Uprooted @uprooted.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Pizza itself is of Italian origin, and Pineapples are not native to Hawaii. 020
Reposted by UprootedPatrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 31/03/2025A beginner’s guide to using Signal buff.ly/ZxPQ2QUbuff.lyA beginner’s guide to using SignalYou don’t have to be a government official to use it. 241
Reposted by Uprooted⍼ tony @icarus3000.bsky.social · 23/03/2025this is why there's like only four printer companies in the U.S. and why your color printer won't print a b&w image when yellow ink is low. (tracking dots exist on b&w printers too) This has been around for decades but it is ALWAYS the right time to share this information. 05433
Reposted by UprootedAmy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 17/03/2025ICE arrested and interrogated a German national who is a legal permanent U.S. resident at Boston Logan on March 7. Three days later, law enforcement officers took him to a hospital before he was transferred to a federal detention facility. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comGerman national with U.S. green card detained at ICE facility, family saysFabian Schmidt was arrested and interrogated at the Boston airport, according to his mother and partner. They say they do not know why he is being held in an ICE facility. 1114553
Reposted by UprootedMS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 16/03/2025This information may not be available much longer 👇👇👇 52111
Reposted by UprootedGrant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 26/11/2024America's fentanyl problem exploded while Donald Trump was in office. After Joe Biden's last four years overdose deaths are FINALLY dropping. Now, Trump wants to explode the problem by taxing the everlasting shit out of Americans and unleashing job killing inflation. People better blame Trump. 581425379
Reposted by UprootedBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025@aoc.bsky.social: "Listen, if your representative is not doing a town hall, give me a ring... I'll say it right here, right now: if a deep red Republican district wants to have an honest conversation, even if it's with someone they disagree with, I'm willing to do that." 509178673696
Reposted by UprootedLA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 08/03/2025NBC: The Trump administration may start sharing confidential data with Russia. This is what US allies fear. May start? #ProudBlue #TrumpIsARussianAsset #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #PutinOwnsTrump 50705261
Reposted by UprootedThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 08/03/2025Oh FFS. Vaccines have NOTHING to do with autism. INSAR, the International Meeting for Autism Research, had zero papers/presentations on this fabricated link BY 2015. What a waste of effort and funding, what an insult to autistic people themselves, who are simply humans—neither damaged, nor diseased. 414741
Reposted by UprootedKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance & self care Sick of being sick? Wear a mask. Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask. Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask. Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask. 14633223
Reposted by UprootedWIRED @wired.com · 06/03/2025After years of alarm over unelected bureaucrats pulling the strings, what better example can you find than this moment the US government is in? DOGE is the thing it claims to fear the most. Elon Musk is the problem he purportedly wants to solve. Doge *is* the Deep State. @brbarrett.bsky.social:wired.comDOGE Is the Deep StateA shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! 462423816
Reposted by Uprooteddell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.wired.comSocial Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This StoryNew internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times. 24166803337
Reposted by UprootedBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/03/2025One thing that’s become absolutely clear: The Trump administration isn’t isolationist. It meddles on behalf of authoritarians all over the world. Or to put it another way: The Trump administration isn’t America First. It’s Authoritarianism First. 441391312
Reposted by UprootedMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Last year, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) — the former GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — told a reporter that because of right-wing media, Russian propaganda had “infected a good chunk of my party’s base.” Here's how that happened: www.mediamatters.org/trumprussia/...mediamatters.orgThe right’s decade-long lurch toward Vladimir Putin’s RussiaPresident Donald Trump’s actions over the past few weeks have drawn cheers from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government — and with good reason. Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for the war that bega... 17532178
Reposted by UprootedLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025"several federal judges in the Washington D.C. area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by law enforcement as a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known." www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...reuters.comExclusive: Judges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulingsU.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, said several judges with knowledge of the warnings. 13323081084
Reposted by UprootedJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025If we are going to be tied to Russia, at least Trump should tell us why. tomorrowsaffairs.com/trumps-whisp...tomorrowsaffairs.comTrump’s Whisper from Moscow: Coincidence or Destiny?Why does a president who seems to have no firm convictions and whose opinions are so maddeningly unpredictable nonetheless maintain such a positive stance toward Russia? 3623954
Reposted by UprootedJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 05/03/2025Remember remember what the mob boss (the cheap kind) who owns a gas station keeps saying. 4557
Reposted by UprootedJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/03/2025How Elon Musk fired some of the most skilled fraud detectors at the IRS and will forfeit billions in revenue.propublica.orgHow DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever SaveThe Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y... 38922397
Reposted by UprootedThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/03/2025Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed ittheconversation.comTrump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed itWhen the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous. 107337
Reposted by UprootedMira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Losing the Cold War in 30 days after it ended decades ago is crazy 332000335
Reposted by UprootedJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Cellebrite, the ubiquitous company that cops use to unlock phones and copy evidence, is now offering cops AI to summarize chat logs, audio messages, more. Civil liberties experts already concerned about AI hallucinating for cops www.404media.co/cellebrite-i...404media.coCellebrite Is Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs and Audio from Seized Mobile PhonesThe proliferation of AI through law enforcement tools already has civil liberties experts concerned. “When you have results from an AI, they are not transparent. Often you cannot trace back where a co... 10207109
Reposted by Uprootedmartynomad.bsky.social @martynomad.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Using fossil fuels promotes Russian prosperity. #GoGreen 0122
Reposted by UprootedTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025BREAKING - Trump LOSES at Supreme Court SCOTUS denied Trump attempt to freeze USAID life-saving funding, upholds District Court order that the funding should continue to flow normally pending the full litigation of the case 5-4, Roberts and Barrett joining the liberal justices 711458275
Reposted by UprootedThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025It’s like we’re living in a fucked up modern day Oregon Trail. Ricky has polio Tommy was shot in school Bandits have run off with your social security Susan has died from an ectopic pregnancy You have died from a preventable disease Nazis have vandalized your grave 191281253
Reposted by UprootedAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This BBC graphic is a good way to show why reciprocal 25% tariffs will cause prices on some goods to go up far more than 25%. A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time. Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that. 711985931
Reposted by UprootedRichard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. 17507565522554
Reposted by UprootedNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/03/2025🚀 Eutelsat is in talks with the EU to expand satellite internet access in Ukraine, per Reuters. The Franco-British satellite group may provide an alternative to Starlink, with OneWeb satellites stepping in. www.reuters.com/technology/s...reuters.comEutelsat almost triples its value on prospect of Ukraine replacing Starlink with OneWebShares in Eutelsat surged more than 60% on Tuesday, extending their gains after rising 68% a day before, as recent geopolitical developments raised the prospect of OneWeb satellites replacing Elon Musk's Starlink in Ukraine. 551369295
Reposted by UprootedMjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The Constitution states he can be removed. 5245
Reposted by UprootedJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset." - UK Tory MP Graham Stuart, this morning No shit, Graham. 25470411396
Reposted by UprootedDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025This is oh so Soviet. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comU.S. Mint takes Jan. 6 coin honoring officers who protected the Capitol off its websiteThe coins are duplicates of Congressional Gold Medals issued to law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. 40970492626
Reposted by UprootedMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Macron: “We will need 10 years to free ourselves from American influence through massive local and European investment.” Cutting America adrift is now policy in Europe. 10 years might seem a long time but that’s everything gone. The US will start to see the repercussions quickly - trade, investment 871656504
Reposted by UprootedBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Trump just helped bring Andrew Tate — who is literally charged with rape and human trafficking — into our country. 1125200744970
Reposted by UprootedUnusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 03/03/2025BREAKING: The U.S. Treasury Department has said it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners, per Reuters 40579196
Reposted by UprootedRaw Story @rawstory.com · 02/03/2025rawstory.com'They're getting death threats': Lawmaker reportedly reveals how Trump is pressuring GOPRep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) reportedly told constituents on Saturday that Republican lawmakers are siding with Donald Trump in part because they are receiving "death threats." Dexter announced late la... 3415181
Reposted by UprootedTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Somehow, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first country to surrender was America. 834072934
Reposted by UprootedHawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Trump is not giving Russia a free pass. Trump is doing the work of Russia, for Russia, from within the White House. The sooner Democratic leadership learns how to make an assertive statement about out national crisis, the better. Someone please invent a testicle-recovery app for all in Congress. 1118756
Reposted by UprootedJohn P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp.bsky.social · 02/03/2025"The Trump administration has already begun to dismantle efforts by the F.B.I. and other agencies to warn about Russian propaganda. The order by the Pentagon would halt any further Cyber Command efforts to interrupt future Russian influence campaigns." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...nytimes.comHegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against RussiaThe defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war. 1144
Reposted by UprootedAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Someone, no idea who, may be leaking information to Russia on weapons shipments to Ukraine. 62969032974
Reposted by UprootedGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Also a brownshirt corps (Proud Boys) with a long and fairly open history of abusing alcohol and cocaine at the very least. And also this 10391104
Reposted by UprootedJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025“Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations *** The cuts have focused on people who were not only combating false content online but also working on broader safeguards to protect elections from cyberattacks or other attempts to disrupt voting systems” 2/20/25 1/ 8244115
Reposted by UprootedCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/03/2025PLEASE PLEASE be careful travelling to the US ‼️🚨 German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility www.kpbs.org/news/border-...kpbs.orgGerman tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facilityThe young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January. 106666362
Reposted by UprootedBriana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Don’t let this administration take away your joy. Yes, what they’re doing is wrong and terrifying, but don’t let them take away the one thing that’s yours. Surround yourself with community. Do things you love. Yes, things look bleak, and you also need joy. Don’t let them take that away. 752329432
Reposted by UprootedGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025If it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi, and salutes like a Nazi… Keep the online pressure up, friends. And boycott Tesla. Find out more about local protests at teslatakedown.com 2589298776324
Reposted by UprootedChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/03/2025The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE Save this NYT’s piece as a comprehensive list of the names behind DOGE—the unsanctioned agency dismantling our government and not actually efficient or transparent about waste or fraud. DOGE IS THE FRAUD! 36246682772
Reposted by UprootedMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Putin wants America to become another Russian puppet state. And Trump is happy to oblige. MAGAs essentially voted for us to lose our leadership on the world stage & become part of the New Soviet Union. Добро пожаловать предателям 🇷🇺 76122