Amy Bredes
@abredes.bsky.social
Former Long Islander living in NorCal
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November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“…the death of a single cat, crushed by the back tire of a Waymo self-driving taxi, has infuriated some residents in the Mission who loved Kit Kat — and led to consternation among those who resent how automation has encroached on so many parts of society.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“…the death of a single cat, crushed by the back tire of a Waymo self-driving taxi, has infuriated some residents in the Mission who loved Kit Kat — and led to consternation among those who resent how automation has encroached on so many parts of society.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury.” 👍💯😊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury.” 👍💯😊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Amazing find! 😮
"Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast."
apnews.com/article/aust...
"Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast."
apnews.com/article/aust...
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast. The Brown family found the bottle on Oct. 9 at Wharton Beach in Western Australia.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Amazing find! 😮
"Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast."
apnews.com/article/aust...
"Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast."
apnews.com/article/aust...
“When I see armed troops at our farmers markets & outside of my favorite restaurants & my dog park, I don’t think, ‘Oh, wow, I feel safe.’ I think: ‘These feel like Stormtroopers. I feel like I’m living in a Star Wars episode or movie, & this is like an invading, dark force.’”
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DC police detained man for protesting National Guard patrol with Darth Vader song, lawsuit says
A man suing the District of Columbia claims police officers violated his free speech rights when they detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song fr...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“When I see armed troops at our farmers markets & outside of my favorite restaurants & my dog park, I don’t think, ‘Oh, wow, I feel safe.’ I think: ‘These feel like Stormtroopers. I feel like I’m living in a Star Wars episode or movie, & this is like an invading, dark force.’”
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tinyurl.com/38da6f8v
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
No Kings Day protesters, Grass Valley, Calif. — Oct. 18, 2025
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
No Kings Day protesters, Grass Valley, Calif. — Oct. 18, 2025
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
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WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
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The best wood, the most beautiful cardboard
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The best wood, the most beautiful cardboard
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Some of my favorite signs of the day. No Kings!
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Some of my favorite signs of the day. No Kings!
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Protesters at Hazel and Greenback avenues, Orangevale, Calif. — Oct. 18, 2025, No Kings Day
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Protesters at Hazel and Greenback avenues, Orangevale, Calif. — Oct. 18, 2025, No Kings Day
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International yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
International yesterday.
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Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021
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How would you describe the Trump administration in one word?
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How would you describe the Trump administration in one word?
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"
“Justice” in the Trump era
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Justice” in the Trump era
Good news!
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good news!
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...