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Vera B
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Mother, Grandmother, and retired nurse. Living the good life in Cape Breton.
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Vera B @verabeaton.bsky.social · Dec 1
Hi, nice to get a follow or a follow back from people here on Bluesky, having a network allows me to get a lot of different views. That being said, I do not respond to DMs until I become more familiar with the people on a social media site. Please don't DM me unless we know each other. Thanks.
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Former US military lawyers speak out:

"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."

Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

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• If the U.S. military operation to interdict and destroy suspected narcotraFicking vessels is a “non-international armed conflict,” as the Trump Administration suggests, orders to “kill everybody,” which can reasonably be regarded as an order to give “no quarter,” and to “double-tap” a target in order to kill survivors, are clearly illegal under international law. In short, they are war crimes. • If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder. Highlighted sentence at the end of the document reads: Again, the bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are “patently illegal,” anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
😕
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
This was an IQ test.
A tweet from “Catturd @catturd2” says: “😂😂😂 we warned you.” Below is a tweet from “Polymarket @Polymarket” reading: “BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.” (Timestamp: November 19, 2025.) (Note: Arabic numerals refers to the standard digits 0–9.)
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Trump doesn’t give a crap about the health and safety of the National Guard. It’s a photo op for a man addicted to power and chaos.
June 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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malcolmnance.bsky.social
LA PROTESTERS: How to annoy ICE, cops, Guardsmen & Marines “patrolling” the streets?

Blast “IN THE NAVY”, follow & dance party around them with BIG Pride flags, glitter bomb them & shout “Happy Pride Month”.

Believe me, the ridicule they’ll get will make them LOATHE being in LA.
#NotJoking
a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
ALT: a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
media.tenor.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
ICE isn’t rounding up migrants at Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ meatpacking plants. They're provoking riots in Los Angeles.

I wonder, is this provocation laying the groundwork for a pretext to declare martial law?

And then I remember all those many tanks shipped to DC, the home of so many protests.
June 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.”

(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.

Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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thatopinionatedgal.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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anniefortruth1.bsky.social
😂
May 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
They just… blocked me. Like I’m some kind of annoyance, rather than the iconoclastic and fascinating truth-teller which I know myself to be.
www.thebeaverton.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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papootx.bsky.social
Scientists from the University of Zurich set loose an army of AI bots -

on the popular Reddit forum r/changemyview — where nearly 4 million users congregate to debate contentious topics.

Studying if tech could be used to influence public opinion.

Answer: Yes

www.livescience.com/technology/a...
AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users to see if they could change their minds — and the results are creepy
University of Zurich researchers secretly unleashed an army of manipulative chatbots on the r/changemyview subreddit — and they were more persuasive than humans at getting people to change their minds...
www.livescience.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
verabeaton.bsky.social
Credit: Theo Moudakis
May 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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aprildryan.bsky.social
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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erinblondeau.bsky.social
Wow, absolutely wild.

Thanks for this great reporting @jenstden.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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rickylongthread.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
verabeaton.bsky.social
Jeremy MacKenzie and his comrades from Second Sons, the white supremacy group
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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marklittle.bsky.social
“The arrests will continue. The memes will continue.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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theonion.com
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Tulsi Gabbard (R-Moscow): "I'm just as concerned about #SignalGate as you are, Senator. President Putin isn't going to pay me for information readily available on group chats for free."
March 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Boycott any company that sponsors. Let make sure it’s just Balance of nature, my pillow and relief factor and whatever else Foxnews one
March 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Can’t make this up.
A tweet from "Covie" (@covie_93) that reads: "Speaker Mike Johnson from the great state of 'Louisnana' wants to get rid of the Department of Education." Below the tweet is an image of a large blue curtain featuring an emblem with a pelican and the words "SUPREME COURT" and "CONFIDENCE." The word "LOUISNANA" is prominently misspelled instead of "LOUISIANA." The mistake is highlighted with a red circle. In the foreground, three judges in black robes are seated at a table.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social
Media: Why are you not allowing any media access during the election campaign?

Pierre: How many?

Media: What?

Pierre: I repeat. How many?

Media: Hunh?

Pierre: Precisely my point.

Media: What are you even talking about right now?

Pierre: Stop attacking me!

Media:

Pierre: *eats apple loudly*
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Judge: This action is blatantly unconstitutional

DoJ: Which part?

Judge: All of it!

DoJ: No I mean which part of the constitution does it violate?

Judge: ALL OF IT
CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Defendants' actions taken to shut down USAID on an accelerated basis, including its apparent decision to permanently close USAID headquarters without the approval of a duly appointed USAID Officer, likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways, and that these actions harmed not only Plaintiffs, but also the public interest, because they deprived the public's elected representatives in Congress of their constitutional authority to decide whether, when, and how to close down an agency created by Congress. Accordingly, the Motion for a Preliminary Injunction will be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The Motion will be granted in that the Court will issue the accompanying Preliminary Injunction. The Motion will be otherwise denied. A separate Order shall issue. Date: March 18, 2025 THEODORE D. CHUANG United States District Judge
March 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM