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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Early voting in Iowa starts this Wednesday, Oct 14. If you don't need to vote by mail I strongly recommend voting early in person. You can do that in all 99 counties at the county auditor's office, and some counties will have satellite locations open: www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/08/h...
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How to vote early in Iowa (2026 edition)
Laura Belin has the rundown: who should vote by mail, how to vote by mail, and what Iowans need to bring with them to vote early in person.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No parent would accept these findings and walk away. Why should Christine and Elmore Wonsley be any different?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/09/2026
Automatic license plate reader technology has no place in our neighborhoods. Join this month’s action call on Tuesday, September 29 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT to discuss the dangers of surveillance technology and how you can take action in your community to fight against this tech.
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ACLU People Power September Action Call: Get the Flock Out
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As a disability advocate I’m heartbroken by this. Please for the love of everything you hold dear, vote blue in November. Republican policies, their shenanigans and their hand picked court jesters are harming the most vulnerable amongst us. Check your registration! Register! Get out the VOTE!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/07/2026
President Trump's signature anti-voter bill, the SAVE America Act, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters who don't have a passport or access to their birth certificate. Tell Congress to oppose this bill, and any bill, attacking our freedom to vote.
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Stop Anti-Voter Bills Now
The SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act, and MEGA Act could keep millions of eligible U.S. citizens from being able to vote. Urge Congress to reject these bills.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Five facts that you should know about the current Cyclospora outbreak.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Representative David Blom told me he meant to vote FOR the medication abortion bill. That will be corrected in the House journal. Rep. Mark Cisneros was the only R to vote no on this bill (because it didn't go far enough--he supports a total abortion ban)
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
#Measles update: The confirmed case count this year has risen to 1792 cases as of 4/24/26. To put that in context: In just under 4 months, 2026 has racked up 78% as many measles cases as were confirmed in the entirety of 2025. Only 10 were contracted abroad. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is what I’m talking about 👏🙌 I’d love to see this in Iowa and would fundraise to help people cover costs
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What could possibly go wrong? #CDC pauses support for states on testing for #rabies & #mpox because it doesn't have the personnel to do the work. 2 pathogens you really don't want to mess with, rabies & mpox. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/h...
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C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Mpox
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Uncle Bruce showing us again/still why he’s The Boss 👏
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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/03/2026
Rap, like any other form of artistic expression, is protected by the First Amendment. The use of rap lyrics to sentence James Broadnax to death is another example of the racial bias inherent in death penalty cases.
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Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court Use of Rap Lyrics in Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional
Travis Scott, Killer Mike, and others have filed briefs with the Supreme Court in support of a Texas man whose rap lyrics were used in his sentencing.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“If the war keeps going, both Nigh and Linville say that US farmers—especially those growing cash crops like corn and soybeans—will most likely see increased prices for fertilizers of all kinds.” www.wired.com/story/trumps...
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Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers
The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
btw for trans women to offer this kind of practical warning and sympathy is a serious mitzvah and we cis women really owe it to them (and to ourselves!) to step up our solidarity in kind
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🧐😳😮 med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... I wish everyone could find the kind of true love like the love I have for science. Also dust mites, your reign of terror will end one day, watch out
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One vaccine may provide broad protection against many respiratory infections and allergens
Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the closest yet to a universal vaccine.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“Mobility aids are not markers of failure. They are tools for function and safety.” This article is fantastic explanation of ambulatory medical aid use and what it’s often like for those of us with EDS & HSD. open.substack.com/pub/hypermob...
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Netflix’s Run Away Quietly Gets EDS Right - Ambulatory Wheelchair Use Explained
What this portrayal teaches about dynamic disability, mobility aids, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/02/2026
Politicians are trying to suppress millions of voters with this "show-your-papers" bill. Urge your members of Congress to defend our democracy at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Iowa legislative session this year proving to be as bad for my blood pressure as last year. I’m determined to not get overwhelmed and keep doing the work though. Thank you to the Iowans who were there to speak out against this bill in person
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Jennifer Rose @jenni4iowa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jan. 28: Ames considers city ordinance protecting gender identity. Feb. 4: Iowa governor introduces bill banning cities from protecting gender identity.
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Iowa bill would bar local governments from enacting trans civil rights
Gov. Kim Reynolds' bill would bar local governments from setting their own policies protecting trans and nonbinary people from discrimination.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I bought several packs of these flash cards for my kids last year & they love them. They’ve pulled them out many times over the year, not just during Black History month & we’ve all learned a lot. Great shop & amazing customer service!! store.urbanintellectuals.com/product-cate...
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Flashcards Archives | Urban Intellectuals Store
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abhorrent, literal tearing down of American History continues. More info on our country’s history of people enslaved by George Washington here: open.substack.com/pub/historyc...
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Federal Officials use Crowbars to Destroy an NPS Exhibit About George Washington and Slavery
While Philadelphia prepares to welcome 1.5 million visitors celebrating American freedom, the stories of the people who made that freedom possible are being stripped from the walls.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is an amazing book by an amazing human. As a melanin-redacted woman, I recommend! It’s truth we need to hear, understand, & unlearn. It’s our job to dismantle white supremacy anywhere we see it & her book shows you right where to look; ALL AROUND. Buy it! www.gcp-balance.com/titles/akila...
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White Supremacy Is All Around
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
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U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/01/2026
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend. She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care. This is her story.
Ciji Graham, a Black woman wearing glasses, holds an infant boy wearing a black hoodie.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Devastating, from Jane Nguyen, who works in the Des Moines, Iowa public schools: “For the first time in my 27 years as an elementary teacher of English Language Learners, I don’t have a single student new to the country this school year.” asianiowan.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
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The Empty Chairs in My Classroom
In one year, my table has gone from overflowing to nearly empty
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/12/2025
ICE's repeated denial of essential medical care for people in its custody has become the dire norm at detention centers nationwide, putting lives at serious risk. Immigration detention shouldn't be a death sentence.
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Immigrants Detained by ICE Sue Immigration Detention Center for Medical Neglect and Other Conditions
Seven people sue the California ICE detention center, citing punitive conditions, medical neglect, and more.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Meanwhile Iowa Republicans removed HPV & the HPV vaccine from the mandatory sex ed curriculum in 2023. It's not clear how many Iowa school districts have removed that material from their middle school and high school sex ed classes, but probably thousands of kids are not learning about this option.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/12/2025
This is good news. Automatic license plate readers endanger everyone's privacy and civil liberties. More cities must follow Flagstaff's lead, and end their partnerships with Flock and other surveillance companies.
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Flagstaff City Council votes to end use of automated license plate cameras
The Flagstaff Police Department immediately deactivated the cameras following the vote.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Terrible news: Two Iowa National Guard soldiers were killed and three were injured during a recent attack in Syria by a suspected "lone ISIS gunman in Syria," Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa National Guard officials confirmed. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
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Two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed by 'ISIS gunman' in Syria
The governor's office said 200-250 Iowa National Guardsmen are among the 1,800 soldiers stationed in Syria.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
www.aclu-ia.org/publications...
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Automated License Plate Readers in Iowa: Review and Recommendations - ACLU of Iowa
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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/12/2025
 ✅ ✅ Two more towns have protected their communities from warrantless government surveillance. Elected officials across the country should follow their lead and prevent Flock from tracking us as we go about our daily lives.
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Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage
The announcements, issued in separate press releases, come after months of public pushback.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
New post by Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social: Iowa's AG and SOS hailed what they called a victory for "election integrity." But their official statements didn't mention that they agreed to provide Iowa driver's license data to the federal government. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/06/i...
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Iowa helping Trump administration build national citizen registry
Ed Tibbetts: Iowa's attorney general and secretary of state quietly agreed to provide driver's license data to the federal government.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Some common sense to remember in a trying time. Originally written in April 2025 snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
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The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/11/2025
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status. The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
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Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
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Jeff Ament’s Army @jeffamentsarmy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#repost • @thewhitneymooreadams @mikemccreadypj asking the hard-hitting questions tonight at @cameronbcrowe’s The Uncool book tour stop in Seattle, moderated by @eddievedder. 📕 📕 📕 #TheUncool #CameronCrowe #EddieVedder #MikeMcCreedy #Memoir #BookTour #AlmostFamous
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/11/2025
Veterans from across the country met with over 40 members of Congress today to demand they stop President Trump's unprecedented deployment of military troops to our cities. The time to act is now. 
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Veterans Urge Congress to Stop Trump’s Militarization of American Cities
Former U.S. Army Captain and ACLU Senior Project Manager Jessica Apgar praises the more than 40 veterans demanding Congress take action against the Trump administration’ abuse of military powers.
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audreyvs.bsky.social @audreyvs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Military troops do not belong on our streets and should never be used to police civilians. Send a message now urging your Senator to protect our freedoms by co-sponsoring the Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act. action.aclu.org/send-message...
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Congress: U.S. Troops are Not the President's Personal Police Force
Military troops do not belong on our streets and should never be used to police civilians. The Senate must protect our freedoms and pass the Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act now.
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Mike Gordon @mike-gordon.com · 12/11/2025
Really enjoyed speaking with @flichtman.bsky.social on @scifri.bsky.social along with neuroscientist Greg Appelbaum. The segment is playing now via their podcast and airs this Friday on your fav. public radio station that airs Science Friday. 🧠👂🧑‍🔬 www.sciencefriday.com/segments/phi...
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Investigating 'Flow State' With The Bassist From Phish
Phish bassist Mike Gordon is teaming up with neuroscientists to try to understand the transcendent experience of musical flow state.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
My minimum goal is 100,000 signatures for my petition. I will be spamming, yapping, doing everything I can to get to that goal. We need to make it clear where we stand. c.org/xqYKGJhbs2 bsky.app/profile/rave...
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Fight the Misinformation Epidemic - Make Communication Required in Science Degrees
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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