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Usdi Crittenden
@lilusdi.bsky.social
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Same doofus as on twitter. Ndn anarcho-judaism. Non-dirtbag leftist. Unemployed cell/molecular biologist with a powerful rage for health misinfo. Wants to see pictures of your pets. Wondering how long I can make a descri
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Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · May 20
My policy on sharing campaigns:

I will automatically consider gfm campaigns to be legitimate. @mommunism.bsky.social has touched on this before, and I've seen it firsthand with a friend who is trying to help his fiance escape Russia: gfm heavily vets all campaigns. They often err on the side of
lilusdi.bsky.social Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · Nov 26
In-progress thread of my own Palestinian-made gift sources!
lilusdi.bsky.social Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · Nov 26
I definitely am seconding the recommendation of Canaan brand and Handmade Palestine (which is run by a delightful couple in Ramallah), but would also like to recommend the Al-Ard brand (run by the Anabtawi family) for their oils and foods. You can shop at alardproducts.com or look in your local
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nberlat.bsky.social
this is absolutely despicable racism. Palestinians are a people, not a death cult. their children have been brutally tortured and murdered *by Israel*, in the recent genocide, but also for years before that.
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump administration's argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission.

Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
lilusdi.bsky.social
Figure skating fans name your favorite men's costume that wasn't worn by Uno or Hanyu (and not Johnny's ugly red glove thing either) challenge.
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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norska11.bsky.social
#Researchers have identified a species of #frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to #science. The tiny #Indonesian #amphibians have unusual fangs in their jaws thought to be used to defend territory #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/28/t...
The world’s smallest ‘fanged’ frog found in Indonesia
Researchers have identified a species of frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to science. The tiny Indonesian amphibian is in the possession of little fangs. Researchers think that their fan…
palmoildetectives.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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nora.zone
this goes for if you are a pregnant child or a pregnant man too just to be fucking clear
theradr.bsky.social Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4d
You deserve access to abortion care if you are pregnant and do not want to be. Full stop.

Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.

Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.
anxiousrage.blacksky.app Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · Oct 10
You don’t need a traumatic or tragic story to deserve abortion care.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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slayconic.bsky.social
Secret of mana cover photoshopped to say “secret of nana” and has added a photo of a shushing nana
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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landbeforetim.bsky.social
This is blackout poetry to me
I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018. How did I do it? Blacked out lines CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP. There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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jonthego.bsky.social
Yeah, and she’s been trying to hide it to keep from having to pay the family of the victims www.ktvu.com/news/west-po...
West Portal crash: Victims' family says driver concealed additional assets
The crash occurred in March 2024, when the 78-year-old suspect allegedly drove her car into a bus stop where a family of four was sitting.
www.ktvu.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
Members of the Swarovski family were early, active and enthusiastic champions of Nazism, and at least six of its members maintained membership in the illegal party prior to Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.!23] Three weeks earlier, 500 marchers in the Tyrolean town of Wattens held a torchlight procession that ended with chants of "Sieg Heil" and "Heil Hitler". The majority of the participants, police determined, were Swarovski plant employees, among them Swarovski family heirs Alfred, Wilhelm and Friedrich. 124] In its report to the state police on 14 February 1947, the Innsbruck district administrator called company head Alfred Swarovski "an enthusiastic member of the NSDAP." [25] Alfred Swarovski praised Hitler at business gatherings and took actions as a regional business leader to ensure that "Tyrolean industry could be integrated as smoothly as possible into the enormous gears of the economy of Greater Germany and into the National Socialist economic order." He sent "grateful loyalty greetings" to Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday and arranged a donation of 100,000 shillings for Hitler to establish a holiday home in Tyrol.!26] In 1994, historian Horst Schreiber wrote about Swarovski's past but was not granted access to company archives. (27] The contemporary Swarovski company commissioned historian Dieter Stiefel as "a step towards dealing with our history in a serious and very pro-active manner," board spokesman Markus Langes-Swarovski said in 2018; however, the study was not published because, Langes-Swarovski said, "Swarovski is a company that generally tries to keep the owners' personal stories largely out of the public eye because it does nothing for the business." (28]
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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February 14, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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adashtra.bsky.social
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill gizmodo.com/white-house-...
White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill
NASA has been forced to pause funds for Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other missions until further notice.
gizmodo.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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refrag.bsky.social
I'm assembling a team
A man with straight hair in a low ponytail, glasses, a bluetooth headset in one ear, seen in profile. There's no text but he's saying "Both." This is The Master Debater.
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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djolder.bsky.social
The genocide is ongoing.
mondoweiss.net Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d
Israel crammed 2 million Palestinians into displacement camps where 50 people share one bathroom per hour & sewage runs between tents. Now bacterial meningitis is spreading through Gaza's children. An 11-year-old got sick & died within a week. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...
A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children
Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the…
mondoweiss.net
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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barrelbucket.bsky.social
Judge rules ICE likely violated Minnesota detainees' constitutional rights
#ICEOUT #Whipple #FDT #Epstein #GTFO
thehill.com/regulation/c...
Judge rules ICE likely violated Minnesota detainees’ constitutional rights
A federal judge in Minnesota found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isolated detainees in Minnesota from seeing their attorneys, ruling the action likely violated their constitutional…
thehill.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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sweetrori.bsky.social
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.

Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
lilusdi.bsky.social
The pairs ice dancers have a trend this season of treating the woman like she's a fucking fushigi ball
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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esqueer.net
This level of depravity is monstrous.
mikehixenbaugh.com Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 2d
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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globalextremism.bsky.social
Professors are being surveilled, recorded, and punished for what they teach. Complaints boosted by Turning Point USA have led to suspensions and firings. As Project 2025 policies take hold, academic freedom is giving way to political oversight.

Read more:
Project 2025 February 10th Update
This week: the federal government strips the word “racist” from visitor brochures at the monument to a civil rights leader whose killer bragged about the murder; professors are fired for teaching chil...
globalextremism.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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cpsc.gov
brb

"When you're in the streets - take caution. Protect ya neck and ya noggin."

youtu.be/gozH72CON5s?...
We're Safety Now Haven't We - Full Album
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Also new since I was last here, I commissioned this oil painting of Fergus and I'm so happy with how it turned out. 🥹 The artist is Katya Minkina (www.instagram.com/fineart.katya/).
oil painting of a brown tuxedo tabby cat with an angelic face against a blue background.
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Hey I'm back! As some of you know, I experienced some scary harassment here last month when a user threatened me and the sanctuary I work for and I was shocked when they received only a 3-day suspension for that. I have now been assured that the offending account is permanently suspended, and
February 14, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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jayapal.house.gov
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.

Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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propublica.org
“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
watching the double luge and my wife just made a great point: they should keep going.

three people. four. five, if the physics works and they don't topple. build the human jenga stack.
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM