FiddleCatBrenda
@fiddlecatbrenda.bsky.social
aka Real Strings by Brenda K; String Specialist, Arranger
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Solo artist Iron-y: https://ironymusiconline.com
I don't have clever things to say. I just work my ass off.
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Solo artist Iron-y: https://ironymusiconline.com
I don't have clever things to say. I just work my ass off.
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If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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214 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. We only need 4 Republicans to sign.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
214 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. We only need 4 Republicans to sign.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
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Important thread from my former USG and now @justsecurity.org colleague @rgoodlaw.bsky.social on the latest administration explanation for the September 2nd maritime attack.
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Important thread from my former USG and now @justsecurity.org colleague @rgoodlaw.bsky.social on the latest administration explanation for the September 2nd maritime attack.
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A loss in Tennessee would be a wake up call to tRUMP that we the peeps have had enough. His orange will go red!
🚨SPECIAL ELECTION🚨
VOTE Aftyn Behn for Congess
in Tennessee's 7th District!
TOMORROW, DECEMBER 2, 2025
#Tennessee #TN07 #TN
VOTE Aftyn Behn for Congess
in Tennessee's 7th District!
TOMORROW, DECEMBER 2, 2025
#Tennessee #TN07 #TN
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A loss in Tennessee would be a wake up call to tRUMP that we the peeps have had enough. His orange will go red!
Light 'em up! ⬇️
🚨🚨🚨
The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Light 'em up! ⬇️
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Just imagine Mike Johnson’s face when we get this done.
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just imagine Mike Johnson’s face when we get this done.
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
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Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:
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Energy systems are at the heart of climate change, technology, and the future of how we live, but they’re far more complex than most people realise.
This is a great explainer video by @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social that helps to make sense of the energy system.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXG...
This is a great explainer video by @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social that helps to make sense of the energy system.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXG...
How Energy Systems REALLY work - here's 3 ways of understanding Energy Systems | Energy 101, Ep 4
YouTube video by chrisjardine.energy
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Energy systems are at the heart of climate change, technology, and the future of how we live, but they’re far more complex than most people realise.
This is a great explainer video by @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social that helps to make sense of the energy system.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXG...
This is a great explainer video by @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social that helps to make sense of the energy system.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXG...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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The Trumpetfish is such a ridiculous looking creature, they always make me smile. They are masters of color change as well, shading from brown, reddish, orange, and bright yellow. They often drift head-down like this, especially when hanging out in clumps of soft coral. 🦑 #scuba #diving #oceans
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE raid at 609 East Maryland st Saint Paul, Minnesota
11/25/25
11/25/25
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ICE raid at 609 East Maryland st Saint Paul, Minnesota
11/25/25
11/25/25
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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If you live in or you know anyone in Tennessee’s 7th district, TODAY is the LAST day to vote early.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you live in or you know anyone in Tennessee’s 7th district, TODAY is the LAST day to vote early.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
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6 people have died from a nationwide listeria outbreak.
31 babies have been hospitalized with botulism from contaminated baby formula.
Instead of firing crucial FDA employees & attacking the agency, Trump should be hiring more experts to crack down on these dangerous outbreaks.
31 babies have been hospitalized with botulism from contaminated baby formula.
Instead of firing crucial FDA employees & attacking the agency, Trump should be hiring more experts to crack down on these dangerous outbreaks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
6 people have died from a nationwide listeria outbreak.
31 babies have been hospitalized with botulism from contaminated baby formula.
Instead of firing crucial FDA employees & attacking the agency, Trump should be hiring more experts to crack down on these dangerous outbreaks.
31 babies have been hospitalized with botulism from contaminated baby formula.
Instead of firing crucial FDA employees & attacking the agency, Trump should be hiring more experts to crack down on these dangerous outbreaks.
Me neither ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Me neither ⬇️
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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heartbreaking & really frightening with the people leading our cdc drumming up anti vaccine sentiment & spreading falsehoods about vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/h...
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans | CNN
A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
heartbreaking & really frightening with the people leading our cdc drumming up anti vaccine sentiment & spreading falsehoods about vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/h...
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We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers!
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers!
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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"There's no script for this."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social unpack why the Epstein discharge petition represents a genuine break in Trump’s internal dominance, and whether this “whiff of irrational hope” is actually something more.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social unpack why the Epstein discharge petition represents a genuine break in Trump’s internal dominance, and whether this “whiff of irrational hope” is actually something more.
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"There's no script for this."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social unpack why the Epstein discharge petition represents a genuine break in Trump’s internal dominance, and whether this “whiff of irrational hope” is actually something more.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social unpack why the Epstein discharge petition represents a genuine break in Trump’s internal dominance, and whether this “whiff of irrational hope” is actually something more.
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Don’t give up the ship.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don’t give up the ship.