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When he came out to go home, a check engine light came on. He opened the hood, and the raccoon took off! He caused about $300 worth of damage. It could have been far worse. For a while, we kept seeing two of them coming back. Hubby thought they were looking for the one who took off.

We had a raccoon visiting regularly, and then one decided to climb into the engine compartment of my husband's van that was parked on the driveway. The raccoon ended up taking a ride to work with him. It stayed there all day while he was at work, chewing on insulation and wires!

People who most certainly qualified for the program were still harassed to pay bills and then turned over to collection agencies. I used to get a lot of irate phone calls directed to my desk. I took the time to explain to people what they needed to do to get their bills reduced or even eliminated.

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I honestly believe it has always been that way, but it is certainly worse now. I worked at a non-profit hospital years ago that constantly talked about the "charity care" they offered, but purposely never told anyone about how to access it. They just wanted to say they offered it.

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Flashback: This sweet photo is from October 2020, three months after littermates Gia and Brooke joined our family. They were the same age as Lily is now - 11 months old. All our cats were born in November! #Caturday #CatsofBluesky

Two brown tabby sister kitties snuggling together

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And honestly, it was hard for me to even watch what I did. I don't know how Aaron does it!

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I only watched the first part, but Tapper let Hassett ramble on with his lies and only pushed back a small amount.

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Unfortunately, they aren't the only one using their "Euphemism Desk. It feels exhausting.

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I had a Cuban friend in HS and college. Her parents looked down on other Hispanics. I'm sure that none of them thought it would ever affect them personally - just those other people.

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I will add that it was rare for anyone in my extended family to go to college. The options for the men were usually to join the military or be a laborer My mom's father, who did concrete work and other jobs, died before I was born. He had a hard life.

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was the first person in my family to go to college. My parents did everything they could to stop me, and I didn't get any help from them. My two younger siblings didn't finish HS. My education helped me be there for my parents when they needed help.

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It hasn't been journalism for some time now.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Melting into the furniture!

Grey and white tabby kitten surrounded by a white blanket and pillow.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gift link to Lina Khan’s op ed on regulating AI. While existing law can provide some accountability, it is absurd to think private companies can police themselves. Give Congress funds to hire real experts and legislate, just as we do with other dangerous products. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...

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Opinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong? (Gift Article)

Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨MUST-WATCH: "Health care has just become another industry for the minting of money... The system is deeply broken." Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @ezraklein why he supports MEDICARE FOR ALL, and how to get it done. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd64m6e...

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very comfortable and secure

Bri @brik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lol. Follow your "advise."

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello, sweet Mildred!

Bri @brik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Love seeing your chickens and hearing about their personalities!

That is why it is far worse. The online sites use very similar tactics to entice and entrap people. My parents once left a family event early because they had a "free" dinner coupon for a casino. I told them they had a free dinner with us, too. They didn't understand the joke. They still left.

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Yes, they have cameras everywhere!

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I found all the canceled checks after they died. It was astonishing how much they spent. In their 80s, they had no savings and no equity in their home. They both needed care and had no resources.

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They are destroying their future security for the short-lived thrill of an instant win. The casinos did this with my parents. They had no savings and kept remortgaging their house to gamble. My dad told me they were only spending "entertainment" money.

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They enjoyed the fancy dinner with actual communists.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And that definition of a "comfortable" retirement far exceeds anything that most people will ever attain.

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Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...

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MUSK | Official Trailer HD

YouTube video by Elevation Pictures

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Republicans never care how many people die or if they die too soon. They only care about power, control and money.

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Online betting uses the same tactics as casinos, made worse with instant gratification amid the promise of a big win despite huge losses. My parents were caught up in it when the casinos came to town. It was the reason they had no money in their 80s and still had a mortgage.

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Wendy's isn't the same as it used to be. I worked there starting at age 15. They had a drive through before McDonald's (which copied them.) The goal was less than one minute in the drive-through line from the time the order was placed! The menu was far simpler then.

Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Between now and the U.S. midterm elections. Get into the habit of checking your voter registration status every week. To make sure you haven’t been purged. It’s the logical thing to do 🖖 www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

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Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.org

It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.

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Being in office over age 80 is also crazy.

❤️ He looks like he was a cat with personality to spare.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026

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The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)

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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...

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Bri @brik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If the original photo was taken by a press photog, isn't that a violation of the copyright to turn it into AI slop?