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Senior vaping cat lady. In search of intelligent conversations not found elsewhere.

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
>> gopdallas2026.com <<
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“🇮🇱 Colonel Mendel said he did not mean to kill any of the World Central Kitchen employees, but said: ‘I'm not sorry for what I did’ — IDF said it would not pursue a criminal investigation or take additional measures against anyone involved.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have gender crisis in America and frankly throughout world. The name of it is men. They are committing all the rapes, almost all the murders. At increasing levels, they’re ignorant, insecure and violent. We’ve done poor job raising men. Love is not feminine. It’s fundamentally human.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Will you please take a moment and submit a comment on the Roadless Rule? www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
American citizens should be reading this. Your country is very near total collapse all brought to you by an orange lunatic & his regime of oligarchs. deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. Told Trump To F*** Off. Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force.
Canada put a bullet in trade relations with Trump Yesterday after a last minute change that would allow Trump to tariff us anytime. Carney is poised to retaliate BIGLY Trump wants to go to war.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Repost @centerforbiodiv • The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and remove protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, intact, national forests and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams. (Continued in comments)
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 07/06/2026
Shocker - A Group That Wants to Execute Women is an Official Sponsor of the 2026 GOP Texas State Convention. They want the death penalty for abortion, IVF, & pregnant minors. Texas GOP made them an official convention sponsor & posted a thank you. This is fascism. open.substack.com/pub/letsaddr...
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A Group That Wants to Execute Women is an Official Sponsor of the 2026 Republican Party of Texas State Convention.
They want the death penalty for abortion, IVF, and pregnant minors. The Texas GOP made them an official convention sponsor and posted a thank you.
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Republican bill legalizes murder to stop abortions: Straight from the Handmaid's Tale.
NC Republicans propose letting anyone use deadly force against women who have abortions under new bill. Straight from the Handmaid's Tale.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/05/2026
No, we really don't have to.
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
California judge bans #Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda open.substack.com/pub/friendly...
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California judge bans Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda
The infamous commercials failed to tell donors they were actually funding programs designed to promote conversions to Orthodox Judaism
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Ahh, yes, the unpopular decisions like “black people don’t deserve political representation,” or “rich people should be able to control everything,” or “women shouldn’t be in charge of their bodies.” Truly a man committed to justice.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Local fox nashville running a poll about @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn and the @TNGOP stripping representation from Memphis: fox17.com/question/pol...
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is more frightening than the American political debacle. #ElNino Something Is Brewing in the Pacific That Nobody in Washington Wants to Talk About open.substack.com/pub/chrisglo...
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Something Is Brewing in the Pacific That Nobody in Washington Wants to Talk About
A super El Niño is forming in the same week federal climate policy is being dismantled. The atmosphere doesn't care about the politics.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Israel bombed an Iranian synagogue on Passover
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Massive TSA chaos at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport today — endless lines, missed flights, pure frustration. Not an accident: Republicans are blocking Democratic bills to fund TSA while ICE negotiations continue. Travelers are suffering because the GOP won’t pass “clean” TSA pay. ✈️😡
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
BREAKING: “Canada Is the Most European Country Outside Europe.” 450 Million Europeans And The EU Just Proved It Voting To Add Canada - And Then Some. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: “Canada Is the Most European Country Outside Europe.” 450 Million Europeans And The EU Just Proved It Voting To Add Canada - And Then Some.
482 to 108. While Trump threatens to annex Canada, the European Parliament just voted to make Canada its closest strategic partner on the planet. Read the room, Donald.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/02/2026
Well, this should be a record-breaking day nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2026
Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The corporate complicity in the spread of American fascism needs to be called out. Glad to see this truth teller who was willing to quit her job rather than support the fascists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A resignation and call to conscience at company owned by Maga billionaires
Uline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped ‘America descend into fascism’
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Skip Murray 🌻 @skipscorner.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Because I'm Black open.substack.com/pub/nicoleba...
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Because I'm Black
A personal account of ICE detention in Minneapolis
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The moral disgrace comes from refusing to recognize that those bearing little or no similarity to us deserve respect, care, and defense simply because they are human — regardless of whether we might suffer the same fate. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti’s Murder Counted More
We must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Milan’s mayor: “Can’t we just say no to Trump for once?”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“The American people don’t want to live in this kind of police state. Senators should listen. And then do something about it.” www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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Opinion | ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it.
Alex Pretti's shooting in Minneapolis turned Senate Democrats against ICE and DHS funding at a pivotal moment, with another shutdown looming.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 19/01/2026
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Marissa Rothkopf @marissarothkopf.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I can’t do more than leave this link here and hope you watch it, but know that it was just the antidote needed for the news of the prez this AM. Norman Smith is a gorgeous example of selfless acts of goodness—acts that benefit us all. open.substack.com/pub/marissar...
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A quick antidote
The first bit of “news” I read this AM was how Donald Trump told the president of Norway the reason he wants Greenland is because he didn’t get his own Nobel Peace Prize.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Our economic system doesn’t work if 37% of people on food assistance are working full time. These companies are exploiting and stealing from their workers.
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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New DHS Rule Leaves Immigrants At Risk of Losing Their Work Permits – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP
New DHS Rule Leaves Immigrants At Risk of Losing Their Work Permits – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service. Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA. Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services. Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
May your protest today be peaceful and your message loud. For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism. For the generations yet to come. America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
ICE is deliberately staging attacks with a cameraman in tow shooting footage for literal propaganda films they are releasing to the public. They shot one two blocks from my home. If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.
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PositiveEnerG @positiveenerg.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Trying to survive in war zone of Chicago without the Texas National Guard here for our own good. A 🧵
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week. Everyone ready? Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: www.nokings.org
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.” www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
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Labor Day: ‘The March of the Mill Children’
Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/08/2025
Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)
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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Although health & science community must engage & understand what has made this movement so beguiling, nobody should be under any illusions as to what it is—a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt and unscientific wellness industry, www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating
The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19 vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...
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Jeri Westerson @jeriwesterson.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers : The Salt : NPR share.google/WBGAuEW9xtbL...
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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
If you read only one thing today please make it this, by the great Vanita Gupta You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center
Montreal entrepreneur Paula Callejas is rotting in an ICE cell and has been for WEEKS...
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
“WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE” and “GET OVER IT” are not great political slogans for the midterms.
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KateLynne @bigideakate.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Relentless focus on youth #vaping, at expense of adult smokers who could benefit from switching to vaping, damaging UK public health. For every young person who vapes, there are around 20 adult smokers who could benefit from switching. Scare stories deter both groups. daily-pouch.com/new-governme...
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New Government Research Seems Designed to Further Damage Vaping - The Daily Pouch
UK's £62M youth vaping study sparks bias concerns. Critics say it's alarmist, undermining existing evidence on vaping's reduced risks compared to smoking.
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"Vaping is a huge threat to them and their ideology so they have to attack it. They can’t do it with the truth; the facts don’t support their position. So their only resort is to misinformation." Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
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Leading Pro-Vape Academic “Couldn’t Stand on the Sidelines Any Longer”
As Dr. Michael Siegel returns to vocal tobacco harm reduction advocacy, he sits down with Filter to discuss his mission and its enemies.
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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Professor Brad Rodu developed a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.
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Termination of Tobacco Harm Reduction Continuing Medical Education by the Accreditation Council
The full scope of tobacco use and related risks to health are misunderstood by all health professionals.   Deficits in health profession...
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