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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

YOUR first draft doesn’t need to be perfect. but mine does

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

ok some action, very nice, keep going

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

here’s a video of achilles learning how to navigate the treadmill, which he does successfully! super smart cat

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Colorado: grocery workers ARE requesting customers not cross their picket lines. They've set up this convenient list of alternative grocery stores for the next two weeks:

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List of Optional Grocery Stores — UFCW Local 7

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

NYT getting kicked out is some leopard shit

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 25/01/2025

❤️ Have a cozy weekend! 🖤

Some fan art of Harley Quinn. She's got her sweater! She's got some tall socks! She's got her hammer! Looks like she's all ready to smash up a chilly weekend.

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

do we just go show up at the capitals or something

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2025

10/ President George W. Bush created PEPFAR in 2003, and it’s saved an estimated 26 million lives since then.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2025

9/ But many of the programs that Trump halted are American achievements. HIV medication is sitting on shelves because contractors for the PEPFAR program, which normally serve more than 200,000 people every day, were told they can’t administer the meds.

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

does this mean we're not supposed to pay federal taxes

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Nate @thenatewolf.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

People are giving journalists advice but the only thing they should focus on is 300 stories titled “Elon Dominates Trump” and “Trump Folds To Elon’s Demands” One week of this will solve your biggest problem. You can work on part 2 once you’ve proven you have the minerals required for this work.

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

hello, cia? there’s a coup happening in the western hemisphere that is directly contrary to american interests

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 31/01/2025

what if you threw a coup and no one in the opposition party noticed

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Both my kids have relied heavily on special education programs and my wife runs a special education nonprofit, so if you tell me that the Trump assault on special education is just a “distraction” I’m going to block you into the fucking sun.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

Farewell and Thanks (Again) - Illegal Activity in the USAID Front Office
Inbox
Nicholas Gottlieb
to amsofficercouncil, ALL, HCTM.ELR, Alpana, Danielle, Sheila, Sepideh, William, Anya, Stephanie, Lindsey -
All:
4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) #
Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process. I refused and have provided Acting Administrator Gray with written notification of my refusal. I have recommended in that written notification that his office cease ar desist from further illegal activity.
It is and has always been my office's commitment to the workforce that we ensure all employees receive their due process in any of our actions. I will not be party to a violation of that commitment.
I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with all of you at this Agency, which i treasure.
Please be kind and considerate of my staff at hctm.eir@usaid.gov. who will be very short-staffed and pressed over the coming months. Until you hear otherwise, Kirsten Gunsolus will be acting in my absence.
If you would like to stay in touch, I can be reached a
wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Gottlieb
Director, Employee and Labor Relations
US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HCTM, Rm. 4.07A RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523
USAID gov | @USAID

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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Horatio Magellan Crunch @hmcrunch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“This you?” and it’s a picture of you next to the shah, and even in black and white you can tell that your shoes and belt don’t match

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Lifestrike @dconquist.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

short story where I make some dumbfuck comment on a menswearguy post and he somehow reveals that I am 40 years older than I previously thought and was directly involved in the 1953 Iran Coup and I looked like shit while doing it

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Some other lessons: - We all have gifts to give. Some of - Our gifts are not the same - Relationships really matter - When you’re facing a crisis, ask yourself “Who is already doing this work & can I help their efforts? - $ is finite. Give what you can. But ask “Who has resources for free?”6/

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Today's "the plane crashed because of DEI" nonsense is just the newest iteration of "the ACLU and the gays are responsible for 9/11" mishegoss. youtu.be/kMkBgA9_oQ4?...

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Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson Blame 9/11 on Organizations Like People For the American Way

YouTube video by PFAWdotorg

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I think it’s really important that we stop looking at this as “they’re blaming [insert one group here],” and recognize that they are blaming ANYONE WHO IS NOT THEM. EVERYONE should be banding together right now, rather than fracturing into factions bc combined, we are so much bigger than they are.

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 30/01/2025

DEI caused the Titanic to sink

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Darlingtina Esiaka, PhD, CPG, CPH @dkesiaka.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

New publication alert. 🚨 Our findings reveal that, contrary to expectations, high levels of both grit and active coping may paradoxically exacerbate SCD symptoms in Black American males, suggesting a complex relationship between these factors. @hamplab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/bsa3...

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Is to persevere dangerous for brain health? Effect of active coping and grit on subjective cognitive decline in Black American males

Introduction One strategy for early detection of risk of dementia is identification of subjective cognitive decline (SCD). However, there is a paucity of data examining the intricate interplay betwe...

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

FERPA prohibits me from sharing sensitive student data 😘

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It is their fault because they made it their fault. They refused to adapt and they refused to retire. The Democrats can't move past the Obama media playbook and can't dream of anything greater than Clintonian liberal managerialism. They are, at this point, choosing to live in an alternate reality.

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Also, I’m so annoyed that we are *STILL* having this discussion. I mean, this was a discussion that was had in a major way in *1977* with the 504 sit-ins, and again in 1990 with the signing of the ADA. Quit it with the pity and tragedy framing and centering caregiver over disabled experiences.

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Patient No More: Training The Press

YouTube video by LongmoreInstitute

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MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“Is this who we are”? You’re mf right it’s who we are and who tf we’ve always been. A nation run by the architects of cruelty and violence. Who must take everything via these means because they’re incapable of earning it or creating it!

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Dr. Joseph Schmuckatelli IV, Ed.D. @joeschmucc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

That’s how we do things in the Dena

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Mariah Scary 👻 🎃 • #ProtectJho @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 30/01/2025

it’s going to take all of us to combat this shit. tell the truth and shame the devil.

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.

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OldDominionBlue 💛🐝🌻🪷🟦🇺🇦 @jaegersmomma.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My trans brother received his gender affirming care in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The idea that this is some new fad is ludicrous.

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 30/01/2025

Remember narcissists never take responsibility or accountability for things they do. They lack empathy and will gaslight you into oblivion.

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

on one hand, first period plan rules. on the other, my neurodivergent self needs a break in the middle of the day 🫠

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025

So are you saying banning books and controlling what teachers teach has impacts on learning??? I'm so surprised.

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matt @mattxiv.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

i’ve gotten a lot of messages from baby queers being like “will we get through this” and the answer is yes. i don’t know how it’ll all go down and it will suck for a while but your human spirit is 10000x stronger than their hatred. it’s the only reason you’ve gotten this far

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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/01/2025

The Trump administration’s Department of Education has launched an investigation into Denver Public Schools after students at a school implemented an all-gender multi-stall restroom.

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Denver Schools Face Federal Inquiry Over All-Gender Restroom

“I hope that DPS and other schools fight back for their students,” said Z Williams, a trans activist in Denver.

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thee maddz (she/they) @entropyxd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

PROTECT TRANS YOUTH PROTECT TRANS PEERS PROTECT TRANS ELDERS

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/01/2025

If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

NEW: The Trump Administration has launched an investigation of an all-gender bathroom at Denver’s East High. #copolitics www.9news.com/mobile/artic...

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