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Writer. Science fan. Maps matter. Biology is queer af. Worked at MS, Public Schools, & public transit. Gadfly. Old dragons don't die. Eunoia. Just Say NO. What power you have, use it against oligarchs & Nazls. Banner: 1982, young me. Sry 4 typos.

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A poem takes words
And makes them
Not words

10.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I appreciate the listeners as m8ch as speakers.

10.03.2026 06:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poem. No alt text due to AI.

It's a poem and if u can't see it but want to, DM me. It might be a minute, but I will send.

10.03.2026 06:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Believe women. I know. It's hard. Do it anyway.

False reports are less than 2%.

We have no upside to lying.

We are stigmatized till death if we speak.

The least you can do is listen.

10.03.2026 06:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Grifters gotta grift

10.03.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At every USL game this weekend, USL players paused play for 60 seconds in a powerful show of solidarity.

They’re united and ready to fight for the fair contract they deserve.

As the players stand still, America’s unions stand with them.
#StandUpForStandards

09.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 1913 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 12
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Not trying to be hyperbolic, I fear we are on the cusp of a 9/11 type catastrophe that this regime is unwilling and unable to protect us from.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 13360 πŸ” 3716 πŸ’¬ 1271 πŸ“Œ 293
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Trump Org Files Trademarks to Put the President’s Name Front and Center at America’s 250th In one filing submitted on Friday, a β€œTrump 250” image was trademarked to be used on a variety of merchandise.

From meme coins to our nation’s 250th Anniversary, Trump continues to enrich himself off the backs of working Americans.

www.notus.org/donald-trump...

10.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 2394 πŸ” 737 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 56
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Changes in paracetamol and leucovorin use after a White House briefing Changes in federal prescribing recommendations follow deliberate and transparent processes involving US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists, which normally include input from stakeholders an...

After Yam Tits said Tylenol may cause Autism if taken during pregnancy, a new Lancet study found pregnant patients’ use of the drug in the ER dropped by ~10%, even though scientists have said repeatedly there’s no clear evidence of a causal link.

Words matter, even if from an untrustworthy Buffon🍊🀑

10.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

09.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 4717 πŸ” 1402 πŸ’¬ 331 πŸ“Œ 123

Julie is going down in the history books yall. Hero.

09.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing how much damage one malignant narcissist can cause.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

09.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 3086 πŸ” 1028 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 44
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March 8
International Women's Day

Women's rights have been fought long and hard for ...

THEN PEDOrump, HIS EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION AND HIS REPUBLIKKKLAN PEDOPHILE PROTECTORS TOOK OUR RIGHTS AWAY ... OUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE!!!

08.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 672 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 13

Wow! That's great!

09.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Israel has universal healthcare
Ukraine is at war and has universal healthcare
Russia is at war and has universal healthcare
Iran is at war and was working towards universal healthcare
USA has funds for war but not universal healthcare

Which country is being mismanaged?

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 1301 πŸ” 474 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 12

The truth is, food shortages and hunger are largely policy and distribution problems.

People don't need to eat insects generally, and they know they just need acces or money.

Ppl work towards access, not resign themselves to crickets and maggots.

09.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And now I read oodles. I read so much. I library the heck of of life. I happily buy authors I want to support. I am realizing how much fiction has changed since I last knew her.

She's aged well (mostly).

09.03.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So sorry but don't despair! It's the parenthood, FYI.

I parented during the hopeful pre Trump era, and stopped reading except to and with them for years. Parenting, working, and managing the extra lives and calendars just leaves no stretches of reading time (or energy or retention)

They are gone,

09.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s also sending Witkoff and Kushner to Israel on Tuesday.

Probably nothing to do with global markets cratering and oil going parabolic

09.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 2427 πŸ” 600 πŸ’¬ 192 πŸ“Œ 29
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Shit, with this regime, it may not be there

09.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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Citizens Bank Funding ICE Detention Centers Boycott Citizens Bank, Move your accounts out of Citizens Bank

Financing Major Prison Companies: Protesters allege that Citizens Bank is a major lender to CoreCivic and The GEO Group, the two largest private prison operators in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/cheechpr...

09.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 359 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 22
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Please, stop signing bills.

After 10 days they become law by default.

08.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1216 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 240 πŸ“Œ 52

Immigration is not going to stop being an issue, not for many d3acdes.

Climate change is going mean massive changes to where people can live.

They will all be moving to survive.

And I have yet to here of any country planning for it.

@warren.senate.gov Help.

09.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Belgium MP Paul Magnette: β€œNot one of our soldiers, not one of our weapons, should go for Trump’s war in Iran. We must say no to Trump, like Spain did”

09.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 2939 πŸ” 747 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 59
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This woman has been in America for over 5 decades.

She came to the US as a toddler after being adopted by a US Air Force officer.

The regime wants to deport her to Iran.

A country they’re intent on destroying.

They want to send her to her death.

09.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 479 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 16
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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36Β°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expec...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades | New Scientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

08.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 2111 πŸ” 1180 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 96
On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in β€œdrug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

09.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 2749 πŸ” 1255 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 66
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AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers β€” and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

09.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 19933 πŸ” 6160 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 177

Actually had not thought of that, but that makes a lot of sense in this one.

09.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how u know that Putin doesn't view this as a win, but as a threat, regardless of selling oil to India.

He is giving, not getting wrt Iran.

09.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0