@ritaswartz.bsky.social
Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.
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SNL was lit tonight. I’m sure the crazy guy in the White House has already called Pam Bondi to open an investigation and will call NBC and demand mass firings cuz freedom of speech is just for them.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
SNL was lit tonight. I’m sure the crazy guy in the White House has already called Pam Bondi to open an investigation and will call NBC and demand mass firings cuz freedom of speech is just for them.
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Question for the White House: If the Epstein files are “a Democratic hoax,” then why launch an investigation into something that doesn't exist? @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Question for the White House: If the Epstein files are “a Democratic hoax,” then why launch an investigation into something that doesn't exist? @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
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Toronto @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #launch @anotherstoryto.bsky.social hosted by the hardest working man in poetryland #JimJohnstone. (Not pictured, @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social). #earliertonight
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Toronto @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #launch @anotherstoryto.bsky.social hosted by the hardest working man in poetryland #JimJohnstone. (Not pictured, @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social). #earliertonight
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Exactly right.
Stephen King: “I wrote Pet Sematary as a cautionary tale of what happens when a grief and despair overpower the order of a natural world”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Exactly right.
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#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by EU funds
Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) says 747 projects have been selected under the nation’s first agrivoltaic program, backed by €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) from European re...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
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The Christofascist Huntington Beach former city attorney Michael Gates was fired by the DOJ after 10 months for making sexist comments. HB has hired him back. Even though he lied about being terminated, said he resigned (nope). Same guy who lost age discrimination case, HB paid millions 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Christofascist Huntington Beach former city attorney Michael Gates was fired by the DOJ after 10 months for making sexist comments. HB has hired him back. Even though he lied about being terminated, said he resigned (nope). Same guy who lost age discrimination case, HB paid millions 1/2
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SIDELINE CAM 🎥
Rose Kouassi to Gift Monday in hi-res is CINEMATIC!
Rose Kouassi to Gift Monday in hi-res is CINEMATIC!
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
SIDELINE CAM 🎥
Rose Kouassi to Gift Monday in hi-res is CINEMATIC!
Rose Kouassi to Gift Monday in hi-res is CINEMATIC!
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November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Del’s right! This is our moment! If the Epstein files finally see daylight, a whole lot of powerful people are going to be sweating bullets.
Transparency isn’t optional anymore it’s long overdue.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
Transparency isn’t optional anymore it’s long overdue.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Del’s right! This is our moment! If the Epstein files finally see daylight, a whole lot of powerful people are going to be sweating bullets.
Transparency isn’t optional anymore it’s long overdue.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
Transparency isn’t optional anymore it’s long overdue.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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Calling ICE on your neighbors is a hate crime
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Calling ICE on your neighbors is a hate crime
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Such a shame about Huntington Beach.
The Christofascist Huntington Beach former city attorney Michael Gates was fired by the DOJ after 10 months for making sexist comments. HB has hired him back. Even though he lied about being terminated, said he resigned (nope). Same guy who lost age discrimination case, HB paid millions 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Such a shame about Huntington Beach.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Hey, did you know that you can communicate directly with the International Criminal Court online?
| International Criminal Court share.google/nZbWiBHtN9Tg...
| International Criminal Court share.google/nZbWiBHtN9Tg...
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hey, did you know that you can communicate directly with the International Criminal Court online?
| International Criminal Court share.google/nZbWiBHtN9Tg...
| International Criminal Court share.google/nZbWiBHtN9Tg...
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“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Experts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms in the state that have raised rents and monopolized local healthcare industries.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say
Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Experts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms in the state that have raised rents and monopolized local healthcare industries.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that operations had started in the state’s largest city."
They are spreading.
Without due process it won't matter your status.
They are using facial recognition apps.
If that connects you to someone else, good luck proving it.
They are spreading.
Without due process it won't matter your status.
They are using facial recognition apps.
If that connects you to someone else, good luck proving it.
Homeland Security: Immigration enforcement operations are underway in Charlotte, North Carolina
A Homeland Security official says immigration enforcement operations are underway in Charlotte, North Carolina.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that operations had started in the state’s largest city."
They are spreading.
Without due process it won't matter your status.
They are using facial recognition apps.
If that connects you to someone else, good luck proving it.
They are spreading.
Without due process it won't matter your status.
They are using facial recognition apps.
If that connects you to someone else, good luck proving it.
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
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As U.S. citizens are increasingly being swept up in ICE arrests, fascism expert Jason Stanley says it’s “a way to normalize the targeting of everybody” and scare Black and brown Americans away from public life. #Velshi
US citizens being swept up in ICE arrests: 'We’re now a country where you have to bring your papers around'
The Supreme Court has given ICE free reign to stop and detain people based on nothing more than appearance, accent, job, or location, and this dragnet is now sweeping up U.S. citizens. University of Toronto professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley warns that "we are now a country where you have to bring your papers around." Furthermore, Stanley says that "if you instill fear in Black and brown citizens that they will have this interaction with ICE, they're much less likely to show up" to vote or participate in civic life.
www.ms.now
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As U.S. citizens are increasingly being swept up in ICE arrests, fascism expert Jason Stanley says it’s “a way to normalize the targeting of everybody” and scare Black and brown Americans away from public life. #Velshi
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It speaks volumes that everyone knows who this is about — even though his name isn’t on it.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It speaks volumes that everyone knows who this is about — even though his name isn’t on it.
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We don’t yet know the long-term effects of AI — and we need to put up guardrails today to ensure it doesn’t spiral out of control tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We don’t yet know the long-term effects of AI — and we need to put up guardrails today to ensure it doesn’t spiral out of control tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
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Looking at Charlotte tonight, and thinking back to Cardinal McElroy’s homily from several weeks ago. adw.org/news/wdmr-ho...
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Looking at Charlotte tonight, and thinking back to Cardinal McElroy’s homily from several weeks ago. adw.org/news/wdmr-ho...
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Even Fox News ain’t happy
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Even Fox News ain’t happy
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