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@rivieleigh.bsky.social

Professor of English, Queer, Buddhist, Witch.

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This excuse might have worked for 2016 but not for 2024. They knew and yet, they still voted for all of this.

07.10.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of these pictures shows a violent insurrection.

The other picture is Portland Oregon.

07.10.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 466    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

Think about this: at nearly the same time, Pam Bondi was refusing to answer whether the FBI had images of Trump and young girls obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s safe, and Mike Johnson was refusing to answer when he would swear in Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th vote for the Epstein petition.

07.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3683    πŸ” 1133    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 48
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Brutal.

07.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3633    πŸ” 716    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 19
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This strikes me as pretty bad

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 19147    πŸ” 7966    πŸ’¬ 1866    πŸ“Œ 666
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Thanks, New Yorker

07.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18468    πŸ” 5707    πŸ’¬ 195    πŸ“Œ 179
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This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

07.10.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15007    πŸ” 4770    πŸ’¬ 751    πŸ“Œ 198
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

07.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

07.10.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6248    πŸ” 1401    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 29

After passing $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Mike Johnson now has the gall to say Medicaid is underfunded.

07.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 15
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Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

06.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3514    πŸ” 1219    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 53
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me πŸ‘ŒWe’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me πŸ‘ŒWe’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. Β£325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

06.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15091    πŸ” 5166    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 778
We are in a health care crisis.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren We are in a health care crisis.

We are in a health care crisis.

Democrats want to fix it. Republicans refuse to even talk about it.

07.10.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 549    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 3
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From "war ravaged Portland," we see that an ICE unit was pushed back to its defensive barricade by an elite antifa cosplay unit, led by Frog. After this tactical humiliation, ICE pepper sprayed Frog's air intake, but Frog washed off, suited up and returned to the front lines of battle.

07.10.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back β€œgay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

07.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1315    πŸ” 512    πŸ’¬ 213    πŸ“Œ 118
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Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

07.10.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 23316    πŸ” 5646    πŸ’¬ 574    πŸ“Œ 205
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Impossible to erase reality

06.10.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4
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Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

06.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1624    πŸ” 973    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 48
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Bless Dr. Jane Goodall’s Final Message To Humanity In which she tells us who she'd launch into space.

Please watch her final words to us all. They are beautiful and have given me a grounding sort of hope. Maybe they’ll help you too.

06.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6477    πŸ” 1626    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 69
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families β€” and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

06.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14041    πŸ” 7694    πŸ’¬ 707    πŸ“Œ 460

Buried in the polls, with every American screaming for the Epstein files, the walls are closing in on Tangerine Palpatine.

Sending troops to every city you can in a desperate attempt to make martial law happen is not strength. It’s the last gasp of a dying regime.

07.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10852    πŸ” 2745    πŸ’¬ 428    πŸ“Œ 127

we see cruel, callous treatment of unsheltered people in blue cities across the country, including cambridge and boston.

why?

the democratic party is committed to capitalism, where the threat of homelessness is used to keep workers pacified and productive. this is a system working as intended.

05.10.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

04.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17703    πŸ” 7471    πŸ’¬ 475    πŸ“Œ 309
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More messaging like this please

05.10.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20701    πŸ” 8126    πŸ’¬ 567    πŸ“Œ 303
A watercolor and colored pencil mixed media piece showing a cute little ghost strolling through an autumnal forest, happily carrying a big pumpkin.

A watercolor and colored pencil mixed media piece showing a cute little ghost strolling through an autumnal forest, happily carrying a big pumpkin.

ohh, he found such a nice pumpkin πŸ§‘πŸ‚

#art #cuteart #watercolor

05.10.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 631    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
the book Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, photographed on the beach

the book Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, photographed on the beach

reading this book in october on a beach day in new york city really drives (pun intended) the point of this book home.

congrats @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social !

05.10.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 937    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2
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Pink empress Mantis

05.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4890    πŸ” 629    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 104

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