Kiku
@bkiku.bsky.social
Novice woodworker. Trees are my spirit animal. 21% of America is illiterate. 50% of America reads at a 6th grade level. Prisons for profit incentivize systemic (police, politicians, judicial, cheap labor) actions to jail people.
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Over the last decade, deforestation has slowed in every region on Earth. Around 250 million hectares of protected forest have been added since 1990 and 71% of the world's forests are under public ownership. #goodnews #hope
Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests
Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth’s lungs and source of livelihoods for many communities.
news.un.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Politicians blaming the poor are lazy. It's their job to help fix things, to help the poor. Rewarding the wealthy doesn't help the rest of Americans. It's been shown, distributing more money actually builds the economy because people buy more.
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Politicians blaming the poor are lazy. It's their job to help fix things, to help the poor. Rewarding the wealthy doesn't help the rest of Americans. It's been shown, distributing more money actually builds the economy because people buy more.
I'm ready to have it stop.
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'm ready to have it stop.
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Deb Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, who made history as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary in 2021.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Deb Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, who made history as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary in 2021.
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The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have been abundantly clear: We don’t care what party you’re in or how powerful you are, if you abused or raped children or young women, you will face justice.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have been abundantly clear: We don’t care what party you’re in or how powerful you are, if you abused or raped children or young women, you will face justice.
Because it worked for Colin Powell? Can't they be a little more original?
I love how DOJ pushes back in this article by citing to what the still undisclosed memo supposedly says.
Simply releasing the document itself could really clarify what the administration’s legal rationale is.
Simply releasing the document itself could really clarify what the administration’s legal rationale is.
Glad to speak with @alexward.bsky.social about the license to kill that the Department of Justice furnished the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Because it worked for Colin Powell? Can't they be a little more original?
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BOOM: Maryland Governor Wes Moore just announced his state will add new Democratic dominant Congressional districts, to balance out Republican seat stealing. 👏 THANK YOU Governor Moore! 💥
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BOOM: Maryland Governor Wes Moore just announced his state will add new Democratic dominant Congressional districts, to balance out Republican seat stealing. 👏 THANK YOU Governor Moore! 💥
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believe survivors
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
believe survivors
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"You may never be happy. So you just have to dance, dance so well that you leave everyone speechless."
- Haruki Murakami -
👨🎨: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
🖼️: "Dance at Bougival", 1882-1883, oil on canvas
🏛️: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (🇺🇸)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
- Haruki Murakami -
👨🎨: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
🖼️: "Dance at Bougival", 1882-1883, oil on canvas
🏛️: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (🇺🇸)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"You may never be happy. So you just have to dance, dance so well that you leave everyone speechless."
- Haruki Murakami -
👨🎨: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
🖼️: "Dance at Bougival", 1882-1883, oil on canvas
🏛️: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (🇺🇸)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
- Haruki Murakami -
👨🎨: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
🖼️: "Dance at Bougival", 1882-1883, oil on canvas
🏛️: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (🇺🇸)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
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NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
He creates a problem (tarriffs on food raises prices) and then pats himself on the back for fixing his own mess.
President Donald Trump eased some of his “Liberation Day” tariffs Friday evening, all but conceding that his trade policy has increased Americans’ grocery expenses despite his administration’s claims to the contrary.
trib.al/fuBGYHz
trib.al/fuBGYHz
Trump Quietly Backtracks on Disastrous Grocery Tariffs
The president reversed course on some tariffs on items like beef—something his team promised not to do.
trib.al
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
He creates a problem (tarriffs on food raises prices) and then pats himself on the back for fixing his own mess.
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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself
The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.
www.snopes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Sadly, this is still an issue, we still have to fight for our right to control our own bodies, and our right to work.
Power from hate based on race and gender is pathetic.
Power from hate based on race and gender is pathetic.
The play “Liberation” showcases “an essential part of the ongoing fight for women’s progress,” Jessica Grose writes. “Its sincerity, which had initially rubbed me the wrong way, is a necessary antidote to nihilism.”
Opinion | The Play ‘Liberation’ and How Far Women Have Come
The show, in its depiction of the early feminist movement, is an essential part of the ongoing fight for women’s progress.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sadly, this is still an issue, we still have to fight for our right to control our own bodies, and our right to work.
Power from hate based on race and gender is pathetic.
Power from hate based on race and gender is pathetic.
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The call of duty postpones family meetings💔
A K-2 Brigade defender's daughter went to visit her dad, but he had to return to service. His uniform had to keep her company, instead.
Support the K-2 Brigade and discover more stories via the UNITED24 app:
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A K-2 Brigade defender's daughter went to visit her dad, but he had to return to service. His uniform had to keep her company, instead.
Support the K-2 Brigade and discover more stories via the UNITED24 app:
u24app.gov.ua?utm_source=b...
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The call of duty postpones family meetings💔
A K-2 Brigade defender's daughter went to visit her dad, but he had to return to service. His uniform had to keep her company, instead.
Support the K-2 Brigade and discover more stories via the UNITED24 app:
u24app.gov.ua?utm_source=b...
A K-2 Brigade defender's daughter went to visit her dad, but he had to return to service. His uniform had to keep her company, instead.
Support the K-2 Brigade and discover more stories via the UNITED24 app:
u24app.gov.ua?utm_source=b...
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This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
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Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social joins Truth Social for a good cause…
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social joins Truth Social for a good cause…
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The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to schools in the University of California system as part of a campaign to impose policy changes on elite colleges
University of California Faculty Win Block on Trump Defunding
The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to the University of California as part of a nationwide pressure campaign to impose a raft of policy changes on elite colleges.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Trump administration was ordered by a judge to stop freezing or threatening to withhold federal grant funds to schools in the University of California system as part of a campaign to impose policy changes on elite colleges
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Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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"For Trump, Pedophilia Is Fine If MAGA Does It "
Trump has ordered Pam Bondi & the Justice Department to investigate Democrats' relationship with Epstein, but he refuses to answer questions about his "closest" friend for nearly a decade.
@muellershewrote.com
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Trump has ordered Pam Bondi & the Justice Department to investigate Democrats' relationship with Epstein, but he refuses to answer questions about his "closest" friend for nearly a decade.
@muellershewrote.com
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"For Trump, Pedophilia Is Fine If MAGA Does It "
Trump has ordered Pam Bondi & the Justice Department to investigate Democrats' relationship with Epstein, but he refuses to answer questions about his "closest" friend for nearly a decade.
@muellershewrote.com
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Trump has ordered Pam Bondi & the Justice Department to investigate Democrats' relationship with Epstein, but he refuses to answer questions about his "closest" friend for nearly a decade.
@muellershewrote.com
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Bondi to look at only the DEMs'
ties to Epstein?
The very definition of
selective prosecution.
Every defendant can point out
how corrupt & sloppy it is
to leave out all the Republicans,
particularly, Epstein's favorite
party buddy,
Donald Trump.
ties to Epstein?
The very definition of
selective prosecution.
Every defendant can point out
how corrupt & sloppy it is
to leave out all the Republicans,
particularly, Epstein's favorite
party buddy,
Donald Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bondi to look at only the DEMs'
ties to Epstein?
The very definition of
selective prosecution.
Every defendant can point out
how corrupt & sloppy it is
to leave out all the Republicans,
particularly, Epstein's favorite
party buddy,
Donald Trump.
ties to Epstein?
The very definition of
selective prosecution.
Every defendant can point out
how corrupt & sloppy it is
to leave out all the Republicans,
particularly, Epstein's favorite
party buddy,
Donald Trump.