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14 Apr

Our business goals: 1) Get in some Good Trouble. 2) Make enough money to cover our expenses and support the humans that run this business. 3) Expand so we can support more humans and get in some more Good Trouble.

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Ariana Tobin

@arianatobin.bsky.social

10 July

You know that routine plan disclosure you get from your 401(k) or 403(b)? We need to see it. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/... Breaking my long social media hiatus to ask you to please do this! Please share our ask widely! For this to work the way we hope, thousands of people must participate.

seattletimes.comWA data centers to lose tax exemptions starting todayA new law has repealed data center tax exemptions, requiring the facilities to pay state sales tax on equipment and infrastructure updates.

2 July

Good start. Now let's add taxes.

Laura Anne Gilman@lauraannegilman.bsky.social

#PayYourShare www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Randy Douglas

@randydouglas.bsky.social

15 June

If you would never drive a Tesla, you should also consider not buying cheap crap from Amazon. Stop funding the oligarchs.

For anyone curious about the discussion we had re: Laerke the polar bear, here is the response we got from the refuge in Canada: "After doing some research on what may have led to this request, it appears to me that Learke is showing what is called stereotypic behaviour." 1/5

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"While I appreciate the concern of the public, unfortunately moving a polar bear from one institution to another is not a simple undertaking. In the US, there is a law called the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which amongst many other things prohibits the transfer" 4/5

"of marine mammals (including polar bears) out of the United States. We are also open and willing to help polar bears in need, but due to this law, there is unfortunately very little we do for polar bears in the US." 5/5

"This type of behaviour can be a result of many factors, and it is often not as simple as just 'stress'. At this time of year, all polar bears are experiencing fluctuations in hormone levels as a response to the breeding season which occurs in the spring." 2/5

"These fluctuations may cause behavioural changes, but as we are not associated with the Point Defiance Zoo, this is only speculation. If the behaviour is a response to hormonal changes, it will likely cease once breeding season has passed." 3/5

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Mychal Threets

@mychal3ts.bsky.social

7 June

Graphic novels turn kids into lifelong readers. They challenge readers, transform reluctant readers into readers, they bring joy. They boost vocabulary, increase reading comprehension for brains that take in information differently. They tell a story. Graphic novels are real reading, real books ✨📚😊

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31 May

Replying to @aridrennen.bsky.social

There are basically three options for a city: you can pay to bus in workers, you can pay to build roads for workers, or you can pay to subsidize housing for workers. Free buses are the cheapest and quickest way to increase capacity. Add a head tax for employers who aren't exempt from B&O taxes.

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Clayton Tucker

@claytontuckertx.com

19 May

The people growing our food aren’t the ones getting rich. Monopolies rig the system so a handful of corporations control prices, land, and livelihoods. Texans deserve fair markets that work for regular people again.

15 May

Hey, #Booksky! We're back with a new #book rec! "Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she's expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed." "A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening..." ⬇️

littleredgeneralstore.comYesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick - HardcoverReport copyright infringementby Caro Claire Burke (Author)A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of s...

15 May

Yesteryear is the debut novel of Caro Claire Burke, co-host of Diabolical Lies, a politics and culture podcast. Look for it at your local bookshop! If they don't have it, use discount code LOCALFIRST on our site to save 5% + we'll give half of our profit to bookstores near your shipping address. 🔚

27 Apr

Dear Fox News, The manifesto said he was targeting a pedophile. What does this have to do with Trump?

@slack2thefuture.bsky.social

25 Apr

Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay, #Booksky! You should ALWAYS check your local bookstore before shopping online, not just today. If they don't have what you need, check us out next. When you buy a book from us, tell us the where you tried first and we'll split our margin with them 50/50.

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David Slack

18 Apr

Record profits are unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.

Patricia@powermacuser1.bsky.social

Tesla paid $1 billion in taxes to China & $0 in federal income taxes to the US. At least 88 highly profitable corporations paid $0 federal income tax last year while bringing in $ billions. Disney, CVS, Palantir, Taco Bell & others are making massive profits, paying executives enormous ⬇️

13 Apr

A resume is sufficient for an initial expression of interest. Only if there is mutual interest should a formal application be required. Long, extensive hiring processes are intentionally abusive to try to weed out the ones that won't just take it with a smile.

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humanrightscareers.com15 Trusted Charities Supporting Trans People

31 Mar

We are running a #sale today! Use code #TDOV at checkout and we will: - discount your order by 5% - donate our profit to the #trans charities listed by them.us for your state This runs until noon pacific on Apr 1, 2026. Books, Tools, Bath+Body, Plants, Groceries... We have a bit of everything!

Chris Scullion@scully1888.bsky.social

If you can afford some time/money today, read up on these charities which support trans people, and consider donating to one of them. Our trans pals are constantly up against it 🏳️‍⚧️ UK goodlawproject.org/resource/sup... US www.them.us/story/orgs-f... World www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/trust...

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Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

28 Mar

This is a nationwide phenomenon. The centrists and normies are more viciously angry than the socialists and anarchists, who gave up long ago on the illusion of a working system. Would encourage leftists of all stripes to take it seriously, welcome them in while they’re receptive.

Mike (beep boop era)@latimeriidae.bsky.social

Walking thru the “Ultra Normie” No Kings rally in my extremely rural, white town and there are Patagonia wearing moms carrying signs that say “DEAD PEDOPHILES DONT REOFFEND” and “ICE GETS THE WALL” and I hi fived an old guy with a sign that said MY DADDY FOUGHT NAZIS AND SO WILL I” this is wild

npr.orgThey gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her moneyA murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.

25 Mar

#SmallBusiness Owners Beware. These "loans" that take a percentage of your sales as repayment can make payday loans look tame. If you're a struggling #entrepreneur, look up DebtCollective and DebtorsAnonymous or reach out to us for more resources.

404media.coMapping Google's Unmappable CityHow filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.

19 Mar

The rich sit in privacy while cameras watch and track all the poors.

404 Media@404media.co

NEW: North Oaks, Minnesota is the only city in the US that is not on Google Maps Street View. "“It’s known by Minnesotans as a place where executives and CEOs live,” Parr told 404 Media. “Famously Walter Mondale is from North Oaks, but also like United Healthcare executives and Target executives.”

americaninequality.ioHomelessness | American Inequality

9 Mar

23 days of the Iran War and we'll have spent what it would cost to end homelessness across the United States. www.americaninequality.io/homelessness

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

I just want to make sure that everyone knows Trump's war of choice in Iran is costing us $900 million a day according to the latest figures Not $900 a day, not $9,000 a day, not $90,000 a day, not $900,000 a day, not $9 million a day, not $90 million a day $900 million a day

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Maris Kreizman

@maris.bsky.social

5 Mar

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

lithub.comWhy We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American ChildrenLately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

thenewstribune.com900-year-old Pierce County tree may be cut down for new semi-truck parking lotBirds could be heard chirping in the tree’s enormous branches on Wednesday afternoon when The News Tribune visited the site.

14 Feb

Heartbreaking. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a... #usa #washington #wa #savethetrees #forestry #trees #nature #treehuggers

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Scott Lincicome

@scottlincicome.bsky.social

10 Feb

"Farm Bankruptcies Continued to Climb in 2025" www.fb.org/market-intel... "Chapter 12 bankruptcies increased for the second year in a row, reaching 315 filings in 2025. This is a 46% increase from 2024"

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Democratic Socialists of America

@demsocialists.bsky.social

19 Jan

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littleredgeneralstore.comKristallnacht: The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Most NotoriousReport copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Kristallnacht written by eyewitnesses *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Include...

A young man was born and raised in Germany, but never given citizenship. He fled to France, but the bar for citizenship was too high. Poland cancelled his citizenship for living abroad. Then Germany deported his family to a barren wasteland. #booksky #reading #nonfiction #history #nazis ➡️ 1/5

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...German cities, marking the beginning of the Holocaust itself. Sometimes known as Kristallnacht, the November Pogrom was not only allowed, but fueled and encouraged, by Nazi leaders in an effort to remove the Jews from German life and culture. ↔️ 3/5

'Kristallnacht: The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Most Notorious Pogrom' analyzes one of the most controversial events in pre-war Germany. Includes pictures, eyewitness accounts, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading. ↔️ 4/5

@cooperatives.bsky.social

17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan went to the German embassy in Paris on November 7, 1938 and shot a junior diplomat, who died on the 15th anniversary of Hitler's first, failed coup attempt. That night, an organized show of force against Jewish businesses and private homes occurred throughout... ↔️ 2/5

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The Cooperative Economy

11 Jan

Norway is home to a significant not-for-profit housing co-op sector. 𝘉𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 80% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴—𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.

housinginternational.coopNorway Archives - Cooperative Housing InternationalDiscover the history, legal framework, financing, and structure of cooperative housing in Norway. Learn how housing co-ops evolved and operate today in a changing market.

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Christian Breyer

@christianonre.bsky.social

9 Jan

Sodium-ion battery cells already near lithium-ion cost parity, set to get cheaper - www.ess-news.com/2026/01/09/s... @dominikkeiner.bsky.social @aukehoekstra.bsky.social @jeroahola.bsky.social

ess-news.comSodium-ion battery cells already near lithium-ion cost parity, set to get cheaper - Energy StorageBy 2050, sodium-ion batteries with fast learning rates could deliver storage at 11–14 €/MWh - cheaper than lithium-ion at 16–22 €/MWh - while also offering higher energy-to-power ratios and high cycle...

littleredgeneralstore.comSmash the Patriarchy: A Graphic Novel - HardcoverReport copyright infringementby Marta Breen (Author), Jenny Jordahl (Illustrator), Si穗 MacKie (Translator)★ "This is a well-told and highly informative read. Highly recommended for young adult graphic...

9 Jan

#Patriarchy means "the rule of the father" and describes a system where men are in control. At least since the time of Aristotle, loud-mouthed #men have called #women weak... 🧵 1/3 #booksky #reading #nonfiction #gender #GenderInequality #civilrights #smallbusiness #fundraiser #teens #adult #ya

9 Jan

...and inferior. In entertaining comic book form, Smash the Patriarchy shames the culprits and salutes inspiring women who stood up to them. The book is not afraid to examine some of the worst crimes. The patriarchy is falling. It's time to smash it. This graphic novel shows you how. 🧵 2/3

littleredgeneralstore.comFlowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, TeenagReport copyright infringementby K. R. Gaddy (Author)The true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, working-class teenagers who fought the Nazis by whatever means they could. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean were cl...

8 Jan

They were Germans under #Hitler, and any nonconformity could get them arrested or worse. As children in 1933, their earliest memories were of the #Nazi rise to power; their parents fighting... 🧵 1/3 #booksky #reading #nonfiction #history #freedom #thugs #smallbusiness #fundraiser #teens #adult