MI-Forest
@mi-forest.bsky.social
artist, author, teacher, love nature, live in a forest #Postie #ExPostie We need to take better care of our planet!! #BanPlastics #HoldCorporationsAccountable #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence š«crypto š«AI š«porn
created December 31, 2023
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Graphic Granola (@graphicgranola.bsky.social) reposted
A bipartisan group of House members is set to convene a closed-door meeting with Epsteinās victims Tuesday afternoon. A group of Epsteinās victims also plans to hold a rally on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning. "This has not gone away like the speaker had hoped.ā www.politico.com/live-updates...
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's just tax billionaires and hundred million+ millionaires out of existence and see what that does!
Techmeme (@techmeme.com) reposted
Study: Character.AI chatbots of TimothƩe Chalamet, Chappell Roan, and Patrick Mahomes chatted inappropriately with teen accounts on topics like sex and drugs (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
So long, A23a. š„¹
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 24%. Millions live paycheck to paycheck as they struggle to afford basic goods. Is it any wonder why 70% of people said they believe the American dream no longer holds true or never did? www.wsj.com/economy/wsj-...
Sageās Mom (NO DMās) (@kjt1212.bsky.social) reposted
Release the files Felonius!!!!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
and he doesn't care either.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
No.
Simon Rosenberg (@simonwdc.bsky.social) reposted
Join us at 4pm ET today live for a catch up and look ahead to a very busy fall..... bsky.app/profile/did:...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
šØBREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
"Our democracy is only as strong as the people willing to defend it. State and local officials are on the frontlines of this work, and they must stay firm in the tough battles ahead ā for the systems they manage and the voters they serve. The stakes couldnāt be higher." -- Pamela Smith
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
trump's ignorance is greater than anyone ever thought possible!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Big Media is owned/controlled by billionaires/techbros who aren't interested in actual journalism and objectively informing the public. they're only interested in increasing their profits! #BreakUpBigMedia
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
Deport ICE & the trump administration not immigrants!
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Not a good move!
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states. 13 in Georgia 13 in North Carolina 10 in Texas 9 in Arizona 8 in Pennsylvania 8 in Wisconsin Democracy is on the docket! www.democracydocket.com
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
That about sums it up.
Indivisible āš (@indivisible.org) reposted
šØ SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18. Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trumpās birthday parade. As Trumpās regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, weāre gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION is a masterpiece. Driver has written an unflinchingly fair, absolutely brilliant analysis of a vital issue you might think you understand but almost certainly donāt. Read it if you care about Americaās future: tinyurl.com/4uznd4cc
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
or figure they will benefit more from a trump regime and their only real concern is greed.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
republicans are the political party of irresponsibility!
Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) reposted
Well this much we know He didn't spend the last week at a psychiatrist's
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
lol
Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic.bsky.social) reposted
this now brings us up to six (!) grand jury refusals to charge (that we know about), plus two cases filed as part of the dc surge dismissed on the us attorney's office's request
DianaResists (@dianaresists.bsky.social) reposted
Trump administration use of National Guard in L.A. violated law, judge rules. The ruling concluded that the federal government violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids members of the military from enforcing civilian laws. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
trump has repeatedly voted by mail over the years while suing to keep others from doing the same
Brian Klaas (@brianklaas.bsky.social) reposted
I wrote about Trumpian culture, the Liver King, scams, frauds, corruptionāand the new structural economic and political incentives that have caused us to enter a new era of inequality dominated by hucksters, which I call: The Grifted Age. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-grifte...
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
The Oval Office looks so trashy. š¤®
Kristin Wilson š (@kristin-wilson.bsky.social) reposted
McGovern was the second person to sign the Discharge Petition. Itās here if you want to follow along: clerk.house.gov/DischargePet... Rules should be interesting tonight if past is prologue.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
trump administration of more lies per second than anyone ever thought possible
Chise (@sailorrooscout.bsky.social) reposted
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024. It reveals that vaccinations didnāt JUST protect against illness. They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_m...
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
I think they should be unpardoned and serve more jail time.
Michael Markowitz (@markowitz.bsky.social) reposted
āā¦thereās not a single story on the homepage of the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, or CNN about Trumpās health ⦠āItās shocking that⦠no major news outlets have done serious investigations about Trumpās healthā¦āā www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
Raywat Deonandan (@deonandan.bsky.social) reposted
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Massie tells CNN that there is significant pressure from the White House to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
trump administration of one stupid move after another
Punish the Villains (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted reply parent
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
trump has a history of being late - just a bad move on his part given all the rumors lately.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
If it cannot harmlessly degrade It should not be made #HoldPlasticManufacturersAccountable for the mess they have made of our planet!! they cannot be allowed to profit and walk away from the pollution! they can start by cleaning up the Pacific Garbage Patch!
Kristin Wilson š (@kristin-wilson.bsky.social) reposted
Hereās where you can see the Discharge Petition ā and who signs in for it. Needs 218 names. clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Political theater.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
and republicans aren't either.
George Conway ššŗšøš„ (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
THE UNITED STATES WILL DECLARE WAR ON NORWAY IF THIS ABOMINATION OCCURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know weāre doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
And she and others should be REMOVED for having LIED during their confirmation hearings.
Amalas (@amalasrosa.bsky.social) reposted
I hate the argument that generative ai in the arts is āunavoidableā ai much!! We avoided it for centuries!! We managed fine without! Itās all just a scam and company greed We all need to boycott and fight that shit
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
and what does that turn the plastic INTO?? plastic can't magically become dirt.
Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen.bsky.social) reposted
A must-read post from @fishkin.bsky.social balkin.blogspot.com/2025/08/maki...
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MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
trump is bad for our country and bad for our world and republicans are responsible!!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
DUMP trump and the party he rode in on!!
Social Media Lab (@socialmedialab.ca) reposted
What's next? Book burnings? "The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
#EliminateMostAI #HOLDtechbrosAccountable
George Conway ššŗšøš„ (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't trump award it to rush limbaugh in his first term?
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
trump is afraid of "world leaders" being held accountable for their awful actions (of which trump personally has many)!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
ALL AI is created in the image of their makers and that isn't good. elon prefers his to be propaganda slop rather than just slop.
PBS News (@pbsnews.org) reposted
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
smulford.bsky.social (@smulford.bsky.social) reposted
One of the worldās most prominent hedge fund billionaires has warned that rising inequality is turning the US into an autocratic state and condemned business leaders for failing to speak out against Donald Trumpās policies.
LOLGOP (@thefarce.org) reposted
" This is not a time to fall back into the reflexive crouch that I so often see where the authoritarian creep by this administration is ignored in favor of some horse race piece on who will be helped politically by the president's action."
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
and all while techbros are anxious to render a sizable portion of the population redundant by having AI take over as many jobs as possible to increase the profits of that section of humanity that does the most damage. elon wants rich white men ruling and pretty much everyone else as slaves.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
elon is a white supremacist who thinks far, far too highly of himself. billionaires are bad for all life on Earth! elon is also bad for all life on Mars. #TAXbillionairesOutOfExistence for a better world and a better life!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
billionaires and techbros who own/control the majority of media people see online and off are quite willing to destroy democracy and reality to increase their profits. #BreakUpBigMedia #TAXbillionairesOutOfExistence
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
Please donate to NPR and PBS if you can!! The trump administration of cancelling good and necessary things continues.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Our antitrust laws failed us. Huge corporations are not good for people or planet.
The Calitaliano Kid ššŗš¦š½ (@moved2italy.bsky.social) reposted
Hallelujah and amen for Shaniqua McClendon, head of Vote Save America for tellin it like it is! āThis country is being run by people who are both dumb and evil, and that is not a good combination.ā Good discussion on #tariffs, #vaccines and #AlligatorAlcatraz! www.msnbc.com/weekends-wit...
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been looking more and more at wind systems which can be used for homes. Came upon this one not too long ago: tesup.com/us/tesup-ver...
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
From my latest: Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trumpās Power.ā open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, wants to āclaw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working-class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.ā
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
āFrayed collar workers in gold plated times.ā 30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of Americaās working class. Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
The U.S. has more gun violence than any other country. It's the republicans!!
Audrey (@parickards.bsky.social) reposted
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
My latest: āEmergency-Gate: Focusing on Challenging the Premise of Trumpās Power.ā open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
John Rundin (@johnrundin.bsky.social) reposted
Labor Day protest, Interstate 5, Woodland CA #woodland #50501 #yolo #indivisible #yoloindivisible #bridgebrigade
DC (@dcosta.bsky.social) reposted
A not-so-happy Labor Day for farmworkers, thanks to the Trump administration's latest move to end the USDA survey of farm employers. The only reason to do this is to lower wages for both migrant farmworkers and U.S. farmworkers - who are already some of the-lowest paid workers in the country:
Brennan Center (@brennancenter.org) reposted
The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the DOJās requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB
50501: The Peopleās Movement āš (@50501movement.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Even deep rock is not isolated from the areas around it. Fracking isn't without problems, some of them serious. How will they be able to monitor and measure the exactly what is going on to avoid problems like water contamination in a wider area. It's an interesting idea, but I have concerns.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social)
We only have one planet and we take very poor care of it. That is foolish beyond measure!! We need to create a sustainable planet for ALL life that calls Earth home!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
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MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
What are the effects of erosion on this in ground system pumping water in and out? How does this accordion process effect the land surrounding? What stress does this accordion process put on the surrounding areas?
Pestilence (@pestilence4all.bsky.social) reposted
I would suggest that anyone interested in what is happening at the CDC and the Department of Health, in general, give this a listen. This is from 3 days ago but is worth it if you havenāt seen it already. Dr. Daskalakis tells it like it is.
OG Carlin Fan (@notgeorgecarlin.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Archive copy(no paywall) of today's NYT editorial by the last 9 directors of the CDC condemning the dangerous, targeted destruction of it. "We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every Americanās Health"
Saeed Jones (@theferocity.bsky.social) reposted
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLEāS PROJECT!! @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and weāre so excited!!!!
Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) reposted
Yesterday, we learned that Elon Musk spent $55 million to defeat her. Today, we cheered as Judge Susan Crawford took her oathāand became Justice Susan Crawford. Congratulations!
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
Source?
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Anyway, Iām glad to know the president is still technically alive so he can watch this tomorrow www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
CZEdwards (@czedwards.bsky.social) reposted
And hey parents: Remember: doing a thing badly is the start of learning to do it well. Your kidās having problems with school? Donāt punish, find help thatās not you (because you are tired and will get frustrated because beginnerās mind is a hard state to get back into). Sports/art/music? PRACTICE.
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
Jonelle (@louiseplease.bsky.social) reposted
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David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted
It is undeniable. In fact, denying it abets the criminals behind the crimes, even as their toll rises and even worse abuses are contemplated. Israel and the US must be stopped and held accountable. The international community should use every available tool to do so.
George Moser (Elderly white hippie) (@glmoser.bsky.social) reposted
The incident forced the plane to land at the city of Plovdiv using paper maps, rather than the conventional electronic system. "We can confirm there was GPS jamming. We have received information from Bulgarian authorities that they suspect this blatant interference was carried out by Russia."
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) reposted
German technologist Sebastian Majstorovic has taken it upon himself to save the data Trump and his henchmen are deleted in the US at portal.datarescueproject.org Ein Back-up der RealitƤt www.zeit.de/2025/37/date...
David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted
The only way to produce lasting peace in Ukraine is to defeat Russia, force it to return to 2014 borders and admit Ukraine into NATO and the EU. Anything less is likely simply to produce only a temporary pause before Russia attacks again.
MI-Forest (@mi-forest.bsky.social) reply parent
AI slop machines deliver sloppy results. Film at 11.
Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isnāt white. *Do not* use the term āremigrationā. Itās an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.