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#ICE took me from mom, my #family. Put me in #prison stripes. Threw me in a #crowded box. No pot to pee in. Only water. No food. Wonder if #pups, instead of #children, more people'd #revolt. It's #fiction - #realityaskew. #writer #poet #author #blueskycommunity #animals #photo #lessons #care

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“So how does this end? Three interlinked forces represent the most likely path toward preserving constitutional governance, though none functions within “regular order” as traditionally understood.” www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/how-does-t...

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There’s a kind of tired that sleep doesn’t fix. The world keeps punching and we keep trying to care. Turns out, we’re not invincible. You’re not broken. You're not alone. You’re paying attention. Read our latest: bit.ly/WTBOnBurnout

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Hiding declassified files and presidential records is yet another way for the administration to dodge accountability. The authoritarian always seeks to limit your access to information.

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Elon Musk said he was going to cut waste and save money yet he sets fire to millions of our dollars every time one of his SpaceX cockrockets to nowhere explodes. We’re never going to live on Mars because it’s a desolate wasteland. Our home is Earth. We should start acting like it.

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🤣👍🏻

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He was wise. I miss him.

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🦟🦗🐛🐜🪲

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Some heroes are K9's.🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

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Annemarie Petri, contemporary award-winning Dutch printmaker, painter and sculptor whose etchings suggest futuristic steam punk cityscapes #WomensArt

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Campaigners say the UK’s Met Office should name storms after fossil-fuel companies. Damn right it should.

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3.5% of Americans protested in June. According to history, when 3.5% of a nation/country protest, the chances of a regime change go up exponentially.

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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

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It hits harder than anyone could imagine.

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This is where Americans need to be.

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Beautiful…

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The Guardian reveals renewed threat to Boundary Waters: Big Ugly Bill could pollute Minnesota’s Boundary Waters forever Bill would open thousands of acres at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company...“in perpetuity”

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“You know what would help a lot? Some elite disapproval—publicly and boldly expressed. While a successful democracy depends on some degree of reasonableness from voters, a successful liberal democracy also depends on responsibility and even courage from elites.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...

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Another Canadian airline is cancelling routes to the US, opting to add several routes overflying the U.S. to Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Nassau in the Bahamas; Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands; and Liberia, Costa Rica. airlinegeeks.com/2025/06/27/p...

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smart move by Munk School

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"Irish Hermitage Dream" by Eileen ‘ike’ West @ikewest.bsky.social thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/06/27/i... Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age. Read the full collection here: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...

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Smiling with pride

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Sigh #AcademicSky

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I wonder, Is this an #amphibian auto - the kind that travels across land, or water. Finding such #prints, I'd leave this car parked, and take a #newt one. #funny #laugh #humor #frog #writer #poet #author #photo #blueskycommunity #cute #wildlifephotography #habits #surprises #mystery #ribbit #mist

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Where rivers weave through emerald rice fields and karst mountains pierce the sky 🌾⛰️ This is not a dream — it’s Vietnam, at sunset.

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From Whistler of Petty Crimes: "Two rows of travel trailers Laid out in tight lines Awaiting the end of a zipper To plough through And bring them close." Like this giant #zipper. Thanks Mr. Suzuki for the visual! #writer #poet #author #read #bluesky #boats #water #fun #photo #inventor #sew #lake

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Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK https://on.ft.com/44GW7GP

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Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

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Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, putting cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk @tbij.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/g...

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Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade in a continuation of a concerning global trend.

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The Trump administration’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously approved spending on foreign aid and public media ran into significant opposition Wednesday, potentially dooming its path forward in the Senate.

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COLUMN: Cuomo's loss "fits into a larger national story — the extinction of some of the country’s mightiest political dynasties," writes our Senior Executive Editor Alexander Burns.

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Two bears named Mish and Lucy in England managed to escape their enclosure at a wildlife park and eat a week's worth of honey.

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Le ciel a des yeux

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🌞Bonne journée à toi, vis cette journée dans la joie🌾🍀

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More than 150,000 people traveled out of state to get an abortion last year, nearly one-fifth of whom coming from Texas alone — and new numbers paint a picture of how far they went to receive care. It’s been three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. wapo.st/3TCXhxF

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Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi. On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:

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I have to wonder... how #children in the #US (and now #worldwide) #mask #grief-sadness-fear, hoping it helps #parents deal with #CrazyPolitics, and #CulturalDecay. Kids sense (+adopt) #grownup #emotions. #WatchForSigns. #nurture #observe #respond #self-censor #protect #care #family #truelove

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Biasha (Basha) Miao are quite different from other Miao groups in terms of clothing and daily life. Biasha people belong to the Miao branch that is least affected by modern civilization. Even in the modern times, they still lead very traditional lives. #China #Guizhou #biasha #miao

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The Bonda inhabit the Malkangiri district of southwesternmost Odisha, India. They are generally semi-clothed and known as "the naked people" The tribe is one of the oldest and most primitive in mainland India. Their culture has changed little in over a thousand years.

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The Laotian government has universal education in mind for all of its citizens, and has embarked on a national program for building primary schools where pupils learn for 6 years. The quality of the facilities (and of the teachers too) may still leave much to be desired in certain rural areas.

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