✨️Lunae🌒🌕🌘
@kaelypso.bsky.social
[they/she] 🏳️🌈 pansexual polyamourous polytheist pagan AuDHD witch 💫 fuck fascists ☠️ may you have the day you deserve 😘
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⚡️UK and Germany to sign historic mutual defense pact amid Russian aggression, Bloomberg reports.
The agreement reflects growing concerns across Europe over Russian military aggression and doubts about U.S. commitment to NATO under President Donald Trump.
The agreement reflects growing concerns across Europe over Russian military aggression and doubts about U.S. commitment to NATO under President Donald Trump.
UK and Germany to sign historic mutual defense pact amid Russian aggression, Bloomberg reports
The agreement, described by Bloomberg as part of a broader reset in ties, reflects growing concerns across Europe over Russian military aggression and doubts about U.S. commitment to NATO under Presid...
kyivindependent.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
⚡️UK and Germany to sign historic mutual defense pact amid Russian aggression, Bloomberg reports.
The agreement reflects growing concerns across Europe over Russian military aggression and doubts about U.S. commitment to NATO under President Donald Trump.
The agreement reflects growing concerns across Europe over Russian military aggression and doubts about U.S. commitment to NATO under President Donald Trump.
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Solzhenitsyn wrote repeatedly about the use of mosquito torture in early Soviet concentration camp detention on the Solovetsky Islands. If you use the same nasty ingredients, you're going to bake the same cake.
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water
Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Solzhenitsyn wrote repeatedly about the use of mosquito torture in early Soviet concentration camp detention on the Solovetsky Islands. If you use the same nasty ingredients, you're going to bake the same cake.
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NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
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Good morning bright eyes.
Paracantha genera, a tephritid fruit fly. The larvae live inside sunflowers and adults hang around. From the Pollinator Garden just now.
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Paracantha genera, a tephritid fruit fly. The larvae live inside sunflowers and adults hang around. From the Pollinator Garden just now.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good morning bright eyes.
Paracantha genera, a tephritid fruit fly. The larvae live inside sunflowers and adults hang around. From the Pollinator Garden just now.
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Paracantha genera, a tephritid fruit fly. The larvae live inside sunflowers and adults hang around. From the Pollinator Garden just now.
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So they took away state Medicaid expansion and replaced it with state concentration camp expansion.
Awful: Stephen Miller is urging red states to build their own versions of "Alligator Alcatraz." And guess what: Buried in the budget bill is funding that states can try to tap for exactly that.
This could become a route to MAGA glory for young GOPers. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1978...
This could become a route to MAGA glory for young GOPers. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1978...
The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA
Sunshine State Attorney General James Uthmeier is the real brains behind this notorious migrant detention camp in the Everglades. The more barbarities that emerge, the brighter his star will no doubt ...
newrepublic.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So they took away state Medicaid expansion and replaced it with state concentration camp expansion.
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Omfg shut up. My parents live in that neighborhood, they voted for Mamdani and their view at night is filled with empty dark apartments owned as investments by those with properties elsewhere, these are not concerns of “residents” they are issues for financial holding companies
Across various private New York Facebook groups viewed by CNN – such as those for residents of the Upper East Side – some users have anonymously discussed potential plans to move out of the city following Zohran Mamdani’s primary win. cnn.it/3IpkOjr
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Omfg shut up. My parents live in that neighborhood, they voted for Mamdani and their view at night is filled with empty dark apartments owned as investments by those with properties elsewhere, these are not concerns of “residents” they are issues for financial holding companies
💛🤍💜🖤 Happy International Non-binary People's Day!
My first realizing that actually applies to me, rather than being just a queer ally 😅
Eternally grateful for my fellow enby fiancé @maxxmorningstar.bsky.social, who has taught me to give myself the same freedoms & grace that I grant to others 😘
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My first realizing that actually applies to me, rather than being just a queer ally 😅
Eternally grateful for my fellow enby fiancé @maxxmorningstar.bsky.social, who has taught me to give myself the same freedoms & grace that I grant to others 😘
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a man says things like beauty and gender in front of books
Alt: Alok Vaid-Menon says "Things like beauty and gender actually are infinite"
media.tenor.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
💛🤍💜🖤 Happy International Non-binary People's Day!
My first realizing that actually applies to me, rather than being just a queer ally 😅
Eternally grateful for my fellow enby fiancé @maxxmorningstar.bsky.social, who has taught me to give myself the same freedoms & grace that I grant to others 😘
🦄✨️🌙
My first realizing that actually applies to me, rather than being just a queer ally 😅
Eternally grateful for my fellow enby fiancé @maxxmorningstar.bsky.social, who has taught me to give myself the same freedoms & grace that I grant to others 😘
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The Republican Party elected officials have grown very accustomed to simply overriding election results they don’t agree with.
Missouri just doesn't care what its voters want.
Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.
apnews.com/article/paid...
Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.
apnews.com/article/paid...
Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a repeal of a law guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Republican Party elected officials have grown very accustomed to simply overriding election results they don’t agree with.
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there it is: we must protect our pedos to maintain control of the country.
July 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
there it is: we must protect our pedos to maintain control of the country.
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🚨 DON’T LOOK AWAY 🚨
U.S. Professor KIDNAPPED and DISAPPEARED by ICE!
He still remains detained.
Yesterday a California Faculty Association union leader, Professor Jonathan Caravello, was dragged away by four masked ICE agents while lawfully observing a raid.
This is NOT normal.
U.S. Professor KIDNAPPED and DISAPPEARED by ICE!
He still remains detained.
Yesterday a California Faculty Association union leader, Professor Jonathan Caravello, was dragged away by four masked ICE agents while lawfully observing a raid.
This is NOT normal.
July 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🚨 DON’T LOOK AWAY 🚨
U.S. Professor KIDNAPPED and DISAPPEARED by ICE!
He still remains detained.
Yesterday a California Faculty Association union leader, Professor Jonathan Caravello, was dragged away by four masked ICE agents while lawfully observing a raid.
This is NOT normal.
U.S. Professor KIDNAPPED and DISAPPEARED by ICE!
He still remains detained.
Yesterday a California Faculty Association union leader, Professor Jonathan Caravello, was dragged away by four masked ICE agents while lawfully observing a raid.
This is NOT normal.
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“Dr. Caravello, a beloved faculty member at CSU, should be home with his loved ones. Instead, he was brutally attacked, dragged away, and his whereabouts are unknown. We join his colleagues and loved ones in grave concern for his health and well-being." - SEIU Local 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz
July 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Dr. Caravello, a beloved faculty member at CSU, should be home with his loved ones. Instead, he was brutally attacked, dragged away, and his whereabouts are unknown. We join his colleagues and loved ones in grave concern for his health and well-being." - SEIU Local 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz
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Okay right I am in a cafe feeding both of us so let’s talk about this. It’s one of those things where it almost seems reasonable, at first: why *shouldn’t* breastfeeding be discreet? Let’s unpack that because it’s not actually reasonable.
I am going to wake up and drink my coffee and run my errands and then I am going to give you all a talk about this specific strain of misogyny because wow it is pervasive
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Okay right I am in a cafe feeding both of us so let’s talk about this. It’s one of those things where it almost seems reasonable, at first: why *shouldn’t* breastfeeding be discreet? Let’s unpack that because it’s not actually reasonable.
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www.npr.org/2025/07/10/n...
Kerr County's funding application was turned down by Texas officials in charge of administering the federal FEMA funds.
Kerr County looked into a Texas state grant program for flood projects, but gave up when they learned it would cover only a small portion of the cost.
Kerr County's funding application was turned down by Texas officials in charge of administering the federal FEMA funds.
Kerr County looked into a Texas state grant program for flood projects, but gave up when they learned it would cover only a small portion of the cost.
Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting even harder
Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump administration, that kind of funding is drying up.
www.npr.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
www.npr.org/2025/07/10/n...
Kerr County's funding application was turned down by Texas officials in charge of administering the federal FEMA funds.
Kerr County looked into a Texas state grant program for flood projects, but gave up when they learned it would cover only a small portion of the cost.
Kerr County's funding application was turned down by Texas officials in charge of administering the federal FEMA funds.
Kerr County looked into a Texas state grant program for flood projects, but gave up when they learned it would cover only a small portion of the cost.
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BREAKING: Emails given to Congress by DOJ whistleblower reveal new details about the Abrego Garcia fiasco. They show how Trump officials searched for ways to paint him as a dangerous criminal and gang "leader" and couldn't find any. But smears continued.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case
Newly released communications show the lengths the Trump administration went to in order to label Kilmar Abrego Garcia an MS-13 leader.
newrepublic.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
BREAKING: Emails given to Congress by DOJ whistleblower reveal new details about the Abrego Garcia fiasco. They show how Trump officials searched for ways to paint him as a dangerous criminal and gang "leader" and couldn't find any. But smears continued.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
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I’ve said it dozens of times before and I’ll say it again:
92% of Medicaid beneficiaries are working or would be exempt. The people they’re depicting are figments of their imagination, meant to undercut support for the safety net as the racist “welfare queen” tropes did.
92% of Medicaid beneficiaries are working or would be exempt. The people they’re depicting are figments of their imagination, meant to undercut support for the safety net as the racist “welfare queen” tropes did.
Steve Scalise: "Disabled people will get better Medicaid under this bill because all of the fully able-bodied -- the 35-year-old guy sitting at home playing video games in his mom's basement -- he's gonna have to go work. And so he will not be crowding out disabled people in Medicaid."
July 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’ve said it dozens of times before and I’ll say it again:
92% of Medicaid beneficiaries are working or would be exempt. The people they’re depicting are figments of their imagination, meant to undercut support for the safety net as the racist “welfare queen” tropes did.
92% of Medicaid beneficiaries are working or would be exempt. The people they’re depicting are figments of their imagination, meant to undercut support for the safety net as the racist “welfare queen” tropes did.
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Harvard has removed the websites for the Harvard women's center and office for BGLTQ+ life. These absolute cowards waited till summer when students are gone and now won't say if they're dismantling these offices entirely.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge | News | The Harvard Crimson
The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fan...
www.thecrimson.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Harvard has removed the websites for the Harvard women's center and office for BGLTQ+ life. These absolute cowards waited till summer when students are gone and now won't say if they're dismantling these offices entirely.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
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Stop pretending. The so-called ICE agents creeping around LA aren’t chasing violent criminals.
If you don’t see the racial profiling, you’re either in denial or fine with it. And since they’re incognito, no one can give a straight answer on how we’re supposed to know they’re even legit.
If you don’t see the racial profiling, you’re either in denial or fine with it. And since they’re incognito, no one can give a straight answer on how we’re supposed to know they’re even legit.
July 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Stop pretending. The so-called ICE agents creeping around LA aren’t chasing violent criminals.
If you don’t see the racial profiling, you’re either in denial or fine with it. And since they’re incognito, no one can give a straight answer on how we’re supposed to know they’re even legit.
If you don’t see the racial profiling, you’re either in denial or fine with it. And since they’re incognito, no one can give a straight answer on how we’re supposed to know they’re even legit.
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"There was a boy who entered the [off-limits] zone. He didn't do anything. [Other soldiers] claimed to have seen him standing and talking to people. That's it — they dropped a grenade from a drone."
![In several cases, S. said, Israeli troops deliberately targeted children. "There was a boy who entered the [off-limits] zone. He didn't do anything. [Other soldiers] claimed to have seen him standing and talking to people. That's it — they dropped a grenade from a drone." In another incident, he said, soldiers tried to kill a child riding a bicycle a great distance away from them.
"In most cases, there was nothing you could tell yourself," S. continued. "There was no way to complete the sentence, 'We killed them because...'"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfsefp5skxsk2s53jz55juv2/bafkreie5ole3i5bsitrph4ejvdqdtdngf2hzrsobbqhprdmmqpkxhacmlu@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"There was a boy who entered the [off-limits] zone. He didn't do anything. [Other soldiers] claimed to have seen him standing and talking to people. That's it — they dropped a grenade from a drone."
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H/T @sharonk.bsky.social: Republicans decided to keep the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people in the bill as well as the legal characterization of "male" and "female."
June 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
H/T @sharonk.bsky.social: Republicans decided to keep the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people in the bill as well as the legal characterization of "male" and "female."
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New-to-me nugget on work requirements implementation in here:
Pinging Equifax's The Work Number — which states are likely to rely on to get recent-enough employment data — "sometimes costs over $20 per person per query"
Pinging Equifax's The Work Number — which states are likely to rely on to get recent-enough employment data — "sometimes costs over $20 per person per query"
How Medicaid Work Requirements Betray Work and Waste Money
I Oversaw Work Requirements in Michigan - Here is What I Told Congress
donmoynihan.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New-to-me nugget on work requirements implementation in here:
Pinging Equifax's The Work Number — which states are likely to rely on to get recent-enough employment data — "sometimes costs over $20 per person per query"
Pinging Equifax's The Work Number — which states are likely to rely on to get recent-enough employment data — "sometimes costs over $20 per person per query"
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I’ve heard Mamdani give versions of this line before but it’s worth repeating that his winning strategy was talking to actual human beings who might vote for him, versus some mythical voter democrats are trying to swing from the right who does not exist.
June 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’ve heard Mamdani give versions of this line before but it’s worth repeating that his winning strategy was talking to actual human beings who might vote for him, versus some mythical voter democrats are trying to swing from the right who does not exist.
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Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
Zohran Mamdani Says He’s a Democratic Socialist. What Does That Mean?
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...