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Dana of the desert🌵

@danaofthedesert.bsky.social
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Arizonan. Made of stardust. Unashamed to cry easily. Often sincere, sometimes irreverent. Lover of both whimsy and facts. Fan of democracy.

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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 20h
I had a convenient ballot drop box near me, so it was an easy decision to take mine there and skip the mail. But the most important thing is vote, however you will actually get it done!
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Kristin sends Tots & Pears @tinphx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/is-...
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Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five poin...
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215 Pounds on the Moon, in 1/6 Gravity, Maybe. @215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Found a webpage with recommendations and why to vote for or against a judge. Civic Engagement Beyond Voting. The rationale notes under are enlightening, This is a link of recommendations with rationale for 2026: www.cebv.us/storage/1663... This is the home page: www.cebv.us
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yes! I have consulted their guide in the past. And today’s the day I’m filling out my ballot, and now I don’t have to search for the link, so thank you 😊
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Very nice composition against the bright blue sky. Lovely.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
gaze upon the beauty of god's perfect creature
Maple, a baby pygmy hippo who lives at the Toronto Zoo. She is hella cute.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lucky for me these were both females
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I got to rat sit today. They are so cute and sweet.
2 cute rats eagerly waiting for me to open the cage.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021–2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an “exodus” of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times, 2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners’ firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners’ savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms. Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 10/10/2026
The Disturbing New Christian Nationalist Argument for Subjugating Women
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whoa, that is so awesome!
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Green Day’s “American Idiot” LP hits #1 today in 2004 — an album Billie Joe Armstrong said he wrote after watching TV journalists broadcast live, as US tanks entered Iraq. “.. It felt like a cross between war & reality television,” he said. “I just felt .. like, someone needs to say something.”
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Maybe this will help finally kill ASU’s rep as a party school. Maybe we really are the Harvard of the West!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
wapo.st
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Fiona Taylor @fionataylor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This feels like a note that a girl I knew in 6th-grade sent out about a secret club she started up in retaliation for not being invited into another secret club.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
oh bezos is *juicing* juicing
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😢
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You’re obviously not perfectly healthy, but you aren’t on your deathbed. 
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our whole family just uses my husband‘s account, so I’m sure they must have a very confusing profile on him. 
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Keep in mind that many of these people were already in very poor health and may likely have died of something else in this time period anyhow. 
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Holy crap, thank goodness you went!!
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@saletan.bsky.social synthesizes Jack Smith testimony from last week and earlier to create the J6 "trial that could have been." Some points are familiar, others are revelatory. All woven into a very strong case. Fascinating. Video and transcript here: www.thebulwark.com/p/jack-smith...
thebulwark.com
Jack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump
Will Saletan lays out the case against Donald Trump that Jack Smith never got to present at trial.
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Zach Buchanan @zhbuchanan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has paid $270K to outsource some internal investigations to a firm with ties to the Cyber Ninjas audit. A report by the court-appointed monitor questioned MCSO's vetting processes.
axios.com
Sheriff's office outsourced investigations to Cyber Ninjas-tied firm
The firm, AZ Truthfinder, has been paid $270,000 since June 2025.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This, this, THIS!
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the last day to register to vote in Arizona for the upcoming election. I’ve got my 18-year-old daughter texting her friends to make sure they are registered! 
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NYC COMPTROLLER MARK LEVINE: “.. Early warning signs are mounting that AI is already impacting the job market in NYC. .. New data just out show entry-level job postings in the city are way down in the careers most exposed to AI. .. This is coming fast and we are doing almost nothing about it.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026
This kind of stuff really shows how anti-trans sports bans and policies meant to segregate trans people really have nothing to do with "competitive advantage." All this trans girl wanted to do was run for homecoming queen. Like the students would still have to vote for her to even win!
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Did he accept it‽ yay!!!!! 🎉
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from me: Hegseth's new Pentagon initiative is weirdly obsessed with...homeschooling?
motherjones.com
What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience.”
motherjones.com
What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This story shows how important children having access to mandatory reporters is. Also, what's going on with Texas child protection that moving from one town to another was enough to stop an earlier child abuse investigation?
religionnews.com
Daughter of Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day reported alleged abuse, leading to arrest
(RNS) — The Days, popular Christian authors, were arrested after a teacher reported concerns about abuse. The couple had been reported to Child Protective Services in the past. Police in Keene, Texas,...
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh Crap 😢
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I got a notice that WaFd Bank is merging with EverBank. If they don’t call it WaEver Bank, I’m closing my accounts.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this might be the best possible outcome. at least I would much rather see CBP money frittered away on vanity ad campaigns rather than spent on torturing more immigrants
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 29/09/2026
god this is gonna be so good www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZE...
youtube.com
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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Andy Flach @andyfromtucson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hilarious. Trump apparently appeals to men who are insecure about their Testosterone levels
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ooh. This is actually big. BUT… it probably means that this case will be decided on procedural grounds so his vote for the oil companies will not be strictly necessary. I doubt he would have recused if his vote was critical to the Republicans
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Like a pancake in the sky
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope you are using your powers for good
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
The same aircraft used in Iran and other foreign wars is now surveilling U.S. communities, with no answers on what data it collects story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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War-zone surveillance comes home as Predator drones fly loops over Arizona border towns
Arizona border drone: An Army Predator built for warzones is flying over border towns, alarming privacy advocates
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
"Nikole Hannah-Jones and her husband had hoped that by putting their daughter into one of those failing schools, and modeling the kind of involved parenting that such places often lack, they could make a difference. They could not." This might:
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Has the Wrong Answers on Schools
. . . but she’s asking the right questions.
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