@tomboom.bsky.social
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
07.04.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 42557 ๐ 12716 ๐ฌ 511 ๐ 289When the law is ignored, and the bullies run amok, we are no longer bound to be either nice or convenient. It's time to make #goodtrouble.
06.04.2025 05:55 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
The GOP has been told not to host in-person town hallsโwhat are they so afraid of? Hearing from their own constituents? Meanwhile, leaders like Tim Walz are stepping up. Heโs hosting a town hall in Iowa, not even in his own district, making sure Americansโ voices are heard.
13.03.2025 13:53 โ ๐ 13256 ๐ 2024 ๐ฌ 274 ๐ 80Unpopular opinion: hope is real and it can fuel actions that make a difference
Three hopeful actions for today -
๐จHelp people know their rights to stop ICE abuses
๐จCall your reps, give them specific demands
๐จTake a break for yourself: recharge, rest, recreate so you can fight again tomorrow
You are an artist regardless of skill.
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A tweet from the user "Mr. Newberger" reads: "TRUMP: I am going to tariff France until they start eating croissants. FRANCE: Okay Monsieur Trump, we will eat zee croissants. ELON: Donald Trump is getting things done! MAGA: Trump wins again!"
Pretty much how they spin it!
04.02.2025 22:30 โ ๐ 6539 ๐ 811 ๐ฌ 124 ๐ 28A screenshot of two tweets. The first tweet is from Rick Wilson. It reads: "The executive order creating DOGE specifically said unclassified systems only". The second tweet is from Angry Staffer. It reads: "Why does DOGE need access to classified material? And who is reading them into these programs?"
They have already blown past their own authority. The courts must enjoin them now.
04.02.2025 23:30 โ ๐ 6291 ๐ 1199 ๐ฌ 183 ๐ 28Never understood those additions, unleash the chaos ๐ค ๐คฃ๐
01.02.2025 14:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
01.02.2025 01:14 โ ๐ 12201 ๐ 5470 ๐ฌ 726 ๐ 1023.gov source for those trying to find more details
www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
[ID: A graphic with an irrational cube illustration in red and the following text in black: The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract. (the following sentence is in red text) If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated. (in small print below: Inspired by โTolerance is not a moral preceptโ by Yonatan Zunger) /id]
17.01.2025 19:16 โ ๐ 77 ๐ 29 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1A graphic from Courier Newsroom with text reading, "The richest person on Earth will have an office inside the Trump White House, all while maintaining his ownership and direction of companies with billions of dollars in federal contracts." Below the text, Elon Musk sits on a chair between two flags, one American and the other representing a government seal, against a dark, smoky background.
I didnโt vote for this. None of us did.
17.01.2025 20:23 โ ๐ 8475 ๐ 1594 ๐ฌ 588 ๐ 137This is what makes Bluesky an appealing platform for communication. ๐๐ฅ
19.11.2024 14:01 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Onion bought Infowars in bankruptcy and the universe feels like it came back into a bit of alignment.
14.11.2024 15:13 โ ๐ 2848 ๐ 201 ๐ฌ 55 ๐ 15A social post from @mherlihy0816 that says: Them: Are you going to be part of the problem or part of the solu- Me: Oh problem, definitely Them: That wasn't...it was a rhetorica Me: I have some ideas on how to make the problem even funnier than it is
๐ต It's me. Hi, I'm the problem, it's me. ๐ต
13.11.2024 19:00 โ ๐ 1315 ๐ 123 ๐ฌ 30 ๐ 10Screenshot of PayPal's Terms of Service update, outlining their "personalized shopping" feature where they allow themselves the right to give info about you to other companies
PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start:
go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
Screenshot of a social post by '@ipodmacbook' on the social platform 'X' that says: 'one thing thatโs not a spoiler I will say is no matter how many previews you see of dune 2, austin butler is somehow balder than that in the movie. youโd think thereโd be a limit on how bald you can possibly be but somehow heโs more bald than that'
The bald and the beautiful.
05.03.2024 15:03 โ ๐ 94 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2The shift back towards some of what Twitter used to be has me optimistic about this platform's potential
08.02.2024 12:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sometimes when Iโm having a particularly lousy day, I say โComputer, end program.โ You know, just in case.
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