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erik-in-seattle.bsky.social
Oh great. More “winning”. I wonder what it’ll take for red states to get sick of sky this winning…

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Dow falls nearly 900 points and Nasdaq dives 4% as stock selloff gathers steam — NBC News
President Donald Trump, when asked about the possibility of a recession, said the economy was going through “a period of transition.”
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March 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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From the law community on Reddit: Illinious Gov JB Pritzker "My oath is to the constitution, We do not have kings in America, and I dont intend to bend the knee to one"
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February 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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From the economicCollapse community on Reddit: Trumps Economy
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February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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From the economicCollapse community on Reddit: Governor of Illinois - ''What comes next?''
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February 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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From the economicCollapse community on Reddit: Read it again. And again.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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We tried to tell you…

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Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
erik-in-seattle.bsky.social
Likewise. The article is poignant but neglects to mention Meta’s specifically codified policy citing the LGBTQ+ community, notably that it’s totally acceptable to call gay people mentally ill. The only ill thing here is how sickening ZuckB’s sycophancy has become.

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From the technology community on Reddit: I'm quitting Instagram. You should too | Mark Zuckerberg's horrible changes for Instagram — and Facebook — have become untenable, writes Lennon Torres.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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We must know history to avoid repeating it.

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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
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January 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
erik-in-seattle.bsky.social
FWIW, the blatant attack on the LGBTQ community was my “last straw” reason for quitting Facebook and all Meta platforms. If I worked at Meta, I would have resigned.
jasonkoebler.bsky.social Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jan 9
From an internal thread about the change:
One reply to the thread reads “I wish I could resign in protest, but I’ve already resigned.” Other comments include: “I find it very hard to understand how explicitly carving out which groups of marginalized people can have what we otherwise classify hate speech directed at them will be beneficial for the communities we hope to build on our platforms.” “This change is unacceptable on all levels.” “Someone went into this policy and not only removed protection, they actually *doubled down* and made it explicitly okay. Absolutely wild.” “I had to reread the policy language many times to believe what I was seeing—a very clear statement that we’re okay with people attacking others based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. I cannot begin to fathom why we think this is acceptable or helpful to our community and our company’s mission. I’ve never felt so strongly that we’re on the wrong side of history. This is going to cause so much harm. Please reconsider this change.” “When I first joined this company, people would criticize me for working here all the time. I defended y’all time and time again, always anchoring that in the end we do try our best even if it doesn’t work out sometimes - but this? appalling.” “I think it’s clear that the policy team is not open to any feedback here and is committed to an ideological project that sacrifices some of our communities in order to achieve their goal,” one employee wrote. “Just call me a tranny and close the discussion here. At least it would be honest.”
January 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM