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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦

@teramis.bsky.social

Spirit in human form. Polisci, sociologist, sf/f novelist, ttrpg designer, Army vet, former librarian, mouse mommy, channeling spirit guides. The usual stuff. "As we think, so we become." - Jean Shinoda Bolen Me at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UPqk24

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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦@teramis.bsky.social · 1h ago

I question the framing of 'radical' from the jump. Progressives are only labeled that bec Overton Window has been dragged so far to the right that anything left of center-right looks "radical" to rw extremists. Let's not forget today's progressives advocate same things as the 1956 GOP platform.

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Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h ago

The framing of these Democratic primaries by many news orgs is "how did the party let these radicals take over?" instead of "what is going on in the country and the world that leads so many people to vote this way?"

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 14h ago

ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · yesterday

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

B. Defendants’ Noncompliance Is Intentional And Not In Good Faith. Having found that Defendants are in violation of the January 16 Forensic Imaging Order, the burden now shifts to Defendants to show that they were unable to comply. Affordable Media, 179 F.3d at 1239 (9th Cir. 1999). They fail to make that showing. Upon review of the parties’ submissions and counsel’s representations at the hearing, it does not appear that Defendants’ noncompliance is due to an inability to comply. Instead, the clear and convincing evidence shows that Defendants have acted intentionally and not in good faith.
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 7h ago

The questions asked at last week's hearing added to the continued attacks on government scientists that have worked behind the scenes for decades. Now, any govt scientist is at risk if they give advise to political leaders that are not aligned politically. 🧪 www.axios.com/2026/08/05/f...

Fauci's legal woes could deter scientists from government service

It's part of a broader erosion of the federal health workforce.

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Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 15h ago

Efforts to police bathrooms are evil and will impact peoples' health. Segregated bathrooms themselves must be done away with, it's the only solution. I reported this question out, years ago for @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/wher...

Where Do We Go From Here? - 99% Invisible

Sandy Allen is a reporter and writer. They live in upstate New York and they often go into New York City to run errands and go to meetings. But when they go out, finding an accessible bathroom can be ...

99percentinvisible.org

Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦@teramis.bsky.social · 14h ago

The linked Politico article (below) re election results is a bs take rightly skewered in this post by @juliusgoat.bsky.social. But *this* part bears repeating so DNC can hear it: "when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate."

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15h ago

Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.

TomTom@tomtomchi.bsky.social · 18h ago

Absolutely wild that El-Sayed got more votes AND a bigger margin in Gerald Ford’s hometown and former Republican stronghold of Grand Rapids than he did in hippie lefty Ann Arbor. AES +43 in Grand Rapids, +31 in Ann Arbor.

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 3w ago

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · yesterday

This is who the Repub led Senate wants to confirm as the US AG in the next couple days. It’s not about following laws—it’s about controlling women and girls with no regard to health outcomes. WE ARE NOT OUTRAGED ENOUGH! We need to flip 4 Senate seats. Please help get out the VOTE in NOV!

Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦@teramis.bsky.social · 15h ago

Climate change, drought, aquifer depletion: climate deniers can put that all on ignore til the cows come home, but when the economic consequences land they are in for a rude awakening. Spoiler: those consequences are landing right now, and are affecting the financing of the dairy industry.

Ben Barclay@benbarclay.bsky.social · 20h ago

Really interesting article in a trade publication for dairy farmers about how the depletion of the Ogallala aquifer in Kansas/Texas is affecting what banks are willing to finance, and at what cost and for how long, and how that relates to the underlying situation of the aquifer. 1/2

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 23h ago

Quite an upset in the #KSGov Dem primary. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who came out against data centers and the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal, has defeated state Sen. Ethan Corson, who had a big financial edge and an endorsement from term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly.

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tomwellborn3rd@wellborn.net · yesterday

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦@teramis.bsky.social · 16h ago

During covid, TX LtGov Dan Patrick thought older folks should be willing to risk dying for the sake of preserving the economy. Same 'profit over lives' attitude that Monbiot calls out here, only in the Epstein class today it's far more extreme and gone global. Good piece on the right's toxic copium

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h ago

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · yesterday

One soldier's concerns about soldiers’ survival in the drone-dominated combat of the future initially led him to start tinkering with electronics he bought online. Now, he's putting the finishing touches on a drone detector that soldiers can wear like protective gear. Learn more:

US soldier in Germany invents wearable drone detector to protect front-line troops

Army Sgt. Ryan Minton is putting the finishing touches on a drone detector that soldiers can wear like protective gear.

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