Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialTrending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Trump's whirlwind reign shakes economy. #econsky 062
xpheolix.bsky.social @xpheolix.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Been in Eugene for work for the last two weeks. The house we stayed at this week had “squirrel feed” bags in the welcome basket so I made a small furry friend. #squirrel 010
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 28/06/2025It’s a fresh headache for the travel industry as the busy summer travel season kicks into high gear. This is now the third major US business sector in the last two months, after insurance and retail, to face a flurry of cyberattacks tied to the criminal group.cnn.comRampant cybercriminal group targets US airlines | CNN BusinessA notorious cybercriminal group has shifted its attention to the aviation industry, successfully breaching the computer networks of multiple airlines in the United States and Canada this month, accord... 137233
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Hindu @thehindu.com · 27/06/2025U.S. requires visa applicants to share social media used in 5 years: U.S. Embassy in India www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.comU.S. requires visa applicants to share social media used in 5 years: U.S. Embassy in IndiaU.S. requires visa applicants to share social media information for security, warns of visa denial for omissions. 31313
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 23/06/2025A US air base in Qatar was attacked "by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles originating from Iran," a US defense official said. Qatar's Defense Ministry said its air defenses "successfully" intercepted the missile attack. No deaths or injuries were reported. Live updates: cnn.it/3G5jEJa 1610039
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialAxios @axios.com · 22/06/2025BREAKING: U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilitiesaxios.comU.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilitiesTrump's direct intervention marks a historic escalation in the Middle East. 64246146
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Independent @the-independent.com · 17/06/2025Trump U-turn on deporting farm workers came after fury from Noem and Miller, report claimsthe-independent.comTrump U-turn on deporting workers came after fury from Noem, MillerTrump’s policy barring raids on agriculture and hospitality industries was short-lived 136628
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 17/06/2025Federal troops on the streets of L.A. to crush immigration #protests? It’s not just unprecedented; It echoes the darkest chapters of U.S. #history. An expert traces how Trump’s move recalls the use of militarized force under Jim Crow:buff.lyThe use of federal troops to quell Los Angeles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights MovementDuring Jim Crow segregation, political leaders used domestic military power to preserve the interests of racial authoritarians. 23623
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/06/2025The Department of Homeland Security is reversing guidance sparing farms, hotels, and restaurants from immigration raids, less than a week after Donald Trump admitted just how destructive his sweeping deportation efforts were to those industries. trib.al/IFRxukHtrib.alTACO Trump Chickens Out on Major Immigration FlipDonald Trump has decided he’s OK with hurting farmers, actually. 2611642
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 17/06/2025"The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated, low-energy, a bit wilted and unenthused after spending hours in DC’s brutal summer humidity. It rained," writes Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan. theguardian.comTrump’s parade isn’t what he was hoping for. It was a disappointing, sad affair | Moira Donegan 2337778
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialtj darling🏳️🌈 @tjdpoetry.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I didn't grow up saying "with liberty and justice for all" every fucking day to accept anything less. 12818
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialEric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 11/06/2025This is what authentic patriotism looks like. There are a lot of folks like me who feel pretty proud of "liberty and justice for all" and view the current administration as a destructive occupation. That's why we have a 1st amendment. 14610
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 16/06/2025A 33-mile trip from one protest in Annapolis, Md., to the parade grandstand in front of the White House was like a journey between two different countries. n.pr/4e1hzu5n.prMilitary parade and No Kings protests: a split-screen of a divided AmericaA 33-mile trip from one protest in Annapolis, Md., to the parade grandstand in front of the White House was like a journey between two different countries. 2958885
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 15/06/2025The shooting at Salt Lake City's "No Kings" project told through the lens of on-the-scene Salt Lake Tribune photographers.sltrib.com‘Man with rifle’ — Photos capture the frightening scene of the shooting at Salt Lake City’s ‘No Kings’ protestThe shooting at Salt Lake City's "No Kings" project told through the lens of on-the-scene Salt Lake Tribune photographers. 45125
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/06/2025Large crowds across the U.S. gathered on Saturday to protest the Trump administration. See photos from the “No Kings” rallies here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u... 892558380
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialOPB @opb.org · 15/06/2025On Saturday, cities across the Pacific Northwest — including Portland, Newberg and Yachats in Oregon and Vancouver, Washington — joined a nationwide wave of “No Kings” protests. www.opb.org/article/2025... 1123441
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialWillamette Week @wweek.com · 15/06/2025Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.wweek.comPortland’s Anti-Trump March Stretches Nine City BlocksWW Staff 222261
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 15/06/2025A $46 million parade, the first in Washington DC in more than 30 years, unfolded against a backdrop of protests and political violencethetimes.comTrump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests 910425
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialTrending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Dollar dethroned: Currency chaos ensues! #econsky 012
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Read that last line again: "the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history" #EconSky 211151
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/06/2025BREAKING: More militant ICE raids are coming to a city near you. President Trump is readying tactical ICE units known as “special response teams” to conduct large raids in 5 Democratic cities: New York City, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia and northern Virginia. trib.al/PE7flNG 37327172
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialU.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 11/06/2025We're working to document reports of nearly 30 assaults and 4 detainments/arrests of journalists covering protests in and around LA since Friday. Multiple news vehicles have been vandalized and countless journalists caught in tear gas while reporting. As we verify these reports, find them here:pressfreedomtracker.usU.S. Press Freedom TrackerThe U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interr... 38264
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 10/06/2025All of LA is not a 'war zone.' We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raidslatimes.comAll of LA is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raidsWhat's actually happening during the ICE sweeps and protests across Los Angeles. 76540
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialReuters @reuters.com · 10/06/2025What are the 'less lethal' weapons used by law enforcement in Los Angeles protests? reut.rs/4kB1XQJreut.rsWhat are the 'less lethal' weapons used by law enforcement in Los Angeles protests?Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles began deploying "less lethal" munitions on Sunday as they clashed with crowds protesting federal immigration raids. 33916
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialReason Magazine @reason.com · 10/06/2025Hundreds are protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles this week. Yesterday’s crowd stayed peaceful—until police moved in, declared an unlawful assembly, and fired flash-bang grenades.reason.comDispatch from L.A.: Protesters march, police surround, and the cycle resetsAs hundreds gathered to oppose ICE raids, a familiar pattern played out: peace by day, flash-bangs by night. 25116
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 10/06/2025Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests trib.al/X1UShFgtrib.alPentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protestsThe 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines are coming from Twentynine Palms, California. 142217
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 09/06/2025Of all the fights the American president has picked—with courts, universities and law firms—a war with cities, their voters and mayors has the greatest potential for violence econ.trib.al/wsc9Z0decon.trib.alWhat’s happening in LA could be a template for the Trump administrationThe cycle of protest, violence and repression often benefits the right 107530
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/06/2025“This is a chilling statement. Even if it were a joke, it was clearly designed to make the public afraid to exercise its First Amendment rights to protest and to hold government officials, including LAPD officers, accountable for their actions.”motherjones.comA LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.” 75909352
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 09/06/2025Adam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have it completely backwards: Trump’s immigration crackdown is the source of pervasive violence.interc.ptLA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop ItAdam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have is completely backwards: Trump and ICE’s immigration crackdown are the source of the violence. 1131087
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/06/2025Easily over 1,000 people outside the federal detention center in LA, with another 2,000+ at City Hall. 213824816
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025LA — immigrant-run Salvadoran restaurant La Ceiba helps sheriff’s deputies with tear gas in their eyes. ABC post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjgyJjKd/ 1431870684
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.social🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 09/06/202545 minutes ago in LA. Peaceful is good. Don’t give the N**zis any excuse. Well played Los Angeles. 📢🪧 #CANADA #USA #LA 672719838
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025LA… 422161746
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialTrump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025“Elon suspends Trump again? Shocking! Because when a billionaire tweets about ‘free speech,’ what they really mean is ‘I control who talks and when.’ Welcome to Musk’s Twitter dictatorship, folks. 🙃 #FreedomNotIncluded #MuskTheCensor” 4298
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialDavid Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Every somewhat left-leaning person after seeing Elon Musk’s tweets this morning 315124
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/05/2025US trade court blocks tariffs in major setback for Trump. The three-judge court ruled that the president overstepped his authority with the across-the-board global levies u.afp.com/SpLM 2286
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.social#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks His Tariffs, Rules Them Illegal twp.ai/4imuN8twp.aiwww.newsweek.comTrump-appointed judge blocks his tariffs, rules them illegal 28321
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025“yea honestly transit is gonna keep being fucked up” is just what you want to hear from the guy in charge of fixing it 772745547
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/05/2025Today, we wasted time voting on renaming the Gulf of Mexico—a name it’s had for almost 500 YEARS. We’ve got folks losing healthcare, schools underfunded, and rights under attack. We’ve got real issues. Prioritize THAT. 2302382566
xpheolix.bsky.social @xpheolix.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Been traveling a lot for work lately, feels good to be back home finally. Photo from my trip to Mt Bachelor a couple weeks ago. #snowboarding #springseason #bluebirdday #mtbachelor 010
xpheolix.bsky.social @xpheolix.bsky.social · 28/04/2025A little Calypso orchid on our hike today #calypsobulbosa #calypsoorchid #fairyslipper #hikingpnw 020
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialThe Christian Left @the-christian-left.bsky.social · 19/04/2025How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia — Article Featured On The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell (Gift Article)theatlantic.comHow America Can Avoid Becoming RussiaPolitical pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left. 525881
xpheolix.bsky.social @xpheolix.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Zen Tangerine art at a coffee shop in Bend #zen #tangerine 030
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's. 499166356155
xpheolix.bsky.social @xpheolix.bsky.social · 08/04/2025In Seattle for work this week and back at the end of the month. Staying not too far from the Pacific Science Center and Space Needle so had to walk around a little when the rain stopped. #seattle #pacificsciencecenter #spaceneedle 020
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025What you aren’t hearing elsewhere about the measles outbreak… 🧪🩺🛟 10241109
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/03/2025This should chill everyone in this country to the bone. All she did was write an OpEd the administration didn’t like. This is fascistic suppression of free speech. 20244371005
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important. 30525668016455
Reposted by @xpheolix.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Are we great again yet? 751160354044
