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Eileen Patterson
@vigilantera.bsky.social
110 followers 100 following 49 posts
Job: data accountability
Talent: connecting the dots
Enjoys: people (especially Nerdfighters)
Curiosities: wealth capping, sociocracy, sortition, deconstruction, flow state
Weaknesses: anxiously attached, spicy when hungry, listen to Limp Bizkit
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Eileen Patterson @vigilantera.bsky.social · Jan 8
“Kindness is none of those things, and so kindness is never confused with weakness. The only source of that idea is bad writing. (‘Don’t mistake my tolerance for weakness’ would be good writing.)

Kindness is a warrior. It inspires. It conveys strength. That is not an opinion—that is the data.”
vigilantera.bsky.social
*somatic practice intensifies*
#tacticaldrills #cryinthewoods Deconstruction (integration of parts) includes processing emotional data (enduring whole wavelengths of rage - heartbreak - terror) to build the emotional resilience needed to build community. #dontjustagonizeorganize #standupforscience
March 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The Trump DOJ has issued a memo back in February declaring that their number one top priority is immigration enforcement, above everything else. Fentanyl trafficking and other drug offenses are no longer listed as a priority for the DOJ. Neither is terrorism.

Feeling safer yet?
Memorandum for all Department Employees Subject: General Policy Regarding Charging, Plea Negotiations, and Sentencing Page 3 IV. Investigative And Charging Priorities The Nation faces historic threats from widespread illegal immigration, dangerous cartels, transnational organized crime, gangs, human trafficking and smuggling, fentanyl and opioids, violence against law enforcement, terrorism, hostile nation states, and other sources. This section describes the Department's priorities and guidance in addressing these threats, including by revising previous priorities to make additional resources available. Further detailed guidance regarding these priorities, and others, will follow. Immigration Enforcement. The Department of Justice shall use all available criminal statutes to combat the flood of illegal immigration that took place over the last four years, and to continue to support the Department of Homeland Security's immigration and removal initiatives.
March 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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sharonjohnston.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
vigilantera.bsky.social
#jointaddress #aoc #live #tonight
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 4
I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
March 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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aroostookdemocrats.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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reallyamerican.bsky.social
BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds.

This is incredible.
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
vigilantera.bsky.social
@shanebperry.bsky.social fellow Maine veteran and parent here ☺️ got here from your comment and am now a follower - have a great weekend!
a red white and blue button that says i 'm a maine voter
ALT: a red white and blue button that says i 'm a maine voter
media.tenor.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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mainepublic.org
Proclaiming his administration as "federal law," the president demanded that Maine comply with his executive order banning transgender women from participating in women and girls' sports.

www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
Trump, Mills clash over president's threat to withhold state education funding at White House event
Proclaiming his administration as "federal law," the president demanded that Maine comply with his executive order banning transgender women from participating in women and girls' sports. Mills told t...
www.mainepublic.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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drharmony.net
He is threatening the Governor of Maine....
Silence = Compliance

You are either with us or against us, there is no more neutral. #revolution2025

Help me make this viral and let us recruit more #resisters to help us fight Tyranny!!!

linktr.ee/revolution2025
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
vigilantera.bsky.social
#mepol #thewaylifeshouldbe #ilovemaine #thatsmygov #seeyouincourt #protecttranskids #factsnotfeelings
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#tgif #hashtag #leaveamemeinthecomments
Screenshot of article with headline: in heated exchange over trans rights, Maine governor tells President Trump: “See you in court”
February 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
I tend to have pretty good timing. For example, I started getting therapy like four weeks ago.
January 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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glennkirschner.bsky.social
Trump's DOJ Dismisses Documents Case Against Trump's Former Co-Defendants Thereby Protecting Trump!
youtu.be/Rh2TjIrJ3Sg?...
Trump's DOJ Dismisses Documents Case Against Trump's Former Co-Defendants Thereby Protection Trump!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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January 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
Mr. Zuckerberg was amenable. He signaled to Mr. Miller and his colleagues, including other senior Trump advisers, that he would do nothing to obstruct the Trump agenda, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation. Mr. Zuckerberg said he would instead focus solely on building tech products. Mr. Zuckerberg blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for Facebook’s culture, according to one of the people with knowledge of the meeting. He said new guidelines and a series of layoffs amounted to a reset and that more changes were coming.
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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redditspaceviewes.bsky.social
The Heart Nebula

Credit: /NASA
January 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The knee bending to Trump from prominent media bosses continues.

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justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Jan 17
CNN head honcho Mark Thompson called up Jim Acosta -- who occasionally gets better ratings than the network's nightly hosts -- and asked him to move over to the midnight to 2 AM shift, which is the graveyard for cable.

@oliverdarcy.bsky.social with the scoop!

www.status.news/p/jim-acosta...
Early Wednesday evening, shortly before I published news of CNN's looming lineup changes, Jim Acosta received a peculiar telephone call from CNN chief Mark Thompson. Thompson, I'm told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am ET. The offer caught Acosta off guard. He had no reason to believe that his current show would be on the chopping block. In fact, his ratings have historically been some of the network's strongest, both when he was anchoring on the weekends and now at 10am during the weekdays. On some days, Acosta even out-rates some of CNN’s prime time programs. So why force him to move his show to the 12am hour, a time slot occupied by virtually zero other hosts in the cable news business? The move would effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television news. He'd be manning down a shift when much of the country is fast asleep and viewership is at its lowest. The proposal from Thompson comes as the CNN boss works to reshape the network’s entire dayside lineup. Most notably, Thompson is moving Wolf Blitzer to the mornings, as we first reported. Since Blitzer will now host an additional hour of television with Pamela Brown, Thompson needs to find 60 minutes in the morning lineup to saw off for the new anchoring duo. Relocating Acosta to the wee hours of the morning would conveniently do just that. Of course, it’s impossible to ignore the obvious: Sidelining Acosta would also work to curry favor with Donald Trump, who very much despises the CNN anchor. As one media executive I spoke to Thursday night candidly assessed to me, "They want to get rid of Acosta to throw a bone to Trump. Midnight is not a serious offer when his ratings are among the best on the network."
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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drharmony.net
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January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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January 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
vigilantera.bsky.social
The gvt is arguing right now that CRP data collection is a national security risk... Uh. Shein? WeChat? lol Like #tiktok is the only CRP-owned app that's collecting mass data on Americans? Also, there's no way the majority of these justices even understand what's being argued.
Supreme Court hears arguments over the fate of TikTok
Listen to live coverage as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok's appeal to block enforcement of a federal law that would require the app to shut down in the United States. TikTok says it ...
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
vigilantera.bsky.social
#tiktokban #scotus Listen live!
www.nbcnews.com/video/listen...
Supreme Court hears arguments over the fate of TikTok
Listen to live coverage as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok's appeal to block enforcement of a federal law that would require the app to shut down in the United States. TikTok says it ...
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
We won’t get this right this time either but the trick is to just bounce the second it starts to go sour. Zero “we can make our corner nice” thinking. Always someplace new to post
davidgerard.co.uk your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Jan 10
bsky is in the same position as tumblr - we know precisely what sort of assholes run it, but they're so absentee the inmates have the run of the place for now

this is absolutely not sustainable, but it sure is fun before the iceberg hits
January 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM