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· Nov 25
How to have hope for American democracy | Sharon McMahon | TEDxBillings
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
She makes a strong case for keeping a perspective that includes hope, and how it is done. youtu.be/wEC7M1k9DBY?...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
She was a fairy... 🧚 Spinning through life like it's a water ballet. 🩰
Spinning is a natural behavior that helps clean their fur and dislodge trapped air or food. Otters rely on pristine fur for insulation in chilly waters. 🦦
#seaotter #otter #shewasafairy
Spinning is a natural behavior that helps clean their fur and dislodge trapped air or food. Otters rely on pristine fur for insulation in chilly waters. 🦦
#seaotter #otter #shewasafairy
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, producing enough food to feed 400 million people. Trump will hand Ukraine to Putin, and Trump's trade war w/Mexico and Canada could conceivably make us dependent on Putin-controlled Ukraine food production. Especially after he deports migrant ag workers.
November 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, producing enough food to feed 400 million people. Trump will hand Ukraine to Putin, and Trump's trade war w/Mexico and Canada could conceivably make us dependent on Putin-controlled Ukraine food production. Especially after he deports migrant ag workers.
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“Several current federal employees told CNN they’re afraid their lives will be forever changed – including physically threatened – as Musk makes behind-the-scenes bureaucrats into personal targets.”
www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business
When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...
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November 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
“Several current federal employees told CNN they’re afraid their lives will be forever changed – including physically threatened – as Musk makes behind-the-scenes bureaucrats into personal targets.”
www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
Hmmm. I don't think they have given a thought to who is going to do the work that immigrants do for the pay they are getting. Are their kids gonna pick up those jobs at the current wage rate? 😆 Or will they do without a LOT of things they are used to having? 🙄 We are about to see.
With its $11 billion Operation Lone Star enforcement effort along the border, Texas aims to be both the model and epicenter as the next Trump administration cracks down on immigration, by @mollyhf.bsky.social & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social wapo.st/3Zezars
Texas is gearing up in a big way for Trump’s mass deportation campaign
The state’s Republican leaders say they’re primed for Texas to be both the model and epicenter as the incoming administration cracks down on immigration.
wapo.st
November 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Hmmm. I don't think they have given a thought to who is going to do the work that immigrants do for the pay they are getting. Are their kids gonna pick up those jobs at the current wage rate? 😆 Or will they do without a LOT of things they are used to having? 🙄 We are about to see.
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For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles…
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November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Appropriately thank a Trump voter for this, and for the tariffs that will strain our houshold budgets for the next 4 years.
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Appropriately thank a Trump voter for this, and for the tariffs that will strain our houshold budgets for the next 4 years.
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This will be common in our new era. Republicans fail at governing and they will attempt to hide their failure by ending the gathering of data.
Republicans in states with extreme abortion bans are now trying to cover up the DEATHS of women that died because of their extreme abortion bans.
November 22, 2024 at 10:41 PM
This will be common in our new era. Republicans fail at governing and they will attempt to hide their failure by ending the gathering of data.
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Remember when, the Trump Administration caved to Big Pharma and broke their promise to enable Medicare drug negotiations?
Do not forget it was President Biden and Democrats in Congress who actually got this done!
Do not forget it was President Biden and Democrats in Congress who actually got this done!
November 26, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Remember when, the Trump Administration caved to Big Pharma and broke their promise to enable Medicare drug negotiations?
Do not forget it was President Biden and Democrats in Congress who actually got this done!
Do not forget it was President Biden and Democrats in Congress who actually got this done!
She makes a strong case for keeping a perspective that includes hope, and how it is done. youtu.be/wEC7M1k9DBY?...
How to have hope for American democracy | Sharon McMahon | TEDxBillings
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
She makes a strong case for keeping a perspective that includes hope, and how it is done. youtu.be/wEC7M1k9DBY?...
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Huzzah! Another million users added! 🦋 🥂
November 24, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Huzzah! Another million users added! 🦋 🥂
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Hitler held power for 13 years.
Stalin held power for 29 years.
Mao held power for 33 years.
The Kims......still counting.
Putin......still counting.
The "these next four years" comments are just precious. Just bless your heart.
Stalin held power for 29 years.
Mao held power for 33 years.
The Kims......still counting.
Putin......still counting.
The "these next four years" comments are just precious. Just bless your heart.
November 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Hitler held power for 13 years.
Stalin held power for 29 years.
Mao held power for 33 years.
The Kims......still counting.
Putin......still counting.
The "these next four years" comments are just precious. Just bless your heart.
Stalin held power for 29 years.
Mao held power for 33 years.
The Kims......still counting.
Putin......still counting.
The "these next four years" comments are just precious. Just bless your heart.
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people who have never experienced open racism — or open bigotry of any sort — do not appreciate the way it can be psychologically destabilizing. and on the main, it actually isn’t healthy to be so resilient and thick-skinned that you don’t react to slurs and dehumanization
November 21, 2024 at 5:17 PM
people who have never experienced open racism — or open bigotry of any sort — do not appreciate the way it can be psychologically destabilizing. and on the main, it actually isn’t healthy to be so resilient and thick-skinned that you don’t react to slurs and dehumanization
A must read for everyone who said the candidate of their choice wasn't connected to this document which mentioned his name hundreds of times.
Trump Picks Key Figure in Project 2025 for Powerful Budget Role
Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
nyti.ms/497Vsjd
Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
(gift link)
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
nyti.ms/497Vsjd
Trump Picks Russell Vought, Key Figure in Project 2025, to Lead OMB
Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2024 at 5:16 AM
A must read for everyone who said the candidate of their choice wasn't connected to this document which mentioned his name hundreds of times.
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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MAGA when they get screwed by TFG
November 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
MAGA when they get screwed by TFG
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Mass deportation confirmed.
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Mass deportation confirmed.
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November 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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It is sickening to see this in my country.
Authoritarians want you to betray each other but they also encourage you to betray yourself through an inner moral collapse- you give up your agency and let the leader "fix it," and you disregard your moral compass.
November 17, 2024 at 9:20 PM
It is sickening to see this in my country.