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S ✨ @amaryllis-azure.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is how it should be. Other billionaires, take note.
cnn.com
Bill Gates announces plan to give ‘virtually all’ his money away and end the Gates Foundation in 20 years | CNN Business
When Bill and Melinda French Gates created the Gates Foundation in 2000, they had planned for the organization to continue its work, using their remaining fortune, for several decades after they died....
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Twolips 🌷🦢 @twolipsart.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
for @eusfur.bsky.social 🌠
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/05/2025
Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39
Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39
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Springfield Daily Citizen @sgfcitizen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Park Central Square will come alive with free concerts on Saturday nights from May through September. "Live From Downtown" aims to make live music accessible and family-friendly, and encourage people to explore the neighborhood. Read it: sgfcitizen.org/springfield-...
Park Central Square will be the site of a new, free, weekly concert series. "Live From Downtown" starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday nights from May through September. (Photo by Jeff Kessinger)
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Diana Chan @thingsbydiana.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
✨🌸 Blossom dragon for spring
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/05/2025
Someone needs to cut Bobby’s mic. The best treatment for measles is prevention. That means vaccination, plain and simple. It’s safe. It works. It saves lives. Measles can be deadly, and there’s no cure once contracted.
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RFK Jr. calls for CDC plan for alternative measles treatments
Kennedy has downplayed the threat from the highly contagious disease and repeated misleading claims about measles vaccines.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 02/05/2025
And here it is: COPPER SCRIPT, cover by Bookfly Design. Absolutely loving it.
Cover of COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles. The background is very dark blues and greys with smoky effects, and a London skyline.  At the front, silhouettes of two men, one with hat and long coat, one shorter wearing a cap, walking close together and slightly overlapping. The silhouettes are copper coloured. There's an Art Deco type delicate frame effect in copper, which turns into lamps at the bottom, and in the far background is a rather ominous black silhouette fountain pen nib. The title COPPER SCRIPT is done in white copperplate font, the author name is in a 1920s style font.
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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wavy lines of reflected weeping willows dance upon the surface of Monet's water lily pond. This petite painting captures the beautiful light of France with impressionistic brushstrokes. Lilies on Green Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2024 16 x 10 in #dailyart #waterlilies #womanartist
Lilies on Green
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2024
16 x 10 in

Wavy lines of reflected weeping willows dance upon the surface of Monet's water lily pond. This petite painting captures the beautiful light of France with impressionistic brushstrokes alive with color and texture.
https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/lilies-on-green
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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025
It is not clear that the president has the authority to make such orders to CPB under the law. From @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Ukraine is not just a war. It’s golden fields under endless skies. It’s churches glowing in morning light. It’s rivers, forests, mountains, peace. Every picture of Ukraine tells a story of beauty they tried to erase but never could.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 02/05/2025
You really have to be a special kind of evil to rip $1 BILLION from school mental health and anti-violence programs—because they dared to be inclusive. Trump isn’t saving kids—he’s sacrificing them to push his hateful agenda.
theguardian.com
Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Funding will not be continued next year after bill signed in 2022 helped schools hire more mental health workers
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/05/2025
Yesterday, HHS released a controversial report on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. They say: “chapters of the report were peer-reviewed” but won’t say who wrote it or who reviewed it... That’s very...unusual. Of course, no major U.S. medical society was involved. 🧵 Let’s dive in:
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HHS breaks with major U.S. medical groups in review of pediatric gender care
The Department of Health and Human Services released the review, which doesn’t name any of its authors, in response to an executive order from President Trump.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
From NEA. The good news is we have moved from 50th in starting teacher pay to 49th. 😭 We can’t find money for public schools or teachers, but we can fund a school voucher scam…my god this is embarrassing.
A screenshot of a graphic from NEA showing that Missouri starting teachers are paid 49th in the nation and our average teacher salary is also 49th in the nation.
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Springfield Daily Citizen @sgfcitizen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Rogers is ready to speak out. The former Central teacher says a story about her and another teacher "kidnapping" a transgender student to help with a social transition is false, and she feels SPS allowed her to be a political pawn. Read it: sgfcitizen.org/schools/k12-...
Victoria Rogers is one of two Central teachers accused of helping a transgender student transition without their parents' approval. Rogers said those accusations are not true. Photographed in front of Central High School in Springfield on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by Jym Wilson)
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Camila 🌷 @nekomori-art.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
A mermaid on a rock for a belated #mermay entry 🧜‍♀️
Illustration depicting a mermaid sitting on a rock in the middle of a calm sea. There are giant clouds over the horizon, but the moon is full and shining behind the mermaid. The entire illustration is contained in a gold oval frame.
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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
still noodling away on my little townbuilder game 🏡
A screenshot of a pixel art townbuilder game. There's a plaza with a community hall, some shops, a drinks machine, residential housing and a farm. The player character is chatting to an anthropomorphic bunny, who is allegedly going to work at the town cafe.
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S ✨ @amaryllis-azure.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Once again, April and Tim are helping to explain the thought processes behind Christian Nationalism in the US
youtube.com
Exposing the Christian Nationalist Network Fueling Trump | The Tim and April Show
YouTube video by The Tim and April Show
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/05/2025
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now theonion.com/parents...
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
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catistory @catistory.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In 1967, a tense rescue took place in Amsterdam, where an onlooker used a net to save a cat that had fallen into a canal. Despite his efforts, another bystander eventually had to climb down to safely retrieve the soaked feline. In the final photo, the cat is reunited with its relieved owner.
A man climbs down a ladder into a canal to save a cat that is holding onto the side of the canalA man stand holding a net, while another man holds a wet catA man holds a box with a cat in it. The cat appears upset.A woman holds a wet cat
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Springfield Daily Citizen @sgfcitizen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A Springfield man is charged with a felony after he allegedly harassed a transgender person on multiple occasions while the victim shopped at Walmart and also where the victim worked. Read it: sgfcitizen.org/government/c...
The Greene County Judicial Courts Facility at 1010 Boonville in Springfield, Missouri. (Photo by Shannon Cay)
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2025
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence theonion.com/4-copy-...
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
⚔️✨🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS KNIGHTS STICKERS ARE HERE! 🏳️‍⚧️✨⚔️
Photo of two sets of sticker designs. The first is a beige coloured banner decorated with medieval style flowers. It says "Ye Olde Trans Rights" in medieval inspired font. The second is a shield banner divided into pink and blue, separated by white. It says "Trans Knights" in a medieval style font.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.
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은민 @em913em.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
서핑을 해 보고 싶어요
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은민 @em913em.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
선화 타입 커미션 신청 감사합니다🐶
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Morale is in the toilet. The Trump administration’s months-long hunt to root out the resistance is ramping up. Investigations are intensifying, with polygraph tests being used to create a climate of fear and intimidation.
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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In just 100 days, President Trump has already used government power to target more than 100 perceived enemies. He has ordered criminal investigations from the Oval Office, while more than 10 other agencies are taking action against other targets. Our story: www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
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Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies
Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, the president has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. One judge called his actions "a shocking abuse of power."
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 29/04/2025
I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Morning
Cartoon: a woman in glasses sits behind a desk. Behind her is a huge sign reading “SOCIETY FOR ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS”. In front of the desk, a man in glasses and a dark suit asks “Excuse me, is this the Society for Asking Stupid Questions?”
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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
honses (and one bull) for your sticker needs
lascaux horse sticker with "honse" textlascaux horse sticker sheet (and one bull)
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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 28/04/2025
The NIH community invites you to join us in weekly vigils to commemorate and mourn the losses resulting from cuts to funding, programs, and people that have been both discriminatory and indiscriminate.
A wake invite to the NIH. Saturday, may 3. 11-1pm. Medical center metro. Emo attire appreciated.
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Our Flag Means Death Frames @ofmdframes.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
x marks the spot
stede bonnet in those slutty purple pants and that frilly white shirt on deck of the revenge in the blue twilight while crossing swords with leather-clad ed teach (our flag means death s1e6)stede bonnet in these slutty brown pants and that flowy frilly white shirt crossing swords with leather-clad izzy hands (our flag means death s2e1, photo still by nicola dove)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/04/2025
The CDC has eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries and the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases. The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
propublica.org
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
meow-apolitan ice cream 🍨
digital cartoon of a Neapolitan colored ice cream cat with dipped chocolate and a cherry sitting on a cone.
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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My mom would’ve died in 2017 without Narcan. Trump and RFK Jr. want to leave families to bury their loved ones. This isn’t fighting opioids — if you voted Trump thinking he was going to save your family from this plague, they’re getting a death sentence instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
nytimes.com
Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
💔 for my children: “The Trump administration has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
nytimes.com
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Imagine being this scared of people and it’s just fuckin… me, lol
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"26" A mini comic. 1/2
image of a four-panel black and white comic. the first panel is a darkened image of a birthday cake with the candles saying "26". panel 2 has the main character wearing a backpack and waiting for the bus. the caption reads "when i was a teenager...". panel 2 is the character on the bus looking out the window. the caption reads "i thought to myself..." panelf four has the character at a desk in class. "i'm never going to be 26"panel 1, the character lays in bed. "i'm not sure why it was 26". panel 2 a close up of the characters face. "maybe 26 just felt so far away to my teenage brain". panel 3 the character falls asleep. "i was already so tired and numb". panel 4, the character floats through space. "i just knew i would give up before then."panel 1 the character continues to float. "i never planned my future". panel 2 still floating. "because i knew deep down i wouldn't be alive for it." panel 3 small sparkles appear in the clouds. "it wasn't an active thought of suicide, but i just felt like it would happen eventually. so why fight it?" panel 4, the character falls, crying. their tears are the sparkles. "why do anything? why?"panel one, the main character (now older with long hair and a hat) draws on a piece of paper. panel 2, the character draws on a large drawing tablet in the dark. panel 3, the character picks up their book from their table at new york comic con. panel 4, the main character hands a signed copy of their book to a character who looks like the younger version of them.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Trump is demanding that DOGE investigate polls after his favorability numbers tanked so badly that even Fox News couldn’t spin them to look good. He’s calling it all “fraud.” Seems like a very “efficient” use of tax dollars.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/04/2025
FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang theonion.com/fbi-cla...
FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
VERMONT: Pepper is still at the shelter. 💔 There is no risk of him being euthanized, he's just very sad and lonely. I found out why he was returned and it was 100% not his fault. He has no behavioral or litter box issues. He's just a lovely little man and someone will be SO lucky to adopt him.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Catcher in the Rye? I hardly know her!
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
artists making portraits in the 1600s vs artists making portraits in the 2020s
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/04/2025
Memphis church key to Martin Luther King's last campaign destroyed by fire reut.rs/4iIfYu1
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Memphis church key to Martin Luther King's last campaign destroyed by fire
A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly damaged.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The media needs to call this what it is: This is a techno-oligarchic hostile takeover of the federal machinery of the United States of America. This is not governing. It is lawless. It is not based on principles of electoral representation. This is a criminal takeover of the federal government.
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S ✨ @amaryllis-azure.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Huh???
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Breaking away from drafting a piece on fentanyl smuggling and migration for a moment to share a chart showing some genuinely good news that I think most people are still unaware of. Drug overdose deaths in the US are on track to drop below COVID levels sometime this year — and may already have.
12 Month-ending Provisional Number and Percent Change of Drug Overdose Deaths
Based on data available for analysis on: April 6, 2025

Figure 1a. 12 Month-ending Provisional Counts of Drug Overdose Deaths: United States.

The chart shows drug overdoses spiking rapidly beginning around COVID, plateauing around January 2022, slowly rising a bit through early 2023 and then beginning to drop, and that drop accelerating through to the end of the graph in November 2024, at a level that is just barely above the early 2020 level.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/04/2025
Russia declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8 for the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. Ukraine called for an immediate, 30-day truce instead.
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Putin declares a 3-day ceasefire for May's WWII anniversary. Ukraine says why wait?
Russia declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8 for the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. Ukraine called for an immediate, 30-day truce instead.
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