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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 5h
I come from a union family. I'm a union member and a union organizer. Washington politicians are working less and getting richer while everyday people work harder than ever to keep up. Government should work for us. That's why I'm running. #AngieForFlorida
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WUSF @wusf.org · 30/09/2026
Five people — all appointed by the governor to the Florida Public Service Commission - get to decide whether your electric bill goes up. And they oversee businesses that are essentially monopolies. Read more from WUSF's "The Cost of Power" series here: www.wusf.org/economy-busi...
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Baby elephant taking a bath.. 😊
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The Florida Trident @floridatrident.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See how Amendment 3 is going to gut your city's public services! A new online tool shows the extent to which the property tax relief amendment on this year's ballot is likely to cut funding for critical public services across the state. #DefendDemocracy www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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Online tool shows hidden impact of Amendment 3 property tax relief on local government services
The Florida Policy Institute launched a new website Tuesday morning. It allows the user to search by zip code, county or service to see how Amendment 3 could impact two-year funding for all public…
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join @usf.edu students for a rally on Sun, Oct 4. Happening one day before Florida’s voter registration deadline, and voter registration will be available on site for anyone who still needs to register or update their information.  RSVP: www.mobilize.us/angieforflorida/eve…
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USF College of Marine Science @cmarinescience.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this episode, Assistant Prof.@margaretbrisbin.bsky.social Margaret Mars Brisbin explores the hidden world of marine microbes. From storm-driven flooding to the long-term effects of changing ocean conditions, learn how these communities support marine ecosystems. shows.acast.com/the-rising-t...
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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PSA! Scammers are impersonating members of our team, pretending to interview guests for the podcast to gain access to people's computers and valuable data. Here's how to avoid it:
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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Etta James rehearsal ft. Keith Richards, Robert Cray 🎶'Hoochie Coochie Gal' #blues #bluesmusic
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Florida CFO Blaise "The Blatherer" Ingoglia is spending millions in taxpayer $$$ on ads to promote himself. An appointee of Gov. Ron DeSastrous now running for election, he's ordered up a barrage of pre-election PSAs. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/blaise-ing... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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Blaise Ingoglia is spending millions in taxpayer money on advertising as he runs for election
Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, an interim appointee of Ron DeSantis who is now running for election to a full term, has ordered up a barrage of pre-election “public service announcements.”
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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed backed defunding police in 2020 and urged reducing incarceration. As a current Michigan Senate candidate, he’s supported funding for some police services and prison safety. buff.ly/P1qbLnr
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Rogers misleads on El-Sayed's police and prison positions
Abdul El-Sayed backed defunding police in 2020 and urged reducing incarceration. As a current Michigan Senate candidate, he’s supported funding for some police services and prison safety.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People in Florida are dying because they can't afford care. I support Medicare for All, and training more doctors, nurses and CNAs to deliver it. Catch it early at a checkup so it never becomes an emergency. #AngieForFlorida
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Tampa Bay Times @tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As Florida’s property tax vote looms, Tampa Bay’s water district stands to lose millions
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As Florida’s property tax vote looms, Tampa Bay’s water district stands to lose millions
Leaders at the district haven’t talked publicly about how Amendment 3 would hit their revenues. But internal estimates paint a bleak picture.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look out above! Turns out #Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are now climbing trees during cooler months. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e... via @kmillerweather.bsky.social
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2020, members of Congress got private briefings on the pandemic and some sold stock right after. Weeks later the market crashed and the rest of us took the hit. I'll vote to ban congressional stock trading with no loopholes. Serve the public or play the market. Not both. #AngieForFlorida
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here you go:
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The Supreme Court Liberal Sisterhood Outmaneuvers the Right
How the liberal wing of the Supreme Court is outmaneuvering conservatives
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It should be inconceivable to everyone.
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Florida Phoenix @floridaphoenix.com · 29/09/2026
Several public websites provide calculators for homestead property owners in Florida to plug into to determine what the reduction in property taxes would amount to. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/29/c...
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Calculator allows individuals to see the fiscal effects in their areas if Amendment 3 passes • Florida Phoenix
The constitutional amendment that would reduce non-school homestead property taxes is the biggest policy proposal on the 2026 statewide ballot. Amendment 3 would raise the homestead exemption on non-s...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Send this to your friend that isn't registered to vote yet. #AngieForFlorida
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' dopey Amendment 3 passes in November, look for the state water agency known as Swiftmud to lose millions of badly needed dollars. www.tampabay.com/news/environ... via @maxchesnes.bsky.social
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As Florida’s property tax vote looms, Tampa Bay’s water district stands to lose millions
Leaders at the district haven’t talked publicly about how Amendment 3 would hit their revenues. But internal estimates paint a bleak picture.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the #Florida retirement mecca known as The Villages, a man who claimed to be a weight-loss coach ordered all his lady clients to strip naked for weigh-ins. www.villages-news.com/2026/09/28/v...
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Villager acting as weight loss coach allegedly ordered lady clients to strip naked - Villages-News.com
A Villager acting as a private weight-loss coach has been arrested after multiple female clients reported he instructed them to strip naked for weigh-ins.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’  Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the… floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/desantis…
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DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’ 
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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WUSF @wusf.org · 29/09/2026
Dr. Adi Nadimpalli, with Doctors Without Borders, spent weeks in the Central African nation, which is facing the second-largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, with more than 8,000 cases and 3,900 deaths. Read more: www.wusf.org/health-news-...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted for the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” CBO now projects the law will mean 13.1 MILLION fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2035, while cutting Medicaid spending by about $1.2 TRILLION over the decade. That vote has consequences. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Living the best life.. 😊
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
😂
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Zoomies.. 😅
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Although Florida’s public school districts are excluded from a major property tax reduction on the ballot this November, called Amendment 3, school districts are still poised to feel substantial financial impacts. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/p...
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Public school districts will still face financial pressure if Amendment 3 passes
School districts will experience an indirect financial squeeze because programs like summer camps are often funded by agencies that would be affected if voters approve the amendment.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He was released from the hospital on Sept 10 on the hospital’s understanding that he would return to the prison’s medical unit. But less than 24 hours later, DeSantis signed Thompson's death warrant, which resulted in his removal from the prison’s medical facility. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/p...
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‘Profoundly sick’ Florida Death Row prisoner pleads for medical care
More than 100 doctors who have reviewed William Lee Thompson’s case are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse his death warrant
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New study finds #Florida waterway, Biscayne Bay, provides critically important refuge for sharks & rays. www.wlrn.org/environment/... via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social
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Biscayne Bay provides a critical refuge for sharks and rays, new global study finds
A first-of-its-kind shark and ray mapping effort found the bay, along with waters off the southern Everglades and a tiny South Florida key, plays an essential part in their survival. “Biscayne Bay is ...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your power bill went up and nobody told you why. In Fort Meade, a $2.6B data center got $140M in tax breaks while residents asked about water and power. The company that creates the cost should pay it. Not you. Swipe. #AngieForFlorida
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 29/09/2026
The MONEY Agenda is the only economic plan out there that will stabilize the economic lives of working people, stimulate widespread economic growth, and ensure prosperity and stability for America’s next 250 years. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
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The MONEY Agenda
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Flora chatted with John A. Rogers, who led the development of this pacemaker, about his creative process and his other biocompatible electronic devices like wireless sensors that stick to skin like a temporary tattoo.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Listen to our podcast episode “Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies.” www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bri...
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Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies
Inventor John Rogers bridges the natural and artificial worlds with flexible, biocompatible electronics.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ashley Moody voted to end the ACA subsidies. Nearly 300,000 Floridians lost the help they were getting to pay for health insurance. I support bringing those subsidies back and Medicare for All. Nobody should go bankrupt for going to the doctor. #AngieforFlorida
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Tampa Bay Times @tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Welch goes on the offensive against Crist in St. Pete mayoral forum
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Welch goes on the offensive against Crist in St. Pete mayoral forum
The incumbent wasted no time calling out his opponent, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CBSMiami obtained the grand jury report, and jurors concluded $10 million in taxpayer money was misappropriated as part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities.” Ashley Moody knew about the plan and authorized the settlement. #AngieForFlorida #HopeFlorida
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Monday! Join former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, Jon “Bowzer” Bauman and me for a conversation about what’s happening at the Social Security Administration and what it means for your hard-earned investment.
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 26/09/2026
The hottest trend on the market. No🧢. This weekend only, get the Let's Do the Numbers Baseball Hat for a one-time donation of $25 or more! Support Marketplace this fall and get yours when you donate $25 or more: mktplc.org/4iL3lC6
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Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I defy you to watch this and not feel the hairs in the back of your neck rise. Sheer genius.
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These kittens didn’t trust this Golden Retriever until mommy showed them it was safe.. 😊
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A British farm has unveiled a giant pumpkin mosaic of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the naturalist's 100th birthday. The mosaic broke the farm's own record for the world's largest squash mosaic. The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Florida gubernatorial candidates Democrat David Jolly and Republican U.S Rep. Byron Donalds spoke at WLRN’s Sept. 23 Sunshine Economy Summit. PolitiFact fact-checked some of their statements. politifact.com/article/2026...
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Fact-checking Donalds, Jolly at WLRN’s economic summit
Florida gubernatorial candidates Democrat David Jolly and Republican U.S Rep. Byron Donalds spoke at WLRN’s Sept. 23 Sunshine Economy Summit. PolitiFact fact-checked some of their statements.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mary Allen Wilkes is a pioneering computer scientist, logic designer, and attorney. She is celebrated for writing the foundational system software for the LINC (1960s), which is widely recognized as the world's first personal computer. She was born #OTD in 1937 & is 89 today. #WomenInSTEM #CompSci
Photograph of Mary Allen Wilkes (born 1937), the pioneering computer scientist, logic designer, and attorney renowned for writing the foundational operating system software for the LINC, the world's first personal computer. She is shown from the chest up, facing slightly to her right with an open, engaging expression and a warm smile. She has short, styled white hair and wears thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles. Her attire features a layered ensemble: a dark grey or taupe turtleneck sweater paired with an open black cardigan jacket. She wears a prominent, tiered statement necklace consisting of three nested strands of oblong black, grey, and cream beads.The backdrop is an understated, minimalist office or lecture setting with pale beige walls and a dark vertical partition line visible on the left. In the lower right corner, the glossy edge of a modern laptop screen is partially visible, hinting at a professional presentation or speaking engagement. The overall composition is clean and centered, creating an approachable, intellectually distinguished mood that underscores her lasting historical significance as an elder stateswoman of computer science and law.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’ve got events happening all across Florida, and there’s probably one closer to you than you think. 🩷 Come knock doors, meet other folks in your community, and get in this with us. Find an event near you at angienixon.com/events #AngieForFlorida
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay @cltampabay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Nothing was done improperly’: Pinellas sheriff responds to accusations of not disclosing immigrant detention policies to public safety council www.cltampa.com/news/nothing...
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‘Nothing was done improperly’: Pinellas sheriff responds to accusations of not disclosing immigrant detention policies to public safety council
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri Pro-immigrant activists are calling for more transparency from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office after a
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay @cltampabay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'A dagger straight through the heart': Former Safety Harbor commissioner argues against Florida's Amendment 3 www.cltampa.com/news/a-dagge...
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'A dagger straight through the heart': Former Safety Harbor commissioner argues against Florida's Amendment 3
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park and Marina For the past 25 years, my wife and I have lived in the city of Safety Harbor, a quaint, yet vibrant, city that we
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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Howlin' Wolf at the American Folk Blues Festival '64. 🎶'Love Me Darlin'' #blues #bluesmusic
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay but hear me out: An emotional support library ghost.
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