milluck.bsky.social
@milluck.bsky.social
Traveler and internationalist. currently settled in upstate NY but still with 1 eye on the world happy cat and dog mom aka my “fur-mily”. Angret.🇺🇦
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RIP 🕊️ The First King Of Reggae 🇯🇲

So sad to say goodbye to another music legend. Farewell, Jimmy Cliff.

If you’ve ever sung or danced to I Can See Clearly Now, Many Rivers to Cross, The Harder They Come, Wonderful World, Beautiful People’… raise a glass to the reggae pioneer.

#JimmyCliff 💚🖤💚
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.

The details are horrifying.

🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
Immigration agents raid Allston car wash and detain several workers - The Boston Globe
Many of them held legal status but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents, according to their manager.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.

This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.
Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
www.usatoday.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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1901, photograph by Dr. Allan Warner of two 13 year old boys both infected with smallpox on the same day, one vaccinated as an infant and one not.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Wow. History made.

Clipse just became the first hip-hop act ever to perform at the Vatican, backed by John Legend and the Voices of Free orchestra.

They performed “The Birds Don’t Sing.”
September 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Seeing Kamala Harris openly say that the system is broken was so powerful.

Just having someone in her position say it so candidly without qualification was beyond powerful.
August 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data, to “validate the accuracy of eligibility, determination and strengthen SNAP and government program integrity”

If that sounds like bs to you, let them know in the link below. So far there are less than 50 comments. And the window closes on the 23rd.
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
July 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Our commitment to one another and compassion may be the biggest weapon we've got against the fear L.A. is being targeted with. We've gotten dozens of questions about how you can help, including where to volunteer. We heard you, and we answered. lataco.com/los-angeles-...
July 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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A disabled US veteran and citizen is still missing after ICE raided Camarillo yesterday. The family can’t get answers from authorities.

Article in next post/
July 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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On June 14th Afa, was tragically killed during the No Kings protest in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Afa was a proud Samoan, deeply connected to his culture and community.

Please consider donating to the Go Fund Me:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-laura...
Donate to Help Laura, Vera, and Isaac After Afa's Passing, organized by Lindsey Olson
From the close friends and family of Laura and Afa Ah Loo: On June 1… Lindsey Olson needs your support for Help Laura, Vera, and Isaac After Afa's Passing
www.gofundme.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose.

This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

DEFIANCE. 👏

#NoKings #50501Movement

(📸 Daviss)
June 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The Florida Bar has filed misconduct charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi.

She has been in violation of multiple ethics rules since being sworn in.
June 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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“I will not yield to disrespectful men.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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The new report elevates the need to further investigate the impact of #plastic on these critical ecosystems. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for covering this important work!

#Microplastics #Carbon #CarbonSink #CarbonSequestration #ClimateChange
Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought
Most models haven’t accounted for how microplastics may increase global warming by disrupting natural cycles that store carbon.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM