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Meraxes Giga
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Retired, liberal news junkie. It’s November 13,2024. Let’s make Twitter obsolete for the kind thinkers in the country💙
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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indivisible.org
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
Now that I’m off Twitter, HuffPost is my new go-to for drama. This is a great summary of our very stupid president
Maybe Rex Tillerson Was Right. Maybe Trump Really Is Just A Moron.
His lying and temper tantrums aside, evidence abounds that the president's most important, and dangerous, feature is his ignorance.
www.huffpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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economist.com
The chipmaking industry took decades to evolve and is built for an age of globalisation. Donald Trump is going in the wrong direction
Donald Trump’s fantasy of home-grown chipmaking
To remain the world’s foremost technological power, America needs its friends
econ.st
August 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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A screenshot of a post originally on Instagram, it reads... Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul-all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been-arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul-it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader. — Oliver Kornetzke
August 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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stellascott.bsky.social
I don't know how many times I've told people that Trump is a symptom of the disease that is at the base of the USA since day one! He is not the problem; he is the core made visible.

And then comes Oliver Kornetzke and turns it into poetry! Published By @keithedwards.bsky.social on YT today. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
August 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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nanoscaleviews.bsky.social
🧪. Sharing this for my science friends and colleagues, and I hope to convey this to the students in my class this fall. What is said here about writing is equally true about science and its practice.
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
My cats not allowed on tables. Lily surprised the heck out of me. I bet they dance on counters when I’m asleep.
August 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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jasmineforus.bsky.social
“Well done, my good and faithful servant”… are the first words that came to my mind when hearing of the passing of President Carter. He & his bride committed their lives to service in the most selfless way.

Let us all honor his legacy by doing our part to serve our country & our community.
December 30, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
I was really hoping we'd have a woman as president before we had one from South Africa, but here we are.
December 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
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December 4, 2024 at 10:46 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
Go Birds 🦅!!!
philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social Philadelphia Eagles @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social · Dec 1
‘Bout to be a fun one in Baltimore 🦅🐦‍⬛

🎨: alexsugar.com | #FlyEaglesFly
December 1, 2024 at 9:41 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
Watching Bad Santa movies and decorating the tree! 🎄🎄
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
Reconnecting with twitter accounts that I liked. Bluesky seems a better platform
November 29, 2024 at 4:35 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
Followers rejoining Bluesky. Because it is better
November 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
We are really looking forward to a relaxing thanksgiving week with family, food, football, movies and great conversations about ???
November 27, 2024 at 1:23 AM
calmmadness1.bsky.social
I’m still having a difficult time reading more than headlines. But have you discovered Wridges on WaPo?
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 AM