No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible #NoKings
sadele2
"I dreamed I was a perfect smile"
Can someone please remind me where this phrase came from, who said it or wrote it, decades ago? Boomers may know.
Old & a bit out of the way. Background in writing (tho never know what to write about myself), art world, book world, tv news & entertainment. American, Midwest, CA, NY. Much touristing abroad. Progressive, antiracist, antifacist, she/her
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Now that Trump has turned down #Ukraine's request for tomahawk missiles, this video by @anderspuck seems a lot more relevant
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#NoKings Fediverse Campaign (🧵 3 of 3)
✅ Help us boost and amp up every pro-NoKings post, story and vid. This will be the largest single protest in US history, let's get every bit of social activism going that day.
✅ If you get directions or important notes or news from your local event leaders to post online tag us with those too and we will boost.
✅ Know your rights:
https://www.nokings.org/kyr?emci=599afd65-71ab-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=a0d32924-88ab-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=3910389#section2
✅ Have fun: online & at the event. Celebrate resisting with others people who love this country.
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US court bars Israeli spyware firm from targeting WhatsApp users
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/18/us-court-bars-israeli-spyware-firm-from-targeting-whatsapp-users?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Global News @global-news-AlJazeera
""The US will NOT stand for this Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping," Trump said telling countries to vote against it."
US threatened to impose sanctions, visa restrictions & port levies on those supporting…the 1st global carbon-pricing system.
Saudi Arabia also called for vote to be postponed. Argentina, which in April abstained from the vote, now opposes the deal.
Leading up to Friday's decision, China, EU, Brazil, Britain & several other members reaffirmed…support.
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An international vote to approve cutting maritime emissions was delayed by a year in a victory for the United States, which opposes the carbon-cutting plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/18/us-decarbonizing-deal-sink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #us #carbon #emissions
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“‘Sending armed soldiers to suppress peaceful protests is what kings and dictators do — and Greg Abbott just proved he’s one of them,’ Texas House Minority Leader Gene Wu said in a statement.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/greg-abbott-national-guard-no-kings-austin-00611802
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Now I am hungry and want to buy a tamale by bicycle.
h/t @grumpasaurus
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE
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@heidilifeldman Has anyone covered this pattern -- Trump (or Miller or Bondi, whomever it is) seem to be selecting charges that have been used successfully against Trump. Mishandling classified information (Bolton), misrepresenting the value of a property (James), obstruction of congress (Comey) are all cases made against Trump too. So in success he gets retribution. In failure, he will claim the courts are biased against him, that somehow he was treated unfairly.
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“So, sure, nobody likes John Bolton, for plenty of good reasons. But the President of the United States of America compiling a list of personal enemies that he wants the Department of Justice to harass is some real bad Stalinist-type monkeyshines that nobody should ever be cheering about either, not even when it’s that asshole.” 2/2
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Wonkette for the win on the John Bolton indictment.
“Did John Bolton blab nuclear submarine secrets to some Australian billionaire drinking at his tacky golf club? Did he leave Top Secret documents on the side of the bed in place of a wife, and in his shitter? Did he and his mustache spend more than a decade being the best friends of a couple of child sex traffickers? Did Bolton put war plans in a Signal chat?”
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CNN recently identified more than 100 American kids who’ve been separated from their parents due to ICE.
There are likely more—over four million US citizen kids have at least one undocumented parent.
“This is the new family separation crisis,” said one advocate.
https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-american-children-of-mass-deportation/ #FamiliesBelongTogether
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NYT - The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.Rped.t0QdUB7Uyl-F&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Pro Publica has found more than 170 cases this year where US citizens were detained at raids and protests. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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Native American Day is a legal holiday in South Dakota.
South Dakota was the first state to abandon Columbus Day.
Native Americans make up 8.2% of John Thune's constituency. Of course he should say positive things about it.
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I always pull up a light pollution map for places I'm giving talks, and nothing makes me appreciate my dark skies more. https://www.cleardarksky.com/maps/lp/large_light_pollution_map.html
Niagara, ouch that's some awful skies. I'm sorry.
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Guess how many more Starlinks are in orbit since last time I gave this talk 5 weeks ago? Fucking 240 more Starlinks.
Nearly 10,000 Starlinks have been launched, 8,626 are in orbit today. https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html
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“Virginia Giuffre recounts her recruitment by Ghislaine Maxwell at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the first time Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her, and being allegedly trafficked to billionaires, academics, politicians, and even Prince Andrew in the first excerpt from her posthumous memoir …” https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/virginia-giuffre-epstein-abuse-prince-andrew-book-1235448211/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68f16ae441ccb10001c7f88a
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