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Julie Cooper

@julie-cooper.bsky.social
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Reader, listener, traveler, skeptic. Ballpark chaser currently at 19/30 (5 AL Central, 5 NL Central, plus 9 more) ⚾️🏟 Animal lover and cat mom who has visited over 30 zoos/aquariums and wildlife sanctuaries 🐾

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 10h
Tread Harder, Daddy For @contrariannews.org Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Central Casting, send over another dummy who looks like my hot daughter."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This lady speaks for all of us. 💙🇺🇸
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Socks would have done a better job at that press conference than that nitwit did.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 13/10/2026
Prominent white evangelical leaders don’t want kids watching Ms. Rachel. They say Pride flags are dangerous. They want "Thou shalt not kill" posted in classrooms. But a live-streamed government-sponsored execution? That's just fine. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-pro-li...
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The “pro-life” pastors who want America to watch a live-streamed execution
Many of the evangelical pastors who denounce Pride flags in classrooms and Ms. Rachel are celebrating the possibility of a government-sponsored snuff film
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 13/10/2026
Fox News spent four years diagnosing Biden from the angle of his left shoelace. Trump turns into a peeled nectarine and suddenly everyone’s a privacy advocate.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you liked the new Unabomber movie on Netflix, I highly recommend this book. It's excellent.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Christian” pastors cheering on public executions when the whole Christian faith is based on the abhorrence of the gruesomeness of a public execution shows how far Christian Nationalism is off the rails.
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The world is a better place because of bookstore cats.
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you’re siding with Russia against Ukraine, then you’re an asshole.
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Pro tip: If you’re casually talking about annihilating a people in a speech at the U.N., killing schoolchildren with drones, abducting heads of state, pondering the annexation of Canada, and sending thugs out to make war on your own people, then you don’t get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Rosalia" is a farmworker in Santa Maria, CA. "We live in constant fear of immigration raids as it doesn't matter if we have papers or not. They target us for having brown skin. We are not criminals; we are essential workers who put the food on America's tables." #WeFeedYou
A worker harvesting strawberries
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The pro-lifers are livestreaming a public execution.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 08/10/2026
Most people don't realize dumb is spelled with a B
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
World domination is next.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My book club selected The Witch for October. 🎃 It will be my first Freida McFadden book, and I have every reason to believe I'm going to enjoy it. 📚💙 #booksky
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 06/10/2026
Jim Bakker is dead at 86. His legacy? Fraud, fake cures, giant apocalypse-fueled food buckets, and decades spent turning Christian fear into personal wealth. His ministry was never about saving souls. It was about converting fear into cash. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/jim-bakker...
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Jim Bakker, the godfather of scamvangelism, is dead at 86
The convicted fraudster spent decades exploiting Christians with bogus promises, survival buckets, partisan paranoia, and a fake COVID cure
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pro tip: if you’re an American president offering up cities to be bombed by a foreign adversary, you’re no patriot.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the first time I've seen anyone advocate for paraprofessionals. ❤️ I briefly worked as an aide and only earned minimum wage ($8.25 in IL at the time). The same people who thought I only deserved the bare minimum asked me to produce my college transcripts so they could verify I was qualified.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Look at these clowns.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Things that don’t cause cancer: •Microwaving food in plastic •Eating some charred edges on grilled meats •Aluminum salt-containing antiperspirants •Being near your cell phone •Drinking from an old water bottle Watch me fact check AI slop: youtu.be/I9TBgVS5QXY?...
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Fact checking AI cancer misinformation
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your Tax Dollars at Work For @contrariannews.org Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My book club is trying to pick a book for spooky season. 👻🎃 Which would you choose? 📚💙 #booksky
Lock Every Door by Riley SagerThe Witch by Freida McFadden
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If ashli babbitt's family can get $5 million after she literally broke into the Capitol to overturn an election, Renee Good's family should get at least triple that for ICE agents murdering her in the damn street.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a cutie! 😻
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So what if you just want to serve your country in the military now and don’t want Christian nationalism shoved down your throat and pushed on you by military leadership? I guess you are out of luck. Because that was our military for the entire history of the country until now.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why is baseball making it so hard to watch baseball?
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The whole world sucks right now so let's just look at cute cats.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 2026 ballparks: 1 new MiLB park (Knoxville) 1 new MLB park (Boston) 1 repeat (St. Louis)⚾️🏟 Tentatively planning on San Francisco or Atlanta in 2027. We'll have to wait and see.
Covenant Health Park, home of the Knoxville SmokiesFenway Park, home of the Boston Red SoxBusch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's right, assholes. Just keep pretending he's not fast asleep in the middle of the day.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Same...from rural Illinois.
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not true. They understand, they just don't care.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just started reading this one. It's been in my TBR pile for over a year. 💙📚 #booksky
Book cover for Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 25/09/2026
A Christian pastor on a New York public school board voted against approving a senior class trip to Boston that included a stop at the Salem Witch Museum. He called it "Satanic." Then he admitted: “I can’t really say that I know the history of it.” www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
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Christian school board member melts down over class trip to “Satanic” Salem Witch Museum
Batavia City Schools board member Dan Schmidt admitted he didn’t know the museum’s history—but condemned it anyway
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Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🎶 Oh, what a beautiful moron… 🎶 ALL NEW! “Dummy with the Wig on Top” 🌽🤠 #DummyWithTheWigOnTop #RandyRainbow
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Dummy with the Wig On Top - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Too many are cheering for this. Too many are ignoring it. Too few are speaking out.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FYI, some stadiums do allow you to bring in your own food and drinks. I recently attended a Cardinals game in St. Louis, and I brought Gatorade and bottled water with me.
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David A. Conrad, Ph.D. @davidaconrad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do believe that copying old meme text and posting it as your own is sociopath behavior even when the message is good. Quote repost a version, put it in quotation marks, something. Act civilized.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library provides free books to children from birth to age 5. I propose Stephen King's Banned Books Library, which would provide free banned books to kids ages 12 to 17. 💙📚 Who's with me? #booksky
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy Caturday.
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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"In every country in which there has been a loss of freedom, where does it begin? It begins in news media, in public print, in books, and on the proscenium. That's where they attack you first right there. That's the bread basket." —Rod Serling
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The White House Correspondents’ Association should’ve boycotted Trump when he revoked Jim Acosta’s press credentials They should’ve boycotted when he sued the NY Times They should’ve boycotted when he insulted all the female reporters Instead, they honored him by letting him speak at their dinner
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself. But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
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Julie Cooper @julie-cooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just checked this one out from the library. It's the October selection for a book club I'm considering joining. 💙📚 #booksky
Book cover for North Woods by Daniel Mason
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And too educated and empathetic, but same…
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