miketientee.bsky.social
Aussie, concerned for US friends. Mostly here 4 them n politics, see if/when that changes. Antifa, NAFO, Fuck Trump, Free Ukraine & Palestine, end poverty, tax billionaires, basic necessities for all, all that good shit. Blue vote = start, not end.
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MUSK SAID SOMETHING HAUNTING RECENTLY
"We want to let germany, france, england keep their cultural identity."
I didnt understand why it was controversial. But it stewed and stewed. Then Realized ....after we take you over we want to let you keep some of your identity!!!!
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I think this is far worse than anyone imagined. Trump will help Putin take Europe. Musk said recently, "we will allow france to keep their culture" . Trumps worldview is three countries only. Divide the world up three ways Putin, Xi, Trump. Thats the plan well underway.
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Also professionals and philanthropist which won't bend their knee.
Scientists, Doctors, and really anyone who doesn't agree with their agenda and may have a voice or power to defy what they claim.
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Academics, intellectuals, and journalists are the first groups targeted after a fascist regime takes power.
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They want to destroy academics b/c they think critically and then teach lots of people at once how to think critically too. Critical thinkers don’t fall as easily for propaganda
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This is why they want to destroy us. Our superpower is explaining complicated things in a way that everyone can understand. They are going to try to destroy us whether we do it or not. I’m not going down without a fight.
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I was hesitant at first to talk about “politics” more broadly in my courses. I’ve always talked about it as it applies bc it’s hard to ignore when you teach about climate change and space. But I am so glad I put my big kid pants on for these students because it really matters. (3/3)
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My whole class stayed 15 extra minutes to ask questions and to *thank* me for taking the time to talk to them about this stuff.
Their future livelihoods depend on what is happening too. They deserve to understand it and to have background to read the news and talk to their friends and family (2/)
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There is not even an "effective" date on this piece of paper. So it is just a piece of paper.
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This almost feels like malicious compliance. Some bureaucrat was told to send the letters to everyone else in the department, and they did exactly, and I mean exactly, as they were told. They had to send it out, but no one said it had to be legally effective.
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Here's a Jan 18, 2025 New York Times interview with Curtis Yarvin, whom this video identifies as the architect of this plan: (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
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Yarvin scares me.
The fact that tech bros like Musk and Bezos as well as politicos such as JD Vance are huge fans of that lunatic terrifies me.
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Musk’s plan. Made by some tech guru anti-democratic nut job. This is a real life conspiracy we are witnessing. This is a coup.
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Experian recommends a freeze at Innovis as well. (the fourth largest consumer credit reporting agency)
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Great advice, people should do this anyway in light of identity theft and the rise of hacked corp data. I would add one more.
If your state DL bureau or other agencies that you need a gvt ID allows this, put an alert on your DL and ID requiring another photo, signature verification of who you are.
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Last but not least, breathe, relax your shoulders, go outside, pet a puppy, take care of you, whatever that looks like. We will get through this. Hopefully you found some useful info in here. And if I did the thread wrong y’all be nice. It’s been a long year, I’m old, and it’s only February. 7/fin
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Also if you have kids, include them in this. Freeze their credit. Kids often don’t know their identity was stolen until they turn 18 and apply for their first card or loan. You should do that anyways but definitely right now. 6/?
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Log onto your SSA account or call/visit your local SSA office and request a copy of your benefits statement so you have concrete proof of what you have paid in and what you would get in retirement. I would also request a copy of your transcript from the IRS. 5/?
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If you get benefits from SSA, move money out of any accounts known to SSA. Changing the account won’t help but you can immediately move money to an account that isn’t linked to your SSA record. If you can move the money to a credit union rather than a bank, do that. 4/?
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Request an Identity Protection PIN at the IRS. This is a PIN known only to you and the IRS and prevents someone from filing taxes using your SSN or TIN. 3/?
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Freeze your SSN at the big three, meaning Experian, Transunion, and Equifax. It means more hoops for you to jump through if you want to open accounts but does make it to where someone else can’t use your SSN to take out loans or open accounts and jack up your credit. 2/?
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We’d scrap school fees & provide an annual $800 ‘back to school’ payment for every student. Saving families almost $2,500 each year.
With more Greens in parliament, we can keep Dutton out and push Labor to deliver policies that would genuinely help people. Like making public education truly free.
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In a cost of living crisis, these fees are a huge burden for parents and carers, and it’s our kids who can miss out.
Today the Greens launched a plan to make public schools genuinely free.
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Thank you! Patients should not be extorted for live-saving medicine. Insulin costs in the U.S. are a travesty. Lets keep the momentum going and get $35 insulin caps for everyone in the country!
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social Californian diabetic community deserve $35 insulin cap. With Trump in charge of destroying FDA effectively torpedoes CA $30 insulin plan. Good time to do something to give economic relief to Californian’s in the precarious times. Cap insulin now! #BeLikeKeith #ForThePeople
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The GOP and their leader, Hitler want to kill people with diabetes.
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Please do...