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Dana Addy

@danaaddydesigns.bsky.social
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PMP childfree cat lady, behaving accordingly. Plays with words, birds, books, plants, and yarn. There may be swearing

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In a potentially very important ruling last week, a federal judge in south Florida concluded that the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute noncitizen voting relies on a 40-year-old federal statute that is unconstitutional. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Court Ruling Hobbles Trump DOJ’s Jihad Against Elusive Threat of Noncitizen Voting
Judge Strikes Down Federal Ban on Noncitizen Voting In a potentially very...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026
Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!
Yale students smile and clap at a Democratize Yale demonstration - one holds a sign reading "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is illegal. For this reason alone, he should be impeached and removed and convicted. There is no justification under law or the Constitution for a president to "cancel" funding appropriated by the Congress and signed into law by previous presidents. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.
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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Overnight, Judge Timothy Kelly issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump's ban of CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW from the White House. www.courtlistener.com/docket/74823...
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Set/Reset Deadlines – #24 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
Temporary Restraining Order. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/24/26. (lctjk2) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Folks, please get vaxxed or check your measles titers, if you aren't sure you got 2 doses or were born b/t 1963-1967 (when a less effective, killed vax was used for a bit). An unvaxxed passenger "rode across the country" on trains & Amtrak buses & is now hospitalized. www.ktvu.com/news/califor...
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California health department notifies of measles exposure from unvaccinated Amtrak passenger
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Raids Texas AG Ken Paxton sent armed State Police to invade Hispanic voting-rights organizer homes. One target: an 87-year-old retired teacher who criticized his mail-ballot rules. That's not security. It's Jim Crow Voter Suppression. 🧵 newrepublic.com/article/1853...
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GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate
Last week in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton unleashed police raids of the homes of Hispanic voting activists. Get ready for more of this.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Shortly before 9 p.m. EST, ICE asked contractors to provide them with new turnkey detention prisons in/around Denver, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle. Documents show that together the camps would hold thousands of people.
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Sam Acquisition 360
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 18/08/2026
🧵 Google just made Gmail worse on purpose. Starting Sept 8, campaigns & PACs can bypass spam filters more easily to hit your inbox with fund-raising emails. Why? Because Republicans sued claiming bias, lost in court, got dismissed by the FEC too & Google caved anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails (Gift Article)
Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 16/08/2026
This new study from @adambonica.bsky.social on how Democratic spam PACs “hook and squeeze” vulnerable elderly donors is so disturbing—starting with the opening disclaimer that both the NYT & Bulwark declined to publish it after a year of legal review.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I know there’s numbness to the authoritarian drumbeat but this is rubicon-crossing. DOJ subpoenaed years of records from some of the largest unions in the country, infiltrated protest groups & tried to engineer a takedown of the institutional left in MN/nationwide. It is making COINTELPRO look tame
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Mike in the Box @mike-in-the-box.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Here's a non-paywalled link to that Washington Post exclusive about Trump's sending the White House press corps as a decoy to be blown up by Iran, while he secretly flew on a different plane: archive.is/AFteC
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...
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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This site lets you scan barcodes to see if they’re part of Taylor Farms: www.taylordetector.com
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Taylor Detector — Scan for Taylor Farms brands
Wondering if a product is made by Taylor Farms? Scan any barcode to instantly check brand ownership and affiliations. Free, no signup required.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
WASHINGTON — Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That brings the total net number of women who have left the labor force since January this year to 845,000. In comparison, there are 406,000 fewer men in the labor force now than in January. 

A total of 165,000 women, aged 20 and over, left the labor force last month — meaning they are neither working nor looking for work — while men's labor force participation was unchanged. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. Women accounted for all of these losses, losing 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000 jobs. Women make up 50.1% of the workforce.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.
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Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’ve said this before privately and now I’m saying it on the record Go check the status of your voter registration and set a recurring reminder to do it again this time in two weeks. Do not let this lapse.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/07/2026
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
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Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/07/2026
GILLIBRAND: How do I go back to NY, and what you would say to people who see funding an unauthorized war abroad is a higher priority to this administration than their ability to feed their families? HEGSETH: You're talking about political tradeoffs. Our job is to deliver for the US military
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Dana Addy @danaaddydesigns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Flying Bribery Palace” is *chef’s kiss*
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Nuclear proliferation will be one of Trump’s biggest legacies. Accepted North Korea’s nukes and let Iran out of nuclear restrictions in exchange for nothing in term 1. In term 2, made US allies think they need their own deterrent, now authorizing Saudi uranium enrichment without normal safeguards.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well that makes sense of the murder spree. Prosecute everyone.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It's striking to me that in addition to continuing to ship right up until the day before yesterday, they shipped this lettuce to Iowa and Wisconsin but not Minnesota, the state with the notoriously good team for sourcing these outbreaks.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms thus far, Consumer Reports' food safety experts are advising folks in the 27 states implicated by the recall to discard ALL iceberg lettuce until we know more about where the parasite-linked products ended up www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
A map of the 27 states impacted by the recall: AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NEW: Taylor Farms said the lettuce associated with cyclospora & explosive diarrhea went to 27 states, but did not name the companies. It doesn't have to, said Sandra Eskin: “Without this essential information, a recall is not going to be effective.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...
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Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States (Gift Article)
The implicated products were marketed under several brands, and had been shipped as recently as Thursday.
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The last FDA inspections of Taylor Farms were in 2011 and 2019. The FDA has been hit hard by staff cuts ordered by DOGE and RFK Jr. Foreign food inspections plummeted last year, and the agency was already struggling to inspect foreign facilities before the cuts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/h...
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Cyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico (Gift Article)
The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped...
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Dana Addy @danaaddydesigns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This flew under the radar (mine at least) when it came out a few months ago. Combined with the administration’s new focus on “left-wing terrorism,” we need to be very careful about what we post online
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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Survivor Lara Blume McGee issued the following statement after the meeting with Blanche:
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My brain tripped right past “thoughts and prayers” regarding Lindsey Graham to “what are the rules to replacing him?”
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 08/07/2026
"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember that after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook started doing "privacy popups" in 2018 where they told people that they cared about their privacy and user consent. Well, lmao. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/t...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/07/2026
Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.
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Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause
Their disclosure, more than 14 months after they occurred, is the latest revelation to fuel calls for greater scrutiny of the president’s financial assets.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 06/07/2026
Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This created real labor law and allowed unions to survive. Let's talk about the most important labor law in American history!
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Harry Truman
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/07/2026
Reminder for those with young animals that these next few days are good days to feed treats during loud noise time to help them learn not to be scared.
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Dana Addy @danaaddydesigns.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This WH/Doge interference with gov websites (especially vote.gov) is scary AF
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