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@dawnwaters.bsky.social
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(she/her) dog lover, nazi hater. Physician based in California. Opinions shared here are my own.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not Dolly AND brunch!
Wsj headline “brunch is now officially dead”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures
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Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures
Photographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition, with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface taking the grand prize
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Crimes against humanity and other ideas for autumn
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Doctors Say Digging Own Grave Keeps Bones Healthy After Menopause
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👀 youtu.be/Dtc7dAGudc8?...
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Why did Russia pay for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding?
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Perfect example of Canadian humor 🤩
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I want to strengthen my last statement—this *is* an election-rigging scheme. And the fact that there was a conspiracy in the executive branch to hide it makes it likely this constitutes a Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud headed by Donald Trump.
washingtonpost.com
Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says
An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump’s mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We had an unprecedented shift toward absentee balloting during the pandemic and we should have a far more precedented shift to in person voting now that Trump's fucking with the mail
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨NEW: Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina has been RECALLED after entering the U.S. without required import reinspection. The recall comes after Trump ordered increased Argentine beef imports in a desperate effort to drive down prices before the midterms.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump: tariffs don’t raise prices MAGA: yeah! tariffs don’t raise prices, dumb libs Trump: I’m going to suspend tariffs on imported beef to lower prices MAGA: suspending tariffs will lower prices, dumb libs
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I miss when they did their election denying at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We could all be enjoying brunch instead of dark war+geometry jokes.
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hoooooooly fuck. This is pretty worst-case-scenario in terms of controlling spread - hundreds of cases, months earlier than was officially known and reported?
science.org
EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected
A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
honestly having the biggest lol at jeanine pirro filing a twenty-page memo on a friday afternoon in july explaining how badly the trump administration fucked up "fixing" the reflecting pool
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump is imposing a 50% tariff on all the grief and frustration he's been importing from Iran.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A predictable thing happened
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system
washingtonpost.com
Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say
The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I nominate the Democratic Party www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Nominate your invertebrate of the year
We’re asking people from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our third Invertebrate of the Year competition
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/06/2026
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One year ago.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/06/2026
I swear to god I thought this was fake www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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Did Trump's motorcade drive through newly painted reflecting pool?
A White House official posted a video of the motorcade crossing the landmark on May 7, 2026.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/06/2026
did you get a company under contract to make the water blue sure did boss, hired greenwater services just like you wanted what
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Greenwater Services seems a little on the nose. The writers for this season are phoning it in.
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I missed the sailing workshop even though I was only 27.5 hours late
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Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Dec 2025 Trump name added to the Kennedy Center in plain view 👇 Jun 2026 Trump name removed under screens in the night 👇
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/6: Male giraffes mostly have sex with each other. bi.org/en/resource/...
bi.org
Giraffes Take Bisexuality to New Heights
Research shows that giraffe bisexuality is real and, even more so, very significant.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 Behold the lesbian Laysan albatross. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Same-Sex Mothers: Letting Albatrosses Be Albatrosses
There was a time when the Laysan albatross might seem a perfect icon for the virtues of marriage. When naturalists visited the bird’s nesting grounds in the Pacific, they’d find males and females bond...
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/5: Clownfish populations are led by trans females.
Orange clown fish swimming by pink sea anemone
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology’s been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/4: Bats hang upside down together. Things happen. 🫣 (Gay sex documented in >20 bat species):
Screen shot of the citation of a 2020 paper entitled “An observation of homosexual fellatio in the Indian Flying Fox”
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/3: The guy who figured out climate change? Gay www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2...
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Not so humbly Humboldt: the queer relationships of a German explorer - AntarcticGlaciers.org
The true identity of Many queer scientists hide away their true identity still today. As did Alexander von Humboldt, a global explorer
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts throughout #PrideMonth2026 6/2: Please enjoy these gay dolphins. youtu.be/Vvqf8etpqms?...
youtu.be
Homosexuality in dolphins
YouTube video by Homosexuality in Singapore
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m reprising last year’s daily series of queer, biologically themed posts. 6/1: Please enjoy these bi bison. friendsafforestation.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/b...
friendsafforestation.wordpress.com
Bison Same-Sex Behavior and Dominance
The Old Bone Trail runs through Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area reminiscent of the bison which once roamed the North American Plains. Bison on the Plains The American bison, a majestic c…
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So Santa Cruz-y to run into Sean Dougherty on his sunset walk along the Rail Trail the day after the primary and dream together about ranked choice voting! Let’s go! @seanforcongress.bsky.social
Sean Dougherty wearing Sean Dougherty’s hat and a Santa Cruz t-shirt posing adorably for an Us-ie with a lady wearing a bike helmet (a cyclist in fact) on the Santa Cruz rail trail
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
How the Trump Administration Plans to Politicize Federal Grants time.com/article/2026...
time.com
How the Trump Administration Plans to Politicize Federal Grants
Proposed changes would empower Trump Administration appointees to block grants that are determined not to align with the President’s priorities.
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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/06/2026
california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...
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Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED
State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/05/2026
Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
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Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
Emma Thompson among voices supporting anti-ageism campaign, which has uncovered striking findings in top-grossing UK films over past three years Box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60, according to a new survey by Age Without Limits. The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found that while five starred an older woman, about 20 featured creatures who chat. Continue reading...
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JD @dawnwaters.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Failing Orange County Chemical Tank” would make a great nickname for someone
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Funny how the all the people ransacking the Capitol on January 6 were liberals, plants, and ANTIFA—until there was money to be made from it.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT MEN -- JOHN ADAMS (projected tonight on Donald Trump's large face outside the Department of Justice)
A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT MEN

-- JOHN ADAMS

(projected tonight on Donald Trump's large face outside the Department of Justice)
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wingdo.bsky.social @wingdo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just a reminder that the IRS leak of almost half a million returns happened under the Trump administration. To summarize, Trump sued the second Trump administration for something that happened under the first Trump administration.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump one month before the 2024 election: “Think of it - within one year you’re gonna have electric bills and energy bills and gasoline for your cars is going to be 50% cheaper than it is right now. That’s a big thing.”
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