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@empowlractual.bsky.social
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new year new account to shake off thousands of followers. MSW. Public policy, climate, water, disaster, #txlege staffer, shelter dogs, righteous fights and sheer bloody mindedness. ATX she/her ko-fi.com/empowlr

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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 1h
This suggests it's not as simple as they say.
Before Reading This Simple User Guide
This TV comes with this Simple User Guide and an embedded User guide.
(F6***F/H5***F:
› left directional button › 503
Settings › Support > Open User guide)
(Other models: > left directional button › 203 Settings
› Support > Tips and User Guides › Open User guide)
On the website (www.samsung.com), you can download the manuals and see its contents on your PC or mobile device.
Warning! Important Safety Instructions
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 21h
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Hard2BGreene @hard2bgreene.bsky.social · 21h
Women, on the other hand, were most often referred to as "girl" even into her late 30s...unless she was alleging SA. Then she was a "woman" or even "underage woman" (which is, of course, a nonsense term to avoid using "girl.")
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Hard2BGreene @hard2bgreene.bsky.social · 21h
I remember reading an article once looking at the age coding language around SA reporting and women in general (mostly in local papers). They found that men, 18 and up, were pretty consistently referred to as men...unless they were accused of SA and they it was "boy," "young man," or "teen."
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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kevin does not understand why I look at things that are not him.
A Siamese cat on his hind legs, peering around a laptop screen on a stand and looking insistent.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
my ps5 pro has been randomly turning on for days and i was getting kinda stressed because they’re very expensive to replace now but it turns out that this criminal has decided that the cables/old peripherals/misc. bin in the closet is her new bed and she was turning it on via a spare controller
a fluffy white and gray tabby cat perched up on a man’s seated thigh exposing her chin and neck for scratchessame cat now flopped chin-down on the man’s leg for back of neck scratches
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 14h
She is so happy. 😆
A large dog named Poppy smiling with her eyes closed while snuggled on a couch.
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CaradB @caradb.bsky.social · 18h
Happy Friday y’all
A striped mackerel tabby captured looking like he’s sticking his tongue out at the camera  the way people do. Really he was eating some kind of grass that I have allowed to go to seed, but it looks aggressively silly. I, a white woman, am visible as an indistinct blur of background limbs.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 18h
she spy with she little eye
Tipsy the tortie lolls about on a chevron print blanket with one big eye visible. Panda the chihuahua is in the background, looking over her shoulder saltily
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 19h
The Silence of the Lamb
Two dogs, one of whom has torn a furry lamb to shreds. It is not a real lamb.
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letithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 22h
i wonder who is moving that much ketamine into cornell
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 02/10/2026
A slow moving front will bring a flash flood threat to southern & central Texas today, then to the Gulf Coast & Southeast through the weekend. Flood watches are in effect across areas of Texas today. Keep up to date with the latest watches and warnings through the weekend at weather.gov.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A state lawmaker flagged an issue with voter registration records in March, public records show. The agencies said that problem was resolved. But complaints about the portal continued. And in August the agencies realized they had a big issue — at least 500,000 backlogged voter registration records.
votebeat.org
Some Texas voter registration delays flagged months before public learned of errors
State officials acknowledged an issue processing voter registrations and updates in March, but said that it had been fixed.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vindicated from a truly shitty week in my job that my boss' edits to docs this morning are all about the edits other people made to my original work, and what needs changing is reverting to my original draft.
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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Morning guard duty
A translucent Mediterranean gecko clings to the brown bricks on my front porch
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh hey. It’s October now. Did you get an advent calendar that educates you about snails while helping us educate people in Philly about our local biodiversity? Not yet?? Well what are you waiting for? It’s time for snail facts! SquidFacts.net
An 11 x 14” poster that is titled snail facts and advent calendar with 24 snail shells that you can scratch off featured a bunch of cutie patootie snails, like the candy, cane, snail and fire, snail and banana, slug and sea slugs and even
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wish people would address talking about sexual assault using the same method as the way we try to get journalists to write about suicides: without retraumatizing every reader. You don't have to share disturbing or sickening details to empathize or be an ally.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Still chuckling over the idea of name dropping Briscoe Cain to try to get out of a DWI.
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do you think Poppy wants some cheese and crackers?
A German Shepherd being really cute with her head resting on the couch and giving puppy dog eyes.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Governor Greg Abbott has pulled his endorsement from a Texas House candidate after video emerged of him using a racial slur during a drunk driving arrest earlier this year.
houstonchronicle.com
Abbott pulls endorsement of Texas House candidate after DWI arrest, racial slur
David Flores, the Republican nominee for House District 144, has lost Gov. Greg Abbott's endorsement after a video showed Flores use a racial slur while being arrested for drunk driving.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SOMETHING's coming.
Large black and grey clouds move toward the photography over a city skyline Large black and grey clouds move toward the photography over a city skyline
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lawyers are on the front lines of the fight to protect our democracy. Right now, @wetheaction.bsky.social is recruiting lawyers who are willing to volunteer their time to defend voting rights. Join them: wetheaction.us/guide
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 01/10/2026
During a flood, water levels and the rate at which the water is flowing can quickly change. Get to higher ground. Do not drive or walk into water. It only takes 6 inches of water to knock you off your feet. Stay informed by monitoring local media and checking weather.gov for the latest updates.
3 Steps for Flash Floods: 1. Get to higher ground (get out of the areas subject to flooding). 2. Do not drive into water (do NOT drive or walk into flooded areas. It only takes 6 inches of water to knock you off your feet). 3. Stay informed: Monitor local radar, television, weather radio, internet or social media for updates. During a flood, water levels and the rate at which the water is flowing can quickly change. Remain aware and monitor local radio and television. WHEN FLOODED TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
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Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
every day we stray further from god's light cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7906...
cooking.nytimes.com
Salad Pancake
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has your school connected with a scientist yet this year? Skype a Scientist offers free connections with scientists for virtual Q&As with classrooms, libraries, clubs, and more! Sign up for a match at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🖼️ by @hanfranstudio.bsky.social
A goofy school of fish in a science class swim while dropping green liquid that says let’s talk science in school
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Was getting ready to tuck the cats in and go to sleep but am now reading bills docs drafted by my fantastic intern for whom I am eternally grateful. Prefiling is mere weeks away now.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The TX House committee on govt oversight spent most of today on a witch hunt for Travis County DA Jose Garza specifically and other prosecutors more generally, but has since moved on to the annexing of New Mexico. #txlege
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you live in TXHD-65, I beg you to vote for the Democrat, Detrick Deburr, and shut Mitch Little out of the Tx House. What a poisonous man he is (also he was Paxton's lawyer).
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
cbsnews.com
Protesters rally to save museum at Academy of Natural Sciences
Protesters want Drexel University to accept funding from the William Penn Foundation that could cover the museum's operating costs for at least another year.
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No big deal, just a tiny dog and a giant dog snuggling a little bit.
A small chihuahua mix named Franklin on a couch with a large German Shepherd named Poppy. They are holding paws.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Check your voter registration, make a plan to vote.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026
god I love these horrible demons
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
i have had many genuinely delightful experiences with trying to rescue baby tokay geckos from dangerous places while said tiny little baby tokay gecko tries to rip off my face while screaming in satanic tongues I have never identified with an animal more
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10,000,000 smutty jokes we could be doing with "facial recognition" and we're too focused on how the surveillance state is garbage to get our shit together. what happened to us, bluesky. somewhere in his private cabana at Plato's Retreat, Alf is crying hot, sticky tears
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Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please enjoy this delightful photo caption from a scientific journal article (translated from Dutch)
A person is holding a herring (and a blue circle indicates the fish’s butt, I think?) The caption reads “DIGITAL SQUEEZING OF HERRING PRODUCES HERRING FARTS. Feel free to try this at home!”
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make that 4:30-6:30. Drexel board gets there at 5. Based on info we currently have.
a pachycephalosaurus is MAD under the words "emergency protest today Demand Drexel Disaffiliate. Constitution center, 525 arch st Tuesday Sept 29, 4:30-6:30
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨🚨Emergency protest🚨🚨 The Drexel board will be at the constitution center in Old City (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from 5-6. We're asking Drexel to disaffiliate from the Academy of Nat Sci to allow them to negotiate what's best for them w/o Drexel interference. Be there.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of flash flooding forecast for Texas this week, be weather aware & turn on your alerts.
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Wes Pinkle @ywfyf.com · 29/09/2026
Doing a little walk on Saturday and some fundraising for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
afspwalks.donordrive.com
Please support the Chicagoland Walk this fall to help #stopsuicide
Please support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. Donate or register to walk!
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Can you decide if this Gov press release about dyed diesel is good/bad?" I mean, it calls for a waiver for the clean air act, I assume it's BAD.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday. Can't say I fancy it.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
me: finally home, trying to sleep bc i have work tomorrow my brain: hey, it's time to think more about the giant ground sloths
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 28/09/2026
good morning!
A sloth, locally known as oso perezoso or ‘lazy bear’. Saw this guy while I was on a horse ride, on my way back from a waterfall.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today was incredible. The fight to save the academy of natural sciences is far from Over
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you enjoy Poppy and hate ICE...
A large dog named Poppy behind a table with a dog that says ICE out of everywhere.
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hope.
A large German Shepherd 100% convinced I am about to share with her.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dallas folks you still have time to get tickets to see the Indigo Girls and Linda Perry tonight and if you can go, I strongly recommend it!! Don't miss Linda Perry, she's worth the price of admission alone.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THIS IS FINE.
An empty stage cast in tones of blue from the balcony  at the ACL Live Moody Theater.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm going to see the Indigo Girls & Linda Perry tonight! Hooray for finally doing a fun thing.
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