@franceslouise.bsky.social
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Something to think about.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Something to think about.
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(Sound up 🎶)
🎸 The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade 🐸
🎶 “Ribbit, ribbit, let freedom sing — ain’t nothin’ so strong as a silly thing!” 🎶
#WarRavagedPortland
youtu.be/QGtBfOdnG24
🎸 The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade 🐸
🎶 “Ribbit, ribbit, let freedom sing — ain’t nothin’ so strong as a silly thing!” 🎶
#WarRavagedPortland
youtu.be/QGtBfOdnG24
The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade
YouTube video by Hot Garbage Productions
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October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
(Sound up 🎶)
🎸 The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade 🐸
🎶 “Ribbit, ribbit, let freedom sing — ain’t nothin’ so strong as a silly thing!” 🎶
#WarRavagedPortland
youtu.be/QGtBfOdnG24
🎸 The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade 🐸
🎶 “Ribbit, ribbit, let freedom sing — ain’t nothin’ so strong as a silly thing!” 🎶
#WarRavagedPortland
youtu.be/QGtBfOdnG24
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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This is a beautiful truth.
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is a beautiful truth.
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The most corrupt administration we have ever seen. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The most corrupt administration we have ever seen. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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While 🇺🇸 farms go under…
September 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
While 🇺🇸 farms go under…
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Austin Labor Day: really catchy music and great energy! Really love the vibe!
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Austin Labor Day: really catchy music and great energy! Really love the vibe!
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A comfortable life used to be the American Dream. Not being a financial mogul. Not fighting for the top spot on the food chain. Working to get your share of the pie with the whip cream on top. Grabbing enough food to fill your plate, but leaving plenty on the table for others. Let’s do that again.
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A comfortable life used to be the American Dream. Not being a financial mogul. Not fighting for the top spot on the food chain. Working to get your share of the pie with the whip cream on top. Grabbing enough food to fill your plate, but leaving plenty on the table for others. Let’s do that again.
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A bit of Marcel Proust today on this Sunday: "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
let us try each day to awake and look out into the world and at other human beings with new eyes and with empathy, kindness, and understanding.
let us try each day to awake and look out into the world and at other human beings with new eyes and with empathy, kindness, and understanding.
August 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A bit of Marcel Proust today on this Sunday: "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
let us try each day to awake and look out into the world and at other human beings with new eyes and with empathy, kindness, and understanding.
let us try each day to awake and look out into the world and at other human beings with new eyes and with empathy, kindness, and understanding.
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NEW statement from Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal:
"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."
"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."
July 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
NEW statement from Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal:
"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."
"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."
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Inhumane, degrading, idiotic mass firings of career diplomats is par for the course in Trumpworld
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Veteran U.S. diplomats baffled after mass layoffs at State Department
Current and former foreign service officers gathered outside federal buildings on Friday to "clap out" their colleagues who had been laid off.
www.nbcnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Inhumane, degrading, idiotic mass firings of career diplomats is par for the course in Trumpworld
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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The Financial Times, on Trump's tariffs:
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Financial Times, on Trump's tariffs:
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Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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I used to think of vice signaling as a minor point about political communication. now I wonder if we need to develop it as a core aspect of political theory, at least as far as the Americas are concerned
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I used to think of vice signaling as a minor point about political communication. now I wonder if we need to develop it as a core aspect of political theory, at least as far as the Americas are concerned
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happy bday Canadian-born American writer Saul Bellow, b.1915.
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
“A man is only as good as what he loves.”
“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
“A man is only as good as what he loves.”
“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
happy bday Canadian-born American writer Saul Bellow, b.1915.
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
“A man is only as good as what he loves.”
“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
“A man is only as good as what he loves.”
“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”
I’m realizing that Trump knew as much about our Constitution as he did about “groceries.”
April 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’m realizing that Trump knew as much about our Constitution as he did about “groceries.”
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When stocks go down and bonds go up, that’s normal. When stocks go down and bonds go down, the world has lost confidence in the U.S. and its credit. Trump caused that. The world knows Trump’s an idiot. We can either go down with him or repudiate him. Impeachment is the only way out. Remove Trump.
April 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When stocks go down and bonds go up, that’s normal. When stocks go down and bonds go down, the world has lost confidence in the U.S. and its credit. Trump caused that. The world knows Trump’s an idiot. We can either go down with him or repudiate him. Impeachment is the only way out. Remove Trump.