@lfarrell.bsky.social
Professional, wife, mother, veteran, progressive. Lover of ttrpgs, scifi, fantasy and all things nerd. Hiking in the woods of MD and copper fire painting are the best (but so is painting 3d printed minis)
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FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
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Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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I want Senator Cassidy, a medical doctor. To stand before the American people. Tell them he knowingly confirmed someone who denies science and proven vaccines. And then tell them. He has no problem with children in the US dying from horrible, preventable diseases.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I want Senator Cassidy, a medical doctor. To stand before the American people. Tell them he knowingly confirmed someone who denies science and proven vaccines. And then tell them. He has no problem with children in the US dying from horrible, preventable diseases.
3am Blue Sky has a very different energy than full sun BlueSky. I really rather enjoy it. What a fascinating neolithic pics of hunting dogs. (Properly hunting antelope or sheep, not innocent yard possums, I add with a grumpy look at my two happy beasts)
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
3am Blue Sky has a very different energy than full sun BlueSky. I really rather enjoy it. What a fascinating neolithic pics of hunting dogs. (Properly hunting antelope or sheep, not innocent yard possums, I add with a grumpy look at my two happy beasts)
Just a delightful thread. My favorite is the little smiley guy on the bottom left. Mostly. The one on the middle right gives a sort of 6-legged demonic chicken energy that's hard to beat.
These #worms fell down from the sky, maybe, in 1672 Europe, and lived for another couple of days. However fantastic the #earlymodern story of the falling "Würmer" is, I do like the alien-freakish styled insects a lot. Zoom in and choose your favorite:
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just a delightful thread. My favorite is the little smiley guy on the bottom left. Mostly. The one on the middle right gives a sort of 6-legged demonic chicken energy that's hard to beat.
Well. That was a bit exciting. Woke up with nightmares and woke Molly and Brie. They asked to go out, so out they went. I saw a blur and off they went, barking their obnoxious heads off at not even 3am. I thought it was a rabbit--they're everywhere lately. /1
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Well. That was a bit exciting. Woke up with nightmares and woke Molly and Brie. They asked to go out, so out they went. I saw a blur and off they went, barking their obnoxious heads off at not even 3am. I thought it was a rabbit--they're everywhere lately. /1
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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A photo from West Point.
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A photo from West Point.
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Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
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"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The White House’s celebration of the weak job market makes no sense
Job growth in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term is on pace to be the worst since the Great Recession. So why is his team bragging?
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Tell me again how it’s not a war on women. I’d gut every single one of them like the jellyfish they are.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tell me again how it’s not a war on women. I’d gut every single one of them like the jellyfish they are.
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Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
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I feel a baaaad moooon arising
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I feel a baaaad moooon arising
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But Silicon Valley executives get hearings, PR statements, and another quarter of profits. Kids were the product. Safety was the afterthought. Accountability is long overdue.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
But Silicon Valley executives get hearings, PR statements, and another quarter of profits. Kids were the product. Safety was the afterthought. Accountability is long overdue.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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“Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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More remarkable findings by a federal judge about the lack of credibility of members of the current administration.....
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
More remarkable findings by a federal judge about the lack of credibility of members of the current administration.....
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DHS claimed that agents were forced to use riot munitions to disperse an "unruly mob" on September 19.
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
![For example, Defendants directed the Court to two videos of agents outside the Broadview facility the evening of September 19, 2025. Doc. 232 at 1. In those videos, agents stand behind a fence preparing to leave the facility’s gates and disperse what Defendants described as an unruly mob. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H. The scene appears quiet as the gate opens, revealing a line of protesters standing in the street holding signs. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J at 1:30; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 1:45. Almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls at the protesters, stating, “fuck yea!”, as they do so, and the crowd scatters. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB474J at 1:30–6:30; Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 1:45–3:20. This video disproves Defendants’ contentions that protesters were the ones shooting off fireworks, refusing orders, and acting violently so as to justify the agents’ use of force. [FN 7] See Doc. 172-8 (CBP use of force report for evening of September 19, 2025);
[FN 7]: 7 In one of the videos, someone throws a projectile back at agents, which one individual tells agents another person did to protect the crowd from the agents’ use of force. Axon Body 3 Video 2025-09-19 2045 X60AB375H at 4:00–5:00. This is also mentioned in the use of force report, although it is reported that the crowd threw “dangerous objects” at agents “[w]ithout provocation.” Doc. 172-8 at 19, 21. The BWC footage disproves the representation that the crowd threw objects “without provocation,” and the fact that protestors threw objects at agents after they deployed force cannot be used as justification for the use of force that preceded it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreig4qz3vzcukthnaqgcwjwjbhibbdires2m3cwnw4q6mbzsu57fyza@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
DHS claimed that agents were forced to use riot munitions to disperse an "unruly mob" on September 19.
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
In fact, "the scene [was] quiet," and then "almost immediately and without warning, agents lob flashbang grenades, tear gas, and pepper balls, stating 'fuck yea!' as they do so."
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“Gutting nursing as a ‘professional degree’ isn’t just an insult to those who kept this country alive — it’s a financial ambush. Nursing students could lose loan forgiveness and face massive new debt. Trumpworld attacks workers; everyone else pays the price.”
www.statesman.com/news/article...
www.statesman.com/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Gutting nursing as a ‘professional degree’ isn’t just an insult to those who kept this country alive — it’s a financial ambush. Nursing students could lose loan forgiveness and face massive new debt. Trumpworld attacks workers; everyone else pays the price.”
www.statesman.com/news/article...
www.statesman.com/news/article...
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To members of the US Military.
Following illegal orders is punishable by capital punishment.
Every member of the Trump Regime & GOP are guilty of aiding & abetting sedition.
It’s automatic & requires a super majority to reinstate them. Which they don’t have.
Ignore them. They have no authority.
Following illegal orders is punishable by capital punishment.
Every member of the Trump Regime & GOP are guilty of aiding & abetting sedition.
It’s automatic & requires a super majority to reinstate them. Which they don’t have.
Ignore them. They have no authority.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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There’s bad, and then there’s worse:
“The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds.“
“The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds.“
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
There’s bad, and then there’s worse:
“The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds.“
“The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds.“