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Dog trainer. She/her. Plants. Books. Quilts. Crochet. Miniatures. Other nerd shit.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is not "a controversial vaccine trial," it's biological warfare, conducted by European researchers on African infants. It's imperialism, racism, eugenics, and the hubris of incredibly stupid people. It's denying vaccines to newborns! In what fuckin universe is this a "vaccine trial"?
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Grumpy Auntie 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩵 🟦💙 @1technodiva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My county: 1st flu deaths don't usually come until November. Our flu season is already where it would be in December. EARLY AND HARD, FOLKS. GET YOUR POKE! mynorthwest.com/local/snohom...
mynorthwest.com
'It could be a rough flu season': Snohomish County reports first flu-related death this season - MyNorthwest.com
Snohomish County is reporting its first flu-related death of the season.
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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The accuracy 😭
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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sugar naps while the teddy bear stands watch
Sugar all curled up while the bear looks off into the distance
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Dr Susan Newell @sue-newell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shout out for Megalosaurus drawn by Mary Morland for William Buckland this #FossilFriday just discussed by Emma Nicholls @morethanadodo.bsky.social et al on In Our Time #BBCRadio4 #hoggroup
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Have you had a prior authorization request delayed or denied by your health insurer? We want to hear from you. Your experiences help us better understand the real-life stakes.
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We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests...
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law -- national and international -- underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice,"
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Democrats @democrats.org · 09/10/2026
Georgia, let’s send Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate.
An image of Jon Ossoff sitting holding his hands together with his elbows on his legs.
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C. Ratched, MSN, RN @cratchedrn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some of my mutuals follow this immature little shit who keeps giving @tmwillia828.blacksky.app the finger in reply to her every post. Might want to check who you follow.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 08/10/2026
“I can’t come up with any rational, reasonable explanation that this [report] would be delayed, especially amid a midterm election, unless it was politically motivated.”
texasobserver.org
A ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’: Why the State's Maternal Death Report Was Pushed Until After Midterms
Advocates and lawmakers warn the state healthy agency's decision to delay releasing the annual report will further harm women—and make it harder to enact necessary laws in 2027.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
US BOOK TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! I've put off this announcement for too long as I'm in deep denial that this book is nearly out! But here's the details. I'd love to see you out there. First up, CHICAGO on Oct 21 with the great @danielkraus.com. Tickets here: drlindseyfitzharris.com/events/
A tour card listing all the events on Lindsey's book tour
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The #Cornell case getting the visibility it should is important. The #LSU case is equally important. Stand up for both victims. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Source: NBC News
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LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team
“LSU does really protect their athletes, especially their football players,” says the woman, whose claims are being investigated by the local district attorney.
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🎃🕷️(J)ust (T)arantulas🕷️🎃 @nihilisticuffs.com · 06/10/2026
Me, every day since like 2005:
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/10/2026
Imagine meeting Jesus and coming away thinking “So much testosterone”
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Infected babies can be at higher risk for encephalitis, a type of brain swelling, as well as a rare but fatal brain inflammation that can appear later in life." Truly horrifying story about the measles outbreak in PA. Shame on Trump & RFKjr for spreading so many lies about the MMR vaccine.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Alexa @lexgordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hahn is the master of creeping horror for the middle grade set. First encountered at age 8, still delightfully chilling nearly 4 decades later.
Creepy book cover of Wait Till Helen comes by Mary Downing Hahn featuring a ghostly image of a little girl in a white dress standing among gravestones and overgrown weeds.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/10/2026
Don’t accept interviews with USA Today (or Gannet), apparently. Creepy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
propublica.org
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He’s dealing truths and facts.
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Brooklyn Rousseau (Spooky 365, not just October) 🎃 @glamgothcollective.mu.social · 01/10/2026
THERE IS NO TRANS DEBATE
THERE ARE TRANS PEOPLE AND THERE ARE FASCISTS WHO WISH TO DOMINATE
AND
ELIMINATE TRANS PEOPLE
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help. (Published May)
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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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DR. IRONCLAD, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To every MAGA, Jill Stein, or just couldn't bother to vote person out there, Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuck you.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
But also, if you have a friend or family member in a retirement community, could you ask them if they have educational speakers present, and if so find the contact information of whoever organizes that?
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Felled Sycamore Gap stump has 'encouraging' growth.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Hadrian's Wall Sycamore Gap tree stump shows 'encouraging' signs
A thick layer of growth surrounds the stump three years after the landmark was illegally felled.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Institutions don’t come right out and say it, but there’s an implicit caution about having too many of us in any given field. One or two checks the we’re not racist box. But an entire team of trauma surgeons who are all Black is in fact, a BFD. And at an institution as revered as Johns Hopkins
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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
Y’all know what I think. Posted without further comment. #JusticeForNolanWells
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undugdirt @intergint-systems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Me: I think AI is going to make us dumber. People I work with: 5000 REASONS YOU ARE WRONG Jensen Huang: It's going to make us dumber. It already made me dumber.
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Nonofyur Darnbusiness @ladyasrai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder to have your fireplace serviced & cleaned before use, esp if it's been a while. Critter nests are obstructions that can burn your home down and old bricks can deteriorate, causing the fireplace to become unsafe.
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Freddie Mercury's Pajamas @libbityboo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Speaking of applying to things. If you suspect the holidays are going to be hard going this year and FYI, there's zero shame in that, it is a STRUGGLE right now. Mentally, financially, all the-llys-! But it's especially difficult around the holidays. So let's talk turkey! We got this!
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Mrandle Kamala Harris Gestures
ALT: Mrandle Kamala Harris Gestures
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Freddie Mercury's Pajamas @libbityboo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's exactly why I'm posting this right away. If you use oil for heating, make a plan now. Apply for assistance with your bill, even if you think you won't qualify. And start looking at electric heaters/fireplaces etc now.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what they've done.
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Alexa @lexgordon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Once again, @okokno.bsky.social has destroyed me with a terrible jewel of a book. Gorgeous and bizarre and flooded with everpresent dread.
Cover of The Sunken, The Adored by Donyae Coles
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 23/09/2026
Now What You should Know about humans we are mostly on some bull 💩 Deeply unserious
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your kid not wanting to talk with you because you're a giant piece of shit is not a political problem for the rest of us to solve. Look inward.
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Anita @anita1956.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Books for sure but most other gifts as well. I'm finishing my Christmas shopping this month for that very reason, and if I'm shipping you a Christmas gift expect it to arrive before Thanksgiving leftovers because I'm not taking any chances with USPS.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once again... don't ever get complacent. Don't ever celebrate before the win. Focus on getting out the vote, making sure you and everyone you know has a plan to vote for every Democrat you can against every Republican, and act like you're one vote behind and EVERY VOTE COUNTS. Never surrender.
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#StayReadyCrew 👀This is the 3rd food recall I’m posting today. Frozen alfredo pasta sold at Walmart www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes...
goodhousekeeping.com
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of Popular Pasta Sold at Walmart
Here’s what shoppers need to know.
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🎃🕷️(J)ust (T)arantulas🕷️🎃 @nihilisticuffs.com · 22/09/2026
Ah, that explains all the compartmentalization.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Almost certainly the best photograph I've taken of a woodland path in early May, flanked by wild garlic, making me feel like I've stepped out of my own humdrum reality and directly into an initially jolly fairy tale whose original unbowdlerised ending probably centres on my own demise.
A magical woodland path in Cornwall, not far from the Fowey estuary.
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Jenn Wilson @thatmomx4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please think good thoughts. My kids were camping this weekend & are being evacuated due to flooding. Unfortunately they also have our car. Which is not remotely paid off & we use for income.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
HANG UP YOUR MAUL, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18 September 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Rosa Farber, was born in Paris. On her 10th birthday, she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers of Birkenau - Bunkers I & II: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A vintage black-and-white portrait of a young girl with curly hair tied up with a bow, wearing a checkered shirt.
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A photo of Morticia Addams (as played by Angelica Huston) coming down the stairs with a smile. The caption reads: "You look happier." Thanks, it's almost time to trade heatstroke for haunted houses.
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Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a legally and morally indefensible argument with horrifying potential repercussions for threatened species and habitats.
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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Watching tech people tremble before the awesome power of AI feels like when an actor is “attacked” by a wild animal in a movie but they are just holding a raccoon pelt to their neck and pretending to wrestle with it
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