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Medical lab worker, follower of things sciency, naturey or otherwise interesting.

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🕸️🕷️SpiderPost🕷️🕸️(mortem), if clinically indicated @ridertoast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That’s right Senator McConnell is back and ready to work! His skin is here and it’s filled with an entity that is also him just like the rest of us hard working Americans. Do not use flash photography please.
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tranna karenina @einegeniesserin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
lrt: i've talked about this before on here, but far right political movements are in fact intrinsically antisocial and criminal, and can prob be stopped in every country in which they're rising simply by enforcing existing law against them
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chrystia Freeland gives the US a reality check: "President Trump was elected not once, but twice, and that is causing a lot of Canadians to wonder if the United States can ever be trusted again." #cdnpoli
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Shambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 10/09/2026
Judge: I want to make sure that the Attorney General and the Secretary of State understand that the law is that HB1 never went into effect? DA: *not a real answer*
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
INVESTIGATION: Canada’s National Observer has discovered a network of deceptive, AI-generated websites promoting Albertan separatism. The websites, rather than targeting human readers, are targeting chatbots — trying to influence the answers they provide.
nationalobserver.com
A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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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
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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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ProdigalHoosier @prodigalhoosier.medsky.network · 03/09/2026
Screenshot this at a time when I was struggling pretty hard to not fall apart. Came across it tonight & thought someone here might need it. ❤️‍🩹
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My dad and I once had a disagreement over him using the adage

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."

He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."

He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago.

He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"

I did.

"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. 

They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."

It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.

So my dad and I agreed, what doesn't kill you doesn't actually make you stronger, but healing does. And if you feel like healing hasn't made you stronger than you were before, you're probably not done healing.

You've got to give these things time to set.

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To know Canada is to love Canada. Their ignorance is boundless. Also this 👇🏼 bsky.app/profile/dawn...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We should have learned from Brexit; if you treat the propaganda and troll networks as a speech issue rather than a coercive and realtime security threat then the manipulation of the population will never end. Running factchecks isn’t enough; halting propaganda mills needs action.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/08/2026
This landmark settlement is a powerful step toward holding Big Tech accountable. I applaud AG James for taking on corporate greed and fighting to put New York’s children first.
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Y. Mudpuppy @yehmenmudpuppy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Agree. We have to vote in massive numbers to fight against the cheating, gerrymandering, etc. It worked in Hungary.
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W. K. @nocturnamine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
That's all good but when you have a debt you can be garnished there's a legal way to get money from people that owe. That needs to be pursued. Alex Jones should have to work at Arby's for the rest of his life while all his wealth goes to the victims.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
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ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I really wish that when someone does the whole “Donald Trump is supersmart” thing that someone in the room loudly says “you know we can see and hear him right? He’s stupid as hell and it’s really, really, really obvious.”
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 02/05/2026
Did you guys hear about Will Stancil leaking the Tinder ICE Honey Trap details just to take credit for the work done by women for months (ruining the entire operation by doing so)?
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @cofactorstrudel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm gonna need dedicated cafe staff to stop chasing me and asking me if something was wrong with the food. My dudes I have GERD sometimes I just can't eat the food. Don't make it awkward for me 😭
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“How many times have I told your brother not to eat the seeds because a plant will grow out of his stomach?!? Well, now look at the state of him!!” - 14th century, British Library, Royal MS 6 E VI/1, f. 47r
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🔵 Blue Dot @akashaom.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Check this out: Pope Leo and Cardinal Czerny
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵
In Passing

By Lisel Mueller
How swiftly the strained honey
of afternoon light
flows into darkness

and the closed bud shrugs off
its special mystery
in order to break into blossom

as if what exists, exists
so that it can be lost
and become precious
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
All according to plan. They'd rather buy the government than contribute their fair share.
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The Internet Referee @theinternetref.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Imagine being such a terrible person that the Pope publicly declares that even God won't listen to you. Yikes.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/03/2026
This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...
daylightsandiego.org
San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody
Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is 100% true. Pay the TSA agents.
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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"If the person goes quiet, cannot speak or cry, or can only weakly cough, you want to start with five strong back blows first. With the person bent forward at their hips, deliver firm glancing blows between their shoulder blades using the heel of your hand up to five times."
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Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Hey Canada remember Americans own most of Canada's media.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently By Catrin Einhorn A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility. Gift link! @catrineinhorn.bsky.social
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Lindsey has gone from being a national embarrassment to an international one.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social : “They know they can’t go after every journalist… They want to make an example out of one person to get people to self-censor. I just want to say how important it is the example you’re setting by not backing down.”
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Joe Haydu @joehaydu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I’m not super fluent in Judge, but I’m pretty sure that this order roughly translates in “go fuck yourselves, you fucking fucks”
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
ADRIAN CONEJO ARIAS, and 
L.C.R., a Minor Child by and through His 
Parent and Guardian Adrian Conejo Arias, 

Petitioners, 

VS.  CIVIL CASE NO. SA-26-CV-415-FB

KRISTI NOEM, in Her Official Capacity as 
Secretary of the United States Department of 
Homeland Security; PAMELA BONDI, in Her 
Official Capacity as Attorney General of the 
United States; TODD LYONS, in His Official 
Capacity as Acting Director, United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 
DAREN MARGOLIN, in His Official Capacity 
as Acting Director of the Executive Office of 
Immigration Review; and JOHN DOE, in His 
Official Capacity as the Warden of the Dilley 
Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, 

Respondents. 
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
Before the Court is the petition of asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son
for protection of the Great Writ of habeas 1 corpus. They seek nothing more than some modicum of due
process and the rule of law. The government has responded.
The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit
of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. This Court and others
regularly send undocumented people to prison and orders them deported but do so by proper legal
procedures.
1 Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807); Sir William W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of
England (1765-1769); see also Magna Carta, Article 39.Apparent also is the government's ignorance of an American historical document called the
Declaration of Independence. Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against
a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were:
1. "He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People."
2. "He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.”
3. "For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us."
4. "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent
of our Legislatures."
"We the people" are hearing echos of that history.
And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.
U.S. CONST. amend. IV.
Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.
Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this
administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ
and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment.
Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And
the rule of law be damned.Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[Image of child being arrested]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 31/01/2026
ICE is now LYING to medical professionals about how detainees are getting injured, to cover their butts. In case you're wondering how ICE terror affects healthcare. Via @apnews.com
apnews.com
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Good morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today: 1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice 2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime. 3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Again this feels like he wrote it. Obama’s feels like it might have passed through some hands, but notably neither statement tells people to stand down.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026
YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING. 202–224-3121 Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
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DHS funding bill faces new Senate hurdles after another person killed in Minneapolis
Some Democrats who voted for recent funding bills said they'll vote against any DHS bill without restrictions on enforcement operations. The deadline to avert a shutdown is Friday.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
When my students ask how we got here I say the laws are not self-executing. Our contract with our government only works when we elect people of good faith into office
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Ky @ky.fyi · 22/01/2026
the gofundme:
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Ky @ky.fyi · 22/01/2026
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The window of what was considered career-ending has shifted so far since 2016 it’s beyond shocking. And the press has played a huge role in it with their “he’s just a different guy” schtick 🤮
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Lasagnaless @lasagnaless.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Don't listen to them my king. Look how restful you are and how great the reception is...
Grima Womtongue a gross pale dude whispering in the ear of a super old king guy with the wifi router on his head like a crown.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 16/01/2026
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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