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(she/her) Audio freelancer, teacher, essayist. Parent, spouse, citizen. Geek of all trades with a mean set of ears. If found on dry land, please return to water.

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I saw that show, too. Made me worry about Teller's health.

05.01.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. In other clips, Penn mentions that Teller has no problem eating bugs.

05.01.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Indeed, Satan should sue.

28.07.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 620 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

And with that yearly salary *plus* healthcare *and* a pension.

What. The. Fuck.

29.07.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll say this as many times as I have to.

No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.

30.05.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 5686 πŸ” 1557 πŸ’¬ 199 πŸ“Œ 80
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@catgyoung.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

30.05.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 693 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 8
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

30.05.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 39801 πŸ” 13842 πŸ’¬ 1265 πŸ“Œ 820

Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.

24.05.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 9905 πŸ” 3920 πŸ’¬ 484 πŸ“Œ 266

Note that NWU has received zero communication from the administration about this. No explanation, no rationale, no demands. Nothing.

They're not even paying on grants that were already awarded and budgeted. It's tyrannical

23.05.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Federal Bird Banding Lab Needs Support Now Federal Bird Banding Lab Needs Support Now Find contact information for your senators and representative. The following is from a letter from author Scott Weidensaul received on May 22: As so...

Extra! Extra!

Numerous reports are coming in that DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency, US) is going to eliminate the Ecosystems Mission Area at USGS. This includes the USGS Bird Banding Lab.

Read more here about why that matters and what to do about it.

#birds

23.05.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Health emergencies have not paused since January but news informing the public about them has. www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

21.05.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

You know you’re done birding for the day when you find yourself yelling at birds you can hear but not see, β€œHey, asshole! Come down here and say that!”

11.05.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.05.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

No prob. Trump can’t read. 🀣

07.05.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fight fiercely, Harvard!

07.05.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white drawing of a stick figure laughing and pointing . ALT: a black and white drawing of a stick figure laughing and pointing .
07.05.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is not "brand new" that a woman can say "stop" during sex, guy. If it's brand new *to you,* please walk into a local police station and register yourself as a sex offender.

04.05.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking as one of them, I am always proud to celebrate and honor you, sir.

03.05.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.05.2025 00:53 πŸ‘ 22204 πŸ” 9235 πŸ’¬ 583 πŸ“Œ 542

Tootsie roll, obviously

01.05.2025 03:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @bostonglobe.com can we please not have the Karen Read saga front and center every single day?

28.04.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

In an effort to embrace modern technology, the Vatican is replacing the in-person Conclave it has historically used to select a new pope with an insecure Signal group chat.

28.04.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2954 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 34
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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

28.04.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 13138 πŸ” 3912 πŸ’¬ 187 πŸ“Œ 112
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27.04.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 12070 πŸ” 3431 πŸ’¬ 235 πŸ“Œ 147
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@ashishkjha.bsky.social

26.04.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 1051 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 15
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Word

26.04.2025 03:29 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Doesn’t it seem counterintuitive to you that an email promising time-saving recipes does not provide them, but instead directs you to a 20-minute video?

22.04.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Outbursts of Everett True
By Condo

I'VE GOT TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC
WASHING MACHINE.

I DON'T THINK, MRS, TRUE, THAT WE REALLY NEED ONE-

IT ISN'T WHAT "WE" THINK ABOUT IT!! "WE" DON'T DO THE WASHINGS β€” I DO THEM !!!
I DO THEM WHILE YOU SIT IN A SWIVEL CHAIR DOWN TOWN AND TURN THE CRANK OF A PENCIL SHARPENER !!!

The Outbursts of Everett True By Condo I'VE GOT TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINE. I DON'T THINK, MRS, TRUE, THAT WE REALLY NEED ONE- IT ISN'T WHAT "WE" THINK ABOUT IT!! "WE" DON'T DO THE WASHINGS β€” I DO THEM !!! I DO THEM WHILE YOU SIT IN A SWIVEL CHAIR DOWN TOWN AND TURN THE CRANK OF A PENCIL SHARPENER !!!

The Atlantic City Gazette Review, February 21,1921

21.03.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 451 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
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Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.

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