Nicola
@nicohug.bsky.social
I’m a lurker. Used to go to Twitter for thoughts and news, but prefer the sky here. LFG
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Am I understanding this correctly? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend wants to eliminate mail-in voting because an enemy of the United States and a violent dictator who is on his own fifth Presidential term is for some reason very invested in American elections
August 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Am I understanding this correctly? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend wants to eliminate mail-in voting because an enemy of the United States and a violent dictator who is on his own fifth Presidential term is for some reason very invested in American elections
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Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
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“Are you abandoning your jobs?”
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Are you abandoning your jobs?”
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
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We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
Texas: Your vote matters—and so does your map. And right now, power-hungry politicians are trying to gerrymander it to silence your voices. Join @redistrictfdn.bsky.social for a virtual event to learn how redistricting shapes your vote—and how you can take action. 🔗 www.mobilize.us/allontheline...
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
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Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
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It’s insane that we live in a country where folks can walk around in the street with an AR-15.
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s insane that we live in a country where folks can walk around in the street with an AR-15.
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You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
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We need to normalize that it’s not “politicizing” when people die due to political decisions. Especially when there are warnings of the consequences when the decisions are made.
July 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We need to normalize that it’s not “politicizing” when people die due to political decisions. Especially when there are warnings of the consequences when the decisions are made.
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Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
July 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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How come after all her lamenting that she hadn't read the bill before she voted for it, Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to vote for it again?
And how come no one is asking her about that?
And how come no one is asking her about that?
July 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
How come after all her lamenting that she hadn't read the bill before she voted for it, Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to vote for it again?
And how come no one is asking her about that?
And how come no one is asking her about that?
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We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
Now let’s do Texas!
June 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Now let’s do Texas!
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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NY would not have a competitive primary without a system publicly financing candidates.
Without that system, Cuomo & his oligarchs woulda faced no strong opposition.
It's why oligarchs hate such systems & why other cities/states should adopt them.
MasterPlanPodcast.com
Without that system, Cuomo & his oligarchs woulda faced no strong opposition.
It's why oligarchs hate such systems & why other cities/states should adopt them.
MasterPlanPodcast.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NY would not have a competitive primary without a system publicly financing candidates.
Without that system, Cuomo & his oligarchs woulda faced no strong opposition.
It's why oligarchs hate such systems & why other cities/states should adopt them.
MasterPlanPodcast.com
Without that system, Cuomo & his oligarchs woulda faced no strong opposition.
It's why oligarchs hate such systems & why other cities/states should adopt them.
MasterPlanPodcast.com