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@xenalives.bsky.social

Progressive, former dancer, civil rights, and human rights activist. I've been told I don't have a filter, so you know beforehand. I don't tolerate bigots, racists, MAGA cult members, or, in general, horrible human beings. I love humor and sarcasm.

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Latest posts by xenalives.bsky.social on Bluesky

This is an exclusive story from Rolling Stone, but I think you have to have a subscription or access through Apple News or someplace else. Anyway, it's a very interesting and disturbing story that should scare all of us.

"New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch"

07.03.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know David Gilmour once sold his Β£3 million London mansion and donated every penny to a homeless charity called Crisis? He said, "I don't need all this luxury while others are fighting for a roof."
No media catwalk, no rockstar egos-just pure generosity.
He quietly changed lives❀️

06.03.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23388    πŸ” 3792    πŸ’¬ 520    πŸ“Œ 271

Perfect

06.03.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People who say β€œit won’t matter”, or β€œnothing ever changes”, or β€œthere’s nothing I can do” are just looking for an excuse to do nothing.

Don’t be one of those people.

Do something small every day. It might seem insignificant, but it adds up, especially when millions of us are doing small things.

06.03.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 501    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 18
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Reminder: Amazon Blackoutβ€”starting tomorrow.

Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!

06.03.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 18906    πŸ” 7958    πŸ’¬ 1232    πŸ“Œ 573

Thank you! I didn't know about this. I've already canceled one Amazon acct. and my other one is down to only things I can't find within 50 miles or get directly from the product’s website.

06.03.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calls increasing across Europe to cancel all US contracts immediately and oust Star link. The Russia allied Trump government has made the US a national security threat.

05.03.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14531    πŸ” 3555    πŸ’¬ 399    πŸ“Œ 200

The ones that surprised me were CA and NM. The others don't. I was surprised IN wasn't in the bottom 10. I live in IN, and I do not see a lot of brilliance here.

06.03.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.

05.03.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4757    πŸ” 1353    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 92
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β€˜We are not the 51st anything’: viral Canada ad gets Trump-inspired update Remake of 2000 Molson beer ad has the same message as Trump threatens tariffs: Canada will not cower to the US

I love this! Watch both videos. This is the first time I've smiled today.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

06.03.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Paul! Signed!

05.03.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! The best thing that could happen to NATO is for us to leave. And Hungary because they suck too. Next, take the Veto power away from the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council. The world would be a much better place.

04.03.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If it doesn't involve him or his broligarchs, he doesn't care. He and his cabinet are all sociopaths and psychopaths. It’s hard for us to understand the lack of caring or any action because we’re not either of the above.

04.03.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn - Inside Climate News β€œThis case and its outcome should be the concern of every American,” a legal expert says as the Dakota Access Pipeline trial is set to begin.

Pipeline developer Energy Transfer has sued Greenpeace for campaigning against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace is accused of defamation and supporting protestors who damaged the pipeline

The group is actually being sued to bankrupt it and to warn other groups against protesting

04.03.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to watch this if they find a distributor in the U.S.

04.03.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the dance. Accuse an agency of being inefficient or corrupt. Cut employees and needed contracts. Cause it to fail more than kill the whole thing. USAID and CFPB are just the start.

03.03.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1860    πŸ” 648    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 22

Attend but cough through the whole reality show of lies. If the coughing is productive, aim it across the aisle and towards the MAGA cult. Inhale some pepper, so sneezing is involved. Combover Caligula is afraid of germs, so it would be a reason to smile. Yeah, I have a warped sense of humor.

04.03.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Canada and Mexico,

We’re with you.

Sincerely,

Decent Americans

03.03.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5901    πŸ” 1042    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 46

Fuckery

04.03.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too! It's my therapy, the only way to quiet my mind because I have to be so focused. What would we be without this mental health tool?

04.03.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect Our Kids

He worked two jobs, studied every night & got into his dream school. But without his Pell Grant, his dream is over.

Billionaires get tax breaks & he gets nothing.

Call Congress:202-224-3121
Reject Department of Education cuts!
#DontDefundPublicSchools social.demcast.com/s/YVWR6L7i

03.03.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social

We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos

Please share off line as well !!!

03.03.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 34110    πŸ” 10359    πŸ’¬ 1480    πŸ“Œ 465
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A brilliant Banksy.

03.03.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 38977    πŸ” 9946    πŸ’¬ 508    πŸ“Œ 363
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Protect Our Kids

MAGA wants to cut special education, job training, and college aid so the ultra-rich can buy another yacht.
This will hurt millions of kids.
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 & ask them to reject cuts to the Department of Education.
#DontDefundPublicSchools social.demcast.com/s/At3i0b6M

03.03.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump says β€˜no room left’ for deal that avoids tariffs on Mexico and Canada Announcement leads to sharp sell-off on Wall Street as Trump also vows tariffs on farm products starting in April

The only allies we will have left are Autocrats and Dictators. The bad part? The MAGA cult doesn't understand how tariffs work. Ugh! I will read a book for a bit to save my sanity.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.03.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

Today, I took several breaks from genealogy projects to read some news. It gets worse every time I look, and I've only read The Guardian! Someone get the crayons out and draw pictures to explain to the idiot-in-chief why trees are important for sustaining life!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.03.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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UN human rights chief β€˜deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US Volker TΓΌrk alarmed at growing power of β€˜unelected tech oligarchs’ and warns gender equality is being rolled back

Combover Caligula emboldens oppressive governments. It's the MAGA cult that loves the idea of squashing civil and human rights so much they're legislating it and proudly speaking their hate of anyone not white, straight, or Christian out loud.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...

03.03.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump announces Taiwanese chip giant’s $100bn investment in US plants President says TSMC won’t have to pay tariffs and encourages other semiconductor companies to build in US

Another Foxconn scenario? That worked out well for WI. 😠
Does the Trump cult understand that these supposed jobs won't be available for years? No, they don't. It would be great if it worked out, but it's not an instant fix.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

03.03.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word The slur is rooted in the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. Its resurgence threatens the fragile progress we’ve made

If I had used this slur as a kid, my mother would have grounded me for years.
Eugenics is something I suspect Musk is doing in his Frankenstein labs using his sperm. He has another kid to add to the one born about 5 months ago. 14 now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

03.03.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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