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coyotebroad (Jayne Cravens)
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Online since the 90s talking Tech4Good, nonprofits, #volunteering, #travel, Star Wars, classic movies, #motorcycles & more. Formerly of the United Nations (UNDP). Also on Mastodon, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Do NOT ask me for money.
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npr.org
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.”

@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
February 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
‪Donald Trump appears in Jeffrey Epstein's emails 38,000 times. But Hillary Clinton's campaign chair once shared risotto tips on a private email server. I have never felt more politically homeless.
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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kojamf.bsky.social
Jollly Good Ginger
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
Operation Dildo Blitz was a raging success
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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lyndacarter.bsky.social
His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
Bad Bunny wearing tinted dark red glasses with gold frames, hair gelled looking quite handsome! White shirt and tan tie.
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
We got rid of cable and direct TV months ago. Only thing I have missed is TCM. And now, the Olympics - it's all behind paywalls.
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
MAGA: “I ain’t watching the halftime show!!!! I’m watching the pro-family TPUSA one headlined by KID ROCK MAGAAA!!!!”

Kid Rock song:

“ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage, see. Some say that's statutory (but I say that's mandatory)”
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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normeisen.bsky.social
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID

Our case now moves into discovery

As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
Interviews with people formerly enslaved in Kentucky, compiled by the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1938. Part of the Work Projects Adminsitration (WPA), assembled by the Library of Congress. Published 1941.
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.gutenberg.org/files/11920/...
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938: Kentucky Narratives, Volume VII
[TR: ***] = Transcriber Note
www.gutenberg.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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brennancenter.org
Lawmakers renewed their push to pass the SAVE Act, which would block millions of Americans from voting. It failed before — and it must fail again. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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devex.com
The fallout from the aid freeze is still rippling through Ethiopia’s humanitarian workforce, with many laid-off workers unemployed.
One year after USAID’s shutdown, Ethiopian aid workers are still struggling
One year after USAID’s shutdown, Ethiopian aid workers are still struggling
www.devex.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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npr.org
The Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested for condemning the regime's crackdown on protesters, which director Jafar Panahi says represents the actions of a "failed state." n.pr/3O95udu
Oscar-nominated director calls Iran a 'failed state' after his co-writer's arrest
The Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested for condemning the regime's crackdown on protesters, which director Jafar Panahi says represents the actions of a "failed state."
n.pr
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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propublica.org
NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.

But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
Margaret Garner escaped enslavement in January 1856, crossing the frozen Ohio River from Kentucky to Cincinnati. Later, she killed her own daughter & intended to kill her other three children & herself rather than be enslaved again.
#BlackHistoryMonth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
Margaret Garner - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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mprnews.org
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
South Sudan: United Nations forced to suspend food aid after violent attacks on convoy.
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South Sudan: UN forced to suspend food aid after ‘unacceptable’ attacks on convoy
South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and looting halted a major UN food convoy in restive Upper Nile state and clashes continue to spread in neighbour...
news.un.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation: United Nations leaders call for sustained commitment and investment to end FGM.
From the World Health Organization:
www.who.int/news/item/05...
Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation: UN leaders call for sustained commitment and investment to end FGM
Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights and cannot be justified on any grounds. It compromises girls’ and women’s physical and mental health and can lead to serious, lifelong complica...
www.who.int
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
If you volunteer for a nonprofit, school or political movement, please post about it here. Talk about the cause, your role & why it matters. This is info we all need to be hearing about right now.
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
coyotebroad.bsky.social
Decided to go through 48 hours of posts on BlueSky that mention the word "volunteer", to see what is being posted.
Nonprofits of BlueSky: you need to be posting a LOT more about your #volunteers!
February 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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mountvernontrail.org
Mount Vernon Trail or Curling Olympic Training Facility? 🥌 Register to to attend an upcoming volunteer event and practice your curling skills. MountVernonTrail.org/events
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM