VelvetViking
@velvetviking.bsky.social
- American woman
- Human rights
- Science
- Snarky humor
- Reading science fiction and fantasy genres
- Interested in crochet, visible mending, sewing, etc…
- Pets and interesting animals
- Human rights
- Science
- Snarky humor
- Reading science fiction and fantasy genres
- Interested in crochet, visible mending, sewing, etc…
- Pets and interesting animals
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Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
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THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
How do we get law and order back?
🍊💩🤡 did this 🤬
We used to have rights
@aclu.org @tizzyent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/gwyn...
How do we get law and order back?
🍊💩🤡 did this 🤬
We used to have rights
@aclu.org @tizzyent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/gwyn...
June 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
How do we get law and order back?
🍊💩🤡 did this 🤬
We used to have rights
@aclu.org @tizzyent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/gwyn...
How do we get law and order back?
🍊💩🤡 did this 🤬
We used to have rights
@aclu.org @tizzyent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/gwyn...
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🔥 MEMPHIS — A student teaches the “adults in the room” a lesson about taking Elon Musk’s money, as his XAI supercomputer expands without local input… at the expense of community health. #MemphisVsMusk
March 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🔥 MEMPHIS — A student teaches the “adults in the room” a lesson about taking Elon Musk’s money, as his XAI supercomputer expands without local input… at the expense of community health. #MemphisVsMusk
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A brief dispatch the "No Kings in America" demonstration outside St. John's Church, which drew ~500 people to Church Hill to call on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to "stand up for [his] constituents" affected by Trump's Musk-abetted cuts in federal jobs and services.
Youngkin booed, liberty cheered on Church Hill
The Lookout reports on the "No Kings in America" protest at St. John's "Liberty or Death" reenactment
www.chlookout.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A brief dispatch the "No Kings in America" demonstration outside St. John's Church, which drew ~500 people to Church Hill to call on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to "stand up for [his] constituents" affected by Trump's Musk-abetted cuts in federal jobs and services.
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March 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"FEMA resumes door-to-door visits in North Carolina after threats tied to disinformation" spread by right-wing militia.
Maybe wait until Congressional hearings before pointing fingers? "Federal funding... is about $9 billion of a $110 billion package approved in Dec."
www.kake.com/helene-congr...
Maybe wait until Congressional hearings before pointing fingers? "Federal funding... is about $9 billion of a $110 billion package approved in Dec."
www.kake.com/helene-congr...
March 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"FEMA resumes door-to-door visits in North Carolina after threats tied to disinformation" spread by right-wing militia.
Maybe wait until Congressional hearings before pointing fingers? "Federal funding... is about $9 billion of a $110 billion package approved in Dec."
www.kake.com/helene-congr...
Maybe wait until Congressional hearings before pointing fingers? "Federal funding... is about $9 billion of a $110 billion package approved in Dec."
www.kake.com/helene-congr...
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Crowd is growing at @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Crowd is growing at @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Not the Enola [redacted] and [redacted] Talese, who wrote for the army newspaper in the 1950s
Some photos were "flagged for removal simply because their file included the word 'gay,' including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II" apnews.com/article/dei-...
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Not the Enola [redacted] and [redacted] Talese, who wrote for the army newspaper in the 1950s
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While it's fun to watch Tesla stock take a nose dive, keep in mind that Elon doesn't give a shit. He's about to make billions in government contracts and kickbacks.
March 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
While it's fun to watch Tesla stock take a nose dive, keep in mind that Elon doesn't give a shit. He's about to make billions in government contracts and kickbacks.
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Heavy question.
How do you live with yourself when your government is committing a genocide?
The answer made me cry. It's hard to know everything is wrong when it appears you're doing everything right.
But I dried my tears and tried my best to do good today.
Hotline list in comments 🫶🏻
How do you live with yourself when your government is committing a genocide?
The answer made me cry. It's hard to know everything is wrong when it appears you're doing everything right.
But I dried my tears and tried my best to do good today.
Hotline list in comments 🫶🏻
March 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Heavy question.
How do you live with yourself when your government is committing a genocide?
The answer made me cry. It's hard to know everything is wrong when it appears you're doing everything right.
But I dried my tears and tried my best to do good today.
Hotline list in comments 🫶🏻
How do you live with yourself when your government is committing a genocide?
The answer made me cry. It's hard to know everything is wrong when it appears you're doing everything right.
But I dried my tears and tried my best to do good today.
Hotline list in comments 🫶🏻
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Trump’s “detention camps” are concentration camps and his “mass deportations” are ethnic cleansing. Stop using the language of the perpetrator and say it how it really is. Speak truth with your chest. #3E #EndAutogenocide #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy
March 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump’s “detention camps” are concentration camps and his “mass deportations” are ethnic cleansing. Stop using the language of the perpetrator and say it how it really is. Speak truth with your chest. #3E #EndAutogenocide #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy
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You mean the same DOGE that has access to the entirety of Social Security & Treasury? Those guys we were told are cyber geniuses?
The folks whose emails are in the wild?
Those people?
The folks whose emails are in the wild?
Those people?
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You mean the same DOGE that has access to the entirety of Social Security & Treasury? Those guys we were told are cyber geniuses?
The folks whose emails are in the wild?
Those people?
The folks whose emails are in the wild?
Those people?
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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Not anymore
ahahaha ahahaha...help
Who's there?
Not anymore
ahahaha ahahaha...help
March 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Not anymore
ahahaha ahahaha...help
Who's there?
Not anymore
ahahaha ahahaha...help
These are the voices we need in our government.
Impeachment Announced by Congressman Al Green:
Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere (MLK). Injustice in Gaza is a Threat to Justice in America. Watch Rep. Green's floor speech online: youtu.be/N2xG1K0izqs?...
Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere (MLK). Injustice in Gaza is a Threat to Justice in America. Watch Rep. Green's floor speech online: youtu.be/N2xG1K0izqs?...
Impeachment Announced by Rep. Al Green: Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere (MLK).
YouTube video by Rep. Al Green
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
These are the voices we need in our government.
I really like Walz, I wonder who would be the best candidates for 2028?
In a new interview, Gov. Tim Walz said he would "certainly consider" running for president in 2028 and accused President Donald Trump of “building an authoritarian government.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he would ‘certainly consider’ running for president in 2028
In an interview with the New Yorker magazine, the second-term DFL governor also accused President Donald Trump of “building an authoritarian government.”
www.startribune.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I really like Walz, I wonder who would be the best candidates for 2028?
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Right up the road from me. This hospital has historically been plagued with staff shortages. And the local health care system is already overburdened. This could create a crisis.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Short-staffed Navy hospital in Washington moves more than 700 patients off base for medical care
The internal medicine clinic at the Navy’s third largest base in the United States is now staffed with one doctor for 2,200 patients, forcing officials to move one-third of the backlog of cases to med...
www.stripes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Right up the road from me. This hospital has historically been plagued with staff shortages. And the local health care system is already overburdened. This could create a crisis.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
Can America give him the boot, too?
Canadian friends, let me help you pimp this gift out. 🇨🇦
www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/petitio...
www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/petitio...
February 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Can America give him the boot, too?
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President Trump says he wants to make IVF more accessible, but his administration’s other actions are putting reproductive freedom at risk.
8,000 pregnant women may die in just 90 days because of US aid cuts
Trump says he wants to make IVF more accessible, but his administration’s other actions are putting reproductive freedom at risk.
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
President Trump says he wants to make IVF more accessible, but his administration’s other actions are putting reproductive freedom at risk.