Kristin

Kristin

@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

Complicated and often cranky Born and raised in flyover country and still here. Nostalgic for purple Iowa that helped Obama go to the White House. *sigh* Don't bother with DMs if you don't know me

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Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

Just subscribed and started listening. Thanks!

Professor Amanda Sturgill@drsturg.bsky.social

Today's UnSpun is a global election special. From 90+ prior episodes, I extracted a small, easy-to-understand series of steps to sort the wheat from the chaff in your own newsfeed and how to talk to others about theirs. bit.ly/UnSpunPod

Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

Hey Dems! Any way to donate besides Actblue ?? I am so tired of texts from Democrats allllll over the country. But that's what I get when I donate through ActBlue

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny!
@malena.bsky.social

Replying to @malena.bsky.social

No one is safe from these #ICE thugs. It doesn't matter if you're a legal resident like Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal or a US citizen. So speak out now while there's still time. Go to or start your own protest Call Congress:202-224-3121 & most importantly, volunteer for candidates at mobilize.us.

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Christian Petersen
@iwantyoustudio.bsky.social

Replying to @malena.bsky.social

They literally cannot wait to start arresting everyone who is against them. They are living for the day when they can get revenge on the people who shout at them and film them. If you don't think they will ever knock on YOUR door, you are deluding yourself.

Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

Dolly could have been a billionaire; she chose to use her money to help. She was a genuinely good person

Winston Smith@winstonsmith2025.bsky.social

It’s amazing how great everyone is saying Dolly was. How she touched so many lives and did so much for so many people. All she did, simply was just be a decent human being. She wanted no praise or recognition for it. Sadly, her passing shows that being a decent human being is obviously rare.

Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

Good thread with interesting comments

Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social

One of the smartest ideas I've seen in the last few years is instead of trying to find "the Joe Rogan of the left," buy up the news sites of defunct papers and put some money into providing local news coverage in rural areas.

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Honor your oath of office or resign.
@trialrun2024.bsky.social

More of this. Lawmakers call for Pentagon probe of Trump family-backed companies - The Washington Post share.google/VxQ3c81ctBAq... REPUBLICANS ARE RISKING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY IN ORDER TO ENRICH THE TRUMP FAMILY.

share.googleLawmakers call for Pentagon probe of Trump family-backed companiesThe letter to the Pentagon’s inspector general was prompted by reporting from The Post that startups affiliated with the president’s sons have won $3.2 billion in defense contracts.
Rep. Robert Garcia@robertgarcia.house.gov

Republicans have set the precedent. We will investigate members of the Trump family who may have been involved in grift. From overseas real estate deals, Pentagon contracts, Middle East investments, and crypto schemes: We'll investigate shady businesses & hold them accountable.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet
@levostregc.bsky.social

Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure all human endeavours. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future. Dream bettir.

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Teela (Don't call me. Call your MoC 202-224-3121)
@teela.bsky.social

90% of Republican states disaster requests have been approved 23% of Democrat states have had disaster requests approved Regardless of presidential political party disaster approvals were nearly identical-until that pig named trump! It's unconscionable. 😡 youtu.be/S8YMr8elFTw?...

youtu.bePeters Pressed Secretary Mullin on Reported Politicization of FEMA Disaster ReliefYouTube video by Senator Gary Peters

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny!
@malena.bsky.social

When people share gift articles, I'm credibly grateful & this one's very important, so I hope everyone reads & shares it. Quote post it. Every American is at risk from ICE violence, so speak out against it before tragedy strikes your community! Call Congress @ 202-224-3121 Demand accountability!

𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱@photoframd.bsky.social

NYT - The author is the parent whose son Was Killed by ICE and Wants Accountability. #IceOut www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | My Son Was Killed by ICE. I Want Accountability. (Gift Article)I deserve accountability and transparency, and so does the public.

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rahaeli
@rahaeli.bsky.social

Fantastic writeup of an incredibly complex problem with the interdependence of the entire food system and how the people it screws hardest are the people who care most

JayIsPainting 🍁@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca

Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one.

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Gabriel Liston
@lastwater.net

"I resigned the following week. I told chambers it was a family matter, which was technically true, in that I called my mother"

🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃@angryblacklady.blacksky.app

Clarence Thomas read the same piece of 1866 history one way when it helped kill affirmative action, and the opposite way when it helped block birthright citizenship. Originalism my ass. I wrote a satire about Brad, his clerk who quits over it because he can't take the cognitive dissonance.

rewirenewsgroup.comI Drafted Clarence Thomas’ Birthright Citizenship Dissent. It Was So Bad I Quit: SatireHi, I'm Brad, Justice Thomas’ former Supreme Court clerk. I’m an originalist, but even I can’t defend this otherwise venerable jurist’s hypocrisy in Trump v. Barbara.
Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social

About time for some consequences!

All In with Chris Hayes@allinwithchris.bsky.social

Leon Black’s voluntary interview in the House Epstein probe abruptly ended with subpoenas after he refused to answer questions about alleged NDAs with women linked to Epstein. Legal analysts Katie Phang and Joyce Vance join to discuss that and more Epstein developments.

youtube.comEpstein benefactor Leon Black subpoenaed MID-INTERVIEW after ‘stonewalling’ CongressYouTube video by MS NOW

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The Film Canary
@thefilmcanary.bsky.social

Replying to @gailsimone.bsky.social

What do you call a film where thirteen of the actors who have played Doctor Who are doing a heist, and are being led by either of the Fourth or Sixth Doctors' actors? Baker's Dozen.

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David Atkinson
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social

The repetition of ‘here’, and even the missing word in the title, in Collette Bryce's poem speaks of absence. The enjambment & line endings fill the poem with thoughtful hesitation. I love the unusual similes too – ‘like discs in a jukebox’ #poetry #poemoftheday #NationalLonelinessWeek

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Radical Left Lunatic
@americagotitwrong.bsky.social

Police Murdering a baby over a possible theft . This is all by design. Look " We the People " aren't making it and that is all on our government and policies not your neighbor. America has chosen to spend money on war and then rebuilding what we bombed. Then we spend money on policing ( cont.)

Gwendolyn Corvid@gwendolyn-corvid.bsky.social

The cops shot and killed a 1 year old over a package of diapers. Now they tear-gas the people protesting the murdering cops.