Lydia Bransten
@lydiabransten.bsky.social
Executive Director at The Gubbio Project | Advocate for Drug User Health, Recovery, and Ensuring Access to Safe Sleep, Wellness & Community| Proud parent to my daughter | San Francisco/Oakland
📣opinions are my own 📣🙏❤️✊
📣opinions are my own 📣🙏❤️✊
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Lydia Bransten
@lydiabransten.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Drug use is a symptom of a desire to feel something else. As we move into the next 4 years we need to double down on building compassionate creative communities to combat depression & hopelessness. Build communities of hope & inspiration. It’s time to lift each other up, spread love and stand strong
Yup👇
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Yup👇
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ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
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Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.
October 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.
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Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"
Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"
If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷♂️
Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"
If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷♂️
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"
Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"
If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷♂️
Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"
If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷♂️
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Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
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It’s OFFICIAL: there are more marble statues of old guys over in the House of Representatives than there are actual Republican House members!
If those statues could talk: What are the Epstein files? What are they so afraid of? They haven’t been to work for how many days? 20. Did you say 20? 20.
If those statues could talk: What are the Epstein files? What are they so afraid of? They haven’t been to work for how many days? 20. Did you say 20? 20.
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It’s OFFICIAL: there are more marble statues of old guys over in the House of Representatives than there are actual Republican House members!
If those statues could talk: What are the Epstein files? What are they so afraid of? They haven’t been to work for how many days? 20. Did you say 20? 20.
If those statues could talk: What are the Epstein files? What are they so afraid of? They haven’t been to work for how many days? 20. Did you say 20? 20.
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Excited to see this move forward! San Francisco needs a public bank to invest in affordable housing, green infrastructure, and small businesses. Thanks for leading on this SF Public Bank Coalition and @jackiefielder.bsky.social
2/3 of likely San Francisco voters support the idea of a public bank, a new poll shows.
Thatt’s a pretty dramatic outcome for an issue that isn’t even on the ballot.
Thatt’s a pretty dramatic outcome for an issue that isn’t even on the ballot.
New poll shows resounding support for public bank in San Francisco - 48 hills
Across demographic groups, 67 percent favor the concept
48hills.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Excited to see this move forward! San Francisco needs a public bank to invest in affordable housing, green infrastructure, and small businesses. Thanks for leading on this SF Public Bank Coalition and @jackiefielder.bsky.social
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Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.
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From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.
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It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
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The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
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I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).
Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.
Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).
Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.
Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.
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Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.
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ABOLISH ICE.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
October 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
ABOLISH ICE.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
I support California not sending federal taxes !
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I support California not sending federal taxes !
What a beautiful human !
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What a beautiful human !