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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump's FDA Pick Won't Rule Out Reclassifying IUDs Dr. Heidi Overton appears to be saying that as head of the FDA she’d reevaluate whether IUDs are birth control at all. This is the agency that approves and labels every contraceptive in America. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
About fucking time someone did something on this. On Tuesday the United Kingdom announced a series of sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. They were joined in this by Canada and France. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/brita...
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Britain’s Sanctions on the West Bank Settlements Are the Right Step Forward
On Tuesday the United Kingdom announced a series of sanctions against Israeli...
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The US is a shitshow, but good things are happening. --Deaths from diarrhea and gut infections have more than halved in this century. Enteric infectious diseases killed 2.66 M people in 2000. In 2023 that number was down to 1.27 M. The Lancet-- substack.fixthenews.com/p/350-uukhai...
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And more weirdness. Just how many kids are having problems??? Supreme Court Denies Catholic Mom’s Bid For Son’s Vaccine Exemption . . . The mother argued she would be forced to relocate her children to Florida in order to enroll her child in a school if her request is denied.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cheapest climate defence is a wetland, and Europe now knows where they’re all supposed to be. Every $1 spent restoring nature returns up to $8 in flood control, cooling and clean air — and Europe just made it easier to act on that math. A new Nature study has mapped the continent’s remaining
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
On Lawyers, Guns & Money Alex Pretti's murderers have been named: Per documents reviewed by ProPublica, the two agents that fired the shots were identified in government records as Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. Renee Goods' murderer was IDed quickly, now these 2 gun-happy killers.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Wow. I have 1K followers.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I really don't the ins and outs of this, but the Feds will no longer protect species now on the Endangered list, and the states can't afford to do it. This means development heaven, apparently. However, doesn't it take more than 2 years for big projects? And the election is in November.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I called Tom Massie's DC office and got a person. My complaint was Massie's non-releasing of names, and the staffer said that was because survivors Massie's met with don't want more names out. I called bullshit, the staffer said Massie wanted DOJ to release names, I called bullshit again.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Why is fossil Chuck Grassley attacking Biden's pardon attorney rather than looking into Blanche's fitness for AG??
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I finally figured out what the orange rapist is doing. If he gets Iran (or someone) to bomb us he'll be a war president and can eliminate elections. I hope Congress pulls its head out of its collective ass and prevents this. Although arms dealers make big political donations.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I like DSA, but prefer Jared. "The DSA has endorsed Oliver Larkin in a challenge against Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) to represent Florida’s 25th District, a previously Democratic-leaning seat which state Republicans redrew earlier this year to favor the GOP." www.huffpost.com/entry/oliver...
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The DSA Challenger Who Could Actually Cost Democrats A Seat
Socialist Oliver Larkin is challenging Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) in a Republican-leaning district.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Who needs Netflix or HBO???? Johnson Follows Kavanaugh’s Lead, Says Congress Will ‘Deal With’ Birthright Citizenship talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Johnson Follows Kavanaugh’s Lead, Says Congress Will ‘Deal With’ Birthright Citizenship
Johnson Acknowledged That Kavanaugh Did Not Have Majority With Him House Speaker...
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Well, sex continues to sell. The Epstein files, and this guy. MT GOP Senate nominee Kurt Alme, with a plea deal, let a tribal police officer who sexually abused a 6-year-old girl to serve less than a year in prison and avoid being registered as a sex offender. www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...
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Trump-Backed Senate Nominee Let A Man Who Sexually Abused A 6-Year-Old Serve Less Than A Year In Prison
As U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fix the News: Asia is likely to be the engine room of this next, electric century, because it now generates more than half the world’s electricity, accounts for three-quarters of demand growth since 2000, and manufactures over 95% of solar panels, 85% of batteries and 75% of wind turbines. Ember
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For approximately 200 7ears, Black people in what would become America were enslaved by whites. Yet you would never know about this long and horrific era of U.S. history if you read the 85-page document about historical heroes that a MAGA-aligned group put out. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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A MAGA Group Released An 85-Page Doc Of 'Historical Heroes.' Guess What's Not Mentioned Once?
If the Trump administration’s efforts to revise history are even partly successful, we could see a startling policy shift in the U.S.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
From Fix the News: Health officials in Guyana report no postpartum haemorrhage deaths for the last three years. Increased training saves the day! Guyana Chronicle Also, Guyana’s ‘waiting homes’ now allow rural women to stay near delivery wards before labour. Newsroom.gy
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
From Fix the News: To block illegal bottom trawlers, Cambodia is building concrete towers. It’s very clever: 3 ton concrete towers disable trawl nets while creating shelter & nursery space for fish. Early monitoring found fish abundance 6 times higher at protected sites than control. Oceanographic
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
From Fix the News: 1) New medical treatments are reaching more people, across more diseases. No mice. Check out this list of medical news from just the last few weeks. In San Francisco, researchers are preparint the first human trial of in utero gene therapy, starting with a rare lysosomal
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
From Fix the News, as Abbott won't mention it: Texas has overtaken California in utility-scale solar New US energy data shows Texas added roughly 12.9 gigawatts of utility-scale solar in 2025 alone, pushing it past California for the first time.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
From Fix the News: Preliminary CDC data suggests MMR coverage among three-year-olds rose from 93% to 97% between 2024 and 2025 — higher than pre-COVID levels and the 95% threshold needed to prevent outbreaks. It looks like the South Carolina outbreak scared people straight.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Well fuck. James Murdoch Buys Vox Media James Murdoch, son of media magnate Rupert, is buying roughly half of Vox Media for more than $300 million, The NYT reported, marking another major addition to the family's media empire and influence over the American media landscape.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Drones have been killing soldiers and civilians in Ukraine for years now. What makes this different is that machines advanced, applied pressure, forced a surrender, and then held ground. That’s terrain seizure, and that has always required boots on the ground. www.wearethemighty.com/tactical/dro...
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No Boots, No Problem: Ukraine captured a Russian position using only robots and drones
Ukraine confirmed that a force of robots and drones captured an enemy position without infantry for the first time ever.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
and hospital admissions - but now we have the first official figures, from Burkina Faso, one of the world’s ten highest burden countries. Between 2024 and 2025 malaria cases fell by 32% and malaria‑related deaths by 44%. That’s in a single year.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We have the first national-level evidence that the malaria vaccines are working. With the exception of COVID-19, malaria vaccines have seen the fastest rollout in history; they are now in routine use across 25 African countries. Anecdotal data has suggested substantial reductions in severe cases
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I knew USAID saved millions of lives in Africa. They are dying now. Josh at TPM has a look at where the remaining $$ is going, and it is not to save lives. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-...
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Senate Dems Accuse Admin of ‘Impoundment’ Over USAID Funds
As the Trump administration puts the finishing touches on its plans to...
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
President Donald Trump calls environmentalists “terrorists.” Yet he is responsible for destroying more oil and gas infrastructure, and possibly more fossil-fuel demand, than the most optimistic ecoterrorist could in their wildest dreams. By going to war with Iran, the president, who has been openly
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
From Fix the News: For the 1st time, clean energy has met all of the world’s growth in electricity demand. Last year global electricity demand rose by 2.8%, but, for the first time ever, every additional bit of that new demand was met by clean power. Solar & wind - 99%; nuclear & hydro past 100%.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I don't pretend to be any sort of legal person, but why does the House Oversight Commission need G. Maxwell to testify about Epstein?? She will lie. There are the files that have been released, there are the survivors, is law enforcement so incompetent they can't run an investigation from there?
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Malawi is reporting measurable declines in maternal mortality as safer childbirth helps more women. The health ministry says maternal mortality fell to 225 deaths per 100K live births in 2024, down from 381 in 2020, with 97% of women now delivering in health facilities with trained staff. Now USA.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Rural Dialysis Unit Closes Despite State Getting $219M in Rural Health Funding www.medpagetoday.com/nephrology/g... Red states actively killing residents under the orange rapist.
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Rural Dialysis Unit Closes Despite State Getting $219M in Rural Health Funding
The influx of money is out of reach
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The Swalwell mess shows any man if they want to get laid just go to California and hang around campaigns. The women are eager to get so drunk they won't realize what is going on, and then the men can just leave the state after and no complications.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Ok, I like Katie Porter but I never expected this: "Multiple women accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), one of the top contenders to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, of sexual assault and misconduct in two bombshell reports Friday." www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-s...
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Multiple Women Accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell Of Sexual Assault, Misconduct
The top contender for California governor flatly denied the allegations as fellow Democrats called for him to drop out of the race.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
So Pam Bondi is banished to the private sector while Kristi Noem gets another cushy government job?? I want DETAILS!!!
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The United States is now building enough grid batteries to meet its own demand The US has rapidly scaled domestic battery manufacturing to the point where it can now meet 100% of its grid storage demand, with capacity expected to reach 145 GWh in 2026. Driven by Infln Red Act incentives. Canary
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Fix the News: Child mortality down 60% in 2 generations, as low-cost tools save millions. Since 1990, global deaths have fallen from 13 million to 4.9 million a year for children under 5. The tools to prevent most remaining deaths exist. The gap is now political will rather than innovation. UNICEF
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Australian farmers want to help fight famine in Sudan: "No one involved believes 500 tonnes of wheat will end famine. But it may challenge something just as entrenched: the assumption that distance equals helplessness, and that someone else will step up." fixthenews.com/p/grain-of-h...
fixthenews.com
Grain of Hope
How six people in rural Australia are shipping 500 tonnes of wheat to Sudan.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
So Firefly the TV show is coming back as anime, per Nathan Fillion. I love Firefly and Serenity. But who is writing it?? For all his qualities of every shade, Joss Whedon had amazing words and he is not working on this.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Do you think your fellow citizens are principled people? If you live in the US, you probably don’t. Most Americans (53%) rate their fellow citizens’ morality and ethics as somewhat or very bad, per a study from the Pew Research Center. And that makes America exceptional—in a not-so-good way.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So I finally see why Epstein may bring Charles 3 down. All the adult royals knew what was going on. Liz protected Andy for as long as she could, the nasty harpy, then died. I didn't see how Andy's crimes could affect Charles, but if Charles KNEW and did nothing (bingo) then he may be vulnerable.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
RE: Noem firing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries made it clear that we shouldn’t stop there. But retired Air Force Colonel Moe Davis might have said it best: “Firing Kristi Noem and replacing her with Markwayne Mullin is like shitting your pants and running home to change your shirt.”
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Okay, I'm going to put this down to my having no experience with piracy, but if pirates successfully captured a ship, how come there's all this treasure left in it??? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
yahoo.com
Two Explorers Spent 16 Years Hunting a Legendary $138 Million Treasure. They Say They Just Found It.
The Portuguese ship was overtaken by pirates and wrecked in 1721 off the coast of Madagascar.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So MN Gov. Tim Walz has made it to the Big Time. Sen. John Cornyn has this male voiceover for an attack ad: "Ken Paxton isn't just corrupt, he's weird" The Orange Rapist has suggested KP could be attorney general, I'm just hoping Jasmine Crockett kicks both their asses to the curb.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I don't know why, but I keep getting knitting posts. Which I'm now blocking, along with any post that has that one man standing up in the Norman Rockwall painting.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Aren't there fire codes about crowd numbers in theaters???? “My mom went to it (Melania movie) this weekend in Florida,” McEnany said on Fox News. “She said not only was the theater packed, it was, you know, standing room only—if you could, like, try to sneak in the back of the theater."
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I see the Smithsonian is returning 3 bronzes to India that they admit were stolen. How about the 100s/1000s of Native American remains the Smithsonian has stuck in drawers in back rooms of their buildings??? 3 hunks of metal versus human bones? The Smithsonian should beg, borrow or steal a soul.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
From Fix the News: Now it’s official: China burned fewer fossil fuels in 2025 than in 2024, despite massive power demand growth. A lot of countries are decoupling growth from emissions, but it’s nice to have end-of-year numbers from the world’s largest emitter. Bloomberg & Reuters.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So what's the deal with the British? They hate Meghan Markle who never slept with a married royal (unlike Queen Slut Camilla) or minors (unlike Andrew). Gosh, Rupert Murdoch did a number on them, just like the US.
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
An amazing item from the Fix the News newsletter: "2025 was the United Kingdom’s first full year without coal power since 1881, as wind, solar and biomass all reached record highs, and renewables supplied 47% of electricity."
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fille13.bsky.social @fille13.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I'm very excited Canada is getting all those Chinese BYD cars. With luck they'll infiltrate and we can get quality EVs for a reasonable price.
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