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The Scruffy Gerontologist

@gabbyjones9.bsky.social
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Gerontologist, spouse, mom, grandma, great-grandma, dog mom, sibling, work in nonprofits. Nothing fancy. Lifelong loathing of bullying. "Let's get in good trouble." -- Cory Booker

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Popular Information @popular.info · 16h
Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it. Read the full story in bio.
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This tool makes everyone a campaign finance expert
Introducing PaidForBy.info, a new app created by Popular Information
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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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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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 01/10/2026
Why I am a Democrat, reason number 1,007,803. I am not a coward.
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Popular Information @popular.info · 30/09/2026
“Though it largely passed under the national radar, these states enacted laws this year or last that dismantle public nuisance as a cause of action—laws that... will make claims against data centers and other corporate wrongdoers ‘more difficult to pursue.’”
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The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations
Oligarchs and their Republican lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people.
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Popular Information @popular.info · 22/09/2026
Elon Musk has begun financially supporting Republicans again through his super PAC. Across the country, Musk’s America PAC is spending money on advertising attacking Democrats for purportedly supporting “taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries on kids.” But the claims in the ads are not true.
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The lie dominating Musk's 2026 political ads
Musk is blanketing the internet with digital ads falsely accusing Democratic Senate candidates of supporting “taxpayer-funded sex changes for kids.”
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The Scruffy Gerontologist @gabbyjones9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So if a newspaper lets you gift articles but requires an email for any recipients to read it, then it is NOT a gift article. It is a transaction.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 19/09/2026
Virginia, Vermont, Mississippi, Minnesota & South Dakota early or early absentee voting has begun. Elect Democrats! VOTE!
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
COMMENTARY: Our promise to Never Forget only gets harder from here. Now the real work of memory begins.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Talarico: Tarrant County, the largest swing county in the state of Texas, is closing 92 polling locations. They’ve suspended a million voter registrations in our state. To anyone in Texas watching this — I’m urging you to check your voter registration online and make a plan to vote early.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/215181/... 🚨 PSA🚨 TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW DO NOT USE OR SIGN UP WITH ELON MUSK'S VoteSafe
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Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data
Musk’s midterm spending has a sinister ulterior motive.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This weekend, you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals. My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026
The phenomenal singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called "The Nerd Reich" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 31/08/2026
Greg Abbott, Ken Cockeye Paxton, Dan Patrick & what you HAVE TO KNOW is coming your way in your state!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have a specific request for those of you who follow me on Bluesky: I built Democracy Docket on its own tech stack. That means, signing up takes an extra step. I promise you it’s worth it. If you haven't done, now is the perfect time! If you have, please share this with others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 30/08/2026
So much insanity comes out of the Trump Regime it's hard to keep track, but don't forget they threatened Pope Leo's life.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 29/08/2026
Republicans in Texas purge 1.2 million voters off the rolls. Here is how to beat it and other ways they will cheat.
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Popular Information @popular.info · 27/08/2026
“Data centers in [seven states] use about 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater for electric power generation every year… That volume of water adds up to 10.4 million acre-feet—greater than the 8 million-acre-foot average annual urban water demand in California... in 2021.”
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Data Centers Use More Water Than California Cities, Study Says
Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1. A new Popular Information investigation reveals that Senate Republicans have recently launched at least six fake news sites in key states.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 05/08/2026
I am LOVING the full on freakout Christian Nationalists are having about Abdul El-Sayed being muslim!!!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/08/2026
This summer, we’re training thousands of Americans on building the skills, relationships, and infrastructure they need to respond to ICE surges in their communities. Join our next call to learn about the components of a rapid response and what it looks like to show up with a plan.
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Immigrant Justice Summer Call #3: Show Up With a Plan — Roles and Rapid Response Strategies · Indivisible
When an ICE surge hits and there is no clarity on what to do, responses stall and the window to act closes fast. This call trains you on the components of a rapid response: the coordinated set of acti...
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Rick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass.
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The Drip @therealdrip.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mitch McConnell Posts Photo From Recent Rehab
Mitch McConnell doing one handed push-up with his wife standing on his back
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
How hard it is to clean a damn (reflecting) pool anyway?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/06/2026
15-Year-Old Girl: Fully visible 15-Year-Old Boy: In your face! 25-Year-Old Woman: Lookin’ good 25-Year-Old Man: Bro! 35-Year-Old Woman: Partially obscured 35-Year-Old Man: BRO!
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Human Visibility Scale
45-Year-Old Woman: Oops, sorry, I didn’t see you there 45-Year-Old Man: Loud and clear
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEW: While Meta publicly said it was still deciding whether and how to deploy facial recognition in its smart glasses, the company was quietly distributing it to millions of users. WIRED found an unreleased facial-recognition system embedded in the Meta's AI companion app. w/ @dell.bsky.social
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
1. Some progressives believe "the people" don't know the truth: since 2000, a Democratic president has handed off a pretty good or very good economy to a Republican, and that Republican has ruined it.
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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hi, my name is Ben. I have autism and was diagnosed at the age of five. By nineteen, both of my parents had passed away. I’ve been through bullying, grief, and moments where I nearly gave up. But I’m still here. I chose to turn the negatives in my life into positives.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Find a place near you 💥
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#OnThisDay in 1961, a mob of white men led by a Klansman bombed a bus full of Freedom Riders in Anniston AL & then beat them with baseball bats and iron pipes. No one was ever prosecuted. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/14/1...
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1961: Mob attacked Freedom Riders in Alabama - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1961, a group of Freedom Riders were attacked in Anniston, Alabama,, by a mob of white men led by Klansman.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day!! I have some good news about Tennessee cracking Memphis black district!!
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Indivisible Memphis @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Redrawing District 9 is attacking Black votes and Black representation. Memphis will not be silenced. March with us on Saturday. Stand against injustice. Let your voices be heard. 🕐 Meet up at 1pm. March starts at 1:30pm. 📍I Am A Man Plaza - National Civil Rights Museum #sheshed #voterizer 1/
Redrawing District 9 is attacking Black votes and Black representation. Memphis will not be silenced. 

March with us on Saturday. Stand against injustice. Let your voices be heard.

🕐 Meet up at 1pm. March starts at 1:30pm. 
📍I Am A Man Plaza - National Civil Rights Museum 

🎨 Join the community art build - Friday 5/8 from 7:30-9pm; First Congo basement.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 05/05/2026
WHCD fake fakity fake fake magic buckshot theory! I'm there now.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/05/2026
NEW: A Republican U.S. Senate candidate said he's recruiting off-duty police officers to serve as poll watchers in Detroit for the 2026 midterms — and suggested they could flash their badges at voters. Intimidating voters is illegal. Interfering with someone's right to vote is a federal crime.
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GOP Senate candidate recruiting off-duty Detroit cops to intimidate voters
Speaking about voters, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers tells Kalamazoo County GOP: "Try to intimidate them. Please."
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 03/05/2026
Why are people sleeping on this Florida Senate race? Alex Vindman will win this if we support him!
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The Scruffy Gerontologist @gabbyjones9.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is how we defeat trump and his cultists. Every act of defiance no matter how small counts RESIST
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/04/2026
Why would they resume the program without knowing whether the gunman acted alone?
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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Good morning. I just ended up swearing at Barclay’s AI assistant several times because I’m so sick of everything in life being made inaccessible and so much more shit due to AI. The enshittification of life is really getting me down. SO MUCH WASTED TIME AND ENERGY FOR SIMPLE TASKS. Fuck tech bros
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Side note: Here is the 1959 footage of Holiday singing “Strange Fruit.” The raw emotion is palpable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY...
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Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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Steven Martin @stevenmartin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
After my #Cancer diagnosis, I thought the hardest part would be getting better. I didn’t expect how much of it would be trying to keep up with everything around it. This week’s piece is about that feeling. "The Weight of Alway Being One Step Behind," Link below. open.substack.com/pub/careorso...
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The Weight of Always Being One Step Behind
What it feels like to try to stay afloat in a system that never quite holds you
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Please remember the last 4 months have been trying to say the least
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 07/04/2026
These are not the words of a sane person. Calling for the elimination of a civilization is a war crime. As I’ve repeatedly said, our military must only follow lawful orders. Every American of good conscience must repudiate this.
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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
There's no inherent nobility in wealth.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Senate may be heading into recess, but their inbox is still wide open! Write your Senators here and demand they vote NO on the SAVE Act! Let’s flood them with letters! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I have a new favorite sign. #NoKings
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/03/2026
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms. You have to listen to this.
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