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@auntscilly.bsky.social

Retired old lefty in Boston: geek, member Arisia Corp., aunt, cats, organic urban gardener, ADHD, queer, she/they. Friend to trans folx. If you have an empty profile or no posts and follow me, I will block you. If you chat me up, I will block you.

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Every Monday at 4 p.m., protesters greet the Nazis as they leave the office at the Heritage Foundation.

The authors of Project 2025 have their headquarters at 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE.

28.07.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2657    πŸ” 1513    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 262

I should have referenced Trump rather than Epstein, but they’re all sexual abusers.

31.07.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The imbalance of power between Clinton and the intern made consent impossible. He was no better than Epstein. The trappings were just different.

31.07.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

30.07.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7253    πŸ” 2911    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 299
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We’re already talking, posting, and so on about it. I’d wonder what took that acquaintance so long to wake up!

31.07.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

30.07.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16576    πŸ” 5431    πŸ’¬ 413    πŸ“Œ 337

People need to wake up and stay woke(n) up!

31.07.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Motherfucking wind farms…

30.07.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 46168    πŸ” 17413    πŸ’¬ 1151    πŸ“Œ 2315

What a great idea!

31.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŸ₯ BREAKING: Here Are the 17 Democratic Senators Who Just Voted to FULLY FUND the Genocide While Palestinian children starve and bleed, these 17 Senate Democrats voted to keep sending offensive weapons to Israel β€” with no conditions, no accountability, and no shame.

πŸŸ₯ BREAKING: Here Are the 17 Democratic Senators Who Just Voted to FULLY FUND the Genocide
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...

31.07.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fear of ICE keeping people away from filing for unemployment?

24.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand, they’re getting their research grants back, which will benefit their students.

24.07.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursueβ€”if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb newrepublic.com/article/1982... via @newrepublic.com

24.07.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One almost could feel sorry for him.

15.06.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/team...

15.06.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

To whom, and why? Not challenging, just curious.

15.06.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.

β€œIn the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.” https://trib.al/TrxOMjl

14.06.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 18
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Americans will feel impact of immigration enforcement on farms, union president warns Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields

Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields.

13.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1978    πŸ” 782    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 72

What a surprise. Trump's people lied through their teeth and deported people who were not convicted of any crime.

11.06.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's being punished for telling the truth.

11.06.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury over Low Arrestsβ€”and Hands Dems a Weapon Hitting Miller’s new deportation quotas could mean fewer resources to fight child trafficking, terrorism, and other crimes. Do Americans really want that?

Trump’s twisted ideological obsession with deporting momsβ€”and other unauthorized immigrants who have committed no serious crimesβ€”is detracting from the fight against transnational gangs, drug trafficking, and child exploitation. https://trib.al/iwRCLo0

10.06.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5
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Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury Over Low Arrestsβ€”and Hands Dems a Weapon Hitting Miller’s new deportation quotas could mean fewer resources to fight child trafficking, terrorism, and other crimes. Do Americans really want that?

Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury Over Low Arrestsβ€”and Hands Dems a Weapon newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com

10.06.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good. Boot 'em out!

08.06.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She has phone only.

08.06.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend discovered her language on BlueSky switched to Dutch or some such. How can she switch it back to English?

08.06.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV πŸ“Ί

03.06.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23695    πŸ” 9565    πŸ’¬ 848    πŸ“Œ 1339

Holy crap! The incompetence!

03.06.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll bet it was woman who figured it out, and they even wouldn’t put her name on the paper.

27.05.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re in cahoots with him?

27.05.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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