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Sour Scooter

@writesomethink.bsky.social
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Midwesterner transplanted to California. Casual desert romper. Actively writer-curious. Pro pet. Anti igmo.

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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Photos from Eastern State Penitentiary:
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A federal judge just spent 56 pages taking apart Trump's favorite scheme—then reported his own lawyers to the bar. Her name is Kathleen Williams. Remember it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-had-...
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Three word horror story: Streaming only content
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I spoke to Mitch McConnell for about twenty minutes this afternoon. Well, I spoke towards him. He didn’t have anything to say. The fly that landed on his lip, then crawled gingerly into and out of his open mouth several times also had no comment.
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ArTrapnell @artrapnell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
American exceptionalism
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Oh.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When in the course of human events a tyrant imperils a nation, it is the duty of those who cherish democracy to remove him from power.
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A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny
We hold these truths to be self-evident
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Pentagon lied about injuries inflicted on US soldiers in Iran.
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Wounded soldiers, families accuse Army of downplaying war injuries
Soldiers say the Army disregarded warnings about thin defenses and ignored requests for medical supplies. Now they question whether the Army is being transparent about their injuries.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My Cannibal Romance.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So many scumbags willing to say whatever other scumbags pay them to say:
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
When the media agenda aligns with fascism…
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Did you know that libraries are visited over 1.3 billion times a year which is 10 times more than MLB (68 million), NFL (17 million), NBA (22 million), Hockey (21 million), and Nascar (4 million) combined? Yet, we're begging for funding... action.everylibrary.org/but_nobody_u...
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But, Nobody Uses Libraries Anymore...
One of the things we always hear while campaigning for libraries is that nobody uses libraries anymore. But check out the data and you'll see something completely different.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#Mondaymist
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 28/05/2026
“In effect, today’s corporations and wealthy are hoarding the society’s resources for themselves, while starving the treasury of funds that are badly needed for repairing and strengthening the society on which their wealth depends.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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CEOs Still Fail to Understand the Rage Against Them
As the trial of Luigi Mangione moved forward in New York state court last week, the proceedings highlighted how deeply the murder of UnitedHealthcare Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson has unsettled ...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The best and only monument a nation needs to itself is a population that is happy, healthy, and free.
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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If redistricting wasn’t about racism, someone please explain to me why only black communities were redistricted and white districts were left alone?
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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡 Hey @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @channel5news.bsky.social Any mention of this? Thought not #reformuk #nazis #localelections #antisemitism
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.
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‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments
A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Murray: “Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate?” Dahl: Yes Murray: “And the rate for someone making $1,000,000? “ Dahl: 2.2% Murray: “So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184,000, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW: Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.
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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...
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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We need to stop calling right-wingers "conservatives." They conserve nothing. They are hierarchists. They are imposers of the bullshit belief that some humans are born more important than others, and that government and economics exist to serve the "right" people and exploit the "wrong" people.
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Patricia @pbolton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This is frightening. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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What Happens if the Gulf Stream Collapses?
This is not just about our own self-interest but of our obligation to safeguard a liveable future for generations to come.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Salems Lot, that scene with the kid coming in the window, with those eyes…
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If this was Biden, you’d be seeing 24/7 news cycles calling for him to step down — and Jake Tapper would be giving Jake Tapper face while he discussed his mental decline ad nauseam
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Add food to a movie “Piehard”
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
John Roberts’ Wife Made Millions From Bribes Roberts accepted $10 Million in bribes disguised as recruiting fees from Law firms with cases pending before the Supreme Court. www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...
thedailybeast.com
Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report
At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Former UN Ambassador Rice: "The U.S. is systematically weakening itself across all 5 pillars of global power— Military: increased spending without modernization, depleted weapons stockpiles, politicized purges of experienced officers/generals, weakened legal/military norms, and a costly Iran 🇮🇷 1/7
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/04/2026
Hungary just elected a new PM who wasted zero time — he shut down state propaganda, called out the corrupt officials by name, and started the reckoning on day one. It made me want to write down exactly what that should look like here. So I did. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Hungary's New PM Just Showed Us What Courage Looks Like. Where's Ours?
Hypothetically, if I was elected President, here are the opening salvos of restoration
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Here’s what’s happening. The House already passed H.J. Res. 140 a resolution that would wipe out the 20-year mining ban protecting the Boundary Waters watershed in Minnesota. 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest. 1,100 lakes. The most visited wilderness in the country.
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Fact Point @factpoint.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Scientists in Spain have developed a groundbreaking solar panel capable of generating electricity from both sunlight and raindrops.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is terrifying:
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Remarkable Weather Channel article about the unprecedented heat wave and not a single word about #climatechange. Embarrassing, and journalistic malpractice in this day and age. weather.com/forecast/reg...
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Historic March Heat Wave Smashed Records From California To The East | Weather.com
It's already rewritten March's record books and soared to top records from April. This March heat wave still has some gas left in the tank this week. Here's what's to come in the week ahead.
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ICE is buying local LE. They have private agreements in place that differ from publicly facing ones, w dubious terms … such as the disclosure of info re complaints & lawsuits. ICE is a secret police org creating mini secret police orgs across the US. Free article. apple.news/AW-cZHg4JQpy...
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ICE Paid the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force — WIRED
Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops of Carroll, New Hampshire, are going all in—and they’re likely not alo...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Farm Workers Rally Outside Fresno Federal Courthouse Against Trump Administration’s Wage Cuts
On Wednesday, March 18 at 1 p.m. PST, hundreds of farm workers from across California and the rest of the United States will demonstrate outside the Federal Courthouse in Fresno, California in opposit...
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aRemedy @aremedy.org · 11/03/2026
The fascist regime is reportedly telling GOP political leaders to STOP TALKNG ABOUT MASS DEPORTATIONS. Let's REMIND EVERYONE with this photo from the GOP convention that nominated Trump. SHARE! These fascist setup CONCENTRATION CAMPS and are deporting people based on their racist Nazi eugenics.
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stat-monkey.bsky.social @stat-monkey.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
😮 URGENT! 😮 If you are a camper, hiker, hunter, fisherman, mountain biker, backpacker or just someone who does not want to see our national parks and public spaces. Read this! Mike Lee Re-Emerges to End Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument open.substack.com/pub/morethan...
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Mike Lee Re-Emerges to End Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
His resolution would permanently destroy the monument’s management plan. And if it works, every protected acre in America is next. Here’s how to stop it.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 11/03/2026
Trying to use less plastic? Big Oil and the plastics industry are spending billions to make sure everyone else uses more. “I think what stood out most is the deliberateness and intentionality over the years of pushing plastic into our lives,” said @bethgardiner.bsky.social. “It was such a shock."
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‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics
Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Add one word to a film to improve it. Harry Potter: The Sorcerer’s Kidney Stone
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#MonochromeMonday #photography A jumble of coastal branches, blocking easy access further into the shade.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#photography Shades of pastel in the blooms and in the sky, central CA.
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Gorgeous sunset here in CA.
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-ra...
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ICE agents snatch critical journalist from news vehicle with no warrant: lawyer
A Spanish-speaking reporter who has been critical of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was snatched during a routine traffic stop by that same agency by agents who didn't have a warrant, accord...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees who declined to identify former clients.
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...
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Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#ForestFriday Where the deer go easily, More difficult for me. Fallible legs of man, Should bend to earth, Grateful. Humble. Awed.
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