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Mom, rare disease patient. Systemic Mastocytosis. Treading water till I find the right Dr.🦋🦓💙

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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
25 years ago today Ronnie didn't get to come home from work. OSHA violations led to him breathing in sulfur dioxide and he died on the spot from chemical pneumonia. In 4 days he would've been 51. Be safe out there folks. Look out for yourself and each other and don't skip those safety inspections.💚
A man in safety gear stands next to a dump truck that has tires taller than him.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nails went downhill. Going to lose them all down to about 1/4 inch from the cuticle. 🫤 Trying another dentist, maybe I can kick this infection finally. 🤞
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Going to get my follow backs done. Lots to catch up on! Hands are finally doing well enough I can type without it being torture. So I will start with saying I missed y'all so much since May. 🥰 Tried to keep up but been very busy as well. Please be careful with doxycycline and UV/ heat sensitivity.🔥👐
Right hand in claw type position showing fingernails. Most have some missing from the middle, up to a quarter inch, pinky is barely short but it progresses to about 1/4 of the thumbnail missing. Thumb also has bruising at the base of the nail(van door, nothing to do with the burns). Left hand showing healing burns from base of thumb to middle finger knuckles.Right hand showing burns almonds fully healed and brown spots showing up on the fingernails. Burn follows same path as other hand, base of thumb across to base of pinky.
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Love this life ❤️ 💙 💜 @teachingmomma87.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
12 items until I #clearthelist. Please help me clear it tonight!! Clearing this list means I will have everything I need for my second grade classroom and my students will have all the materials they need. Please share and purchase. Thank you!!!! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Pengu Pudgy
ALT: Pengu Pudgy
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Eeek! I met someone.🫣☺️ Online and we have been talking every day. He called me ma'am.😯 Like with total respect, the same way I sir and ma'am people. Kids didn't scare him off, my messed up body didn't either. So, yeah. He is younger than me but doesn't care, so I don't either.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I got a job! In a machine shop, full time, and they will work around my medical stuff. Wound clinic said it looks like I will lose all my fingernails, but it shouldn't be too bad once the current pain finally goes away. There's only a .1% chance of this happening to people on doxycycline.
3 fingertips showing discolored fingernails.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Today was it! My divorce is final and I can finally talk to y'all about it. 😃 It's been hell. 🤬 Hopefully there's not a harder 91 days of waiting for something in the near future. Forever grateful for the support through this, will start spending more time on here again now and follow folks back.💚🫂
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
😬🫣😶‍🌫️🫠 tomorrow morning. 🤐🤬 My goodness it's hard not to talk to y'all about this. Need your support now more than ever but can't say why.
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Stephen Colbert: Hush Quiet, Reveal Nothing
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Down to 3 now!!! Eeek. So grateful I have a job now, but so very nervous still. The job isn't going to have much affect on the Wednesday outcome but it will be an excellent way to keep my brain occupied by something new. If it goes good, I can talk about it finally. If not, more waiting. 🤞🤞🤞
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
5 more days. 😬🫣😃 At least I have a job now, Wednesday can go pretty far south and I'll still be ok.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
They're healing and today I finished the doxycycline so I sensitivity should start calming down now. Found out today my step mom has a boyfriend already. For a month now. At least. So, going to meet with a new friend, let my kids play with their kids and try to forget about all the other crap. 😄🤬😔
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Will follow back when I can. Been a month of kidney stones and then 2nd degree burns on both hands so rather behind on everything. Think I just about got over that bone infection from the failed root canal though. 8 more days will be a month of doxycycline. It's helping, caused the burns though.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
21 now! Eek. 😶‍🌫️🫣🤞
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Feed: "The Jolly Jabber Quilting Blog" By: Kailee on Monday, May 11, 2026
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The Honey Bee Garden Stitch Along Starts Today!
The Honey Bee Garden Stitch Along, led by Stitchy Staffer Denise, is officially underway! This twelve-month stitchy adventure features the Honey Bee Cross
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Anyone need bath bombs?
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
38 more days! Cant tell you what the countdown is for but day 39 cant come soon enough. 😅😅 and no, I'm not having a kid or buying a house.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Can I get a show of hands from folks that are willing to sit through a 30-60 minute virtual demonstration. No obligation to buy or anything, I get $25 just to do it, or commission if I sell anything that would pay more than the $25. Have been looking for a job for almost a year so am very excited!!!
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Kitten Raises Paw for Attention
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Resonate @alignandresonate.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In a moment in time where not much is inexpensive, here is access to free therapy, counseling & guidance. This timeline is no joke, make sure you and your loved ones are okay.
Resonate presents: Free Mental Health Resources.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
(There is no way out of anything that doesn’t require telling the fucking truth.)
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy Birthday to my boy!!!! 13 today, sister made him a fish cake. 🥰
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Ford “Crash” Mandicoot @inferknow.co · 29/04/2026
alt for all, or all for nothing
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Barbara Rybolt 🐸 @barbararybolt.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
#ProudBlue #Resist Thanks to Bette Midler for singing the 2026 Protest Anthem! Those who have protested against wars, for civil rights and women’s rights and more thank you!
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
First camping trip with the kids was amazing! Dawn this morning, from our wilderness campsite behind Lake City, CO. The girl ended up needing benadryl and fell asleep in the van so the boy and I just stayed in there with her. 🤷‍♀️next time, we will check labels better: Doritos got sneaky with stevia.🤨
Outlines of trees on a hill, some pine and some bare aspen, are backlit by the first light of dawn, foreground is black with shadow.
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK "Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner
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“Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.”
~ Jeff Zentner
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Clyde Barnchaser @clydebarnchaser.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Let’s keep Epstein in the news then. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Ghislaine Maxwell Has A ‘Good Chance’ Of Being Pardoned By Trump, Attorney Says
Maxwell’s attorney said he thinks there’s “a good chance and for good reason that she would get a pardon.”
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I bumped into a former customer today at a gas station, might be able to round up some work now. We used to do all the repairs for his family: parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, secret girlfriends, everyone, so he's going to help me find some jobs to do. 😁🥰🧰🔧🚙🛻🚲🚚🚜
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a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars
Alt: a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Sitting outside the ER waiting for my niece. Got into way too much this past week and the reactions were more than I could handle. Have now officially ridden in an ambulance. Couldn't get on top of things myself with primatine and kids tried but couldn't help enough either so had to call for backup.
A helipad with lights lit up and wind sock on a pole. Sky is dark, grass is green.
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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
1/ "Yet, five years into this pandemic, we are still not fully acting like it’s true. Public health guidance has been quietly scaled back - Via @dupuisj.bsky.social onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
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The Science of How COVID Spreads
Two years, 238 scientists, and a word public health wouldn't say.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 16 APRIL 2026 THESE HORRIBLE TIMES TRUMP'S WAR costing you $2Billion a day Straits Still Closed NOW THIS Our Naval Soldiers sitting in the Straits are running out of food Look ⬇️ It looks like ground raccoon penis that RFKJR likes Outrage ! Two ships reporting
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Griffith University researchers review evidence that nasal and other mucosal vaccines may stop respiratory viruses closer to where they enter the body, building local IgA and resident immune cells that could cut illness and transmission. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Combating respiratory diseases with mucosal vaccines | Journal of Virology
Respiratory diseases are a major public health concern worldwide, causing significant negative consequences for global health and economic growth. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported...
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Alyssa "Covered in Rats" Read 🐀🎨🐀 @missalyssaread.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
*Screeching*
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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. These dragon convertible bags can be worn as a backpack, crossbody bag, waist bag and can be hooked up to a wheelchair & other mobility aids!! They are high quality! Store: Bibipins.com
Dragon Convertible Bags in green and red
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
One of my dad's friends drew this picture of him back in 1975. My step mom gave it to me today when I stopped to visit. 🥹🥹
A pencil sketch of a man riding a horse that is bucking. The man has ahold of the kead rope with one hand.
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The Bath Bomb Dealer 🛁 🫧 @jumpyjellybeanbathbombs.com · 14/04/2026
Head over and get a $10 spa package filled with bath bombs, soaps, body butters and more. Not a single package 📦 is packed the same ‼️✨ Sign up now and receive a $10 coupon when you use my referral code: WHgUnfEZ 🎁 palmstreet.app/g/yIeDXR8a
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$10 Mystery Spa Package ($10) from @JumpyJellybean
$10 Mystery Spa Package - You will receive a package much like the one above ⬆️ an assortment of bath bombs, soaps, body butters and more. Crafter...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 14/04/2026
Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate among all racial groups in the U.S. During Black Maternal Health Week, let us refocus on how we can provide resources and rights that help Black mothers thrive before, during, and after pregnancy. We must pass the #Momnibus
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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"In honor of" is just to keep it so they manage the funds so it won't affect my access to things and so it's a 501c3 etc. I receive the funds by filing for them and proving the expenses. Also need help with groceries/meds: www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... Venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2
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Pay Karrie Higgins using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/KarrieHiggins and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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shinyobjects3.bsky.social @shinyobjects3.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Insect libido on the decline due to pollution, some ants turn violent and kill their mothers
Air pollution can confuse signals between insects, threatening their reproduction ability and impacting vital ecological communities.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Have mediation today for divorce. Supposed to be uncontested but have a feeling he's going to change his mind and fight me. If he does, might have to find a rental in the next few days. Sisters place works, but not sure it'll work in CPS eyes. But, hes living in a RV without water so thats worse. 🤷‍♀️
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Dad's service was beautiful. If anyone wants the alt text, please holler. Just dont have it in me tonight but will be more than happy to get it done tomorrow! Seeing his friends, family to us kids because they've been in our lives forever, was great. Seeing the lives he touched really helped. 🥰🫂🥹
Please ask
 Will do it tomorrow of you do. Thanks.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🥰😭 an honor I never knew i wanted.
A worn, felt, grey cowboy hat sits in a car seat.
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Avoiding_Public @avoidingpublic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Guess I get to pick up dad this afternoon, and his best hat for the memorial service tomorrow. 😟 told the sisters I can go pick him up, but couldn't call and ask if it was OK. One of them did that part for me. Its so tough right now with step mom. The 3 of us always just kinda got along with her.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"The Dept of Agriculture has determined that awards under this program involved discriminatory preferences based on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and wasteful spending that did little to further lawful agricultural land purchases,” the USDA wrote.
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Tribes In Montana Lose Millions After USDA Kills Farm Grants
Montana-based awardees called the terminations ‘devastating’ — and based on a false presumption that tribal initiatives fall under Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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Flipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026
Medical researcher Almira Osmanovic Thunström invented a disease called bixonimania and uploaded two fake studies about it to a preprint server. Nature magazine describes what happened next. flip.it/VKXxbR #Technology #AI #Science #Medicine
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Wow, great news: the CDC has a study proving COVID vaccines slashed hospitalizations by 55%. Bad news: RFK Jr.’s team killed it before publication because facts were inconvenient. They are literally hiding data that could save your life. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/208886/...
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RFK Jr.’s CDC Delays Report Proving the Covid Vaccine Worked
Anti-vax nonsense has infiltrated every corner of America’s public health agencies.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Geochemical Mechanism: This oxygen is produced by polymetallic nodules on the seafloor, which act like natural "geobatteries" to split seawater molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Geochemical Mechanism: This oxygen is produced by polymetallic nodules on the seafloor, which act like natural "geobatteries" to split seawater molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
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