Laura Porter
@octopusgardener.bsky.social
ESOL Educator & Instructional coach, mother, feminist, advocate for social justice, democracy & the planet
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My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
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“Don’t give up the ship.
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Don’t give up the ship.
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
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my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
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Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
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FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
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October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...
The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It
Going into 2026 and 2028 it’s time for — essential for —...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...
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I cannot overemphasize how life changing and generational changing this policy decision will be.
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I cannot overemphasize how life changing and generational changing this policy decision will be.
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This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org
FECOHP – Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project
www.fecohp.org
August 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org
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Meet The Black Lawmakers Whose Careers Were Ignited By The Charleston Mother Emanuel Church Mass Shooting ten years ago tomorrow talkingpointsmemo.com/news/generat...
Generation Emanuel: Meet The Black Lawmakers Whose Careers Were Ignited By The Charleston Shooting
Reverend Clementa Pinckney knew the Bible from back to front. But according...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Meet The Black Lawmakers Whose Careers Were Ignited By The Charleston Mother Emanuel Church Mass Shooting ten years ago tomorrow talkingpointsmemo.com/news/generat...
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Who else nearly fell out of the seat when you heard Cosplay Kristi accuse Sen. Padilla of “political theater”?
June 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Who else nearly fell out of the seat when you heard Cosplay Kristi accuse Sen. Padilla of “political theater”?
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NEW: Is your personal data being weaponized against you when you shop?
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains the shady corporate tactic known as “surveillance pricing.”
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains the shady corporate tactic known as “surveillance pricing.”
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks
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June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: Is your personal data being weaponized against you when you shop?
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains the shady corporate tactic known as “surveillance pricing.”
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains the shady corporate tactic known as “surveillance pricing.”
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The band is Los Jornaleros del Norte (yes, they are actually day laborers)!
I’d recognize their cool truck anywhere — they drove ahead of the ICE Out of CA march in Sac last December.
Highly recommend listening to their albums and/or blasting them at your local actions: losjornalerosdelnorte.com
I’d recognize their cool truck anywhere — they drove ahead of the ICE Out of CA march in Sac last December.
Highly recommend listening to their albums and/or blasting them at your local actions: losjornalerosdelnorte.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The band is Los Jornaleros del Norte (yes, they are actually day laborers)!
I’d recognize their cool truck anywhere — they drove ahead of the ICE Out of CA march in Sac last December.
Highly recommend listening to their albums and/or blasting them at your local actions: losjornalerosdelnorte.com
I’d recognize their cool truck anywhere — they drove ahead of the ICE Out of CA march in Sac last December.
Highly recommend listening to their albums and/or blasting them at your local actions: losjornalerosdelnorte.com
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere…”
- Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr
THE SACAJAWEA EXPEDITION
💯🎯
- Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr
THE SACAJAWEA EXPEDITION
💯🎯
May 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere…”
- Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr
THE SACAJAWEA EXPEDITION
💯🎯
- Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr
THE SACAJAWEA EXPEDITION
💯🎯
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Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church
Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church
YouTube video by VanTidesDIY
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April 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church
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The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
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North Carolina - Check to see if you are on the thegriffinlist.com
For everyone in NC who has ever ordered from me, I looked for you and didn't your full name, or your last name matching the zip code you provided to me (except one last name starting with G). Go look for your friends and family!
For everyone in NC who has ever ordered from me, I looked for you and didn't your full name, or your last name matching the zip code you provided to me (except one last name starting with G). Go look for your friends and family!
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
North Carolina - Check to see if you are on the thegriffinlist.com
For everyone in NC who has ever ordered from me, I looked for you and didn't your full name, or your last name matching the zip code you provided to me (except one last name starting with G). Go look for your friends and family!
For everyone in NC who has ever ordered from me, I looked for you and didn't your full name, or your last name matching the zip code you provided to me (except one last name starting with G). Go look for your friends and family!
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Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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A legend.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A legend.
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
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Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.
New online by @josephamccartin.bsky.social:
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
New online by @josephamccartin.bsky.social:
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Will Federal Workers Rediscover Their Militancy? - Dissent Magazine
Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.
www.dissentmagazine.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.
New online by @josephamccartin.bsky.social:
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
New online by @josephamccartin.bsky.social:
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...