Agrajag
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Agrajag
@simsco.bsky.social
Just a fan of fiber arts, tea, and that quiet corner of the bookshop with a comfy chair. Ordinary private citizen who is currently VERY PISSED OFF because a certain Orange Toddler and Spacey Nazi are really fucking with my republic.
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Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Portnoy asking better questions than most
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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New book by RFK Jr, a sequel to his first book, The Very Hungry Brain Caterpillar.
February 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I almost bought a book on Amazon today, but then I went to eBay and got it slightly used for half the price. Boycotting Amazon is fun AND easy.
February 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Oliver Darcy has some very good points here
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.

It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.

Now is the time for us to be strong.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Happening in #Michigan on major highways - find your local DEM & SWIM groups for deets.

@Jules-28.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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We need to tax them until they bleed
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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🎯
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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“Typically as you move further from tragedy, it grows further from the mind, but I’m encouraged people still care and people continue to come out and show support...Ahmaud’s life still means something to people.”

www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
Hundreds run 2.23 miles on Beltline five years after Ahmaud Arbery’s murder
When news of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing spread nationwide, J.R. Hughes, a member of the South Fulton Running Partners, decided to run 2.23 miles in May 2020 with 10 others in solidarity.
www.ajc.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Let’s see all those hands raised, high! 🤚

Support. Our. Veterans. Always. ✨
February 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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February 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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New York City
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Drained, Chester sat down and waited for the police to arrive. Staring at Alan’s still-warm body laying among the empty shells, he felt no remorse. There were two sacred rules. You didn’t touch another man’s wife, or another man’s nuts. His ears perked up as the sound of sirens rose in the distance.
February 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."

The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Peter Hotez. I've had conversations with Hotez. Not only is he a brilliant man, but also a very kind human being.

houston.innovationmap.com/peter-hotez-...
Houston Nobel Prize nominee earns latest award for public health research
Hotez and his team were selected to receive $500,000 from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to help fund The Texas Virosphere Project.
houston.innovationmap.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM