Desert Flower
@crystal159.bsky.social
I worked for a corp. for almost 40 years as an employee and manager: I am an entrepreneur, an empath, an organizer, an optimist, a coach, a life explorer, dogmatic, disciplined, and a free-minded thinker. Politically I align with democratic values.
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🇺🇦📡 Ukraine Works With SpaceX Over Russia’s Use of Starlink on Drones
According to Fedorov, Western technologies must protect civilians, not be used for terror.
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According to Fedorov, Western technologies must protect civilians, not be used for terror.
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theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-spac...
Ukraine Works With SpaceX Over Russia’s Use of Starlink on Drones
Ukraine is already working with SpaceX to address the use of Starlink satellite communications by Russian forces on strike drones. Ukraine’s Minister of Defe
theukrainianreview.info
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
🇺🇦📡 Ukraine Works With SpaceX Over Russia’s Use of Starlink on Drones
According to Fedorov, Western technologies must protect civilians, not be used for terror.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-spac...
According to Fedorov, Western technologies must protect civilians, not be used for terror.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-spac...
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'Frightening Characterization': Tom Homan Sparks Alarm By Using War Rhetoric to Describe ICE Operations
'Frightening Characterization': Tom Homan Sparks Alarm By Using War Rhetoric to Describe ICE Operations
White House border czar Tom Homan sparks alarm by using war rhetoric to describe federal immigration operations in Minnesota. Critics question the use of military terms in domestic law enforcement.
www.commondreams.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
'Frightening Characterization': Tom Homan Sparks Alarm By Using War Rhetoric to Describe ICE Operations
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As Democrats Push for ICE 'Reforms,' a Judge Shows How Flagrantly the Agency Violates Existing Law
As Democrats Push for ICE 'Reforms,' a Judge Shows How Flagrantly the Agency Violates Existing Law
As Democrats Push for ICE 'Reforms,' a Judge Shows How Flagrantly the Agency Violates Existing Law
www.commondreams.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As Democrats Push for ICE 'Reforms,' a Judge Shows How Flagrantly the Agency Violates Existing Law
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Wall Street’s years-long bet on AI is facing a severe test. https://bit.ly/3LGmbML
Wall Street is losing patience with OpenAI's $1 trillion revenue problem—and they’re taking it out on Microsoft | Fortune
Microsoft’s stock has plummeted 12% due to a slight miss on revenue, showing how spooked investors are by the "spend now, profit later" AI market
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Wall Street’s years-long bet on AI is facing a severe test. https://bit.ly/3LGmbML
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The forced abductions of Liam Conejo Ramos and other children are deeply reminiscent of the forcible abduction of Indigenous children in the 19th century.
ICE’s Child Abductions Echo the Gestapo’s — But Its Tactics Are Homegrown
ICE’s kidnapping of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and other kids echoes the US’s long history of child snatching.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The forced abductions of Liam Conejo Ramos and other children are deeply reminiscent of the forcible abduction of Indigenous children in the 19th century.
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Congrats "FARINA & THE PERPETUAL SHINE MACHINE" by Ralphie Wilson Third Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥉
Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life.
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#PublicDomain
Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/publ...
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#PublicDomain
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Congrats "FARINA & THE PERPETUAL SHINE MACHINE" by Ralphie Wilson Third Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥉
Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/publ...
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#PublicDomain
Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/publ...
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#PublicDomain
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Trump: My friend, a seriously overweight person, he takes the fat pill, the fat shot. And I told him it wasn't working for him. He begs me not to mention his name—
Vance: He's not talking about me, ladies
Vance: He's not talking about me, ladies
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Trump: My friend, a seriously overweight person, he takes the fat pill, the fat shot. And I told him it wasn't working for him. He begs me not to mention his name—
Vance: He's not talking about me, ladies
Vance: He's not talking about me, ladies
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President Trump said that he “personally asked” Russian President Vladmir Putin to stop bombing Ukraine’s capital for one week as the country grapples with bitterly cold temperatures.
thehill.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
President Trump said that he “personally asked” Russian President Vladmir Putin to stop bombing Ukraine’s capital for one week as the country grapples with bitterly cold temperatures.
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Tom Sewell, one of Australia’s most prominent neo-Nazi organizers, helped build extremist networks rooted in violence and transnational collaboration. Even as groups linked to him dissolve under new hate-group laws, the infrastructure he created remains active.
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Tom Sewell: Australia’s Violent Neo-Nazi Leader Inspiring Global Far-Right Extremists
Tom Sewell, a central figure in Australia’s neo-Nazi movement, says his organizations are dissolving in response to new hate-group legislation. The move has not disrupted the transnational networks bu...
globalextremism.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Tom Sewell, one of Australia’s most prominent neo-Nazi organizers, helped build extremist networks rooted in violence and transnational collaboration. Even as groups linked to him dissolve under new hate-group laws, the infrastructure he created remains active.
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Trump: The windmills, by the way, are all frozen. The windmills aren't turning. The windmills that these fools paid for
Rollins: Haha. That's so true
Rollins: Haha. That's so true
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Trump: The windmills, by the way, are all frozen. The windmills aren't turning. The windmills that these fools paid for
Rollins: Haha. That's so true
Rollins: Haha. That's so true
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Wouldn’t be the first time this administration tied to criminal activity and committing it
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump administration this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere, court records show, underscoring concerns by anti-corruption experts and lawmakers that the ...
GIFT
GIFT
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Wouldn’t be the first time this administration tied to criminal activity and committing it
Federal immigration officers fanning out across Minnesota and other parts of the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill passed last summer that transformed ICE into the country’s most highly funded law enforcement agency.
GIFT
GIFT
The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Federal immigration officers fanning out across Minnesota and other parts of the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill passed last summer that transformed ICE into the country’s most highly funded law enforcement agency.
GIFT
GIFT
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump administration this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere, court records show, underscoring concerns by anti-corruption experts and lawmakers that the ...
GIFT
GIFT
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump administration this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere, court records show, underscoring concerns by anti-corruption experts and lawmakers that the ...
GIFT
GIFT
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Bitcoin has become a Trump Vibes Index and the vibes aren't good -- down over 28% in 6 months
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bitcoin has become a Trump Vibes Index and the vibes aren't good -- down over 28% in 6 months
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British PM Starmer was the latest U.S. ally to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the wake of President Trump’s attack on Venezuela, his demands for control of Greenland and new tariff threats.
Unnerved by Trump, U.S. allies are making nice with China
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday was the latest in a series of Western leaders to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
nbcnews.to
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
British PM Starmer was the latest U.S. ally to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the wake of President Trump’s attack on Venezuela, his demands for control of Greenland and new tariff threats.
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You’d be hard-pressed to point to a time in recent memory that we’ve been this distinctively rotten.
America is burning — and intent on taking everybody else down with us
You’d be hard-pressed to point to a time in recent memory that we’ve been this distinctively rotten.
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
You’d be hard-pressed to point to a time in recent memory that we’ve been this distinctively rotten.
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Donald Trump's economic policies will leave Americans poorer in the long term, a Nobel Prize winner has claimed.
One Trump move will 'make Americans measurably poorer': Nobel Prize-winning economist
Donald Trump's economic policies will leave Americans poorer in the long term, a Nobel Prize winner has claimed. Paul Krugman believes there is a measured decline unfolding in the US, with many set to feel the burden of the president's policy. Writing in his Substack, the award-winning economist sug...
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Donald Trump's economic policies will leave Americans poorer in the long term, a Nobel Prize winner has claimed.
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NEW: CAP's plan to stop crime in our communities—a framework that offers effective solutions to protect Americans from crime, achieve real accountability, and ensure swift and certain delivery of justice. https://ampr.gs/4t8chUR
Delivering Accountability: A Plan To Stop Crime in Our Communities
This policy framework offers effective solutions to protect Americans from crime, achieve real accountability, and ensure swift and certain delivery of justice.
ampr.gs
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
NEW: CAP's plan to stop crime in our communities—a framework that offers effective solutions to protect Americans from crime, achieve real accountability, and ensure swift and certain delivery of justice. https://ampr.gs/4t8chUR
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Airbnb's delay in addressing the situation cost the property host bookings and significant income
#AirBnB #Racism
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January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Airbnb's delay in addressing the situation cost the property host bookings and significant income
#AirBnB #Racism
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#AirBnB #Racism
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Alex Pretti's killing has increasingly led Democrats to conclude that they can no longer dance around constitutional violations or the degradation of civil liberties and democratic norms. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aj0LhY
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Alex Pretti's killing has increasingly led Democrats to conclude that they can no longer dance around constitutional violations or the degradation of civil liberties and democratic norms. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aj0LhY
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"JD Vance's view that having too many immigrants in a community ruins social solidarity....Does that sound right to you?"
"He's full of shit."
Bobby Pulido joins @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
"He's full of shit."
Bobby Pulido joins @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"JD Vance's view that having too many immigrants in a community ruins social solidarity....Does that sound right to you?"
"He's full of shit."
Bobby Pulido joins @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
"He's full of shit."
Bobby Pulido joins @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
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In the thick of flu season and with COVID still around, keeping this 3-in-1 test at the ready is a must — especially at 28% off.
Yes, You Still Need At-Home COVID Tests — And Amazon Now Has Them On Sale
In the thick of flu season and with COVID still around, keeping this 3-in-1 test at the ready is a must — especially at 28% off.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In the thick of flu season and with COVID still around, keeping this 3-in-1 test at the ready is a must — especially at 28% off.