Bicycle Skip
@bicycleskip.bsky.social
Oregon Football, LA Chargers. Political-ish. Escaped Florida with family and now live in SoCal desert. Lean left.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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Maybe this wasn’t the best idea.
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Maybe this wasn’t the best idea.
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I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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Muslim father tackles a gunman at a Hanukkah festival in Bondi, Hungarians flood the streets against Orbán, Canadians quietly prep for a MAGA spillover-Trump is online lying about an active shooter at Brown while the GOP face-plants again on healthcare. #uspolitics
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True North Strong, America, Not So Much
Canada mobilizes a citizen army to defend democracy, Bondi Beach faces terror with courage, and the U.S. responds to rising violence by attacking the Affordable Care Act.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Muslim father tackles a gunman at a Hanukkah festival in Bondi, Hungarians flood the streets against Orbán, Canadians quietly prep for a MAGA spillover-Trump is online lying about an active shooter at Brown while the GOP face-plants again on healthcare. #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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This is what Trump is posting while an active shooter is on the loose
December 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is what Trump is posting while an active shooter is on the loose
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December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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Despite years of sanctions and export controls, U.S.-made electronic components — which have unique markings and cannot be copied — continue to appear in Russian cruise missiles and drones.
15 Ukrainians are suing US tech factories over chips in Russia's deadly weapons
It was a regular workday when the air raid alarm sounded at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital at 11 a.m. on a Monday in Kyiv. Dr. Olga Babicheva and her colleagues moved their young patients to a room wit...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Despite years of sanctions and export controls, U.S.-made electronic components — which have unique markings and cannot be copied — continue to appear in Russian cruise missiles and drones.
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Europe locks up Russia’s assets, Denmark now considers the US a security risk, Trump tries to outlaw state AI laws, Congress shrugs as 24M face soaring healthcare costs #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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Knees, Nations, and Other Failing Institutions
On EU asset traps, U.S. Naval piracy, AI power grabs, healthcare collapse, and squirrel diplomacy
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December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Europe locks up Russia’s assets, Denmark now considers the US a security risk, Trump tries to outlaw state AI laws, Congress shrugs as 24M face soaring healthcare costs #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
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The GOP’s Eight-Year Search for a Healthcare Plan (Still Missing)
What the subsidy collapse reveals about the system they’re building instead.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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UPDATE: (gift) Exclusive @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
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December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
UPDATE: (gift) Exclusive @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Wall Street celebrated Nvidia's $57 billion quarter. Meanwhile in America, guess what else is up? Foreclosures, bankruptcies and job losses. A quick explainer on why Nvidia's success is a downside/downside equation. #nvidia #economy
The Truth Behind NVIDIA'S Breakout Q3 Earnings
YouTube video by UNFTR Media
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November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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