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@alli-ward.bsky.social
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Balloon hater. Average recreational piano player. Environmental enthusiast & millennial rescue dog mom. Of rural lands, longtime DC resident, new swing-state voter.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13h
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 18h
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If I were a single-issue voter, my single issue would be that 99% of the GOP belong in prison
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My google search history rn: “how to become a wealthy philanthropist and preserve land” “how to mobilize the insurance lobby to fund wildlife overpasses” “is anyone crowdfunding land conservation” “why shouldn’t I start guerrilla gardening literally everywhere” “what to do with my rage”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gas is $5 a gallon and I genuinely cannot fathom being a person making anything close to our federal minimum wage at this point in American history. It is criminal.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On behalf of my former HHS friends this makes me so very mad
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Officially a year in the state I am currently in and my first and possibly most important conclusion is that these people can’t drive
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know that moment after a job interview when you have no idea if you rambled for a half hour or actually said something coherent anyway I’ll be staring at a wall for the next half hour
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Realizing a tradeoff of my potential job change (for good!) is that my native plant budget will not be as extensive. Clearly, the logical question: whether my husband needs dry cleaning more than I need monthly native plants? My extremely sound logical fact based conclusion: he certainly does not.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My on the record response: the fuck they are
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SUSAN COLLINS I AM CONCERNED ARE YOU CONCERNED Can someone ask Murkowski for comment on this I’m separately dying to see her respond to this
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I BET SHES REALLY CONCERNED NOW FOLKS
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mikie Sherrill is dead wrong on data centers
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Or one that isn’t interested in trying to make us believe an alternative version of it
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It simply never ends. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik issued new guidance interpreting the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on “taking” endangered wildlife much more narrowly. Under the new interpretation, an action generally has to be intentionally
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. Any other view is incorrect.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
'I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.' — Anne Frank
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This was my first thought
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I believe this
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes please
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ok at the rate things are going from a society perspective: should I raid my 401k to buy land for preservation/habitat restoration or do we think I might actually be alive at 65
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“He’ll do it anyway” on Kennedy Center is high key complying in advance energy
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Resistance is contagious. Just because you are the first one to jump in, does not mean you’ll be the last.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Philly needs a Mamdani
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I once noticed Mikie Sherrill was missing from the notable GULC alum Wikipedia page when she was in Congress and added her, but the whole “let’s put a developer in charge of the DEP” thing really has me regretting that moment of recognition.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Separately, whoever is in charge of Mikie Sherrill’s comms needs to have a come to Jesus moment - know who in the ever loving fuck would think it’s a good idea to be lauding expedited permitting processes when 5500 gallons of diesel just spilled into a tributary of the Hackensack River. Unhinged.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think the reason the destruction of the Kennedy Center makes me so irate (apart from my undying love for the Kennedy Center) is that it is a physical manifestation of the damage and havoc he has wreaked upon our country. I don’t want to wait for November. I want him removed from office. Now.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Between spam financing calls for the loan that I did not apply for and texts asking for campaign donations my phone has become borderline useless as a meaningful way to contact me.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
F*** everything about this administration.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So tired of hearing about pedestrian deaths. This is just so out of control.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today I wrote my to do list in silver ink, which I found in the form of a uniball pen in the depths of my home office desk drawer and, let me tell you, that’s the highest high I’ve had in months.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do rich oligarchs not like breathing clean air I genuinely don’t get it
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1000% bring it to a drop box if you can and wherever possible, vote early and in person!!!!!
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today I heard someone complaining about lead in Hobby Lobby products. Do you have no loyalty to the cause? No shame? DO YOU NOT REMEMBER BURWELL? Hobby Lobby has been dead to me for 12 years. I hate it so much I forget it exists from time to time.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
More people should know what jury nullification is.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you think you see someone tampering with a Flock camera, I’ve heard that specific visual hallucination is a side effect of accidentally eating recalled food. I have heard they can be extremely vivid hallucinations.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The fact that in 2026 amidst the proliferation of AI jobs are still asking for cover letters like respectfully what
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AW but not a Root Beer @alli-ward.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I actually do think that if you are a terrible person you deserve terrible consequences
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