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Loredena Frisealach

@loredena.bsky.social
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Arab USian. Gamer (currently ESO), reader, fuser of glass, weaver, spinner. I read, comment, and repost, more than post directly myself. Lifelong Democrat. Episcopal Christian tired of the evangelists controlling the narrative. she/her

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Loredena Frisealach @loredena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I hate that I understand that reference. And that one. And that one too
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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
Quilt hanging on a card catalog. Neutral background with navy cursive appliqué “Do you hear thr people sing?” The background is embroidered in red starting light and getting bolder the lyrics to “killing in the name” the quilting effect is a focused sunburst from the center.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
propublica.org
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Doc Impossible @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Heads up Colorado! Amendment 84 is an attempt to hamper voting via mail in ballots. An Ohio conservative dark-money group has dropped $2.2 million on this CO measure that, if passed by voters, would significantly tighten requirements for mail ballots. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/19/c...
denverpost.com
Ohio dark-money group spends $2.2 million to support Colorado measure tightening mail-voting rules
A conservative dark money group based in Ohio has dropped $2.2 million on a Colorado measure that, if passed by voters, would significantly tighten requirements for mail ballots.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You fundamentally just cannot fight and win a war like this. There isn’t a military on earth that could effectively operate when your leadership is waffling back and forth on decisions on a daily basis for months on end. It’s not sustainable. None of this is sustainable.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 21/09/2026
It's almost amateur vegetable sculptor season.
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Dyqik @dyqik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also, remember that the OG pumpkin spice latte is probably Tori Amos's fault. snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
snackstack.net
The curious, contentious history of pumpkin spice lattes
Starbucks didn’t invent them. But it’s possible that Tori Amos or a Midwest grandma did.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
New in PN: The blackmail part out loud "Trump immediately insisted he was 'only kidding.' But that too is a lie — he's already refused to pay promised funds for North Carolina’s relief, FEMA funds to blue states in the wake of disasters, and attempted to use blackmail to swing election results."
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
on one hand this is good pushback and is needed. On the other hand, the political press being willing to play good lapdog and nod along while he abused literally everyone till such time as he started beating them too tells us a lot about the character of the people in that pool
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They got a spine. The networks (even Fox) are boycotting the White House. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
nytimes.com
CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access: Live Updates
CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they would sue to regain access to the White House. They argued in a joint statement that President Trump’s decision to block them violates the First Amendment.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An investigation reveals that Sen Roger Marshall (R-KS), now seeking reelection to the US Senate, actually resides in Sarasota, FL, returning only infrequently to Kansas to campaign. He is one of four Republican senators/candidates for senate who actually reside in the Sunshine state.
kansasreflector.com
US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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AsAmNews @asamnews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Department of Homeland Security agents were allegedly told to “falsely flag naturalized citizens as ineligible voters in federal law enforcement records.” asamnews.com/2026/09/20/n...
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Trump Targets Naturalized Citizen Voters Ahead of Midterms – AsAmNews
By Edward Kissam, originally published by American Community Media At a September 14 press conference, Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a whistleblower report alleging th...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.
nytimes.com
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately!
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Nick Veronica @nickveronica.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Buffalo Bills announced that they will play both the American and Canadian national anthem for the first time at the Highmark Stadium opener. They're definitely making a push to expand their fanbase in southern Ontario, and this shows unity as a border city. The Sabres have always done this.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 06/09/2026
Weird Sticks are hung! You’re getting an angled shot because I’ll probably spend the next week making small position adjustments since at least one is crooked but I’m not fixing it tonight. The only problem is that making these is kinda fun, so now I need another space that needs something.
A wall of six foot black and turquoise boards, accented in various colors with things glued to them at random.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
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Nate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's a jungle gym a seesaw all in one Pretty good gravity demonstration Proves force is acceleration times mass Use it as a science prop for your Epstein class
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47 ways to use a guillotine
YouTube video by Luke Nickle
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 05/09/2026
This is what happens when we gut the agencies that are there to protect us against these things. Just because we chose to take this path before doesn’t mean we can’t choose a different one going forward. You should not have to play a game of chance every time you walk into a grocery store.
newrepublic.com
You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing
Here’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2026
PSA: Even if your Anthropic settlement notice says there are no disagreements, don’t assume everything is in fact all good. I was extremely displeased tonight to discover that four of my books have claims with which I very definitely disagree.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
***ALERT ALERT ALERT*** THIS IS NOT A DRILL Wally and Doris now OFFICIALLY have a new home waiting for them. Working on logistics at the moment, but it's a done deal.
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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One day, this publisher's name will be a distant memory that no longer brings me intense frustration. That day is not today. If you're an Albert Whitman author who has a book in the Anthropic case, you should go check your email in case they're trying to claim 100% of the $$ for your books too.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
americamagazine.org
Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Transparently bullshit political talking points have real-world consequences www.the-express.com/news/us-news...
the-express.com
Widow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'
The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Every single time this book is on sale, I tell everyone to buy it because if it sells enough, someday we will get more Sings-to-Trees.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I listen to @chanda.blacksky.app, and when Chanda tells me I should write something about a bad article on perimenopause, I write something!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 01/09/2026
UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States ncbg.unc.edu/2026/08/31/u...
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UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States - North Carolina Botanical Garden
The combined herbaria will create an unmatched archive for studying plant diversity in the southeastern United States (Chapel Hill, N.C.— Aug. 31, 2026) UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University will unite....
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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 31/08/2026
A delightful thread of @tkingfisher.com's fascinating animal facts from last night's Hugo Awards ceremony.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Literally how these food recalls feel 😂
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 02/07/2026
i have learned that Ball, probably the biggest producer of canning supplies (for making jam etc) changed their pectin recipe to make it cheaper to produce with no notice or change to the product name/packaging other than ingredients list and it has fucked up thousands of people's jam recipes
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Matt Morhockey-Morbooks @drakesmitha12.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Don't know my NC geography all that well, but since y'all pass through Durham County at a guess, @taitertot24.bsky.social, FYI. www.wral.com/news/local/r...
wral.com
4 rabid goats linked to traveling petting zoo that visited Durham County
Health officials are warning of a possible rabies exposure after four goats from a traveling petting zoo tested positive following stops in Durham County and several other North Carolina communities.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rabies is 100% fatal if untreated. Please help spread the word about the exposure at the Farm Adventures mobile petting zoo in North Carolina. The vaccine is incredibly effective and will save your life. Also…. Rabies at a petting zoo!?!? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the petting zoo held events involving children and elderly people between July 28 and Thursday.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/08/2026
Inteoducing: A tortoise that fucks spacedaily.com/s-a-galapago...
spacedaily.com
A Galápagos tortoise species was down to 14 known survivors when a worldwide search turned up one more male living at the San Diego Zoo, and after he was shipped to the Galápagos in 1977 to breed, the...
The Española giant tortoise came within 15 animals of extinction. The rescue worked; the celebrity credit is more complicated.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Lawmakers have attempted for years to pass language that would allow small ranches and local slaughterhouses to sell meat directly to consumers without USDA inspections”. And now Trump is attempting to do just that. This is dangerous. There are regulations around food processing for a reason.
politico.com
Trump looks to ease beef processing regulations
The sweeping changes to meat processing will likely require a longer-term regulatory process or congressional action.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026
so according to the CDC, *foodborne illness* is responsible for about 930 deaths a year. "food-induced illness" is a made up term RFK is using for basically every cause of mortality minus suicide.
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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 29/08/2026
*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
reskeeting with alt text bc this is a funny as hell way to dismiss someone's dumbass argument to their face
Screenshotted excerpt from a conversation transcript, reading as follows

Cottle: My guess is that you then completely reject the idea that we wound up with this wretched administration in part because of the backlash to the excesses of woke, especially alienating young men, who were told they were the problem, just generally speaking.

Bouie: [this line is highlighted] I completely reject that for simple reasons of linear time. This administration was elected in 2024. At peak woke, when Nancy Pelosi was wearing kente cloth, Democrats won a trifecta, right? At the--
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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 29/08/2026
C'mon! Someone on catsky knows someone in New Jersey, New York, or the vicinity who would love these two middle-aged, bonded kitties whose human has passed away. Find them a home!
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tonight on #FridayNightZillow, the ultimate fantasy mansion for a model train maven. A MASSIVE *outdoor* train set + a HUGE indoor train set with a model of Chicago, inside its own 'train station' building, and much more! 10K sf on 10 acres w/ a private lake. $2.25M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I really feel like it should be bigger news that fibreglass is in IV saline bags in the US. This isn’t a situation where you might get a little sick. Fibreglass going directly into your veins will kill you. IV saline is used for almost every medical procedure. This is unconscionable:
fda.gov
Baxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for Two Lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Due to Potential Presence of Particulate Matter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUG. 25, 2026 – DEERFIELD, Ill., Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) is voluntarily recalling two lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to the potential presence of parti...
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 27/08/2026
Please sit with this & view full screen if you can.
Picasso's Guernica reimagined as crop art of the Minneapolis ICE invasion by artist Jennifer Nelson. She has replaced Picasso's cold, stark monochrome pallette with luscious earth tones, and centered a thunderbird-like symbol among images of community observers, both alive and murdered, from which the bird rises. Her artist's statement reads, "I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti's mouths are actually their last words in morse code: "I'm not mad at you," and "Are you okay?"
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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"[From the kitchen, there comes a noise like someone is eating a baseball bat.]" From the immortal Internet essay I Has a Sweet Potato. littera-abactor.livejournal.com/7748.html
littera-abactor.livejournal.com
I Has a Sweet Potato
You know, a lot of times I write up random posts and then don't post them. But Best Beloved just called me, and I could not really explain why I was inarticulate about sweet potatoes, so I said I'd go...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!
Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black. Photo of two orange kittens in a cage.Photos of two orange cats in a shower. Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
notus.org
Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So just to confirm: - Dissatisfied royal claimant to the UK throne returning from abroad. - A new king rises in Norway. - Heir to the Jacobite pretender consolidating power on the continent. cool cool. cool cool cool cool. cool cool. Hope everyone's been keeping up with their longbow practice.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"All right Tim Curry did you record that ballad of Davy Crockett like I asked?" "Sure did boss, nice and sexy just like you asked"
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