of photo albums of Earth Wind & Fire’s pet cat they took on tour with them. Just photos of the cat, on like 7 years of Earth Wind & Fire tours. I don’t have a joke, I just want to tell someone.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New study: Air pollution may directly cause lung cancer in never-smokers—especially women in Asia. Genomic evidence links PM2.5 to DNA mutations. tinyurl.com/bdz89n2f #Cancer #LungCancer #AirPollution #AirQuality #Pollution #Health #ClimateJustice #CleanAir
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Study finds air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers - North Dallas Gazette
(Newswise) — A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cance...
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Bill Cannon @liberalmeansfree.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas Fire her. Blood on her hands.
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 09/07/2025
Every community, no matter the zip code, deserves their chance to get ahead. During my time in Congress, I was the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, I’ll continue to support strong investments that deliver results for rural Virginia.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/07/2025
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. Here's what I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from the 2,000 phone calls.
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I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 08/07/2025
As Governor, I’ll work to bring down energy bills and make VA more energy independent. Here’s how: ⚡ Build more local energy infrastructure ⏩ Streamline regulations to speed up clean energy plans 📈 Increase energy efficiency & strengthen existing resources
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tortieservant.bsky.social @tortieservant.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Today I will be celebrating #IndependenceDay1.0. I will be wearing a resistance shirt, maybe a button or sticker. There are ways to celebrate the first while connecting and knowing we must now make independence day #2 a reality. Keep resisting!
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tortieservant.bsky.social @tortieservant.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a lot of feelings about politics right now, and I’d rather not spiral alone. 😅 I’m going to Sip & Strategize this month. Wine + strategy + women who care = exactly what I need. Join me? social.redwine.blue/s/PulFwVBF
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
DNI Tulsi Gabbard repeats Putin’s talking points today, releasing an unhinged video where she claims that “political elites” want a nuclear war with Russia because they have sophisticated bomb shelters that will help them survive it.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Maddow: I also feel like there’s not very much about that that I don’t understand. Like, it’s the same everywhere. This is blond Berlusconi, you know what I mean? This is inarticulate Viktor Orbán, right? These guys are all the same. The authoritarian playbook is the same everywhere
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/06/2025
TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
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Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles. THIS is waste and abuse.
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Virginia 50501 Movement @50501virginia.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We love to see it!!! NO KINGS IN NORFOLK
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ヴァネッサ @strifeisgood.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We got a No Kings protest in Norfolk!!! West Ghent. BE THERE! sites.google.com/view/nokings...
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No Kings Rally & March - Norfolk, VA
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
There are THOUSANDS of protests planned for June 14th all over the country to send a message to Donald Trump that no one wants his birthday military parade in DC that will cost taxpayers millions. #NoKingsProtest You can find a location here: www.nokings.org#map
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It is a disgrace that the Department of Defense continues to post partisan political messages on social media and a disgrace that the DHS Secretary is making political statements about elections from the Oval Office. They piss on this country’s traditions daily. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Map Tracks Russian and Chinese Spy Ships Loitering off Coast of US Ally twp.ai/4ioQXB
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Map tracks Russian and Chinese spy ships loitering off coast of US ally
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Physicians brace for summer travel season as Alberta tops 800 measles cases #Alberta 'As Stampede comes and as all these different events happen, we're going to have more and more spread' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Physicians brace for summer travel season as Alberta tops 800 measles cases | CBC News
As summer approaches, Alberta's measles case counts are expected to keep climbing and some experts worry transmission will become even more widespread.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2025
I love this so much! Austin, Texas in solidarity with LA. 🙏🏽❤️
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB
Plato's Cave allegory, illustrated. the shadows on the cave wall are captioned "increasingly insane and extreme positions", the prisoners labeled "internet users", the figures holding the shadow's shapes labeled "algorithms", the fire labeled "random internet users expressing their idiosyncratic beliefs". the space above the cave is labeled "literally just outside" and the philosopher freed from the chains of the physical world labeled "guy who logs off"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/06/2025
Terry Moran, if you’re reading this: the door is open.
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A Message to Terry Moran from MeidasTouch
By Ben Meiselas
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 11/06/2025
🚨 The Trump administration is preparing mass transfers of undocumented foreign nationals—including Ukrainians—to Guantánamo Bay, without notifying their home governments, per The Washington Post.
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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
RINO traitors.
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