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@jvp717.bsky.social
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Just your average middle aged librarian

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Welcome to middle age, you're Squidward now.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
what the hell is going on
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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Scorpio: Scorpio: All that bad shit they say about us is because of the worst Scorpio ever, Brian. He was a real asshole. You don't hate Scorpios. You hate Brian.
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 08/07/2026
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here’s the simplest bill I’m introducing: no ICE enforcement at school bus stops. Looking forward to a Republican explaining why they are against that. www.axios.com/2026/09/17/c...
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Sen. Chris Murphy introduces ICE bills to put GOP on defense
Murphy will introduce three bills Thursday afternoon to prevent ICE arrests near children.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Have you ever been confused by what it means / what #SCOTUS *says* when it issues a “stay” of a lower-court ruling? Well today’s issue of “One First” is (hopefully) for you: www.stevevladeck.com/p/249-the-la...
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249. The Language of Supreme Court Stays
Thursday’s Missouri redistricting ruling used boilerplate to freeze the district court’s TRO. That didn’t prevent confusion over what the Court had “stayed.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sam Waterston, the television and film actor, said he was motivated to attend the demonstration because he did not want his alma mater to “give in to a bully.” “This [presidential] administration has been getting us all acquainted with what it feels like to live in an authoritarian society."
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Yale demonstrators challenge potential Trump DOJ settlement
The university prohibited reporters from covering the event on campus.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jacob Misiorowski, arguably the best pitcher in baseball right now, is a huge Pokémon fan, further cementing my theory that baseball is just Pokémon but with guys.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"We should never forget that Dolly Parton chose not to be a billionaire."
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
But I don't want to work I want to look at crows
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Them: It doesn’t cost anything to be nice. Me: Yes, but being a jerk is free too.
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Kellalena @kellalena.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I don’t need a recipe for disaster, I just throw it all together
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 22/07/2026
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/
This is a screenshot of an Instagram post from a rescue organization featuring a bearded animal protection officer with a tiny rescued heron baby on his handThis is a close up of the heron baby and it's like if you stuck a novelty beak and some regular bird-sized feet on a wad of cat hair
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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 13/06/2023
every adult over 30 has a sandwich that they had one time that could easily go in this picture frame
photograph of a picture frame, probably intended for baby ultrasounds, with the words "A moment in my belly, a lifetime in my heart" written on the picture frame
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Davor Mondom @dmondom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
*spins wheel* The Muppets will open for *spins wheel* BTS, who will segue to *spins wheel* Ted Lasso
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports
Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For those counting that's now FOUR national book banning bills that are moving their way through. This one seems to be a senate companion to 7661 (much of the same language). Call the senate re: 2616 and 4925, call the house re: 8705, 7661 And as always, fuck censorship 📚
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Y'all, if you have ever wondered what it would like like for the federal government to tell you what you are/not allowed to read and thought "screw that," now is the time to say so. Sign this letter. Send a postcard. Call your senators. This is a nightmare scenario. Don't let it pass.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The CDC is so underfunded now that it's like: "Just remove the three outer layers of lettuce, so you don't consume any feces, then wash each interior leaf individually, so you remove any hidden feces. Good luck!"
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Tiffany C. Graham @bluenote123.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
Quote from a paragraph in the attached article.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
evergreen
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Infynyty @infynyty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lots of talk about Lindsey Graham this week but here’s an obit worthy of our attention. A life of service vs Lindsey’s life of self serving. chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
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Mary Morello, Libertyville native, activist and mother of Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, dies at 102
In 1990, Ms. Morello founded Parents for Rock and Rap, a group that sought to protect the free speech of musicians in the face of a censorship movement.
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Kevin Tompkins @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening
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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I guess the universe doesn't flow money to me because it knows I would just buy a well-dressed porch goose or some whimsical silly shit
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Lit Kids Magazine @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
PSA: Publishing opportunity for kids!! 📣 Lit Kids needs writing, art, and photos to feature in Issue 11: Spooky Stories by 8/7. We accept creative work strictly from 5-13 y/o kids. Please subscribe, share, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #parents #teachers #kidlit #emag
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Defector @defector.com · 28/06/2026
On June 25, 1976, three and a half years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S., 'The Omen' hit theaters.
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Diabolical Motherhood | Defector
On June 25, 1976, three and a half years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S., The Omen hit theaters. Most viewers remember the high-drama deaths—by impalement, decapitation, hanging—or…
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
any day can be a sick day when you’re sick of this shit
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 24/06/2026
why have i known all my life that Van Gogh painted sunflowers and night skies, but i didn’t know until last week that he painted crabs
Ornately framed painting of two crabs with reddish carapaces, one lying on its back, against a sea-green background
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Boo B 👻🐝 @vtbee80.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
there’s no way the brain that’s in my head right now is the same brain that landed in a gifted program 35 years ago
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Mal @hallowedverses.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“You’ve already told me this story” I’ve got like 4 good memories wtf do you want from me? Damn.
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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That girl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
fantashic
Average Deep Space Nine A plot: "What are you willing to sacrifice for the chance at a better world? Who are you willing to hurt? Will the pain you cause now outweigh the peace that it might bring? When both choices are bad, and you do what you think is best, can you live with yourself after? Could you live with yourself if you made the opposite choice?"

Average Deep Space Nine B plot: "What do we do with all this hot sauce!?"
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geekysteven @geekysteven.com · 21/06/2026
If you and your spouse disagree and later on you are proven correct, you have to tell them that you were right. Doing so will grant you up to five Rightness Tokens, which can be exchanged for cool prizes
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Who knows if there will be a final agreement. But if there is, two things will be true at the same time: a) It's essentially surrender to Iran. b) We should be glad about it, because every day this insane, illegal war continues, we get weaker. 1/ Let me explain.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
OF COURSE THERE IS A GERMAN WORD FOR WHAT I AM
Randelekobold is a “riot goblin” - a small person who is always agressive and seemingly looking for stress, conflict or drama.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Today is the big day! Join us at 11am at 50 riverside drive in Willimantic, CT for our community paint day! CT folks, spread the word!
A mural with a turtle hummingbird fairy shrimp, cicada, raccoon, and plants, all prepped with paint by numbers
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/06/2026
Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/06/2026
Imagine being the most decorated gymnast in history, almost dying, and media referring to you as “NFL Wife” as your greatest achievement.😑 Misogyny is a helluva drug. Smh. Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Living through this time feels like the human version of dog years
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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