SlimPickins
@slimpickins73.bsky.social
Anti fascist who loves history & tries to keep the bad history from repeating itself. Also goes by SteviaDaddy he/him/his
total layoffs are 54% higher than the same 11-month period a year ago and the highest level since 2020, when the Covid pandemic rocked the global economy. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the most since 2020 pandemic, Challenger says
The firm said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
total layoffs are 54% higher than the same 11-month period a year ago and the highest level since 2020, when the Covid pandemic rocked the global economy. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
The data, which includes ICE arrests from Jan. 20 to Oct. 15, shows that nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records have been swept up in immigration operations that trump and his top officials have said would target murderers, rapists and gang members. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories.
www.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The data, which includes ICE arrests from Jan. 20 to Oct. 15, shows that nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records have been swept up in immigration operations that trump and his top officials have said would target murderers, rapists and gang members. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
When tRumpsters realize they had the wool pulled over their eyes www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZN...
Wendy's - 'Where's the Beef ' Ad (Original - 1984)
YouTube video by Anthony Kalamut (Southside AdGuy)
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When tRumpsters realize they had the wool pulled over their eyes www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZN...
To placate der Führer the fascist Department of INjustice moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons, a shift advocates say is “reckless and dangerous” and will lead to increased assaults behind bars. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons
Memo says the policy shift, which advocates call ‘reckless’, was designed to align with one of Trump’s anti-trans orders
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
To placate der Führer the fascist Department of INjustice moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons, a shift advocates say is “reckless and dangerous” and will lead to increased assaults behind bars. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
All these organizations around the world are rolling over and becoming tRump,s lickspittle www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?
At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
All these organizations around the world are rolling over and becoming tRump,s lickspittle www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A quick refresher course for those wondering what's going on in Venezuela, was years in the making, they basically have a fascist grifting off their country like we have going on in our country youtu.be/Be76NQm-c78
How Venezuela Became an Awful Place to Live.
YouTube video by Places
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December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A quick refresher course for those wondering what's going on in Venezuela, was years in the making, they basically have a fascist grifting off their country like we have going on in our country youtu.be/Be76NQm-c78
While much of trumps scrutiny of college admissions practices has focused on race, experts say his ban on diversity, equity and inclusion is likely to hit trumps base: men, and particularly white men — the largest subset of male college applicants. hechingerreport.org/an-unexpecte...
Trump’s attacks on DEI may hurt men in college admission
A government order that colleges disclose details about their applicants suggests that advantages by gender may face the same heightened scrutiny as purported racial preferences. That threatens to acc...
hechingerreport.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While much of trumps scrutiny of college admissions practices has focused on race, experts say his ban on diversity, equity and inclusion is likely to hit trumps base: men, and particularly white men — the largest subset of male college applicants. hechingerreport.org/an-unexpecte...
Selling the Poor on Spending Like They’re Rich
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class prospect.org/2025/12/01/p...
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class prospect.org/2025/12/01/p...
Selling the Poor on Spending Like They’re Rich - The American Prospect
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class.
prospect.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Selling the Poor on Spending Like They’re Rich
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class prospect.org/2025/12/01/p...
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class prospect.org/2025/12/01/p...
Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans, with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US
Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans, with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I get a kick out of all the youtube videos popping up about our "dangerous" winter storm every time we get a few inches of snow 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I get a kick out of all the youtube videos popping up about our "dangerous" winter storm every time we get a few inches of snow 🙄
Now that our fascist government is fine with glyphosate being sprayed on our wheat which ends up in our gut here is a little info from the past www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2022...
New report alleges ‘mass contamination’ of foods from use of glyphosate to dry crops
Pre-harvest spraying of glyphosate-based weedkillers to dry crops is “leading to the mass contamination of essential foods that form the base of our diet,” alleges a new report from The Detox Project,...
www.foodnavigator-usa.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Now that our fascist government is fine with glyphosate being sprayed on our wheat which ends up in our gut here is a little info from the past www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2022...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
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Ukraine is rejecting Trump’s plan right now at the UN Security Council.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ukraine is rejecting Trump’s plan right now at the UN Security Council.
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A grizzly bear has attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada
Two critically hurt after attack on walking trail in British Columbia as police and conservation officers search for bear
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I find LA history fascinating, Driving Tour #5 the WILDEST Streets in Los Angeles with Dearly Departed Tours www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy5d...
Driving Tour #5 the WILDEST Streets in Los Angeles
YouTube video by Dearly Departed Tours with Scott Michaels
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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I find LA history fascinating, Driving Tour #5 the WILDEST Streets in Los Angeles with Dearly Departed Tours www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy5d...
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – let’s make our dollars count. We’re asking Americans to hit pause on shopping from major corporations. weaintbuyingit.com
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – let’s make our dollars count. We’re asking Americans to hit pause on shopping from major corporations. weaintbuyingit.com
Oh, Canada!
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh, Canada!
@komobeartv got my votes for Cosplay Performer Of The Year www.showdownnetwork.com/cammyawards/... @komobeartv.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
@komobeartv got my votes for Cosplay Performer Of The Year www.showdownnetwork.com/cammyawards/... @komobeartv.bsky.social