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@leafyrachel.bsky.social
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🇺🇸🇰🇪🇰🇿🇺🇦 American following news in E. Africa, Central Asia and Ukraine. Still believe democracy is the answer. Trees are the answer will also be accepted.

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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Couldn’t get the song 9 to 5 out of my head so am rewatching the movie. I can’t believe our country voted in Mr. Hart as president.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I worked at an Embassy for a bit so I kind of get the need for protocol and the tuxes, but I’d like to see a backyard BBQ state dinner. With like ribs and beans.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stonehenge chili…your fave chili recipe but you get the big dipper fritos and stand them up like stonehenge and put avocados and cilantro around it. Also, cook butternut, puree it, add coconut milk and Thai curry paste.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The “super intelligence” that told me to drive from Chicago to the Badlands with stops in 8 hours. And oh yeah thenU.S. killed over 150 Iranian children using it. Seems like “super intelligence” would have known not to bomb the school.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tucker Carlson tells NPR Trump should’ve been removed from office
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just drive 4,000 miles from CT to CA and saw only two Trump signs. One in NY state and one just before the Snoqualmie pass in WA. No bumper stickers either!
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Omg www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2026
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Monarch migration is happening. Monarchs are flying across Lake Michigan.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Soon Ukraine will be a foreign aid powerhouse helpfully hosting military and anti-corruption trainings for countries like the United States.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Shout out to the people who wake up every morning and say, “sure I will get into an airplane and fly into a hurricane, no problem”. “Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft data indicate that the maximum sustained winds are near 155 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts.” www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
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Central Pacific Hurricane Center 2525 Correa Rd Suite 250 Honolulu, HI 96822 W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A few people in my life just assume I don’t drink liquor. They offer single malt and mezcal offred to my husband but not me. Maybe not the most important feminist issue when we’ve just lost Gloria Steinem but geez….
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Slurpees are still cheap
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trump is a dumbass
 Canadian and US flag side by side at Little Caesars arena in Detroit.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Annika killing it on the drums with Geddy and Alex….
Photo of Annika killing it on the drums with the rest of Rush in Detroit.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Detroit is awesome
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ukraine will always be free! Happy Independence Day Ukraine 🇺🇦
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Happy Independence Day Ukrainians!
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-... @eliothiggins.bsky.social @bellingcat.com
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How the Latest OPCW Reports Provide More Connections Between the Syrian Government and August 21st 2013 Damascus Sarin Attacks - bellingcat
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)A careful reading of the latest OPCW reports on the Al-Lataminah and Khan Sheikhoun Sarin attacks reveals not only more details about those two incidents, but ...
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And it’s fantastic
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Not really going to be focused on the well-being of residents are they?
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Checking out parent corporations of assisted living places and find out that one of them is owned by Lloyd Jones whose mission is “Helping investors build wealth through real estate” and they describe themselves as a “private equity firm focused on senior living”.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Congrats!
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How much money are U.S. taxpayers paying for this?
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Coconut rhinoceros beetle damage on palms
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Holy cow look at the coconut rhinoceros beetle damage on the coconut palms. I only just heard it made it to Mexico. It looks really bad. apple.news/ARpitrtBETay...
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A New Luxury Hotel Canceled a YouTuber’s $4,663 Stay. Then Came the Viral Feud. — The Wall Street Journal
The dispute between Aman and content creator Ryan Walker illustrates the growing tension between commercial enterprises and influencers
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
OTD in 2008 Poland’s President Lech Kaczyński was in Georgia, which Russia had just invaded, and said “today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine”. He was told he was “stuck in a Cold War mentality” and ignored.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
And actually last time I was there, I ate KIELBASA BENEDICT for breakfast and it was glorious. We will be fine.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My spouse said he’s never been anywhere that has the same density of pizza restaurants.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I visit there about 4 times a year, seems fine. Awesome pizza.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
But Ukrainian athletes can’t wear a helmet with the names of their friends that Russia killed. Who makes these decisions?
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Josh Johnson mocking the Tate brothers is fantastic. m.youtube.com/watch?v=svTh...
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Andrew & Tristan Tate Reached the End of the Algorithm
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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Erica Marat 🇺🇦 @ericamarat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What you say, Capital Obvious www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive | U.S. Intel Finds Putin Could Test NATO’s Resolve With Limited Incursion
The new assessment updates past forecasts that Russia’s leader wouldn’t provoke the alliance during the Ukraine war.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Laura Ingraham said el-Sayed was a “socialist dreamboat of diversity” like it’s a bad thing. 😆
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/08/2026
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Putting this cafe on my bucket list.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I love this one
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m really lucky that although I’ve had cancer twice, I haven’t needed chemotherapy. So I can confidently say that insurance paperwork is the worst part of my cancer journey. Thanks GEHA/United Health Care!
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
On the very long list of things I would do if I was president who had a spineless Congress who would do almost anything I wanted: No more surveys every time I call customer service. If I’m unhappy with service it’s usually the company policies, not the employees. Those surveys won’t change policy.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Funny that they made him so orange in the enhanced photo. I guess they thought it would look more real that way?
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I also think that we need to be proud to say that you can love your country, but you don’t have to say “it’s the greatest country in the world” all the time. No country is. It’s possible to be patriotic without looking down at the rest of the world.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The State Dept has a whole PR department that spends considerable time and $ on the professional brand of the ambassadors. And the U.S. Maybe U.S. reps could just not roll up in three story yachts. www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/w...
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Hundreds protest US ambassador’s superyacht arrival in Venice | CNN
Video shows a crowd of protesters chanting and holding signs reading “Make America go away” as the United States Ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, arrived in Venice on board a superyacht on Friday...
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m going to see Rush in Detroit in August. They are in their 70s! Except the new drummer of course.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I think about this a lot.
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
then he stuffs them with filling from a Tupperware container. I like it that he has a system so he doesn’t have to compromise on lunch. Just cuz you work construction doesn’t mean you have to eat cold tortillas!
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A quercus among us @leafyrachel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lessons in how to live correctly: one of the guys replacing the siding on our condo eats lunch in the shade of my front yard…he sits in a lawn chair and fires up a small propane powered comal that can fit one tortilla. He sits in his chair, cooking the tortillas one at a time, flipping them often,
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