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Pamela Mordecai

@refracting.bsky.social

Mother, grandma, writer of poetry, long and short fiction, code-switcher (Patwa and "standard" English), lover of languages, earthling, Jesus-lover, peacemaker, fond of orchids and all blooming things, Yardie from a truly fierce green place...

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A billion humanoid robots by 2050, huh? And what do they suppose the earth will be on its way to looking like? With AI nyamming up all the water? Man-chinations! Evil. Call it what it is!

08.12.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's the point? Is it going to fix climate change? Cool the warming water? Bring about world peace? Feed all the hungry folks? Shelter the homeless? Silence the guns? More macho machinations, to no purpose and costing you can imagine how much money! And yes, creepy no end!

08.12.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sorry for dis very late notice. Still, join three Caribbean playwrights on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as they talk about their playsโ€”just for a likl bit! Please repost... Thank you!

08.12.2025 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

San Francisco Bay Area folks, Leslie Brinkley is retiring from KGO. I remember seeing her standing on the Bay Bridge after the Loma Prieta earthquake, she has been around since the dawn of time. Just a couple of weeks ago I saw her on the news and thought she had been working for so many years.

21.11.2025 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What could possibly go wrong? We are on the ring of fire with 9.0 earthquakes all around the Pacific Ocean. We are past due for a 9.0 earthquake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone. NOAA lost the funding for our tsunami warning system. Trump could care less if our coastal towns wash away.

21.11.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earthquake hits California's Bay Area just miles from 2 million people - NewsBreak An earthquake in California struck just miles from several major cities which are home to more than 2 million residents.

Earthquake hits California's Bay Area just miles from 2 million people #Earthquake #Weather
share.newsbreak.com/g077tf7e

21.11.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earthquake Alert: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES Magnitude 3.0, Depth: 8.00 km

๐ŸŒ Earthquake Alert ๐ŸŒ
๐Ÿ“ Location: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
๐Ÿ“ Magnitude (m): 3.0
๐Ÿ”ฝ Depth: 8.00 km
โฐ Time: 2025-11-21 00:55:47 UTC
๐Ÿ”— Source: EMSC
Stay safe!

21.11.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal agents detain couple in Franklin Park family says; Border Patrol chief no longer in area It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the w...

A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this familyโ€™s home.

DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.

21.11.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 174    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Racist Doctorsโ€™ Long Abuse of Black Americans - JXN Pulse Reforming individual mindset and health-care practices can allow Black Americans to lead healthier lives despite the history of medical malpractice.

UMMC Assistant Professor Dr. Justin Turner told the Youth Media Project that Black Americans still struggle to trust the health-care system. He pointed to historical abuses, like the Tuskegee experiments, as a major reason.

Read more at: www.jxnpulse.com/2025/11/from...

19.11.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

21.11.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14265    ๐Ÿ” 4405    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 353    ๐Ÿ“Œ 161
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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national

It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

21.11.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 136    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Venezuela says a CIA-backed cell planned to hit the USS Gravely and blame Caracas; Washington denies the claim, calling it unverified and offering no comment on alleged covert actions.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/venezuelas...

21.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Basically, Russia keeps what it controls, Ukraine has options removed and Russia's claims are considered legitimate. The US can enrich itself off investment in Ukraine. Otherwise, it's let's pretend the war never happened. No justice. Russia gets rewarded. Liberation of Ukr territory off table.

20.11.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Verizon laying off more than 13,000 non-union employees, CEO says The layoffs will affect about 20% of Verizon's non-union management, Verizon spokesperson Kevin Israel told USA TODAY.

Verizon laying off more than 13,000 non-union employees, CEO says

21.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Mene, mene, tekel...

21.11.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NASA releases close-up pictures of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.

Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. https://to.pbs.org/4plWxe8

21.11.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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THIS IS HOW AUTHORITARIANS BEGIN THE PURGES- F*CK THAT! Trumpโ€™s Call to Prosecute Six Democrats for โ€œSeditionโ€ Isnโ€™t Politics...Itโ€™s the Opening Move of a Regime Consolidating Power

open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

21.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An evening in the city

the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

21.11.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

all good americans should listen, yes?

20.11.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump posted on Truth Social, โ€œHANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!โ€ after posting that the lawmakersโ€™ behavior was โ€œSEDITIOUSโ€ and that they are โ€œtraitors.โ€ The lawmakers are former military or intelligence officers who were calling for service members to disobey illegal orders issued by Trump!

20.11.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. Sheโ€™s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.

20.11.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11191    ๐Ÿ” 3386    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 703    ๐Ÿ“Œ 331

the 'conventional wisdom' is correct. parent's SES explains ~20% of SAT score variation. how much variation in "being able to found a non-profit in high school" do you think parent's income explains?

20.11.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 224    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
20.11.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ruling won't bring back anyone who died, though, will it?

15.11.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Launched, huh? Make we see how high up it get before it drop a grung...

15.11.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fukuda Suiko, "Peony and Bee", 1936, Woodcut on paper, 16" x 10 1/2"

14.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This little girl is giving you a tour of what was her home.
#HurricaneMelissa
#Jamaica

14.11.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't all you know all you live in a failed state which people in The Rest of The World think it is dangerous to visit? Bredren, you got plenty business to be on the phone about. Getting ICE to raid a Car Wash? SMH...

14.11.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nobody reading this? Wow...

14.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry you are speaking of him in the past tense...

14.11.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@refracting is following 19 prominent accounts