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AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: βI did it. I threw a sandwich.β wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldnβt make decisions for other parentsβ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
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In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
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lemon verbena in all her glory
#queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
Today, the word βLudditeβ is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
We hear a lot about immigration-heavy industries like agriculture & construction. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social writes about caregiving, one of the fastest-growing industries in the nation, where immigrants are at least 1/3 of the workforce & mass deportation might lead to a crisis of accessing care.
From Cronicas Mexicanas: Maiz (corn, zea mays), Beans (phaseolus), Tomatos (solanum), Avocados (persea), Vanilla (vanilla), Chiles (capsicum), Squash (pepo), and Chocolate (theobroma).
#CanadianNews - Manitoba premier is scorching US politicians 'attention-seekers' throwing a 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke, while their country is Second Highest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Polluter contributor to climate change! - via The Torontonian π¨π¦π #ClimateChange
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
JUST IN: Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
XΓ³chitl was detained by border patrol at the airport despite presenting a valid work authorization. She is a longtime organizer and needs help. Thereβs more info about what happened on this gofundme for her legal support. Please help out if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Yes absolutely, this is what we discussed. How it is part of the mythos of the US and how itβs woven into society and also holds up the tenets of WS etc etc, you know :)
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Absolutely! I was chatting with some Indigenous youth about this recently. They were sharing about various hardships being experienced. I explained part of the void they were feeling was the loss of community replaced by rugged individualism. Things clicked in a big way for them after that.
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Whew been telling people this shit for the last several years .. the hyper individualism is the silent killer
Trump's masked agents aren't keeping us safe-they're just terrorizing immigrant communities. PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS TAKEN BY ICE, BY CRIMINAL RECORD 7% violent convictions 28% no violent convictions 65% no convictions ICE isn't going after criminals. It's breaking up families.
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One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies
#petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
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On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
Happy Chicano Heritage Month, August 2025. Art: Pola Lopez, Spiritual Warrior, acrylic on canvas, 30β x 48β, 2011.
Happy Chicano Heritage Month! | August holds a very special significance for Chicanos that has nothing to do with the synthetic and Eurocentric βhi-spanicβ & βlatinβ labels. We kick things off with this wonderful piece β βSpiritual Warriorβ by New Mexico artist, Pola Lopez. #Chicana #Chicanx #Arts
Sunnyβs & Corn
#bloomscrolling #garden #gardensofbluesky #maize #glasscorn
Why it matters: America's most elite institutions have largely succumbed to the Trump administration's cultural crackdown, opting to pay up β often to the tune of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars β rather than fight back.
Data from @axios.com
Wow so sad to see that Canada's Bill C5 passed and that Carney could harm Indigenous peoples this way. Also sad to see how some Natives can't see the threat and others have seen it too late. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/maj...
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