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Laurie Mann

@lauriemann.bsky.social
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🌻💙💛🚶‍♀️🚀💻🏳️‍🌈📚🎭🥂🎼🧬💀 Resister, feminist, geek, SF & movie fan. Mundus Sine Caesaribus How to follow on social media: tinyurl.com/mryxa8ef Block all messages from weird guys.

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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bayeux Tapestry Visit: After 1.5 hours of lines, we got our 20 minutes of being close to the tapestry. It was in a long glass case about 200 feet long. It looked like a mural - I had to bend close to the glass to see the embroidery. i’m glad we took the time to see a 900 year old piece of history.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
mobilize.us/s/FH3VCC I'll be at this rally!!!!
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No Kings: Vote Early Pittsburgh · Mobilize
**We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.** For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians wh...
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NerdNonsense @nerdnonsense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, IDK, I knew he was that when he called for five innocent (and at the time not yet even convicted) Black men to be lynched in a full page ad, but I guess I am just built differently.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I die, I'd rather have my obit say "doing something she loved" like traveling, having a nice dinner out, visiting with family and friends. The way things are going, it'll say "she sneezed herself to death." Now have a loud, hard sneezing attack at least once a day. No idea why.
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(1/3) The Trump admin removed the measles death count from the CDC website. Why hide those numbers if they didn’t think they were complicit?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026
This is what corruption looks like. A Russian oligarch close to Putin spends hundreds of thousands of dollars bankrolling celebrations for the president’s son. And we’re supposed to believe it was just a generous wedding gift with no strings attached? #StopTrumpCorruption
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel had to Webcast his interview with Talarico on YouTube when ABC caved to Trump. Sad how many different entities are helping Trump build his authoritarian regime. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ProPublica had a GREAT article on how the anti-abortion laws have lead to higher maternal death rates from ectopic pregnancies, despite the fact an ectopic embryo is NEVER VIABLE. Here's a link to the whole article, but the graph is very useful: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They ignored 625,000 public comments opposing the destruction of 45 million acres of our National Forests. They are betting you'll feel defeated and just walk away. Let's show them what happens when they ignore the public. Prove them wrong right now: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Raise your children with the courage, ethics, and empathy such that, when the situation arises, they will be whistleblowers – not thugs.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/09/2026
1. So, at the Worldcon this year there was a person who was going from panel to panel, bothering panelists by trying to get them to "collaborate" with them on a project and sliding the proposed project to them on a piece of paper. Folks, I cannot stress to you how obnoxious this sort of thing is.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@wcinmemoriam.bsky.social Longtime Boston fan Rick Katze died at 81 on August 27, 2026. He worked on many Boskones & Noreascons.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The LAcon Program schedule is up! Here's my schedule: guide.lacon.org/people/b40bd...
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LACon V Program Guide
LACon V Programme Guide
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
@parseconfluenceink.bsky.social Pre-registration closes on July 17. At-con reg opens at 2pm on July 24 at the Airport Sheraton. Prices will be the same as they've been since June 1. confluence-sff.org/registration Attendees 16 & under are free and MUST be accompanied by an adult.
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Registration - Confluence-sff.org
After filling out the registration form below, don’t forget to book your HOTEL room! Check the REGISTERED MEMBERS page to see if you are already registered Kids 16 and under attend Confluence 2026 FRE...
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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Early-morning thoughts: how ICE operates and how Steven Miller talks are clearly racist. Describing this as "TDS" is _also_ racist. Letting this become government policy and procedure is _institutional racism_. Having SCOTUS approve of it all, e.g. "Kavanaugh stops" is _systemic racism_.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Patriots don’t sell US out to Putin!
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I got our British ETAs straightened out. Hold open the first 2 pages of the passport and flatten it. The app is phone only & fussy about shadows. Don't wear glasses. Use the official site www.gov.uk/eta/apply. You can pay up to $200 MORE if you use a .com site to apply for the British ETA.
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Get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK
Apply for an ETA to come to the UK if you’re a tourist, visiting family or for certain other reasons for up to 6 months. It costs £20. Find out if you need an ETA or a visa instead.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As I walked across the 6th St. Bridge in Pittsburgh the other day, a familiar-looking gentleman was being photographed. It was Maestro Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony! The men doing the photoshoot said they were about done so I went, gushed for a minute & got this:
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I’m very sorry to hear about Jane Yolen’s death. A wonderful person, writer & program participant.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
According to this Harvard study, Elon Musk's cuts to USAID through DOGE are responsible for an estimated 400,000 preventable deaths of children in Africa. hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Trump Administration Bans Disease Experts from Speaking to WHO About Growing Ebola Outbreak: Report
The Trump administration has banned top federal health agency experts from weighing in on the growing Ebola outbreak, as the U.S continues to step back from its former leadership role in global health...
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 14/04/2026
We’re aware of a recent increase in automated spam and account compromises on @bsky.app. We’re actively removing violating content, banning violating users, and working to restore impacted accounts to their rightful owners.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Rep. Jared Huffman: “If we’re honest about what’s going on, we have a madman in the White House who is running roughshod, who is running the most corrupt criminal grift in American history out of the White House.” #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Info on our local science fiction conference:
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Facebook appears to be censoring Heather Cox Richardson. She tried to post an explosive piece on the influence Orban and Putin have had over Republican politics in America, particularly CPAC. Here’s a link to the article on substack - pass it on! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-13-2...
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April 13, 2026
On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind ...
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Kamuka @kamuka.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” March 24, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-24-2...
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March 24, 2026
This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” The evidence for such a cl...
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Tony Michaels @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Oh and Republicans in Congress? Blocking FEMA funding.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
According to Trump, we're engaged in domestic terrorism for criticizing the government: www.dpsinfo.com/goodquotes.h... That's the clearest example that Trump is running a regime and not an American Republic. But the Constitution still exists: constitution.congress.gov/constitution...
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Good Quotes
Good Quotes collected by Laurie Mann
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Spending a day being “radioactive” for PET scans for a study on Alzheimer’s (lucky I’m a control). A PET scan is easier & faster than MRIs or CT scans. Here’s more info on my study:
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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Pretty sure Trump is going to claim the Paralympics aren’t “real” games and therefore shouldn’t count. Because he’s exactly that kind of pus-filled shitstain. www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...
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Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games
Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm 64 and I never thought I would see the day when our Constitutional rights would be called left-wing radicalism, or that SCOTUS & GOP would conspire to bring about the downfall of democracy. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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MI-Forest @mi-forest.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
trump administration of denying reality and burying history www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
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State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
In 2020, those of us who closely watch politics/are activists, could see Trump's responses to the Nov election coming. We warned about J6, seizing ballots & voting machines, other schemes & martial law BELIEVE US NOW Those same bad actors are afoot and this time there are fewer guardrails
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Kennedy's visit to Samoa resulted in children dying. Did they address it? Nope. Now, he's intentionally killing a nation. That's what happens when we ignore rich sociopaths.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@naomialderman.bsky.social As an ardent traveler, I LOVED the Ida Pfeiffer podcast. But if anyone ever makes a miniseries on her travels, Imelda Staunton (even though she's older than "middle aged") would be the perfect actor to play her.
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Most of the country can’t drive. Put a candle in the window in memory of people murdered by ICE: Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. Under the Trump Regime this can be dangerous, but we still have freedom of expression. www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed...
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Blogger
Weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Never letting this go. Thank you, Stephen Colbert!
Screenshot of an X post by Marco Foster (@MarcoFos…) quoting Stephen Colbert: “Today’s maniacal criminality distracts us from yesterday’s maniac crimes,” then asking “Where are the Epstein Files?” and saying “It’s the law! You signed it! Just checking!” Below is a video still of Colbert on a late-night set (CBS logo visible).
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Prime Minister's Mark Carney's Speech at Davos, something of the "state of the world" talk on January 20, 2026. While the first few paragraphs are in French, most of it is in English. Hurrah for Carney for telling truth to power! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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TRANSCRIPT: Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada Rebukes U.S. Primacy at Davos (Gift Article)
The Canadian leader warned that middle powers need to stand together or they’ll find themselves “on the menu.”
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Different roles, same fight. We couldn’t walk out today, but we’re with all of you who can. #FreeAmericaWalkout
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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I stand with Greenland and Denmark. 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 #Denmark #Greenland
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I want to be part of the "Free America Walkout" tomorrow to protest the lawlessness of the Trump regime. But the high will be 17F. I found some "digital tools" for people who either can't leave their jobs or can't spend much time out in winter weather: static1.squarespace.com/static/690cc...
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
@boskone.bsky.social The Boskone 63 Schedule is up! schedule.boskone.org Video, gaming and movement items will be added later.
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ConClár Program Guide
Boskone 63 Program Guide
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Tony Michaels @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The final Boskone schedules went out. Here's my schedule: Welcome to Boskone Galleria - Art Show Docent Tour Sat 10:00 AM Why Talk About Fan History? Harbor II Sat 11:30 AM In Memoriam Carlton Sat 7:00 PM Trivia for Chocolate Harbor II Participatory Sat 9:00 PM
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Trump and Stephen Miller will use the murder of a U.S. citizen by ICE as another attempt at a Reichstag Fire. Right-wing media, one of the most dangerous and deplorable institutions on Earth, will spin it for them. They want to invoke the Insurrection Act as a prelude to martial law.
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