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K Wagner

@kwagner.bsky.social
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Retired scientist, Ongoing interest in all things medical | Lifelong learner, gardener, cat-lover, book-reader | Pro-democracy | Northern California Tenuously balanced between paralyzing hopelessness and active hysteria

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 20/11/2025
Sign our petition for the government to hold social media companies accountable for posting ads that could scam consumers action.consumerreports.org/sm-20251117-...
Stop Scam Ads on Social Media
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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 27/10/2025
Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.
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Americans deserve affordable home insurance
Fed up with skyrocketing home insurance rates? Demand home insurance companies adopt basic protections for all policyholders. Take action by signing Consumer Reports’ petition today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/11/2025
Oh, so he totally stole the money
The U.S. Supreme Court was given the wrong numbers. The “unwind” in the event of a negative decision on Tariffs, would be, including investments made, to be made, and return of funds, in excess of 3 Trillion Dollars. It would not be possible to ever make up for that kind of a “drubbing.” That would truly become an insurmountable National Security Event, and devastating to the future of our Country - Possibly non-sustainable!
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I'll have a special livestream on Mon (3pm PT) to discuss dynamics & potentially devastating impacts of then likely Cat 4/5 Hurricane #Melissa as it nears Jamaica. I'll also offer a quick CA weather update, including notably warm/dry conditions into Nov.
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Potentially devastating Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica; plus, a (warm & dry) CA weather update - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Americans deserve affordable home insurance
Fed up with skyrocketing home insurance rates? Demand home insurance companies adopt basic protections for all policyholders. Take action by signing Consumer Reports’ petition today.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
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Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Costco just made a troubling decision to not sell mifepristone, a safe and FDA-approved abortion pill. Instead of siding with patients and members, Costco is caving to pressure from far-right extremists. Please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!
Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I'll have a special update on NorCal lightning fires at 4pm PT today, including discussion of "holdover" ignitions & weather to come (some mixed news there). I'll also discuss extraordinary heat/wildfire situation unfolding in Western Canada. #CAwx #CAfire
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Weather & climate office hour 9/3/25: Special update on NorCal lightning fires and weather to come - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
action.consumerreports.org/nb-20250609-...
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Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events
Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
GOP Drops Federal Medicaid Ban On Trans Care From “Big Beautiful Bill” open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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GOP Drops Federal Medicaid Ban On Trans Care From “Big Beautiful Bill”
In a sudden and much-needed victory for LGBT rights, Senate Republicans abandoned their efforts to ban federal Medicaid funding of gender-affirming care for trans people.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Center for Medicare Advocacy Opposes Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services - Center for Medicare Advocacy
CMA Opposes Confirmation of RFK Jr. as Secretary of HHS
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/06/2025
Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Nearly 12 million Americans will lose health care coverage under the current iteration of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
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11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects
Senate GOP version of the tax bill would strip 11.8 million people of health insurance over the next decade, CBO estimated.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#Slo-mo of Mat the Cat chasing a red laser light cat toy. He was actually really close to it, not totally bumbling it as it looks here! #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #blueskycats
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Mat and his long-lost brother, Bat. He went out one night and never came home. 💔😿 He had some fairly annoying traits - like bullying the younger cats & spraying inside, so muddling through without him hasn't been too terrible. He was rather cute, though. #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blueskycats
A stripey cat sitting next to a black cat. Their right, front paws are stretched out in front of them. The stripey cat's legs are stripey down to his paws, which are white. The stripey cat's leg crosses over the black cat's leg, lending the air of authority. The stripey cat's eyes are open, the black cat's closed. A stripey cat lying on his side with his legs raised over his head. His legs are stripey down to his paws, which are white with black pads.A stripey cat lying on his stomach on a sheepskin rug with his legs stretched out and crossed in front of him. His legs are stripey down to his paws, which are white.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
#Cercocarpusbetuloides is a #shrub or small #tree in the #rosefamily. Its common names include #mountainmahogany and birch leaf mountain mahogany. #CAnative plant commonly found in the #chaparral #Plantcommunity.
Cercocarpus betuloides, is a shrub or small tree in the rose family.
Its common names include mountain mahogany and birch leaf mountain mahogany. The common name "mahogany" comes from the hardness and color of the wood, although the genus is not a true mahogany.  

The white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented, similar to acacia.

The image here is of the fruit - a tubular achene with the long, plumelike flower style still attached.

The genus name comes from the Greek kerkos ("tail"), referring to the tail-like appearance of the fruit; and carpus ("fruit"), thus, "fruit with tail".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus_betuloides
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Peek-a-freakin'-boo, and happy #caturday, too. #catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #blueskycats
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Are you all watching the Cat Olympic diving
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Awful. As @peterbeinart.bsky.social notes, neither @schumer.senate.gov nor @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social have signed on to requiring Trump to get cong authorization for war with Iran. As I argued (see below) there should be a bipartisan coalition here. Where is it? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Self-sorting kitties: black cats in one bed, stripey cats in the other. #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blueskycats
Four kitties in two beds. There are two adult cats and two kittens. The two tabby striped cats (one adult, one kitten) are in one bed, the two black cats (one adult, one kitten) are in the other.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
My, why sharp teeth you have! #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #blueskycats
Two black cats in a bed. One is lying in the bed normally, yawning, with his mouth wide open, sharp teeth and pink tongue prominently on display. The other, smaller black cat is lying perpendicular to the first cat, with his head resting on black cat #1's stomach and fully half of his body out of the bed, falling over the side of the wooden table that the bed is on. His front paw is reaching up and into cat #1's mouth, touching a bottom fang. His back paws are lifted up, toes curled. His tail hangs off the edge of the table.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Some kittens are more silly looking than others. #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #blueskycats
A small back kitten lies stretched out on his side, his back feet flung backwards, his tail lying at a right angle to his body, then midway, turns another right angle to form a capital 'L' shape, his front feet stretch as far forward as possible, and his skinny little beanpole body arches in between.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Beware of Circe, Oppy, lest she turn your legs into six barking dogs! #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blueskycats
A cat sits next to a carved money who is covering his ears. A painting (Circe Invidiosa (1892), by John William Waterhouse) behind the kitty makes it appear that Circe is pouring her poison directly onto Oppy's head. According to legend, Circe the envious woman (the Invidiosa), loves Glaucus, a sea god, who in turn loves the beautiful Scylla. When Glaucus spurns Circe, she pours poison into the bathing pool where Scylla swims, which transforms Scylla's legs into six barking dogs.
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
A moment of insight #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blueskycats
Close up of a tabby cat face
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
We were all young once #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #blueskycats
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
My regal grandkitty, Babbage #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats #blueskycats
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/06/2025
Senate Republicans choose billionaires over hospitals. Unbelievable. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Hospitals stunned by Senate GOP’s Medicaid plan
Republicans want to curtail taxes states have imposed to increase payments to hospitals.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
If you work at Verizon, Amazon or another company that has curtailed their support of Juneteenth this year and have relevant info, I'd love to hear from you. I will maintain your anonymity. You can reach me securely on Signal at juddlegum.47 popular.info/p/verizon-an...
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Verizon and Amazon cancel support for Juneteenth celebrations
Amazon, Verizon, and other major corporations have ended or reduced their support for Juneteenth celebrations this year, forcing events in major cities to be significantly scaled back, a Popular Infor...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 17/06/2025
Trump is denying defensive weapons to Ukraine, and giving Putin a green light to massacre.
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US citizen killed in 'terrorist' attack on Kyiv | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This photo is going to appear in 7th-grade history books someday. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
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BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork
City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
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CAL FIRE @calfire.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Preparing your family for emergencies includes making sure your four-legged members are ready to roll, too. Build a pet disaster preparedness kit with food, water, medications, ID tags, leashes, and comfort items. Because when it’s GO time, you won’t want to paws. Start your kit meow. 🐾
Preparing your family for emergencies includes making sure your four-legged members are ready to roll, too.  
Build a pet disaster preparedness kit with food, water, medications, ID tags, leashes, and comfort items. Because when it’s GO time, you won’t want to paws. Start your kit meow. 🐾
#PetPreparedness #WildfireReady #CALFIRE #EmergencyEvacuation #FurFamily
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Some perspective on recent warmth over past month in California. Many folks, most of whom live within ~20 miles of the coast, have been asking: where's all this hot weather I keep hearing about? Well...the short answer is inland & across hills/mountains. [Thread] #CAwx #CAfire
Map from climatetoolbox.org depicting observed temperature departures from average over the past 30 days. In this map, departures from average for daily average temperatures are plotted across the western U.S. (with dark red colors depicting record/near-record warmth and blue colors depicting below average temperatures).
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K Wagner @kwagner.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Over Altadena tonight. Video courtesy of @queenofhighdudgeon.bsky.social #rocket ? #Vandenberg ? #SpaceX ?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/06/2025
I love seeing the massive #NoKings turnouts in major cities, but what I love even more are the hundreds and hundreds of small, rural towns that had relatively bigger turnouts compared to their populations 💙🙏
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/06/2025
A proper headline. Take note, @washingtonpost.com
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2025
BRENNAN: The public approval is so high of deportation PADILLA: It depends how you ask the question. If you ask the same people, 'Do you think we should maintain due process in the US?' the answer is overwhelmingly yes
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/06/2025
Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
When NO KINGS reigns over your parade. #SAD 🤣
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Me, me, me, me, me! Everything is about me!! Everyone should thank me!! Poor me!!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2025
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
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Arthur Anderson @uabyyruwi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
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Original Cat Dude @jon639.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
No Kings Day Protest!!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This video shows what happened to Sen. Padilla after they forcibly removed him from Kristi Noem's press conference. He's given orders from the officers that would cause him to smash his face, then pushed to the ground and handcuffed. Via: x.com/elex_michael...
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WIRED @wired.com · 12/06/2025
An Air India passenger jet with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff. The Boeing 787-8 crashed during the first moments of its flight from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad to London.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Pathetic: ABC’s GMA, World News Tonight, This Week, CBS’ Mornings, Evening News, Face the Nation, NBC’s Today, Nightly News, Meet the Press, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal all failed to cover Trump's new office for ethnic cleansing.
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Mainstream media ignore Trump’s planned Office of Remigration, a term for ethnic cleansing
Mainstream media outlets almost entirely ignored news that the Trump administration is reportedly reorganizing the State Department to include a new “Office of Remigration.” “Remigration” is a term lo...
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