SeattleBlueGull
@seattleblue.bsky.social
Crafter, programmer (retired), science adjacent, politically interested but currently horrified.
Fascism is harder to pull off when everyone is running around with little video cameras in their pockets, and can easily share the footage of bad deeds with the world. newrepublic.com/post/212915/...
New Footage of Fatal ICE Shooting in Texas Sparks Fresh Outrage
ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows.
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⛔️❌⛔️🚨 The weaponization of malicious rumors has been a longstanding issue in England, dating back to medieval times. 🧵 1: In recent decades, this harmful practice has evolved into a disturbing trend with tragic consequences, including the loss of innocent lives. Legislative actions in the 1980s..+
I'd vote for almost anything he'd want to run for. Honor should be honored.
@jfaith.bsky.social · 22h agoHe's also the judge who called Michael Flynn a traitor during Flynn's trial for lying to the FBI
If an actual AG can be imprisoned, I’m sure an “acting” one can!
Putting August 13th on my calendar!!! Todd should as well, but he probably won’t.
DEM UNITY: Haley Stevens just hugged Abdul El-Sayed at the Michigan Democratic Party’s Unity Breakfast in Southfield.
🤔 Oooo Donny, don't threaten me with a good time. 😆
Meet Nomark, the man on a mission to destroy every Flock camera in the United States. On the latest episode of our podcast, @cartersherman.bsky.social speaks with Nomark and journalist Sanya Mansoor about law enforcement’s use of the cameras – and the vigilante movement to take them down.
Legislation recently enacted in California will make it easier for consumers nationwide to protect their data
Why a new California law could change the way all Americans browse the internet – The Markup
Legislation recently enacted in California will make it easier for consumers nationwide to protect their data
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Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015. (Published May 2025 w/ @tennesseelookout.com)
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
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📬 In this week's newsletter: -Missouri voters rejected an effort by state Republicans to limit citizen-led initiatives -We share highlights from last night’s elections -Virginia’s governor restores voting rights to thousands And a lot more:
Missourians reject a measure to restrict direct democracy
Plus, what else happened in last night’s elections
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. This is what they wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
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Senate Republicans were eye to eye with the Epstein survivors and suggested that they understood the gravity of Todd Blanche's complicity in the Epstein cover up. Today, they're moving forward to confirm him anyway. These survivors deserve better. The county deserves better. #epsteincoverup #Pinks
Those arrested need to start filing some big lawsuits. ground.news/article/what...
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore...
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"Sailors report lack of basic necessities on the USS Lincoln. They have to wait 2 hous in line to get products with no soap, deodorant, or toiletries (lack of basic hygiene), with no hot showers, they can't wash clothes, and minimum food rations." Deadline WH, MS NOW
Rent isn’t high by accident, it’s high because 9 landlords colluded with an algorithm called RealPage to fix prices behind your back. Kris Mayes sued every single one of them. This is what a real fighter looks like, and it’s why she deserves your vote, AZ! #BlueWaveIn90Days
#IsraelTerroristState 😡😡🤬🤬 O exército israelense incendiou terras agrícolas no sul do Líbano As forças de ocupação do regime israelense incendiaram, n/quarta-feira (5/08), áreas agrícolas localizadas nos arredores ocidentais da cidade de Hula, no sul do Líbano Canal do Telegram da @HispanTVBrasil
Leaving the job he presently holds out of it, the felon is the worst type of human imaginable. #USDemocracy
Nevada voters on Trump's economy: You got to decide whether you're going to pay rent or feed your family. It's getting tough out here for everyone... Everything is more expensive now since Trump has been in office.
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
Unfortunately I must cease posting on Bluesky today as the fools in charge have cut me off again. I shall redirect to telegram. Blyat 🤬 Go here as there are 100's if fresh posts t.me/NewsInsideUk...
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