Persimmon
@cpep.bsky.social
kindness makes me cry
@cpep@mstdn.science (mastodon) She/Her or They/Them My fuking choice.
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No one should be targeted personally by the most powerful man in the world. Even MTG.
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
No one should be targeted personally by the most powerful man in the world. Even MTG.
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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Yeah, no. This needs to be a big Nah, Dawg from the Governor, the Attorney General, and Department of Corrections.
Tina Peters violated STATE laws, she was tried and sentenced in STATE court, she is serving STATE time. And serving it here.
Gift link.
Tina Peters violated STATE laws, she was tried and sentenced in STATE court, she is serving STATE time. And serving it here.
Gift link.
Trump officials seek to transfer Tina Peters from Colorado prison to federal custody
The request comes after President Trump has repeatedly called for Peters, a prominent supporter of his false stolen election conspiracies from 2020, to be released from her nine-year sentence.
www.denverpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yeah, no. This needs to be a big Nah, Dawg from the Governor, the Attorney General, and Department of Corrections.
Tina Peters violated STATE laws, she was tried and sentenced in STATE court, she is serving STATE time. And serving it here.
Gift link.
Tina Peters violated STATE laws, she was tried and sentenced in STATE court, she is serving STATE time. And serving it here.
Gift link.
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Here’s a Look at What the FBI’s Epstein Files Would Reveal
An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows the FBI is withholding bank & phone records, photos, comms w/foreign govt agencies & other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows the FBI is withholding bank & phone records, photos, comms w/foreign govt agencies & other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here’s a Look at What the FBI’s Epstein Files Would Reveal
An index from an eight-year-old FOIA lawsuit shows that the bureau is withholding bank and phone records, photographs, communications with foreign government agencies and other revealing material rela...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here’s a Look at What the FBI’s Epstein Files Would Reveal
An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows the FBI is withholding bank & phone records, photos, comms w/foreign govt agencies & other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows the FBI is withholding bank & phone records, photos, comms w/foreign govt agencies & other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
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Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
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Ghislaine Maxwell is a child rapist who assaulted girls as young as 14. And she is getting special favors in federal prison, including room service and use of a private office.
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is a child rapist who assaulted girls as young as 14. And she is getting special favors in federal prison, including room service and use of a private office.
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Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
thecut.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
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There’s going to be an explosion of gambling related bankruptcies over the next decade.
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
thecut.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There’s going to be an explosion of gambling related bankruptcies over the next decade.
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Oh no not actual art getting pulled into Bluesky’s content moderation rules. What a shame. You should still click through because everything @agotoronto.bsky.social is doing right now is 🔥🔥🔥
Someone needs to give the @agotoronto.bsky.social curators a raise. Everything on display right now is amazing, a thread 🧵
First, Jesse Mockrin. Wow. No words.
First, Jesse Mockrin. Wow. No words.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh no not actual art getting pulled into Bluesky’s content moderation rules. What a shame. You should still click through because everything @agotoronto.bsky.social is doing right now is 🔥🔥🔥
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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This is embarrassing from Google.
The Nat’l Cancer Institute (part of #NIH) is being torn down from inside, in part by fools who think AI can entirely replace human cancer scientists.
And Google is buying ads that don’t mention the destruction?
That’s cowardice, Google newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
The Nat’l Cancer Institute (part of #NIH) is being torn down from inside, in part by fools who think AI can entirely replace human cancer scientists.
And Google is buying ads that don’t mention the destruction?
That’s cowardice, Google newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is embarrassing from Google.
The Nat’l Cancer Institute (part of #NIH) is being torn down from inside, in part by fools who think AI can entirely replace human cancer scientists.
And Google is buying ads that don’t mention the destruction?
That’s cowardice, Google newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
The Nat’l Cancer Institute (part of #NIH) is being torn down from inside, in part by fools who think AI can entirely replace human cancer scientists.
And Google is buying ads that don’t mention the destruction?
That’s cowardice, Google newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
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on.ft.com/4r1367H Trump’s $1bn BBC threat isn’t about the law — it’s political theatre
Trump’s $1bn BBC threat isn’t about the law — it’s political theatre
Opting for Florida’s courts as the battlefield, not the UK, is key to understanding the entire gambit
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
on.ft.com/4r1367H Trump’s $1bn BBC threat isn’t about the law — it’s political theatre
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The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
Will Trump’s Georgia Criminal Case Move Forward? What To Know As New Prosecutor Appointed
The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
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OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
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This made me wonder about the etymology of quack.
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This made me wonder about the etymology of quack.
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
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“The exhibition that opens on April 1 intentionally includes perspectives that were suppressed for centuries, including those of Indigenous and Black people. It is scheduled during the 250th anniversary of the founding of the country.“
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“The exhibition that opens on April 1 intentionally includes perspectives that were suppressed for centuries, including those of Indigenous and Black people. It is scheduled during the 250th anniversary of the founding of the country.“
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Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States over the last two decades has only been getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Trump and the global rise of fascist anti-psychiatry
Trump is using psychiatry to cut care, expand policing and turn public despair into political control.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States over the last two decades has only been getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...