Sparky Santos
@stsparky.bsky.social
Lucky if joke isn't on me. Worked at USAF/NASA. Same age as the latter. Penultimate Intl Manga Fellow for Kodansha Morning 1994, & still comic adjacent. #ADHD #Ally
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Looks like Big Balls had access to your private data.
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Looks like Big Balls had access to your private data.
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The Civil War never ended. Traitors returned to their homes, created vigilante groups, wrote oppressive laws, broke laws, built monuments, rewrote history, glorified another flag, and murdered black people without consequence. J6 was just a continuation.
The Civil War never ended. Traitors returned to their homes, created vigilante groups, wrote oppressive laws, broke laws, built monuments, rewrote history, glorified another flag, and murdered black people without consequence. J6 was just a continuation.
The reason that J6 is STILL ONGING and the coup is STILL ONGOING and historically it will be noted as such
is because there was no will to actually end it. There was simply a desire by many on both sides, for a return to 'normalcy'.
The prosecutions that happened at all, were an uphill battle.
is because there was no will to actually end it. There was simply a desire by many on both sides, for a return to 'normalcy'.
The prosecutions that happened at all, were an uphill battle.
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The Civil War never ended. Traitors returned to their homes, created vigilante groups, wrote oppressive laws, broke laws, built monuments, rewrote history, glorified another flag, and murdered black people without consequence. J6 was just a continuation.
The Civil War never ended. Traitors returned to their homes, created vigilante groups, wrote oppressive laws, broke laws, built monuments, rewrote history, glorified another flag, and murdered black people without consequence. J6 was just a continuation.
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Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
August 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
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Piece of shit ICE fascists are swarming Little Tokyo. Posted up outside the Japanese American Museum threatening people with internment. Impossible to overstate how disgusting these people are.
August 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Piece of shit ICE fascists are swarming Little Tokyo. Posted up outside the Japanese American Museum threatening people with internment. Impossible to overstate how disgusting these people are.
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Threatening people with internment in *checks notes* Little Tokyo near the Japanese American Museum is *really* dirty work.
Piece of shit ICE fascists are swarming Little Tokyo. Posted up outside the Japanese American Museum threatening people with internment. Impossible to overstate how disgusting these people are.
August 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Threatening people with internment in *checks notes* Little Tokyo near the Japanese American Museum is *really* dirty work.
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It made Wired—but it hasn’t been fixed for the southern district! www.wired.com/story/amber-...
Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
Many people reported they hit a screen preventing them from seeing the alert unless they signed in.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It made Wired—but it hasn’t been fixed for the southern district! www.wired.com/story/amber-...
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Hey can someone in the office of @schiff.senate.gov or @gavinnewsom.bsky.social get California Highway Patrol to stop sending Amber Alerts as X links? If it’s so urgent that my phone needs to go off, why can the info to require an X account? (I’d rather not help out the Hitler salute guy.)
Senator Adam Schiff
U.S. Senator for California
schiff.senate.gov
January 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Hey can someone in the office of @schiff.senate.gov or @gavinnewsom.bsky.social get California Highway Patrol to stop sending Amber Alerts as X links? If it’s so urgent that my phone needs to go off, why can the info to require an X account? (I’d rather not help out the Hitler salute guy.)
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Blouses from my Granddad’s factory are vintage goodies
July 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Blouses from my Granddad’s factory are vintage goodies
11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
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Chapter 11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream"
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July 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
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Some good analysis here on the changes happening within the Democratic party, as seen through the prism of our three biggest 2025 candidates:
Mikie Sherrill
Abigail Spanberger
Zohran Mamdani
All different ideologically, but all younger candidates willing to fight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Mikie Sherrill
Abigail Spanberger
Zohran Mamdani
All different ideologically, but all younger candidates willing to fight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
‘Done Waiting My Turn’: Younger Democrats Are Eager to Seize the Car Keys
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Some good analysis here on the changes happening within the Democratic party, as seen through the prism of our three biggest 2025 candidates:
Mikie Sherrill
Abigail Spanberger
Zohran Mamdani
All different ideologically, but all younger candidates willing to fight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Mikie Sherrill
Abigail Spanberger
Zohran Mamdani
All different ideologically, but all younger candidates willing to fight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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"racially insensitive" is doing some Herculean lifting there. Hideous.
July 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"racially insensitive" is doing some Herculean lifting there. Hideous.
Chapter 11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Chapter 11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the American Dream"
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Chapter 11: The American Dream requires a healthy populace who aren’t crushed by medical costs
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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To The Resistance: they think you will feel defeated and stop fighting. Now’s the time to double the fight. Fuck fascists.
June 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
To The Resistance: they think you will feel defeated and stop fighting. Now’s the time to double the fight. Fuck fascists.
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Everyone needs to learn about the Dual State Theory:
An effective fascist regime has two simultaneous states: an authoritarian part, and another that functions under existing laws.
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Everyone needs to learn about the Dual State Theory:
An effective fascist regime has two simultaneous states: an authoritarian part, and another that functions under existing laws.
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Sotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship Ruling
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched the Supreme Court for siding with Trump on birthright citizenship—and putting every civil right under attack.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Everyone needs to learn about the Dual State Theory:
An effective fascist regime has two simultaneous states: an authoritarian part, and another that functions under existing laws.
…
Everyone needs to learn about the Dual State Theory:
An effective fascist regime has two simultaneous states: an authoritarian part, and another that functions under existing laws.
…
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UFC sponsored the June 14, 2025, Army parade—widely criticized as a de facto Trump rally, held on his birthday, funded by defense contractors and MAGA-aligned corporations.
This parade wasn’t neutral patriotism — it was a show of military might wrapped in Trumpist propaganda, with UFC’s logo on it
This parade wasn’t neutral patriotism — it was a show of military might wrapped in Trumpist propaganda, with UFC’s logo on it
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
UFC sponsored the June 14, 2025, Army parade—widely criticized as a de facto Trump rally, held on his birthday, funded by defense contractors and MAGA-aligned corporations.
This parade wasn’t neutral patriotism — it was a show of military might wrapped in Trumpist propaganda, with UFC’s logo on it
This parade wasn’t neutral patriotism — it was a show of military might wrapped in Trumpist propaganda, with UFC’s logo on it
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I don’t blame them. I would take sick leave, and I’m sure hotel workers can hardly afford to take time off. ICE should stay in the detention centers in the same conditions as the people they detain.
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I don’t blame them. I would take sick leave, and I’m sure hotel workers can hardly afford to take time off. ICE should stay in the detention centers in the same conditions as the people they detain.
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Seems like a bunch of the ICE masked goons around LA are staying at Marriott properties. Just sent Marriott an email letting them know that as a Latina, I will not stay at any of their properties while they have ICE there. It’s a safety issue for me. Poor employees.
June 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Seems like a bunch of the ICE masked goons around LA are staying at Marriott properties. Just sent Marriott an email letting them know that as a Latina, I will not stay at any of their properties while they have ICE there. It’s a safety issue for me. Poor employees.
June 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
