Peter Louwe
@peterlouwe.bsky.social
Wishing blue sky could have been decent. It failed. i won't support this platform promoting fascism.
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@bsky.app could have been a sane alternative to social media's propagation of fascism. By disappearing Sarah Kendzior it proved it failed. I'm out. @support.bsky.team
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@bsky.app could have been a sane alternative to social media's propagation of fascism. By disappearing Sarah Kendzior it proved it failed. I'm out. @support.bsky.team
@bsky.app could have been a sane alternative to social media's propagation of fascism. By disappearing Sarah Kendzior it proved it failed. I'm out. @support.bsky.team
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@bsky.app could have been a sane alternative to social media's propagation of fascism. By disappearing Sarah Kendzior it proved it failed. I'm out. @support.bsky.team
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I've already started trying to move my comms to other platforms because of the Link debacle but suspending Sarah Kendzior for no reason at all, something Twitter never even did, is a wild escalation.
And not reinstating her is truly wild.
And not reinstating her is truly wild.
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I've already started trying to move my comms to other platforms because of the Link debacle but suspending Sarah Kendzior for no reason at all, something Twitter never even did, is a wild escalation.
And not reinstating her is truly wild.
And not reinstating her is truly wild.
I'm off Blue sky until it reinstates Sarah kendzior. cowards have kicked her off without explanation and is even censoring discussion about her. @bsky.app
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm off Blue sky until it reinstates Sarah kendzior. cowards have kicked her off without explanation and is even censoring discussion about her. @bsky.app
It's concerning enough that I'll stop using @bsky.app until she's reinstated. This is censorship.
WTF? Sarah is a voice of reason. Respectful discussion is banned?
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's concerning enough that I'll stop using @bsky.app until she's reinstated. This is censorship.
WTF? Sarah is a voice of reason. Respectful discussion is banned?
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
WTF? Sarah is a voice of reason. Respectful discussion is banned?
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
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"Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way. Vancouver will be badly damaged in ways that will take years to repair if this awful plan goes through." - @seanorr.bsky.social
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way. Vancouver will be badly damaged in ways that will take years to repair if this awful plan goes through." - @seanorr.bsky.social
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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"The Vichy Dems' heel turn is not new. You couldn’t see the heel because it was stepping on your face."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"The Vichy Dems' heel turn is not new. You couldn’t see the heel because it was stepping on your face."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
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Again, screw you Joe Biden and Merrick Garland and Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi for not protecting us from this monster.
President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.
https://to.pbs.org/3JMklZu
https://to.pbs.org/3JMklZu
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Government pardon attorney Ed Martin posted on social media a signed proclamation of the pardons.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Again, screw you Joe Biden and Merrick Garland and Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi for not protecting us from this monster.
When the opposition is as corrupt as the rapist in the White House you have a problem. Big one.
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily." prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
The Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. On Thursday, they told their caucus colleagues they had ten votes to reopen the government—i...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When the opposition is as corrupt as the rapist in the White House you have a problem. Big one.
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If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
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We've known what to do, we've known how to do it, and yet the power of capital means governments in so many countries, mine included, refuse to make significant changes.
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We've known what to do, we've known how to do it, and yet the power of capital means governments in so many countries, mine included, refuse to make significant changes.
They work for the oligarchs only. There's no denying their complicity now.
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They work for the oligarchs only. There's no denying their complicity now.
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Sheaf-Binder, The after Millet - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14649
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14649
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sheaf-Binder, The after Millet - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14649
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14649
Credit Canadian writer Margaret Atwood for providing Americans with this powerful symbolic protest image.
Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago:
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Credit Canadian writer Margaret Atwood for providing Americans with this powerful symbolic protest image.
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Road with Cypresses - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14976
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14976
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Road with Cypresses - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14976
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14976
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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Public officeholders in Canada serve diverse communities
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Public officeholders in Canada serve diverse communities
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office