Lia Hunter
@sylvanfae.bsky.social
Philosophy/Enviro Studies dual major (Anthropology minor), writer, editor, Druid, and partner of @freudianslap.bsky.social. Into history/prehistory, social dynamics/culture, science, reading, writing, poetry, fiber arts, gardening, the arts, etc.
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Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
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YCSTA: "This hostile takeover of the government of a superpower is astonishing and should be front-page news every day. Yet denial, cowardice, and normalization have affected media coverage of this catastrophe."
Also, the utter failure of the great majority of our reps to respond appropriately.
Also, the utter failure of the great majority of our reps to respond appropriately.
Trump "allowed Musk to create a de facto private civil service that answers only to Musk, is staffed by people who had worked for Musk or his ally Thiel...Far from closing up shop, DOGE is expanding its power, 'digging in like a parasite.'"
#TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
#TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
“The Whole Government is DOGE Now”: The Coup's Second Wave Begins
A lawless vanguard infiltrated the U.S. government; now they are being institutionalized and will work with Project 2025's own democracy destroyers
lucid.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
YCSTA: "This hostile takeover of the government of a superpower is astonishing and should be front-page news every day. Yet denial, cowardice, and normalization have affected media coverage of this catastrophe."
Also, the utter failure of the great majority of our reps to respond appropriately.
Also, the utter failure of the great majority of our reps to respond appropriately.
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On this World Env Day: The agenda of decolonizing environmentalism has never been more imp. We outline a praxis for environmentalism fit for the purpose. Grateful to @amitav.bsky.social, whose work has inspired us, for his kind words @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On this World Env Day: The agenda of decolonizing environmentalism has never been more imp. We outline a praxis for environmentalism fit for the purpose. Grateful to @amitav.bsky.social, whose work has inspired us, for his kind words @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
WTH Europe?!
How Germany Justifies Refugee Exploitation in Greece
I followed the recent decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court closely—because it’s not just about one case. It’s about a system that people like me live under every day. The case was ab…
firenexttime.net
April 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
WTH Europe?!
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The irony of a felon who used the courts relentlessly to keep himself out of jail & dispensing of due process for others will probably not be lost on historians.
April 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The irony of a felon who used the courts relentlessly to keep himself out of jail & dispensing of due process for others will probably not be lost on historians.
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the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path
March 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path
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A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire."
America is under attack right now.
America is under attack right now.
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire."
America is under attack right now.
America is under attack right now.
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🧵Trump is robbing your grandma to pay off the ultra-rich.
He promised to help everyday Americans, but now he's gutting Medicaid to bankroll massive tax-cuts for his greedy, jet-setting, loophole-loving billionaire cronies.
During his Faux News interview with his co-president, Elon Musk, 1/5
He promised to help everyday Americans, but now he's gutting Medicaid to bankroll massive tax-cuts for his greedy, jet-setting, loophole-loving billionaire cronies.
During his Faux News interview with his co-president, Elon Musk, 1/5
Trump blindsides staff, Congress with conflicting Medicaid messages
Republicans are getting worried about how much they'll have to cut from the popular health safety-net program, and whether the president will protect them from political blowback.
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🧵Trump is robbing your grandma to pay off the ultra-rich.
He promised to help everyday Americans, but now he's gutting Medicaid to bankroll massive tax-cuts for his greedy, jet-setting, loophole-loving billionaire cronies.
During his Faux News interview with his co-president, Elon Musk, 1/5
He promised to help everyday Americans, but now he's gutting Medicaid to bankroll massive tax-cuts for his greedy, jet-setting, loophole-loving billionaire cronies.
During his Faux News interview with his co-president, Elon Musk, 1/5
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If it's about saving government money why are they firing people who make money for the government?
DOGE is a lie, start to finish.
DOGE is a lie, start to finish.
IRS employee tells me the IRS is going to terminate ~6,600 people today.
These are by and large people who "go after tax evasion."
These are by and large people who "go after tax evasion."
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If it's about saving government money why are they firing people who make money for the government?
DOGE is a lie, start to finish.
DOGE is a lie, start to finish.
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unfortunately for these folks the odds are that they aren’t going to go after violent criminals at all — too hard — and going to go exclusively over the easiest targets, which are law abiding workers
"No one ever thought that this would happen. I thought that the administration was going after violent criminals, but these people are innocent, honest, hardworking people. These are human beings." www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
ICE raided his family’s North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee’s account of what happened.
"They weren’t rude or anything, but they basically just told me 'We are here to take some illegals. If you don’t hear from us then don’t worry about it,'" said the car wash owner.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
unfortunately for these folks the odds are that they aren’t going to go after violent criminals at all — too hard — and going to go exclusively over the easiest targets, which are law abiding workers
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
This book is 99 cents on Amazon, today.
The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence
The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence - Kindle edition by Lederach, John Paul. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence.
www.amazon.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This book is 99 cents on Amazon, today.
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I've coined the phrase "non-consensual capitalism" to describe this phenomenon/era.
December 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I've coined the phrase "non-consensual capitalism" to describe this phenomenon/era.
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Psychologist Peter Gray: "The real problem, of course, is an economic one. We’ve figured out how to reduce the amount of work required to produce everything we need and realistically want, but we haven’t figured out how to distribute those resources.." evonomics.com/less-work-jo... @scottsantens.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Psychologist Peter Gray: "The real problem, of course, is an economic one. We’ve figured out how to reduce the amount of work required to produce everything we need and realistically want, but we haven’t figured out how to distribute those resources.." evonomics.com/less-work-jo... @scottsantens.com
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“The phenomenon is known as #InducedDemand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” slate.com/business/202...
It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
The truth about what's happening on America's roads—and how we can stop it.
slate.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:02 AM
“The phenomenon is known as #InducedDemand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” slate.com/business/202...
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When Stephen Harper was elected, I worked for the Geological Survey of Canada. The very next day we were told we had to remove “climate change” from our grant applications. The muzzling soon followed.
US scientists need to be preparing now. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social has good advice here. 🧪
US scientists need to be preparing now. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social has good advice here. 🧪
Will U.S. government scientists soon face the “muzzling” their Canadian counterparts experienced under right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
David Shiffman spoke to several people whose work was affected by Harper’s regressive policies, and they have advice to help prepare for Trump 2.0. ⬇️
Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator
The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.
therevelator.org
December 8, 2024 at 6:04 PM
When Stephen Harper was elected, I worked for the Geological Survey of Canada. The very next day we were told we had to remove “climate change” from our grant applications. The muzzling soon followed.
US scientists need to be preparing now. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social has good advice here. 🧪
US scientists need to be preparing now. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social has good advice here. 🧪
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