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@ahtl.bsky.social
I'm here because there's got to be a better way forward than what we're being offered. I think places like this—reinventions of how we know online interaction should be—are likely to generate the necessary alternatives. I'm here for that!
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@ahtl.bsky.social
· Nov 24
America now is not Germany 1932. Here's why:
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Iran has one of the most beautiful film cultures in the world w/among the most courageous & committed filmmakers. It was a cultural hub - it's worth looking into who overthrew their democratically-elected government when it refused to cede oil rights to the UK & installed a radical quisling puppet.
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Iran has one of the most beautiful film cultures in the world w/among the most courageous & committed filmmakers. It was a cultural hub - it's worth looking into who overthrew their democratically-elected government when it refused to cede oil rights to the UK & installed a radical quisling puppet.
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Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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MUST READ
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“We’ve always had fire as a companion, and it’s been our best friend,” Pyne said. And now, because we’re not minding that relationship, it’s become our worst enemy.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“We’ve always had fire as a companion, and it’s been our best friend,” Pyne said. And now, because we’re not minding that relationship, it’s become our worst enemy.”
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention strategies. This week’s destruction, they say, could have been minimized.
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
MUST READ
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“We’ve always had fire as a companion, and it’s been our best friend,” Pyne said. And now, because we’re not minding that relationship, it’s become our worst enemy.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“We’ve always had fire as a companion, and it’s been our best friend,” Pyne said. And now, because we’re not minding that relationship, it’s become our worst enemy.”
Mark these words. The next 4 years will not be some easy walkover for MAGA.
They don't have anything to offer the American people except scapegoating.
Resistance may seem remote now, on 28 Dec 2024, but remember the lesson of Assad: Sh*t can change REAL quick.
They don't have anything to offer the American people except scapegoating.
Resistance may seem remote now, on 28 Dec 2024, but remember the lesson of Assad: Sh*t can change REAL quick.
December 28, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Mark these words. The next 4 years will not be some easy walkover for MAGA.
They don't have anything to offer the American people except scapegoating.
Resistance may seem remote now, on 28 Dec 2024, but remember the lesson of Assad: Sh*t can change REAL quick.
They don't have anything to offer the American people except scapegoating.
Resistance may seem remote now, on 28 Dec 2024, but remember the lesson of Assad: Sh*t can change REAL quick.
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Did you know that if you follow @listifications.app right here on bluesky, you will be notified when somebody adds you to their starter pack, list or even blocks you.
I love it!
I love it!
December 18, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Did you know that if you follow @listifications.app right here on bluesky, you will be notified when somebody adds you to their starter pack, list or even blocks you.
I love it!
I love it!
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Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
Trump. has. nothing. to offer. the American. people.
Cut programs that help working people? Tariffs raising prices on everyday things? Going after immigrants & trans people, at what benefit to the communities they live in?
Not going to be so easy as they think.
www.vox.com/politics/392...
Cut programs that help working people? Tariffs raising prices on everyday things? Going after immigrants & trans people, at what benefit to the communities they live in?
Not going to be so easy as they think.
www.vox.com/politics/392...
House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power
That bodes poorly for his agenda next year.
www.vox.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Trump. has. nothing. to offer. the American. people.
Cut programs that help working people? Tariffs raising prices on everyday things? Going after immigrants & trans people, at what benefit to the communities they live in?
Not going to be so easy as they think.
www.vox.com/politics/392...
Cut programs that help working people? Tariffs raising prices on everyday things? Going after immigrants & trans people, at what benefit to the communities they live in?
Not going to be so easy as they think.
www.vox.com/politics/392...
Great 2hr+ long interview with an expert professor from the Naval War College about international geopolitics and history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVS...
Sarah C. M. Paine - WW2, Taiwan, Ukraine, & Maritime vs Continental Powers
YouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Great 2hr+ long interview with an expert professor from the Naval War College about international geopolitics and history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVS...
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Happy holidays - Starbucks baristas are ON STRIKE!!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
December 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Happy holidays - Starbucks baristas are ON STRIKE!!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
We're going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting today in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle - and many more to come!
Peu à peu, les désertions sur X montent, au profit des espaces en ligne qui nourrissent des conversations sincères.
Contre la désinformation, Mediapart quitte X
Par Carine Fouteau
Par Carine Fouteau
Contre la désinformation, Mediapart quitte X
L’élection de Donald Trump transforme la plateforme d’Elon Musk en arme de désinformation massive. Mediapart refuse de servir la cause des ennemis du journalisme et de l’intérêt général.
www.mediapart.fr
December 20, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Peu à peu, les désertions sur X montent, au profit des espaces en ligne qui nourrissent des conversations sincères.
"Ensure that you also give a gift or two to yourself this holiday season, in whatever form such a gift may come. Especially if you feel all alone."
positivejuice.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/i...
positivejuice.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/i...
It needs to be said: holidays can really suck sometimes
Now – if you’re totally enjoying your holidays… GREAT! Flush this post from your mind, please, and continue enjoying yourself. I don’t want to get in the way of that. But if…
positivejuice.wordpress.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
"Ensure that you also give a gift or two to yourself this holiday season, in whatever form such a gift may come. Especially if you feel all alone."
positivejuice.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/i...
positivejuice.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/i...
Biden/Harris 2020: 81,283,501 votes.
Beating Trump 2024 by about 4m votes.
Trump's victory is a mile wide and inches thick.
The rightshift = dissatisfaction w the status quo, not an endorsement of MAGA.
Good luck lowering grocery prices w tariffs, buddy. America will soon see you made it all up.
Beating Trump 2024 by about 4m votes.
Trump's victory is a mile wide and inches thick.
The rightshift = dissatisfaction w the status quo, not an endorsement of MAGA.
Good luck lowering grocery prices w tariffs, buddy. America will soon see you made it all up.
With California's votes now certified, this appears to be the final popular vote count. The margin of 1.47 percentage points is the smallest since the 2000 election. Kamala Harris received over 75 million votes in this election.
December 17, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Biden/Harris 2020: 81,283,501 votes.
Beating Trump 2024 by about 4m votes.
Trump's victory is a mile wide and inches thick.
The rightshift = dissatisfaction w the status quo, not an endorsement of MAGA.
Good luck lowering grocery prices w tariffs, buddy. America will soon see you made it all up.
Beating Trump 2024 by about 4m votes.
Trump's victory is a mile wide and inches thick.
The rightshift = dissatisfaction w the status quo, not an endorsement of MAGA.
Good luck lowering grocery prices w tariffs, buddy. America will soon see you made it all up.
@nerd4cities.bsky.social explains how U.S. "rural self-identification" matters more than if you are actually rural or not, for everything from lifestyles to life outcomes to political views.
This speaks to me, as a New Englander with plenty of rural blue around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_B...
This speaks to me, as a New Englander with plenty of rural blue around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_B...
Rural Cosplay is, Unfortunately, A Thing
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2024 at 10:02 PM
@nerd4cities.bsky.social explains how U.S. "rural self-identification" matters more than if you are actually rural or not, for everything from lifestyles to life outcomes to political views.
This speaks to me, as a New Englander with plenty of rural blue around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_B...
This speaks to me, as a New Englander with plenty of rural blue around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_B...
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It feels like people are losing heart because of so many Democrats capitulating, so I’m going to share this video I took at the VP’s holiday party. It feels like people need to see this. Kamala Harris is not capitulating on the values that motivated her campaign.
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
It feels like people are losing heart because of so many Democrats capitulating, so I’m going to share this video I took at the VP’s holiday party. It feels like people need to see this. Kamala Harris is not capitulating on the values that motivated her campaign.
"Shouldn’t #Democrats act responsibly even when #Republicans won’t? ... Surprisingly, there’s a correct answer here. And it comes, of all places, from the field of addiction recovery."
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
America voted for a dumpster fire — Democrats just need to let it burn itself out
MAGA Republicans have caught the car of undivided power. If the government now lurches from one pointless crisis to the next, or if Trump’s plans are disastrous, the Democrats’ one job is to make s…
thehill.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:52 AM
"Shouldn’t #Democrats act responsibly even when #Republicans won’t? ... Surprisingly, there’s a correct answer here. And it comes, of all places, from the field of addiction recovery."
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
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We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...
On the Media: Call Out to Local Stations
At On the Media, we're working on an hour all about the state of public radio. We're concerned with the role of stations in their local communities; how public media has been politicized; and what a c...
forms.gle
December 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social this feels less like a profile in courage and more like a look back to the way politics used to be.
Perhaps what you are saying is that this is the courageous way to be now? Not sure I agree, but open to listening.
Perhaps what you are saying is that this is the courageous way to be now? Not sure I agree, but open to listening.
Mitt Romney, in his quiet way, has always been radical- a role model for public service who defied partisanship. My latest:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/mitt-romne...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/mitt-romne...
Mitt Romney: A Radical Role Model
Grace in an era of anger
adamkinzinger.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:04 PM
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social this feels less like a profile in courage and more like a look back to the way politics used to be.
Perhaps what you are saying is that this is the courageous way to be now? Not sure I agree, but open to listening.
Perhaps what you are saying is that this is the courageous way to be now? Not sure I agree, but open to listening.
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not the first convicted felon Time has named Man of the Year. 👇
December 12, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Not the first convicted felon Time has named Man of the Year. 👇
I'm totally for this. How about you?
Reproductive freedom, student loan debt, Chevron doctrine -- #SCOTUS is out of touch w/ modern American life. We need term limits which I introduced in 2020 -- 18 yrs and you're out.
December 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I'm totally for this. How about you?
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The Trump Administration Loves to See Liberal Infighting. Let's Not.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
The Bad Guys Don’t Really Care What Kind of Leftist You Are
Infighting is a waste of energy.
www.teenvogue.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM
The Trump Administration Loves to See Liberal Infighting. Let's Not.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this