Barbarossa
@babsisauu.bsky.social
Curious Courageous Compassionate is my mission. Sometimes I fail. Sometimes I succeed.
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The dems need to go all in for it and call it ubi then call their bluff
September 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The dems need to go all in for it and call it ubi then call their bluff
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This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.
www.wxyz.com
July 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
So many important points. He continues: "Long after the AI bubble bursts, we'll be dealing with its catastrophic carbon emissions. The Second Law of Thermodynamics isn't up for debate. Once we sink enough therms into the sea, we are losing the ice-caps."
July 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
“I didn’t expect it to happen in my family." 285south.com/circulated-b...
“I didn’t expect it to happen in my family." – 285 South
A flurry of homemade videos points to a summer uptick in immigration arrests in the Atlanta area
285south.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
“I didn’t expect it to happen in my family." 285south.com/circulated-b...
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Agree. I may not like Kaitlyn Collins, but I respect her for what she is doing. The remarks by the current POTUS were beyond the pale. The thing is that is what this event lives into.
The White House Correspondents Dinner should end. At the very least, the president should be barred from entry, forcibly, forever more.
He disgraced it permanently, as was utterly predictable. It was a forum of humiliation; for reporters, for the president and for the republic.
It cannot be saved.
He disgraced it permanently, as was utterly predictable. It was a forum of humiliation; for reporters, for the president and for the republic.
It cannot be saved.
July 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Agree. I may not like Kaitlyn Collins, but I respect her for what she is doing. The remarks by the current POTUS were beyond the pale. The thing is that is what this event lives into.
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Rather than go to that black-tie affair in DC last night… I traveled around my neighborhood in style
July 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Rather than go to that black-tie affair in DC last night… I traveled around my neighborhood in style
I'm attending 50501 Georgia's event, “ICE OUT Vigil” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/50501georgia...
ICE OUT Vigil · 50501 Georgia
ICE continues its reign of terror, and we must stand with our neighbors. Join us for a vigil honoring lives lost to ICE, the detained and deported, and those affected in other ways - right where peop...
www.mobilize.us
July 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I'm attending 50501 Georgia's event, “ICE OUT Vigil” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/50501georgia...
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I just didn't see this one coming after yesterday. My heart has been ripped out this morning. Gutted
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Farewell Bear - I Hope You Felt A Sense Of Dignity At The End
You were deeply loved
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July 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I just didn't see this one coming after yesterday. My heart has been ripped out this morning. Gutted
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Seriously. The president is lying to you, straight up.
I'm on Bluesky. I realize this is not an audience who credulously accepts anything Trump says. But it is incumbent on honest journalists to call a lie a lie when it is heard, if we are to retain credibility in the face of a Big Lie.
I'm on Bluesky. I realize this is not an audience who credulously accepts anything Trump says. But it is incumbent on honest journalists to call a lie a lie when it is heard, if we are to retain credibility in the face of a Big Lie.
July 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Important read.
US seeking extradition of James "Fergie" Chambers, of Cox family $, for "material support of Hamas", in 1st case of its kind:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
@neonflag.bsky.social @cairnational.bsky.social @ruwaromman.bsky.social @atlpresscollective.com
Arrest of American who has given $1m in aid to Palestine prompts fears of ‘growing repression from Trump’
Extradition request for James ‘Fergie’ Chambers sparks concerns that US government is conflating humanitarian aid with terrorism
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Important read.
Thank you @neonflag.bsky.social Lindsey Graham can be judged by his actions and inaction. Sexuality and Gender are not for me to judge or criticize. #Thread
As a journalist, I don't give a shit about who is sleeping with whom, as long as consent is obtained and abuse is absent.
But the sotto voce commentary about his sex life is cringe. There are enough reasons to be irritated with Graham.
But the sotto voce commentary about his sex life is cringe. There are enough reasons to be irritated with Graham.
July 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Thank you @neonflag.bsky.social Lindsey Graham can be judged by his actions and inaction. Sexuality and Gender are not for me to judge or criticize. #Thread
I concur. Hope I remember to share tomorrow at church with my 2 librarian friends, and when I next go to my @dekalblibrary.bsky.social Tucker/Cofer branch. This library got me into Scalzi in a deeper way. Now we must buy books because they don't always have earlier books. A very enjoyable MUST.
Yup. Gonna hang out with the coolest people on earth: librarians!
Going to the ALA? My wife is there for that right now.
June 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I concur. Hope I remember to share tomorrow at church with my 2 librarian friends, and when I next go to my @dekalblibrary.bsky.social Tucker/Cofer branch. This library got me into Scalzi in a deeper way. Now we must buy books because they don't always have earlier books. A very enjoyable MUST.
Important Georgia Elections read.
So, apparently Greg Dolezal has abetted voter fraud in his quest to prevent voter fraud. Also, about 20 percent of Democratic voters in Georgia this year did not cast a ballot in 2022 or 2024. These two observations are connected.
Greg Dolezal, GOP nominee for Georgia Lt. Gov., said he submitted fake mail ballot applications to test system
Dolezal said he and "a number of friends" deliberately submitted mail-in ballot applications with intentionally altered signatures — including forms signed by children — to see whether officials would...
www.democracydocket.com
June 26, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Important Georgia Elections read.
So, apparently Greg Dolezal has abetted voter fraud in his quest to prevent voter fraud. Also, about 20 percent of Democratic voters in Georgia this year did not cast a ballot in 2022 or 2024. These two observations are connected.
Greg Dolezal, GOP nominee for Georgia Lt. Gov., said he submitted fake mail ballot applications to test system
Dolezal said he and "a number of friends" deliberately submitted mail-in ballot applications with intentionally altered signatures — including forms signed by children — to see whether officials would...
www.democracydocket.com
June 23, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Disappointing election. Our education and solidarity development is weak. Racism and sexism remains rampant. White women in small numbers are starting to organize but are not listening to the black voices in the room likely because we don't join the black led group and do a role there.
Democrats had a 7-pt edge in the primary and couldn't beat two Georgia Supreme Court justices Tuesday. Racism, sexism and ignorance explain it. Basically, a small number of Democratic voters defected, mostly men who could not vote for a woman and whites who would not vote for a Black candidate.
May 24, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Disappointing election. Our education and solidarity development is weak. Racism and sexism remains rampant. White women in small numbers are starting to organize but are not listening to the black voices in the room likely because we don't join the black led group and do a role there.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Vote NO on the Elections Omnibus Amendment (AM 47 0199): Too Rushed, Too Risky. Write one here: act.commoncause.org/letters/205c...
Vote NO on the Elections Omnibus Amendment (AM 47 0199): Too Rushed, Too Risky
A sweeping elections amendment (AM 47 0199) is moving quickly and would rewrite Georgia election rules in ways that increase voter privacy risks, shift power to the State Election Board, and impose ne...
act.commoncause.org
May 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Vote NO on the Elections Omnibus Amendment (AM 47 0199): Too Rushed, Too Risky. Write one here: act.commoncause.org/letters/205c...
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I asked if people were prepared to bleed in the street, 60s style. They said we already were.
“Donald Trump’s demand to tear up political norms has been met by Republican states eager to dust off a segregation-era playbook that maximizes the political power of white voters.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... via @neonflag.bsky.social
‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I asked if people were prepared to bleed in the street, 60s style. They said we already were.
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The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't.
This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop.
I have no intention of letting this stand.
This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop.
I have no intention of letting this stand.
May 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't.
This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop.
I have no intention of letting this stand.
This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop.
I have no intention of letting this stand.
Want you to write, like you do so well, on what you learn.
I'm not arguing this because I hold some brief about third parties. I don't care about parties at all. I simply want a country where our congressional representation bears some resemblance to the political interests of most of a state's voters.
May 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Want you to write, like you do so well, on what you learn.
It may be an unwinnable battle under current law, and still. The battle is worthwhile. People may finally see their rights eroding?
The race is on to restore southern apartheid. Alabama and Tennessee join Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Two more Southern states move toward adding Republican House seats
GOP-led states are rushing to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s decision to curtail the Voting Rights Act with new maps that could end the careers of several Black Democratic House members.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
It may be an unwinnable battle under current law, and still. The battle is worthwhile. People may finally see their rights eroding?
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This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.
Just in:
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
n.pr
May 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.
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“THE DISTRICTS MAY NOT BE CHANGED BETWEEN APPORTIONMENTS.”
So not only is this @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP 9-0 (white) power grab stripping Memphis of representation racist & immoral — it is also clearly illegal by Tennessee law.
Receipts: law.justia.com/codes/tennes...
So not only is this @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP 9-0 (white) power grab stripping Memphis of representation racist & immoral — it is also clearly illegal by Tennessee law.
Receipts: law.justia.com/codes/tennes...
May 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
“THE DISTRICTS MAY NOT BE CHANGED BETWEEN APPORTIONMENTS.”
So not only is this @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP 9-0 (white) power grab stripping Memphis of representation racist & immoral — it is also clearly illegal by Tennessee law.
Receipts: law.justia.com/codes/tennes...
So not only is this @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP 9-0 (white) power grab stripping Memphis of representation racist & immoral — it is also clearly illegal by Tennessee law.
Receipts: law.justia.com/codes/tennes...