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I have deleted my photo because I protest the regime. Why make it easy for them? I was on Twitter because of John Scalzi's Scamperbeasts, but left when elno bought it. Joined BlueSky because John Scalzi moved the Scamperbeasts here.
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Unfortunately, the leverage Democrats had to extract real policy changes was squandered under Schumer’s failed leadership. Instead of holding the line to force negotiations on a real solution, he allowed a surrender that Republicans seized as fuel for the fire for their extremist healthcare agenda.
Obamacare costs look set to spike for millions of Americans as Senate votes fail - BBC News
The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare set to be a campaign issue in next year's midterm elections.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Unfortunately, the leverage Democrats had to extract real policy changes was squandered under Schumer’s failed leadership. Instead of holding the line to force negotiations on a real solution, he allowed a surrender that Republicans seized as fuel for the fire for their extremist healthcare agenda.
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Her credentials are in order. She is a fighter on the side of good. Do yourself a favor, TX, and make her your Senator.
What Texans deserve is simple: A leader who will fight for them. I started my career as a public defender. So, to me, it doesn’t matter if you’re red, white, or blue, send me to the Senate and you can trust that I will fight for you. I’m fighting for us.
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Her credentials are in order. She is a fighter on the side of good. Do yourself a favor, TX, and make her your Senator.
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Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
The image that won’t go away
A photo taken in 1985 has resurfaced this week. Kelly Grovier looks at the power of a figure pushed to breaking point.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
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Protest this Saturday from 12-2pm at Point Defiance! If you can, please bring a gift donation for Tacoma's school-aged kids 🎄. Let's spread joy and support one another this holiday season! ❤️#TacomaWA
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Protest this Saturday from 12-2pm at Point Defiance! If you can, please bring a gift donation for Tacoma's school-aged kids 🎄. Let's spread joy and support one another this holiday season! ❤️#TacomaWA
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The Republican war on affordable health care continues.
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Republican war on affordable health care continues.
List of Every Republican Who Voted to Make Obamacare More Expensive newrepublic.com/post/204313/... via @newrepublic.com
List of Every Republican Who Voted to Make Obamacare More Expensive
Here is the full list of Republicans who don’t care that health insurance costs are about to skyrocket for millions of Americans.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
List of Every Republican Who Voted to Make Obamacare More Expensive newrepublic.com/post/204313/... via @newrepublic.com
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Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Please, let’s make this happen! The Center for Biological Diversity is pushing to have Trump’s image taken off the 2026 national park passes and they’ve filed a lawsuit to do it. Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which requires the
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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot
The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
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Community Power for Immigrant Rights with Immigration Attorney Jay W. Stansell · Indivisible Tacoma
Join us for our monthly meeting! Concerned about Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) activity in your community, understanding your rights, and advocating for others? Learn how you can protect our neighbors with immigration attorney and advocate Jay W. Stansell. 🗓️ December 10, doors open at 6 pm 📍 Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1115 S 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98408
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December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
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'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
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December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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Our collective task is not to save tech but to save us, our world.
The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.
The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our collective task is not to save tech but to save us, our world.
The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.
The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.
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Traditionally-published authors (print/ebook/audio): Promote your books today in the 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Thousands of readers to connect to your work! Follow the link below to tell folks about what you have available to them this holiday season!
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December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Traditionally-published authors (print/ebook/audio): Promote your books today in the 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Thousands of readers to connect to your work! Follow the link below to tell folks about what you have available to them this holiday season!
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Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
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Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
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The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
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If you're an artist/crafter/musician/other creator with things that would make great gifts this holiday season, today's the Whatever gift guide day for you to share your work with thousands! Follow the link to tell people how to get what you've got!
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The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
The Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025 continues, and today we move away from books and focus on other gifts and crafts — which you can take to mean just about any other sort of thing a creative pers…
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December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you're an artist/crafter/musician/other creator with things that would make great gifts this holiday season, today's the Whatever gift guide day for you to share your work with thousands! Follow the link to tell people how to get what you've got!
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After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.