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John Wilson

@desertedge.bsky.social

I spent a quarter century teaching people about the environment and then I retired. Dogs, plants, ecosystems, cheeses, some whisky, some whiskey, electric cars.

628 Followers  |  87 Following  |  1,296 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  2.2011

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50501movement

13.10.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1408    πŸ” 595    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 33
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This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more.

The government gave her nothing.

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🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

12.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 23355    πŸ” 9429    πŸ’¬ 854    πŸ“Œ 656
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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

12.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 18332    πŸ” 5568    πŸ’¬ 543    πŸ“Œ 216
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Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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This Is Fascism

12.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 29707    πŸ” 12463    πŸ’¬ 688    πŸ“Œ 746

Message to Ben in the great beyond. 'We may be able to keep it!'

11.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Loses Appeal To Deploy Troops In Chicago - Joe.My.God. The Washington Post reports: A federal appeals court said Saturday that it will not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in Illinois, largely preserving a ruling that had suspende...
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Turns Out Texas Cops Were Not Surveilling Suspected Abortion-Haver For Her Own Safety After All Court documents show they had originally hoped to charge her with abortion.

Nothing to see her folks. Move along. Move along. www.wonkette.com/p/turns-out-...

11.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!

action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251002-...

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Here is a hypothesis. Trump's mental incapacity is due to a virus. Those close to him get infected and become as dumb as monkeys although considerably less empathetic.

10.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

10.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2181    πŸ” 553    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 37
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Was this assigned reading for you in school? When did you first read it? Do you think it is hyperbolic to compare her situation with today's?

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It's like reassuring a toddler that there is not a monster in the closet.

09.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clown show like that clown that attracts children into storm drains?

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Trump is the insurrection And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

A useful review of current events related to the president's inappropriate declaration of emergencies relative to the Insurrection act.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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An Attempt to Turn Chaos Into Control | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson An Attempt to Turn Chaos Into Control | Explainer

Exceptionally good and informative elaboration on current events and the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgHE...

08.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show Songs in Spanish? In America?

from the article: "Deport enough of the wrong kind of people and make the rest live in fear, and maybe things will go back to the way they used to be."

open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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This strikes me as pretty bad

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22737    πŸ” 9205    πŸ’¬ 2084    πŸ“Œ 769
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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bsky.app/profile/jeff...

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A Fan Of Charlie Kirk And Andrew Tate Killed Two Teenage Girls Last Week He had been stalking one of them for months.

open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

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January 6 was basically a training session for upcoming ICE agents.

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More messaging like this please

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How many lights do you see?

05.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's like you gave the worst HOA president scads of money and a military.

05.10.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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