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I am participating in the Feb 28 blackout. No FB, no American products, no Amazon. No TD visa as it is tied to American banks. I am in Europe so French bank card is ok. I hope millions of people participate. #resist

"Trump will say, we're gonna build beautiful new steel plants, fabulous, the best you've ever seen. Takes 8-to-10 years. Good luck with the permitting. This whole tariff thing is anthrax for the economy."

Mike Murphy joins Tim Miller: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-murph...

The Washington Post and Autocracy’s Asymmetric Advantage Liberalism is afraid to take its own side.

"Liberalism’s devotion to fairness and belief in the honor system has made it incapable of taking its own side against those who would replace it with fascism."

I am exploring alternatives to Google Maps because I am disgusted that they changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of American on their maps. I have found that Bing maps (Microsoft) has not done that so have replaced Google maps with Bing maps on my DuckDuckgo browser.

Around a month ago I began using bluesky with the intention to move off Facebook. I still intend to do that by the end of 2025. However, because of the extreme actions being taken by the Trump administration, I am staying active on FB right now to encourage resistance through boycotts and protests.

Of course we don't want to become the 51st state. I am hoping the energy of this weekend, has rallied us together to ensure we never trust the US again. We need new trading partners who are trustworthy. At this point I trust China more than the US. I will be looking at Deepseek to replace chatgpt.

That is true I'm afraid. Bullying does not replace statesmanship. We may have to capitulate to threats in the short-term while we search for trustworthy trading partners in the background. Canadians will never trust America again.

The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’ Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.

Will be following this brave lady and studying the reaction of the Trumpsters in their pews in the coming weeks and months. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

I am tired of being called "Woke" by Trumpsters because I think that ALL people deserve respect. I will no longer be politically correct about Trump supporters. You Trumpsters should be happy about this. I will no longer hold back and will just call you stupid. No respect deserves no respect.

Comfort TV to take my mind off the new era of the robber barons in America...the techno oligarchs. Dick Van Dyke reminds me that there was a time when Americans valued honesty, integrity, justice and kindness. #technoligarchs #robberbarons www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

When we can't control the big picture (Jan 20 2025 is not a day to celebrate) it is good to focus on the positive. I love living in France..all week I will post random photos of our life here...I love the French long-lunch tradition, medieval buildings and gardens, beautiful cities/towns of France.

I am a Canadian, retired and living in southwest France. I have been here 11 years and love it...I am in a small village but 2 hours from Bordeaux, 30 minutes from Bergerac. This is the park and chateau in the village.

Alice Munro -- various short stories in her collection "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship Marriage. BTW I am also a cat mom -- this is Friday

Bluesky: Misinformation looms over young social media User numbers of this 'old-style Twitter' have exploded since the election of Donald Trump. The presence of a few 'trolls' and Kremlin mouthpieces among them may cast doubt on its ability to remain a h...

I'd like to know how the platform combats misinformation. Is there a group of developers looking this. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

It will get warmer! I think we are through the worst...daffodils in 6 weeks :-)

It is still very wintry today in Lauzun. This is a photo of the park and the Lauzun chateau on a warmer day. #lauzun

@clarafrancillon.bsky.social hey clara glad to see you are here...i would like to move off of FB within the year and leave it to all the conspiracy theorists...thanks for joining and following

Hi Anne, it is one of my new years resolutions now to get off FB. I've had a busy week but will spend a day next week inviting all my fb friends and getting some posts going. Glad we're on the same page :-)

I am always grateful for the 'winter' weather here in southwest France. I grew up in Ottawa...so the fact that our winter extreme will be -5 celcius (at night next week) is a mild winter day in my experience. Here are a few photos of this beautiful part of the world.

I am new to BlueSky. I want to move away from FaceBook and Instagram because of Mark Zuckerberg's recent decision to stop any kind of fact checking. I am hoping to find friends and family on BlueSky and drop my FaceBook account.