Peggy
@pegpetersen.bsky.social
Feminist, old school. Cares about oh so much that you can't really handle it. Yes, my heart is that big. Sometimes I commit a faux pas, but don't really mean it, so let me know and then get over it.
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The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today.
Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.
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Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics
The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today.
Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
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This is the brain drain. Tr*mp is actively making this country so much less than it was just months ago.
He is weaning us on the global stage more and more every day.
He is weaning us on the global stage more and more every day.
“.. a fivefold increase in U.S.-based applicants seeking to relocate to European institutions ..” 🤡
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is the brain drain. Tr*mp is actively making this country so much less than it was just months ago.
He is weaning us on the global stage more and more every day.
He is weaning us on the global stage more and more every day.
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Viktor Orban has made Hungary one of the poorest countries in the EU
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September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Viktor Orban has made Hungary one of the poorest countries in the EU
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Life of a Mythbuster (ScienceUpFirst Version)
We might not be showgirls, but we know misinformation all too well.
Here are the tools you’ll need that never go out of style and be fearless in your myth busting: scienceupfirst.com/misinformati...
#ScienceUpFirst
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We might not be showgirls, but we know misinformation all too well.
Here are the tools you’ll need that never go out of style and be fearless in your myth busting: scienceupfirst.com/misinformati...
#ScienceUpFirst
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August 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Life of a Mythbuster (ScienceUpFirst Version)
We might not be showgirls, but we know misinformation all too well.
Here are the tools you’ll need that never go out of style and be fearless in your myth busting: scienceupfirst.com/misinformati...
#ScienceUpFirst
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We might not be showgirls, but we know misinformation all too well.
Here are the tools you’ll need that never go out of style and be fearless in your myth busting: scienceupfirst.com/misinformati...
#ScienceUpFirst
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🎧 Our reporter @abrahm.bsky.social was on @npr.org's Fresh Air today to talk about how Trump's undermining of science — at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common — is "extraordinarily concerning":
'ProPublica' climate reporter calls Texas floods an 'early warning' of future chaos
Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us.
www.npr.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🎧 Our reporter @abrahm.bsky.social was on @npr.org's Fresh Air today to talk about how Trump's undermining of science — at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common — is "extraordinarily concerning":
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As I told @chantellelee.bsky.social for @time.com, “medical debt does not have meaningful predictive power for people’s creditworthiness. Part of the reason is that medical debt, more than any other form of debt, is the result of bad luck, not bad financial behavior.”
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How to Limit Medical Debt's Impact on Your Credit
A Biden-era rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports will no longer go into effect.
time.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As I told @chantellelee.bsky.social for @time.com, “medical debt does not have meaningful predictive power for people’s creditworthiness. Part of the reason is that medical debt, more than any other form of debt, is the result of bad luck, not bad financial behavior.”
time.com/7302883/medi...
time.com/7302883/medi...
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Tool for local journalists! @climatetrace.org monitors 300 satellites and 30,000 sensors to identify “exactly where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from.” They've begun issuing monthly reports, enabling journalists to track nearby emissions sources and ask officials about the pollution.
Climate TRACE
Climate TRACE makes climate action faster and easier by mobilizing the global tech community to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tool for local journalists! @climatetrace.org monitors 300 satellites and 30,000 sensors to identify “exactly where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from.” They've begun issuing monthly reports, enabling journalists to track nearby emissions sources and ask officials about the pollution.
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“I would be lying if I said I don’t worry. I do. But as I wrote last month: “Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.” — @marcelias.bsky.social (4/5/25). Me too, Marc. In solidarity, LHT
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“I would be lying if I said I don’t worry. I do. But as I wrote last month: “Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.” — @marcelias.bsky.social (4/5/25). Me too, Marc. In solidarity, LHT
This
“Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.”
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This
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political cartoon circa 1908
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
political cartoon circa 1908
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It's weird to have elected leaders who say they want to crash the economy, reinstate segregation, strip human rights and create a perpetual underclass and then have people ask why are they doing this are they bad at economics ?
April 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It's weird to have elected leaders who say they want to crash the economy, reinstate segregation, strip human rights and create a perpetual underclass and then have people ask why are they doing this are they bad at economics ?
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Guardian: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda.
Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda
New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guardian: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda.
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If you’re involved in any of these protests, PLEASE READ THIS! Press releases can change the game especially if they’re done well.
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Want Media at Your Protest? Write a Press Release.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you’re involved in any of these protests, PLEASE READ THIS! Press releases can change the game especially if they’re done well.
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Thought you might love this.
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SAVAGE DAUGHTER | cover by Andra Ariadna
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March 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Thought you might love this.
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So I started a little action today among friends and it seems it may be growing.
My new outrage reaction...
WTFOMGJFC!!!
Then I left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
My new outrage reaction...
WTFOMGJFC!!!
Then I left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
March 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So I started a little action today among friends and it seems it may be growing.
My new outrage reaction...
WTFOMGJFC!!!
Then I left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
My new outrage reaction...
WTFOMGJFC!!!
Then I left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
European leaders quickly pledged their continued support for Ukraine on Friday after President Trump’s blistering criticism of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a meeting at the White House.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
European Leaders Rally Around Zelensky After Explosive Meeting With Trump (Gift Article)
The statements piled up on social media, offering words of encouragement to the Ukrainian leader and his people.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
European leaders quickly pledged their continued support for Ukraine on Friday after President Trump’s blistering criticism of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a meeting at the White House.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
March 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I just left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
+14153980240
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I just left a message at the Ukranian embassy in San Francisco apologizing for the treatment of President Zelensky.
+14153980240
+14153980240
www.project2025.observer
Here's a handy tracker, in case you're interested.
Here's a handy tracker, in case you're interested.
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Here's a handy tracker, in case you're interested.
Here's a handy tracker, in case you're interested.
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This 3-post thread is based on a series of AOC Instagram stories she posted tonight, explaining the importance and value of calling your House Representative and Senators, EVEN/ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.
Please watch and share.
Please watch and share.
February 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This 3-post thread is based on a series of AOC Instagram stories she posted tonight, explaining the importance and value of calling your House Representative and Senators, EVEN/ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.
Please watch and share.
Please watch and share.
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Part 2, in which AOC explains that right-wing voters call their Congressional Representatives ALL THE TIME, and Democrats need to match that energy on a consistent basis.
February 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Part 2, in which AOC explains that right-wing voters call their Congressional Representatives ALL THE TIME, and Democrats need to match that energy on a consistent basis.
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Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
February 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
