@besteady.bsky.social
Twitter refugee where I was Steadynow and plan to Besteady here. Seeking truth is work. Pursuing peace takes discipline, self-denial. Justice requires courage, self-awareness. For planet. About the children.
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11 of 18/ As he continues to turn away from the reporter, Trump displays a classic regret expression.
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
11 of 18/ As he continues to turn away from the reporter, Trump displays a classic regret expression.
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Worth many thousands of words. Series of fantastic pictures documenting the face-to-face intimidation by ICE.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation
Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.
www.newyorker.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth many thousands of words. Series of fantastic pictures documenting the face-to-face intimidation by ICE.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Just putting this here for no particular reason.
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just putting this here for no particular reason.
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Student debt erased if you join ICE? And a bonus?
So others actually doing good,like teachers,doctors,paramedics and first responders....
They get no student loan relief.
But fat masked thugs who may have been sitting around unemployed are forgiven of their debt.
Yea,that sounds like the GOP.
So others actually doing good,like teachers,doctors,paramedics and first responders....
They get no student loan relief.
But fat masked thugs who may have been sitting around unemployed are forgiven of their debt.
Yea,that sounds like the GOP.
August 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Student debt erased if you join ICE? And a bonus?
So others actually doing good,like teachers,doctors,paramedics and first responders....
They get no student loan relief.
But fat masked thugs who may have been sitting around unemployed are forgiven of their debt.
Yea,that sounds like the GOP.
So others actually doing good,like teachers,doctors,paramedics and first responders....
They get no student loan relief.
But fat masked thugs who may have been sitting around unemployed are forgiven of their debt.
Yea,that sounds like the GOP.
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 8 AUGUST 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
DEMOCRATS TAKE THE GLOVES OFF
NEWSOM, & ALL THE GREAT DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA
WILL
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Stand up to TEXAS CORRUPTION & Trump's plan to steal the election
Pritzker Protects HEROES
ALL OF US TOGETHER
FIGHT
DAY 8 AUGUST 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
DEMOCRATS TAKE THE GLOVES OFF
NEWSOM, & ALL THE GREAT DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA
WILL
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Stand up to TEXAS CORRUPTION & Trump's plan to steal the election
Pritzker Protects HEROES
ALL OF US TOGETHER
FIGHT
August 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 8 AUGUST 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
DEMOCRATS TAKE THE GLOVES OFF
NEWSOM, & ALL THE GREAT DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA
WILL
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Stand up to TEXAS CORRUPTION & Trump's plan to steal the election
Pritzker Protects HEROES
ALL OF US TOGETHER
FIGHT
DAY 8 AUGUST 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
DEMOCRATS TAKE THE GLOVES OFF
NEWSOM, & ALL THE GREAT DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA
WILL
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Stand up to TEXAS CORRUPTION & Trump's plan to steal the election
Pritzker Protects HEROES
ALL OF US TOGETHER
FIGHT
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These Texas Democrats are doing the only thing they can possibly do to stand up for America. Meanwhile the Texas Maga are in a whirlwind of desperation in buffoon-like attempts to do everything from fines to removing these Texas Democrat Heros. Tx Maga your truth is showing and it's ugly as sin
Texas Dems showing what leadership looks like in 2025 🔥
No Quorum, No Surrender: Texas Dems HOLD THE LINE!
The Texas GOP is spiraling—and trying to appear dangerous.
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
These Texas Democrats are doing the only thing they can possibly do to stand up for America. Meanwhile the Texas Maga are in a whirlwind of desperation in buffoon-like attempts to do everything from fines to removing these Texas Democrat Heros. Tx Maga your truth is showing and it's ugly as sin
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The deployment of AI in this situation is not a simulation of hope for any kind of institutional response to mass suffering in our society; rather, it is the promise and a threat of an imagined end of the human condition.
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The deployment of AI in this situation is not a simulation of hope for any kind of institutional response to mass suffering in our society; rather, it is the promise and a threat of an imagined end of the human condition.
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I sincerely believe what we are up against right now is the long-term social construction of an imaginative reality in which no lives matter, and the agglomeration of power to see that imagination through. The way in which AI technologies have been rapidly jammed into our society aligns with this.
August 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I sincerely believe what we are up against right now is the long-term social construction of an imaginative reality in which no lives matter, and the agglomeration of power to see that imagination through. The way in which AI technologies have been rapidly jammed into our society aligns with this.
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It’s been nearly two hours, and the vote remains open.
HIGH DRAMA IN THE SENATE.
There are 50 no votes on proceeding to reconciliation. Murkowski, Rick Scott, Mike Lee have not voted. One more no vote stalls the bill.
Collins voted aye.
Tillis, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have voted no.
There are 50 no votes on proceeding to reconciliation. Murkowski, Rick Scott, Mike Lee have not voted. One more no vote stalls the bill.
Collins voted aye.
Tillis, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have voted no.
June 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It’s been nearly two hours, and the vote remains open.
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No, we're not being invaded. No, there is no rebellion. These are *the only two criteria* for mobilizing the U.S. Armed Forces on U.S. Soil.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says we’re not being invaded
June 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
No, we're not being invaded. No, there is no rebellion. These are *the only two criteria* for mobilizing the U.S. Armed Forces on U.S. Soil.
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I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
June 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm loving all the videos of yesterday's protest but especially this wedding party that decided to join in
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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I do not understand how @washingtonpost.com can cover this story without the context that Padilla was moved to ask a question – and then forcibly removed – after Noem claimed troops were in CA to remove CA elected leaders from power.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I do not understand how @washingtonpost.com can cover this story without the context that Padilla was moved to ask a question – and then forcibly removed – after Noem claimed troops were in CA to remove CA elected leaders from power.
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“Unless we prevent the stronger from attacking or exploiting the weaker, none of us is safe.”
R.Reich
R.Reich
June 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Unless we prevent the stronger from attacking or exploiting the weaker, none of us is safe.”
R.Reich
R.Reich
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"In a fashion familiar to observers of systemically corrupt regimes, Trump (sheltered by the Supreme Court’s assurance that he can freely engage in corruption) has made bribe solicitation an integral element of governance."
Quite an overview of Trump's lawlessness here:
Quite an overview of Trump's lawlessness here:
I look at the massive costs of Trump's inverted "justice system," where crime is being made legal and the law abiding are deemed criminals.
A felon in the White House is making crime legal
Meanwhile, he's creating fake crimes to punish the law abiding.
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"In a fashion familiar to observers of systemically corrupt regimes, Trump (sheltered by the Supreme Court’s assurance that he can freely engage in corruption) has made bribe solicitation an integral element of governance."
Quite an overview of Trump's lawlessness here:
Quite an overview of Trump's lawlessness here:
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"Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble: With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future." New, by me. open.substack.com/pub/robertma...
Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble
With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future.
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble: With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future." New, by me. open.substack.com/pub/robertma...
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Anyone who has ever downplayed the threat of the anti-vaccine movement has either not been paying attention or has been bamboozled.
June 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone who has ever downplayed the threat of the anti-vaccine movement has either not been paying attention or has been bamboozled.
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WOW. Breaking news from ABC that has the potential to cast serious doubts on today’s indictment of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
June 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
WOW. Breaking news from ABC that has the potential to cast serious doubts on today’s indictment of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
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So are we just teaching our kids they have to obey anyone with a mask and an unmarked car and an oddly-fitting vest and zip ties now and go with them? Is this where we’re at?
June 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So are we just teaching our kids they have to obey anyone with a mask and an unmarked car and an oddly-fitting vest and zip ties now and go with them? Is this where we’re at?
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81 years ago today, 100,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy to free Europe from fascist tyranny.
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
81 years ago today, 100,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy to free Europe from fascist tyranny.
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft