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L'aura

@laura086.bsky.social
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BLM. T1D. Gender free since 1980, but I use she/her pronouns. Introvert but I love people. Political views my own. Palestinians are welcome here.

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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh look another infusion failure as the only infusion sets I can get from Tandem have plastic cannulas that fail on me more than half the time, why don't I just go back to injections at this point I don't even know.
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I knew my neighbors were cool.
An email sitting in an inbox from Trending on Nextdoor with the subject line "Drugs - See what your neighbors are talking about"
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

By Shaila Dewan
Jan. 27, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ET
Nine progressive prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate state laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said on Tuesday.

The organization, which is called the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach, will also include Mary Moriarty, the elected prosecutor in Minneapolis. Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences, and its formation was spurred by “growing concerns about warrantless entries, unlawful detentions, and coercive enforcement tactics by federal agents,” according to a news release.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
people.com
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
(Pete voice) CAN YOU WIN THE GAME IN THE FIRST SECOND THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER
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Joshua Alan Doetsch @joshuadoetsch.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited. “More houses! More candy!” Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim): “Can I eat the moon!?” Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/11/2025
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up. "But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
A Substack article headline reads, "Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?"An image of a shocked and disturbed looking porcupine fish is formed from Vintage Puzzle pieces (the puzzle is called Aquarium).
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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
media.tenor.com
two muppets standing next to each other with the words " we just have to survive " behind them
ALT: two muppets standing next to each other with the words " we just have to survive " behind them
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 08/07/2025
Hell even Hitler had a Jewish doctor spirited out of Germany because of some personal affinity, this is not a redeeming quality and we really have to stop trying to frame it as such.
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
First they came for the poker players, and I said nothing, because fuck this guy
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
axios.com
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I’ve posted this video on socialism for years and there were mild heart attacks on Twitter, somehow I think people will be more amenable now.
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
*COUGHS LOUDLY*
The Goodwin Curve that incredibly consistently predicts public attitudes towards road traffic reduction measures over time. The biggest opposition is always just before and during implementation, while majority support almost inevitably follows with a few months or a couple of years tops. Every. Damn. Time!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Damn another new low from the operators of the New Low Machine. Surely they’ll turn it off soon.
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Aletheia S.R. @aletheia225.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We're way past the "appearance" of fascism, we're being actively governed by a fascist regime, attempting a full blown takeover.
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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
You can’t. It’s over. They must be rooted out of power anywhere and everywhere and held responsible for the mass death they caused around the planet. Two months ago I said American politics of the past is over and I say it again—We must accept the end so we can begin again.
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Dylan O. Drummond, JD/MBA @dodrummond.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
58 years ago today—just *8* years before I was born—#SCOTUS struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia, 388 US 1 (1967). We’re so grateful to the Lovings for their courage & sacrifice! Listen to the oral argument ⬇️ www.c-span.org/program/radi... #LovingDay ❤️
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Why are rotator cuffs so fragile? Not a fan.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Photo of Republican Joni Ernst with her remark "Well, we all are going to die."
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/06/2025
We don't really have a free or functioning press if they are required to pretend not to know conclusively that Stephen Miller is an avowed white supremacist
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Every time Perfume Genius releases a new album it has a few songs that feel like they fundamentally reconfigure the synapses in my brain in a good way and I don't even understand what is happening with that but I love it.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
As usual with these dust-ups she is retreating to the ‘compromise’ position that sporting bodies should make standards about transition. The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
More people should be talking about the utter freak that is Stephen Miller and his white nationalist worldview. He's the architect behind most of this chaos as Trump is golfing, falling asleep during meetings, making money of memecoins and tripping while climbing stairs.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
RIP to Sly Stone, a genius and a legend.
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The f---ing state of this place.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Denmark freedom fighters had rules for undermining the Nazi regime - don't forget the power of non-cooperation with authoritarians.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/05/2025
This is a HUGE scandal. Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud. Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%. Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
nextgov.com
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The speech @nameshiv.bsky.social gives when he sees me approaching with a hairbrush
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Kristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2025
Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing
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L'aura @laura086.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I live in a liminal space where I use algorithms to survive (my insulin pump runs on them) & am familiar with many worthwhile uses of AI (the use of Skylight to help countries reduce illegal fishing in their waters comes to mind) but see mostly exploitative uses of both. It's a weird place to be.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
At which point she will have spent nearly two months behind bars for the crime of writing an op-ed.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 05/05/2025
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
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Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In Dune, centuries of development in eugenics, drugs, and conditioning have led to houses and guilds that have almost evolved into distinct species, and in Harry Potter the Irish kid is named Seamus Finnegan
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Best feeling is when you meow at a random cat and they meow back and walk over to get pets
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👻Calvinboo Congress👻 @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Every. single. woman. I know in real life. has experienced multiple instances of sexual assault/sexual harassment from men. Including myself. Miss me with the “it’s so hard being a young man right now because people don’t like men” shit.
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Dr Erika’s (spookily) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 04/05/2025
Seriously make shame meaningful again
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.
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