Laura Blair
@bluestblair.bsky.social
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February 28th blackout plan.
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
February 28th blackout plan.
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We asked and you didn’t disappoint! Here is the music that’s helping our movement get through this dangerous moment (there’s something for everyone). 👇
February 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We asked and you didn’t disappoint! Here is the music that’s helping our movement get through this dangerous moment (there’s something for everyone). 👇
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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Costco is definitely the place to shop. Pass it on.
February 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Costco is definitely the place to shop. Pass it on.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Any chance it could get here sooner??
UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
YR4: the asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
The asteroid named YR4 has a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Any chance it could get here sooner??
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UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
YR4: the asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
The asteroid named YR4 has a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.
February 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.
More proof that they’re only “pro life” up until birth.
Mississippi again turns down millions of dollars to feed low-income kids during summer months - NewsBreak
The program provides each eligible child $40 a month in grocery assistance. It was estimated the program would have brought in $38 million to the state la
share.newsbreak.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
More proof that they’re only “pro life” up until birth.
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I'm pretty sure this cup makes coffee taste even better
February 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I'm pretty sure this cup makes coffee taste even better
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Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!
January 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
February 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
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I know today was difficult.
I understand you’re tired baby.
So tired.
You’ve said wtf more times in 24 hrs than you’ve said your whole life. 😮💨
But you can’t quit now. People need your help. You can’t accept this chaos & hatred as normal.
Sit beside me, rest & get your energy back.
I understand you’re tired baby.
So tired.
You’ve said wtf more times in 24 hrs than you’ve said your whole life. 😮💨
But you can’t quit now. People need your help. You can’t accept this chaos & hatred as normal.
Sit beside me, rest & get your energy back.
January 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I know today was difficult.
I understand you’re tired baby.
So tired.
You’ve said wtf more times in 24 hrs than you’ve said your whole life. 😮💨
But you can’t quit now. People need your help. You can’t accept this chaos & hatred as normal.
Sit beside me, rest & get your energy back.
I understand you’re tired baby.
So tired.
You’ve said wtf more times in 24 hrs than you’ve said your whole life. 😮💨
But you can’t quit now. People need your help. You can’t accept this chaos & hatred as normal.
Sit beside me, rest & get your energy back.
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My dreams are still bigger than my fears…
January 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My dreams are still bigger than my fears…
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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Library Path Post
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Library Path Post
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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Yep! Research CEOS/donations & Owners FIRST before buying - Costco so far seems to be the only 1 thats absolutely standing strong No big purchases especially for the next 4 years ppl
If you can participate excellent if not please don’t air why you cant (it doesn’t help) ppl are trying to organize
If you can participate excellent if not please don’t air why you cant (it doesn’t help) ppl are trying to organize
January 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Yep! Research CEOS/donations & Owners FIRST before buying - Costco so far seems to be the only 1 thats absolutely standing strong No big purchases especially for the next 4 years ppl
If you can participate excellent if not please don’t air why you cant (it doesn’t help) ppl are trying to organize
If you can participate excellent if not please don’t air why you cant (it doesn’t help) ppl are trying to organize