Bella Donna
@bella-donna.bsky.social
Swedish-American member of MetaFilter and minced-oath fan. Sweary
The safety fence at Samaa's place is now close to completion. It won't be entirely baby-proof (what is?) but it will buy time if someone is keeping an eye on Talia. We hope this will mean no repeat of the incident when she almost fell. Can you help cover the cost? chuffed.org/project/157569 #Gaza 🍉
🎶 Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you King 🎶
John Harwood@johnjharwood.bsky.social · last wk."The new emphasis on small-dollar fraud comes as the administration has issued pardons and commutations to white-collar convicts, pulled back from criminal cases against multinational corporations and dropped charges against wealthy executives." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
Lubna is just the sweetest and most loving, gentle person. She is working on their new home through severe back pain with her husband Rami so it can be somewhat safe for their children. Their son Naser still needs life-saving meds/surgery for hyperthyroidism. Please help them.
Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · last wk.Lubna's family moved to a new home to flee advancing Israeli forces, but making the ruin safe to live in is costly & painfully exhausting. Lubna is unable to get on Bluesky due to deletions. Donations are scarce. She pleads for your help in keeping her children safe & fed. Please share & donate:
Zohran Mamdani is backing a bill to hold Amazon accountable for exploiting delivery drivers. Now Amazon is launching a $5M lobbying blitz — led by Chuck Schumer's daughter — to crush it. Instead of spending millions on lobbying, Amazon should pay and treat its drivers fairly.
Den här fick alldeles för lite spridning igår. Vårdanställda gör det alla borde göra, dvs kopplar ihop klimatkrisen med andra samhälleliga kollapser www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/j0r...
Klimatkrisen ett hot mot vården – och din hälsa
Klimatkrisen ett hot mot vården – och din hälsa
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Whenever I see these kinds of videos I'm always struck by how unafraid people are to stand up and call out these pathetic fascists on their bullshit
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 2w agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
The Jason Arday story seems like a cut-and-dried case of bad lying by a bad liar. Agreed! It's just that it seems quite like loads of other cases in similarly specific fields, cases that do not become the biggest story in the world for 2 weeks. It's asinine to pretend that we don't know why his has.
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 2w agothe media can't even entertain the idea that they decide what stories to focus on
Important context for this exclusive (we're the first to publish the draft rule, but the existence of the document was earlier reported by Wired).The constitution requires that the Census count ... talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...
READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated
The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...
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Let’s not forget how America’s humiliation began.
Jared Kushner helped make this mess in Iran while making a mess of money
Let's not forget how America's humiliation began.
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People of colour are nothing new to European society. Here's are some beautiful studies of a Flemish neighbour of Peter Paul Rubens from over 400 years ago, painted in around 1615.
Mr President, we have no time to waste. Get in the back of this horse costume
Hey just checking in on how we’re doing making America “healthy” again. Pretty bad? Yeah, that’s what we thought.
Data Report@datareport.bsky.social · 2w agoNearly 30,000 Pounds Of Beef Recalled—Check Your Fridge & Freezer Here’s why you shouldn’t eat it. www.delish.com/food-news/a7...
Bra det går när Sveriges regering prisdumpar bensin och diesel och därmed ökar grannlandstankningen. Högre utsläpp, stora EU-böter (dvs våra skattepengar) och mer trafik på vägarna. Suck. www.aktuellhallbarhet.se/opinion/deba...
”Bensinrabatt till grannländer ökar svenska klimatböter”
Regeringens lockpriser på fossila bränslen har fått utländska åkerier och bilister att strömma till Sverige för att tanka. Grannlandstankningarna kan öka klimatböterna för svenska skattebetalare med u...
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_... Crassus, the guy from whose name crass comes from, ran a private fire department and booming real estate business. His men would set your home on fire, then offer you decreasing offers to buy it and put it out as it burned to the ground. Don't sell, it's ashes.
Marcus Licinius Crassus - Wikipedia
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Dan the Gnome@brewergnome.bsky.social · last yr."Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?" Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better. You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
I can’t wait to be at the @lighthousebks.bsky.social for the Book Fringe on August 30! It’s a free event where we’ll explore the cosmic stuff that are invisible to our eyes! Come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-fring...
Book Fringe: Invisible Rainbows: our diverse universe w/ Alfredo Carpineti
What better way to wrap up a gloriously queer Book Fringe than with an hour dedicated to science through a queer lens?
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”Det räcker inte att människor arbetar och betalar skatt – de behöver också känna att de hör hemma.”
Vi mäter integration fel och demokratin betalar priset
Det räcker inte att människor arbetar och betalar skatt – de behöver också känna att de hör hemma.
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Sveriges Radio: Åkesson (SD): Permanenta uppehållstillstånd ska omvandlas https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/9273096
Åkesson (SD): Permanenta uppehållstillstånd ska omvandlas
Jimmie Åkesson (SD) frågades ut i Ekots partiledarutfrågning. Lyssna: Åkesson Nyhet APP Under tisdagen var det Sverigedemokraternas partiledare Jimmie Åkessons tur att frågas ut i Ekots partiledarutfrågning. Där sa han bland annat att han står fast vid förslaget om att permanenta uppehållstil...
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Sjöar är nog för många den första och vanligaste naturmiljön man riktigt försjunker i och lär känna. Lars Tranvik beskriver i "Sjörapporter" dessa viktiga ekosystem och han gör det på det hypnotiserande vis som bara en ständigt föränderlig yta kan göra. Lärt och lärorikt.
Lars Tranvik — Sjörapporter
Lars Tranvik, omslag formgett av Beatrice Bohman 192 s. Natur & Kultur 2026 (2026) Hultsjön norr om Linköping liknar min barndoms sjöar, Böksjön och Torsjön. Omgivna av tallar och lövskog, med en liten preparerad sandstrand och utanför den en botten vars hemligheter kunde ge mardrömmar och som fortfarande gör att jag drar mig från att hoppa i. Närmare strandkanten ser man åtminstone botten genom det bruna, nästan bärnstensfärgade vattnet, där kan man se småfisk som nyfiket närmar sig.
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Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...
Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun@eaterofsun.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy round up of @economist.com's heatwave coverage (gift link) www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
People born on the Chagos Islands say time for them is running out. Only a few hundred are still alive, and they fear that if they are not allowed to return, their culture and history will be lost. They Were Eager to Return Home. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/w...
They Were Eager to Return Home. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.
nytimes.com
The rich people are just acting like small kids threatening to move out of parents when they get consequences for their own behaviour. Also: if they do (against the odds) choose to move, would that be a bad thing? Perhaps it's just a solution to rural decay (that the rich caused to start with).
Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 2w agoMassachusettes "Millionaires Tax", which was targeted to fund transportation and education, has been a resounding success. It has funded FREE school lunch for ALL students, FREE buses in lowest income communities (people can get to work, etc.), and FREE community college. And "exodus" was minimal.
På X finns det nu en svenskspråkig GPT som kan hjälpa högern att göra satir.
Portugal approves 33% windfall tax on oil companies' excess profits reut.rs/4xdkjNr
Portugal approves 33% windfall tax on oil companies' excess profits
Portugal's government said on Thursday it had approved a 33% windfall tax on extraordinary profits earned in 2026 by oil and refining companies benefiting from an energy price surge triggered by the Iran war.
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Driving away the best and brightest who want to work in the US... seems... just really really bad?
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3w agoU.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I'm very glad Hopkins Street is going to get its bike lane. It should not have taken anywhere near this long or gotten this vicious. Anyway, here's a piece I wrote three years back about how this fight helped precipitate my decision to move out of Berkeley. usa.streetsblog.org/2023/05/18/e...
Essay: Why Even The Most Progressive Cities Are Failing Their Car-Free Residents — Streetsblog USA
As traffic violence has climbed over the past few years, a number of ostensibly progressive, climate-friendly cities have demonstrated that they are uninterested in taking even modest steps to support...
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“At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since the second Trump administration came into office. Tens of thousands have been held in solitary confinement.”
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3w ago"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
If you can't wait until December for historical werewolf-related devouring, you may devoureth all of THE DEVOURERS.
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
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Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 4w agoDevoureth All Mankynde. New official poster for WERWULF. From director Robert Eggers. In theaters December 25.
25 trans people. One beautiful campsite. 3 days of community fun. For FREE. This is what community-building looks like when it's community-focused.
Esse House UK@essehouse.bsky.social · 3w ago7 days left to apply for EsseCamp 🏳️⚧️ Details: www.essehouse.co.uk/about-essecamp
