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murphquake.bsky.social

Husband and father. Virginian transplanted to Louisiana. Paramedic instructor. All-hazards messaging and situational awareness for disaster response. Be kind.

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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress @gabrielsherman.bsky.social: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 2 days ago • 50 comments

A thing that everyone should do RIGHT NOW is download your Social Security statements. What you've paid in, what you're owed. www.ssa.gov/myaccount/st...

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

This is absolutely required reading. "In 2025, the United States is governed nationally by a party with greater will and power to exploit constitutional and legal ambiguities for authoritarian ends than at any time in the past two centuries." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Dan Carlin hits the nail squarely on the head. As usual. #Resist #Trump #Musk

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submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

A well-reasoned, non-dramatic guide to the times ahead.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

submitted 6 days ago • 385 comments

If you protest: Be safe - www.reddit.com/r/Bellingham...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If you read one thing today read our latest piece we just posted. This one is a very important one. Please consider reading and sharing it with your friends, family, and neighbors. And as always, please share your thoughts and ideas. I am also going to post all of the text here as a thread. 1/

submitted 6 days ago • 422 comments

Do you see that squall line coming your way, Southeast US? See that tornado watch box? Do you like having hi-res radar images and timely warnings for storms like these? Meteorologists - real live people - help keep you safe and informed. Keep NOAA/NWS funded and staffed. Tell your congresspeople.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Dear Leaders of the Free World, We're not with these maniacs. Sincerely, Decent Americans johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

submitted 7 days ago • 435 comments

American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

I'm happy to publish something I've been reporting for a while: a guide for how to fight the Trump-Musk power grab and win, with specific advice that you can start acting on today. www.vox.com/politics/399...

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

submitted 10 days ago • 519 comments

Zampolit.

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The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.

submitted 13 days ago • 197 comments

Having a National Prayer Breakfast doesn't make us a Christian country. That would require caring for the poor & sick, welcoming the stranger and only letting sinless people execute prisoners.

submitted 13 days ago • 83 comments

my cat was bothering me as I was eating breakfast so I crumpled up a stack of recycling, threw it into a turned over basket and sprinkled kibble among the paper. he’s been completely absorbed in that for the last half hour … I call it garbage toy

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Read the 🧵

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments