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KalaT

@kalat.bsky.social
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Midwest person, twin, #toastie

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sexual assault is on the rise. And recent examples in higher ed and across multiple industries, remind me how many grown men still apparently struggle with the concept of CONSENT. Here’s a useful illustration my colleagues in academia show incoming 17 and 18-yr-old freshmen: youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not enough is said about how Trump views United States dollars as HIS own money
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Geoff Bowden @geoffbowden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first thing a Dem Congress does is pass a resolution saying the President is not immune from any prosecution, and remove it from SC jurisdiction.
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ceej @ceej.online · 15/09/2026
ME: I’ve tried every kind of lotion and I still just think it’s icky. I hate feeling all slimy; it makes me feel all greasy and sticky. I just wish there were an easier way THE SKINTAKER: (already having sunk too much PTO into this murder to quit now) Please just rub some into your elbows at least
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nebraska Governor Backs ICE Crackdown and Employs Undocumented Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
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As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers (Gift Article)
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood…
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Serving notice that when you all hatewatch the Beatles biopic that you know is going to be awful, thereby making it successful instead of letting it receive the empty silence it merits, clogging the TL for days with Beatles biopic opinions, I’m gonna be quietly, privately mad at you
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I think this is the rainiest summer I have ever seen.
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? a super specific kitchen gadget that you bought at The Afternoon in Omaha, NE in the aughts and have long lost the tag explaining how it works.
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Coffee by the lake! We look forward to this all year. Everyone make sure to wish Mike Tesar a happy 80th birthday!
Jenni Mike and Kala are pictured in front of the lake. It is stormy but they are having a blast.
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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
if only somebody like, idk, Upton Sinclair, for example had warned us about this a century ago
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/07/2026
one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people
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Kestrel Casey @kestrelcasey.com · 25/07/2026
The first time my doctor asked if she could use ai to take notes, and I said no, she seemed surprised. THIS IS WHY. SAY NO.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
this is how dumb you sound, democrats, when you accept the absurd premise that this is an issue that you need to campaign on
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/07/2026
New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
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New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture – which no one commissioned – would raise ‘millions’ of dollars A New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money to build a lifesize statue of Charlie Kirk, only to find that no one wants to buy it. Sergio Furnari, originally from Italy, had hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture. Continue reading...
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stop saying women aren’t having babies – men aren’t having them either www.the-independent.com/life-style/b...
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Stop saying women aren’t having babies – men aren’t having them either
Fertility rates have hit record lows in England and Wales, according to newly released stats. It takes two to procreate – so why does the conversation always seem to revolve around only one half of th...
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"...when the founder started breaking down the company’s financials, he realized that, to run hundreds of agents, he was paying 10 times more than it would cost to hire humans.“ www.vanityfair.com/story/olive-...
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This CEO Spent the Equivalent of $4 Million on an AI Agent to Run His Life
Who can harness (and pay for) that kind of computing power? Someone like Bill Nguyen, serial entrepreneur, who’s let Olive take over everything he does.
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I do think pinning this on specifically Taco Bell is weird since many confirmed cases aren’t people who ate at Taco Bell at all and we know the actual source—Taylor Farms—distributes lettuce and other produce to many, many other large food businesses
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As an immunosuppressed person I’m so angry at everyone responsible for the CDC’s non-response to the Cyclospora outbreak. We have no guidelines, just news articles sharing long lists of foods to avoid because they’ve been associated with outbreaks in the past. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so stupid.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/07/2026
Unlike some of the more common foodborne pathogens, cyclospora is resistant to bleach and common sanitizers used by food manufacturers. It is also resistant to chlorine, the primary disinfectant used in most municipal water and wastewater treatment systems.
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The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger
Official case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/07/2026
The US’s explosive diarrhea problem is worse than you think—and it's about to get even messier.
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The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger
Official case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
How risky is eating lettuce at a restaurant right now? I want a BLT and am feeling reckless.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/06/2026
Jonathan Ross is the man who shot and killed Renee Good.
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This was a lot
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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 23/06/2026
Americans react to Trump's renovations to the Reflecting Pool: “I can’t believe that we are spending our money this way, when there are so many higher priorities. Health care, childcare, closing the budget deficit… I mean, there’s a million places we could spend this money.”
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Democrats @democrats.org · 14/06/2026
One year ago today, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were senselessly murdered in an act of political violence. In their memory, we recommit ourselves to the values that Melissa and Mark exemplified: building a kinder, more just, and loving world.
A graphic featuring an image of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Text on screen reads, "Remembering Melissa and Mark Hortman."
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“We have made a technology that creates nothing but will ensure you have no future while we get richer and richer wait why are you boooing?”
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aric @aghastronaut.com · 17/05/2026
Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Officially The Numbers On This Padlock Are Too Small years old
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Think of it this way. Project 2025 basically eliminates every bit of governmental and societal progress made since the Civil Rights successes of the 1960s and more. Project 2025 is 53% complete.
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Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Voted!
Two ruddy Nebraskans with I Voted Today! stickers.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Well, this explains a lot.
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Sean Duffy Filmed Reality Show Over Past Seven Months
The Transportation secretary says he did manage to do “some work” while driving his family across the country for a Trump-approved reality show.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
E-vil BAM-bi 👏👏👏👏👏 E-vil BAM-bi 👏👏👏👏👏
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I don’t understand how they thoroughly messed up the widely used software that opens PDFs? Like as apps go this one is pretty close to “you had one job”???
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prim @primordial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 26/04/2026
The well being of World leaders is not my responsibility… they are protected cared for and secure The well being of people who can’t afford the rent Can’t afford healthcare Can’t afford groceries Is my concern
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A lot of people are posting about Nicole Kidman and death doulas, @askamanager.org did a Q&A awhile back and I think it's a fascinating role www.askamanager.org/2024/06/inte...
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interview with a death doula -- a person who helps support you at the end of your life
Have you ever heard of a Death Doula? I hadn’t, so when I had the opportunity to ask Death Doula Sharon Crowell about her work, I took it! Here’s our conversation. What does a Death Doula do? A Death ...
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KalaT @kalat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Very, very sad about this. We have been following the updates on her pregnancy with excitement. www.ketv.com/article/omah...
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Henry Doorly Zoo says pregnant orangutan delivered stillborn twins
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium shared a heartbreaking update on the 26-year-old Bornean orangutan who was pregnant.
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Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rep. Shri Thanedar tells me he's drafting a letter to send to VP Vance/the Cabinet urging them to invoke the 25th Amendment, which he plans to circulate to colleagues.
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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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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In two weeks the national press corps is going to laugh at his jokes and applaud him at their annual Hilton dinner for being a fun and interesting president to write about
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
It cannot be ruled out that this is a threat to use a nuclear weapon against Iran
Trump: Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!
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