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I always pray before I prey

💫ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny 🧬
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#DavidBowie⚡️
poses for a portrait in 1976.
CREDIT: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Thank you, @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social for this elegantly combined collection of clips, and your eloquent & simply stated way of conveying things on a much deeper level.
Lawrence on Jan.6: GOP manages humiliation previously unimaginable supporting Trump
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Article describes the force & tactics used in the hostile seizure of #Bella1 and her connection to Russia, #Sophia also seized.
U.S. Forces Seize Fleeing Tanker Being Escorted by Russian Vessels — The Wall Street Journal
Helicopters and Coast Guard vessel used in the seizure in Atlantic; another vessel seized in the Caribbean
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January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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#Bondi latest lawsuits against #CT & #AZ bring the total of #StateAGs being sued to 23, plus D.C.
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
www.agalliance.org
If your state #AttorneyGeneral is currently being sued by Bondi for keeping your info private & protected, that means they are doing their job.
Their participation in the #AGAlliance indicates the same.
Home - Attorney General Alliance
www.agalliance.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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My dad is an enormous fan of
#BélaFleck, has the entire catalog, and has seen him live multiple times.
I grew up with this.
Thx to artists who stand against this Nazi regime.
Here are #BélaFleck&TheFlecktones keeping it tight, as always, in ‘96 on Conan.
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndn...
#BélaFleck
#BélaFleck&TheFlecktones
encouraging everyone to show some gratitude to those performers who stand up for what’s right, by boosting their work…
listen, like, share their music however & wherever you enjoy listening
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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I wish #MarthaRoot could delete this entire administration.
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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#BélaFleck withdraws from performing at the #KennedyCenter and doesn’t mince words.
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
One cannot reasonably expect to use force & loudness to defeat those whose aim is to destroy instead of understand.
You can’t shout over everybody.
Explaining to idiots is pointless.
Be quiet, use your skills, and don’t give in.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
nbcconnecticut.app.link/8oRPfNYCJZb
Tell your School Board:
#NoVaxx=NoSchool
Your state commissioner of public health can & must decide to base school vaccination requirements on pediatric expertise & scientific evidence, which are absent from CDC guidelines.
January 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
#MarthaRoot
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January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Watch the clip showing the screen of #MarthaRoot as she deletes 3 white supremacist websites, their sm & email accounts, in real time.
Most satisfying video you’ll see in a long time.
🩷🥷🏼💻💪🏽🩷
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference — TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
apple.news
January 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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He is fat and senile
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Tubby trump it's your full diaper you full of shit pedophile asswipe
January 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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@scoremywordle.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Trump is a fat b@stard
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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DJT criticizes press photographers for making him look fat.
Trump Had Eyebrow-Raising Request For NYT Photographer — HuffPost
The president directly called out a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer in the middle of his speech at the Kennedy Center.
apple.news
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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“Other judges in the district have previously expressed their frustration with Halligan, including one who now places an asterisk next to Halligan’s name on every court document and next to it refers to Currie's ruling from November.”
Judge orders Lindsey Halligan to explain why she's still serving as U.S. attorney — NBC News
A separate judge had ruled that Halligan, who brought cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, was unlawfully appointed.
apple.news
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM