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Liz D.

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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧢
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.
Drawing of 13 little 'monsters', rather cute little critters who wouldn't harm a fly, in fact they'd probably give it a bowl of milk and a tiny bed for the night.
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Down East Chowderhead @whitney-farm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's uncomfortable, but cars have helped ruin the Maine landscape. In cities, in towns, and in our countryside. All because of government subsidies. Does the Amtrak Downeaster receive state and fed assistance? You bet. Do you park for free in downtown Belfast or Rockland, Maine? Yes.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.
An adorable female Rottweiler named Maeve
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the kid in your life
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You can have lots of arguments about if Jeffries should have forced a vote on Massie's impeachment resolution, but that was a choice. He could have done it. Johnson's procedural gambit only worked with Jeffries' passive acquiescence.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@carintobuilding.bsky.social *F-250* into home and child who didn’t survive. (Young driver, hard for me to understand how a truck that large and powerful isn’t simply a weapon for a non-commercial driver.) people.com/11-year-old-...
people.com
11-Year-Old Boy Killed After Pickup Truck Plowed into His Ohio Home: ‘Snuffed Out in the Blink of an Eye’
Emmet Sauers, an 11-year-old boy in Ohio, was killed after a pickup truck crashed into his home in Wayne County on Sept. 4.
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Robin T. @drrobinthomas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In almost every study showing harms of genAI in education, authors feel compelled to say “while there are benefits” but never offer citations. Does anyone know of a good scientific study that shows lasting benefits to learning, thinking, and development from LLM genAI products in the classroom?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
inquirer.com
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
where the wind is blowing Gov. Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/t...
texastribune.org
Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras
The order came as The Texas Tribune was preparing to publish an investigation detailing how a state agency has devoted at least $30 million to building the state’s Flock surveillance network.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Face eating leopards etc
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FFS
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Suck it, non-hobbyist Slate evangelists
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“A #Massachusetts State Police trooper [Stephen P. Smith] is currently suspended without pay following an internal affairs investigation into ‘serious’ allegations over how he acted during a traffic stop.”
nbcboston.com
Mass. State Police trooper suspended without pay over ‘serious' allegations
Stephen P. Smith, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, was suspended without pay after a citizen’s complaint over a traffic stop, a spokesperson says
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk · 25/08/2026
The stuff Dolly did with the Imagination Library and Covid jab showed exactly what could be done with $ billions if you weren’t a cunt. #DollyParton
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026
We need to keep speaking up about funding the infrastructure and instituting policies that make our food safe.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Florida couple buys 45A swamp to protect it and now it's home to 275 wood storks. people.com/florida-coup... h/t @taralush.bsky.social
people.com
A Florida Couple Buys a 45-Acre Swamp to Protect the Land. Now, 275 Wood Storks Live There, and the Species Is No Longer Endangered
Jim Stevenson and Tara Tanaka bought a 45-acre swamp to save it from development, and now it is a flourishing conservation area with 275 nesting wood storks.
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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Air to Ground Message: I LOST MY MOOD RING THE OTHER DAY... IM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Airbus A220-300 A: #a52c6fd2e8c F: #f81e1e72ddc
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tools of Cognitive Automation working precisely as they are intended.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Old woman shouts at clouds: what does the Slate do that the Maverick doesn’t? WHY all the airtime? Ford’s contributions to horrid huge truck culture don’t seem worse to me than Amazon’s to fast fashion, unnecessary consumption and IP infringement. For old woman Ford no worse than Jeff Bezos. Fin.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wheeeeeeee! 🎉
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/08/2026
I'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC.
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's a good story, this. Really is.
huffpost.com
I Wrote A Famous Musician A Fan Letter. Decades Later, I Got A Response That Rocked My World.
“Maybe he didn’t have a stamp and then forgot about it. At any rate, it was there, waiting to be found.”
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
*whispers* BLM was popular
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 07/08/2026
And in Wisconsin, Carl Schulze rode his wheelchair from the Fox Valley to the state Capitol, calling out cuts to Medicaid & the Trump administration for turning its back on home and community based care. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/3qKHt1c
wisconsinexaminer.com
A wheelchair ride across Wisconsin calls attention to Medicaid cuts • Wisconsin Examiner
After a 125-mile trip on his powered wheelchair, Carl Schulze rolled up just before noon Thursday to the Wisconsin Capitol. The resident of Fox Crossing, near Neenah, made the journey to make a…
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.
Two orange cats in a cage with food and water.Two orange cats in a cage with food and water.Two orange cats laying on the floor. Two orange cats in a spare bathroom with food and water and a litter box.
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Bruce Bourgoine @brucebourgoine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Let’s drop this from the race’s vocabulary. She is a grownup, a 30 year Senator, is responsibly liable for every vote she’s cast plus perfectly positioned to understand the consequences or downstream possibilities. SUSAN COLLINS HAS AGENCY and should be called into account. #MESen #mepolitics
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Not treading water. Growing. Kinda wild how you can make money by paying talent and giving customers a good product. It's almost like the shit that worked in the old days still works!
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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What makes them great is the speed, coverage, frequency, etc., of their trains and buses. Partly paid for by fares, also supported by things like bus lanes and density. If politically LAers support free fares and not those things, OK. But it’s not the road to world class transit.
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Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 25/07/2026
Copying the most successful cities would mean significant new anti-car policies and subsidy cuts, less politically attainable than increasing funding for transit from tax revenue. Transit fares aren't what made them successful, see US cities. It's good for US politicians to appeal to transit riders
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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Bought it - special offer coz Italians didn't like the unusual colours. Biancchi carbon gets this old woman up offroad hills she never dreamed she would conquer.
Biancchi carbon gravel bike in various pink shades.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@kavehmd.bsky.social , @chasetmanderson.bsky.social and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social , you’re probably not up yet, but omg, my heart! The docs, athletes, shrinks and Californians are alright. What an episode of the show. My heart is very full!
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On top of that, in their rush to try to paint any component of this as somehow warranted, they may be (are probably) lying about his status (as if immigration status is a valid precipitating fact that establishes justification for subsequently executing a person)
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Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is a huge win for environmental activists and the Miccosukee who've campaigned relentlessly over the last year. Let the concrete get swallowed up by Big Cypress National Preserve that surrounds it.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Can’t wait to hear what Senator Collins has to say about this. Sigh.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
See also Senator McConnell, although I read today that this kind of behavior is par for the course for a retiring lame duck. Which is … whew.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don't love every writing choice in this opinion, but this sentence is spectacular: "A decades-old precedent from this Circuit does not give all the answers, but it does mark a path."
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Staffer: Senator McConnell is taking a much needed vacation with friends in The Hamptons
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I love this. Jim Haggerty
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Liz D. @ewdowney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Good lord
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