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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It turns out we could have implemented a ~$450 per ton carbon tax all this time without a populist backlash. It’s just that it would have had to come under the policy guidance of a right wing administration being consulted by the Heritage foundation.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You're probably familiar with the guy who showed up to a San Diego City Council meeting to endorse the surveillance company Flock. I spoke with him about guerrilla theatre, activism, and the specific 2004 Hasbro helmet he wore for the stunt. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/darth-...
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‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance
Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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🍂k a r e n🍂 @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.facebook.com/Dr.Seuss Her Imagination Library gifted more than 150 million books to children around the world, spreading her love for reading far and wide. From one literary icon to another, we will always love you Dolly.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
and one person choosing to demonstrate what the world COULD look like is such a scorching reproach to all the people in the world with more money even than Dolly earnestly trying to convince us that we are gullible rubes for expecting better
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?
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Semafor @semafor.com · 25/08/2026
Denmark’s state-owned export bank lent €100 million to build a large new wind farm in Ukraine. www.semafor.com/article/08/2...
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Denmark bets on Ukraine wind farm with €100 million loan
The project will be operated by the Ukrainian agricultural company Kernal for both its own use and power sales to the country’s battered grid.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Take care everyone. Live your life in such a way that people are genuinely sad when you pass on.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly, you were magical.🙏 Dolly Parton performs "Jolene" with Pink, Annie Lennox, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Rob Halford, Simon Le Bon and Dave Stewart at The 37th Rock & Roll of Fame Induction Ceremony (November 5th, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles).
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Dolly Parton - Jolene (Live at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022)
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP, Dolly Parton. I watched 9 to 5 far more often than it made any sense for an elementary schooler in the early 80s to do so. Absolute legend, great in everything, and an even better human than she was a singer or songwriter or actress. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQR...
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"I'm gonna change you from a rooster to a hen in one shot!"
YouTube video by CC Trubiak
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 25/08/2026
"actor @markruffalo.bsky.social has been instrumental in getting people to finally care about media consolidation in the age of dipshit authoritarianism" @karlbode.com normalize and demand article subheads that grab you by the throat like Karl's does 14/10 🧢 @newsjennifer.bsky.social
Karl Bode's magnificent headline and deck: "The Hult hates fascist media consolidation" with the subhead: Actor Mark Ruffalo has been instrumental in getting people to finally care about media consolidation in the age of dipshit authoritarianism.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Baz @bazblackadder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Obvbiously, Rowling has never heard about how Dolly viewed transgender community from a sincere position of humanism, love and respect. #DollyParton #RIP #JKRowling #transphobia
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026
Why? Why would you use a quote from a woman best known these days for spreading hatred for someone who was the complete opposite and used her wealth for good?
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way to honor Dolly’s legacy: get your covid vaccine this year! www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/...
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Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna’s vaccine. It began with a car crash and an unlikely friendship.
“Without a doubt in my mind, her funding made the research toward the vaccine go 10 times faster than it would be without it,” physician Naji Abumrad said of his friend.
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orinoco boo @nocontroller.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(2/3) had been in a small accident and was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center for a checkup with Dr. Abumrad as an attending. They became fast friends and Dolly here and there would call her to ask her questions about things she heard in the news. Years later, when COVID's death toll was climbing,
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(2/2) gave her and recognized the value of giving children a chance to love music as she did. To this end, she frequently funded uniforms, flags, instruments, and even multiple team travel budgets. Her only stipulation was to not have her name attached. She didn't want to distract from the kids.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/2) Since I haven't seen anyone else mention this one... It was an open secret that Dolly Parton secretly funded a massive number of southern high school bands, most especially predominantly Black high schools. A marching band member in her youth, Dolly never forgot the joy that playing snare drum
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My wife and her sister visited Dollywood Aug 15 to find Dolly was doing a sold out concert that afternoon for the park's 30th. They sat inside cafe saying how sad they were to miss the chance of seeing her when they heard a voice behind them. It was Dolly handing out tickets! Best concert ever!
A poster for Dollywood's 30th anniversary.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Muppets pay tribute to the eternal Dolly Parton, who was named an Honorary Muppet in 1986 🦋 “There will never be another quite like Dolly Parton … She filled the world with light and we are so grateful for every second we got to spend with her onstage and off.”
Black and white photo of Dolly and fellow icon, Miss Piggy.

“There will never be another quite like Dolly Parton. She was the ultimate singer, songwriter, actress, performer, and philanthropist.
She filled the world with light and we are so grateful for every second we got to spend with her onstage and off.”
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here, one undercover agent seemed to interpret his job as to make a February meeting of hundreds of MN activists issue more extreme demands. When one speaker suggested that instead of demanding that ICE be abolished, it be restructured, the agent said that he joined among those booing him down
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
More details here on the sweeping surveillance that DHS undertook in Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/underco...
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Undercover DHS Agent Monitored Alex Pretti Memorial, New Docs Suggest
Federal law enforcement’s undercover campaign to surveil Minneapolis protesters included monitoring a...
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An undercover DHS agent monitored a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis to Alex Pretti, new court docs show
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
3. The union says Dolly “set the gold standard” for supporting the musicians behind her and “elevated our entire profession.”
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
2. That meant the musicians working for her were not simply being handed a check as hired players…their work was formally covered under union agreements that can require negotiated minimum pay, pension contributions, benefits and other workplace protections.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours.
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gotta crack down on swelling solidarity at every turn if you wanna appease the tech/billionaire oligarchy not-so-secretly pulling the strings, amirite 🙃
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Trump’s EPA Clamps Down on Public Outrage Over Data Centers — the One Issue Sparking Bipartisan Revolt
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development...
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So naturally, the Trump administration’s Environment Protection Agency, run by Lee Zeldin, is putting a stop to how much input and notice the public receives at the onset of tech companies’ development of the wildly unpopular facilities in communities nationwide.
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Trump’s EPA Clamps Down on Public Outrage Over Data Centers — the One Issue Sparking Bipartisan Revolt
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development...
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development of new AI data centers — and the fossil fuel-burning gas plants that run them — in rural and urban communities across the country alike.
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Trump’s EPA Clamps Down on Public Outrage Over Data Centers — the One Issue Sparking Bipartisan Revolt
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development...
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Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So anyway here's Jolene as horror story
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When He Calls Your Name - Uncanny Magazine
There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be...
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rohnertparkbirds @rohnertparkbirds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Through the twisted branches of the toppled oak, a little falcon. American Kestrel, Aug 2026, #SantaRosa, #California #birds #birdphotography #sonomacounty #m43 #birdwatching #haiku
An American Kestrel looks out from between the moss and lichen covered branches of a dead oak.
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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good look at an adult male Baltimore Oriole. #birds
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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just a robin. It's always nice to capture rare birds or action shots, but sometimes it's just as nice to appreciate the common birds that brighten every day. #birds #nature #wildlife 🐡
A photo of an American robin perched on a branch.
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yeldarbkram.bsky.social @yeldarbkram.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So the acronym can be SHAME instead of HOMES apnews.com/article/cana...
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Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' as trade war with Canada escalates
President Donald Trump says he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm a pragmatist and former diplomat. I'll use the words that are necessary to convince my audience about what's happening. But as a former colleague once said of me, "he sugar coats nothing." I've watched this unfold overseas. The problem is here. Now what are we going to do about it?
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It sucks that we have to have this conversation, and the burden that people feel is unequal, but unless we start truly paying attention to how others, particularly the vulnerable, are suffering right now, this is probably going to get a lot worse. We already had an attempted takeover in 2021...
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It took Spain more than 40 years to get out of it, and they had to endure an attempted military coup after their negotiated democratic transition. The countries that manage these situations best are the ones that push back strongly and early, and even then, the damage tends to be long-lasting.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And if people wait until things progress to a point where the bad stuff (that they've verbally said they'd do, ON THE RECORD) happens, then the worst stuff will have already happened and the damage will be irreversible. Germany only came out of it by adopting collective guilt as national culture.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I was speaking to a former counterpart from a foreign country who remarked at how the transition was happening much, much faster in the United States than in European countries. I know that this is extremely uncomfortable for people to think about. But this isn't a slow boil moment.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We've got a police force that has effectively unlimited funds that's being used for things well beyond its legislated mandate (ICE). We have targeted takeover of media by the administration's allies. A president talking openly about remaining in power beyond term limits with limited pushback.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is one of those things where people also need to look at the historic timelines and parallels. We already have camps detaining both immigrants and American citizens swept up on the basis of their appearance. Congress and parts of the supreme court have effectively abdicated control...
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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Takin an snooz ,havin an dreem
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