Courtney B
@courtneyandthedogs.bsky.social
Digital Marketer + Dog Mom to a golden retrievers and part time Dog Walker
I don’t actually know if this counts as fetch since he spends 90% of the time just lying down. 🤷♀️ But my golden retriever is a stickler for this routine!
July 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I don’t actually know if this counts as fetch since he spends 90% of the time just lying down. 🤷♀️ But my golden retriever is a stickler for this routine!
The cure for a hot summer day is a kiddie pool for my golden retriever. What are your favorite things to do with your dog in summer?
July 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The cure for a hot summer day is a kiddie pool for my golden retriever. What are your favorite things to do with your dog in summer?
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The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
nyer.cm
July 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
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Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in t
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
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Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
June 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
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The EPA has dropped a legal case against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor, over its misuse of harmful chemicals in an ICE facility.
“This is a complete surrender,” said an attorney who worked at the EPA for almost 40 years.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
“This is a complete surrender,” said an attorney who worked at the EPA for almost 40 years.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
EPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility
A complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 and 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The EPA has dropped a legal case against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor, over its misuse of harmful chemicals in an ICE facility.
“This is a complete surrender,” said an attorney who worked at the EPA for almost 40 years.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
“This is a complete surrender,” said an attorney who worked at the EPA for almost 40 years.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
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New TV + digital ad just dropped featuring La Luchadora, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez.
"I need a partner who will take on Trump and fight alongside me. Zohran represents a bright future for our city."
"I need a partner who will take on Trump and fight alongside me. Zohran represents a bright future for our city."
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New TV + digital ad just dropped featuring La Luchadora, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez.
"I need a partner who will take on Trump and fight alongside me. Zohran represents a bright future for our city."
"I need a partner who will take on Trump and fight alongside me. Zohran represents a bright future for our city."
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#ICYMI: Tear gas is particularly painful when it gets on your skin or in your eyes. Doctors have advised protesters not to wear contact lenses.
The chemical agent can also cause long-term harm by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
(Published 2020)
The chemical agent can also cause long-term harm by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
(Published 2020)
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and…
www.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#ICYMI: Tear gas is particularly painful when it gets on your skin or in your eyes. Doctors have advised protesters not to wear contact lenses.
The chemical agent can also cause long-term harm by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
(Published 2020)
The chemical agent can also cause long-term harm by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
(Published 2020)
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shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"
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Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
May 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
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this is legitimately evil
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
this is legitimately evil
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
April 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
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Two of the companies that DOGE staffer Gavin Kliger is invested in — Apple and Tesla — are on the CFPB’s list of prohibited holdings.
The other two aren’t on the list but are nevertheless barred under agency guidance.
The other two aren’t on the list but are nevertheless barred under agency guidance.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Two of the companies that DOGE staffer Gavin Kliger is invested in — Apple and Tesla — are on the CFPB’s list of prohibited holdings.
The other two aren’t on the list but are nevertheless barred under agency guidance.
The other two aren’t on the list but are nevertheless barred under agency guidance.
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“They put poison in the food, it makes us sick.“
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“They put poison in the food, it makes us sick.“
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
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I’m going to pull my teeth out if the left tears itself apart over whether Pete or AOC would be a better candidate while Trump dismantles every single check on his power.
Let’s have the debate while deep down adoring both of them as insanely smart, principled politicians that we are lucky to have.
Let’s have the debate while deep down adoring both of them as insanely smart, principled politicians that we are lucky to have.
April 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’m going to pull my teeth out if the left tears itself apart over whether Pete or AOC would be a better candidate while Trump dismantles every single check on his power.
Let’s have the debate while deep down adoring both of them as insanely smart, principled politicians that we are lucky to have.
Let’s have the debate while deep down adoring both of them as insanely smart, principled politicians that we are lucky to have.
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process.
Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process.
Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
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The oligarch playbook
"It's like being on the helicopter out of Saigon...You're either on the helicopter or you're not, & if you're not, you’re screwed"
After @profgalloway.com's spot-on prediction, @karaswisher.bsky.social breaks down what the exemption really means for Apple and, & why others are not out of the woods.
After @profgalloway.com's spot-on prediction, @karaswisher.bsky.social breaks down what the exemption really means for Apple and, & why others are not out of the woods.
April 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The oligarch playbook
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Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS…
www.propublica.org
April 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
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“Exclusively to Twitter” - just makes open corruption and conflicts of interest with the Trump administration and Musk.
What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.
What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“Exclusively to Twitter” - just makes open corruption and conflicts of interest with the Trump administration and Musk.
What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.
What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.
I am glad I never changed my last name after getting married. My husband didn’t care. His family sure did. But now that changing your last name could mean creating a new hurdle for married women to vote, I’m especially glad I didn’t.
April 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I am glad I never changed my last name after getting married. My husband didn’t care. His family sure did. But now that changing your last name could mean creating a new hurdle for married women to vote, I’m especially glad I didn’t.
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Brazil: Indigenous people demand rights protection
The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.
www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.
www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
Brazil: Indigenous people demand rights protection – DW – 04/11/2025
The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.
www.dw.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Brazil: Indigenous people demand rights protection
The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.
www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.
www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...