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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social

@mdownscemgrl.bsky.social
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Poet. Democrat & Mental Health activist. Foodie (especially cheese & mushrooms). Cat lover. Travel - especially cemeteries. Christian. Bisexual/Queer. Family woman. Neurodiverse. Interested in politics & government (especially Surgeons General).

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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Flagellomania and Fatherhood: Roald Dahl, My Father, and Me thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/flagellomani... #Literature #Memoir #Parenting #Psychology via @mitpress.bsky.social
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Flagellomania and Fatherhood: Roald Dahl, My Father, and Me
I smacked my daughter once. The guilt still haunts me.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What happened to Little Marco?
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A reminder for these times.
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Jeff Thompson 🇨🇦 💪- Be Good 💖 @jeffthompson48.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If you work in the American tourism industry be prepared to bring a book to work because the world has no plans on visiting you.
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🌺🌺 Cynbad 🌺🌺 @cyynbadd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Brutal.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
HERO vs ZERO I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore. #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Was reading Treasury Secretary Bessent's wiki bio; and realized that u can b Gay and still b a d****head. 'Course, I'm Bi and have been known 2 b pretty witchy myself (🙏 or send good vibes 4 me cuz I'm giving up 🤬 4 Lent).
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Jamesa @firstinmyfam.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I’d bet he prays to Bin Laden:
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is a vegetable aspic. They used 2 b popular back when; & r coming back n2 fashion.🍅🫒🍆🥑🥕🫑🍄 #ilovefood #eatyourveggies #retrofood
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20/02/2025
It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Alaska's rooky Representative and Trump tool Nick Begich held a carefully curated, non-Town Hall meeting attended by 3,000 mostly angry voters who wanted answers to tough questions—but instead got a slew of propaganda. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Begich town hall meeting yields gripes, fury and sprinkles of praise
Begich and his staff kept a firm hold on the mic, frustrating those who wanted him to face tougher questions about Trump's employee dismissals and funding cuts.
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump is to Putin what Mussolini was to Hitler.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms 💋
A family of thick-stemmed enoki mushrooms with slippery caps and illuminated gills grow off the side of a dark log. As you read this a blown kiss smacks your forehead 💋 

All photos by me
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I can't even think of WORDS to say abt this.🤬🤬🤬🤬 Trump actually FIRED the previous Coast Guard Commandant (current 1s JUST acting). Well, I guess we now know he REALLY hates women in power.🙄
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Pope to Stay in Hospital to Address ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue, Vatican Says www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w... I'm a Protestant (ECO Presbyterian, in fact); but sadly, I fear we may soon have a new Pope.
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Pope Francis Will Remain in Hospital for ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue
Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, but raised fresh concerns about the pontiff’s health.
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u... C'mon, Mr. President. Come after ME & the rest of the 💙 crew. We DARE you.
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Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal
In his first month in office, the president has carried out a campaign of retribution that has little analogue in history.
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u... Oh, yeah RIGHT, Mr. President.🙄 BTW, those historical examples mentioned at least had (mostly) valid reasons.
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Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’
President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
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Bye @mycuntryisded.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I bought 100 of those N95s a month ago. Have started wearing them too. Have copd and missing part of a lung. They are really trying to kill us aren't they?
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
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German Chancellor Scholz Rebukes Vance’s Support for Far-Right During Munich Conference
At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hello, weekend! 😜
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Agolf Twitler Slayer @slayeragolf.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hands Off My Medicaid
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Spot on.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The love of a cat is worth every early wake-up call, every hair on your clothes and furniture, every mess, and every dollar spent. Happy Caturday #catsofbluesky
Green eyed tabby awaiting breakfast on the counter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
You might have missed it, but Amazon warehouse workers in Raleigh, NC are voting this week on whether to form a union. If they win, they'll be the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.
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Tee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/02/2025
Good on her! 🔥 Courage is needed right now! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/02/2025
As you know, I've been in communication with hundreds of federal workers & I've noticed a pattern. This is totally anecdotal, but I feel like I need to say something. For at least 5 agencies, the payment systems went offline briefly & were then restored - all around the time DOGE was there. 1/
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Just despicable and disgraceful. The US government is now indistinguishable from the mafia.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Deb Haaland, Ex-Interior Secretary, Is Running for Governor of New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u... You know, I LIKE her.🤩💙💙 (My Governor, Bob Ferguson, is pretty good too. He's already taken on Trump once this year.)
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Deb Haaland, Ex-Interior Secretary, Is Running for Governor of New Mexico
Ms. Haaland, one of the first former cabinet officials in the Biden administration to announce a run for office, would be the first Native American woman to serve as governor of a state.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/02/2025
Mitch McConnell voting no on terrible cabinet picks because he doesn’t have to run for reelection is all the proof you need that we must have term limits. You shouldn’t only have a spine because you don’t have to run again. We are breeding chicken shit power hungry electeds.
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
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Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings
Speaking in general terms at a Florida college and not naming President Trump, the Supreme Court justice’s remarks took on potency in the current climate.
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mdownscemgrl.bsky.social @mdownscemgrl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Starting 2 wonder if President Trump has Borderline Personality Disorder.🖤🖤🤔 Fellow 💙 Crew members, take a look @ the Wikipedia article (and more canonical sources like WebMD) and see what u think.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
House Republicans Don't Have The Votes To Pass Their Own Budget Plan: House Republicans made a big production out of introducing their budget resolution, but they have a problem. They don't have the votes to pass it.
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House Republicans Don't Have The Votes To Pass Their Own Budget Plan
House Republicans made a big production out of introducing their budget resolution, but they have a problem. They don't have the votes to pass it.
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Tulsi Gabbard has just been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. 😫
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
AGAIN, KINDLY, GO FUCK YOURSELF. YOU HAVE ZERO COMMON SENSE. WE ARE A NATION — NOT A BUSINESS— BUT YOU’RE BANKRUPTING JUST LIKE EVERYTHING YOU’VE TOUCHED.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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PattiCakes ⚖️🔬♀️♿✊🏾🏳️‍🌈☮️🇺🇸🌎🌊 @warrior-patticakes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Florida!!!! You better step the fuck up, now!!! They are trying to infiltrate our Congress with this piece of shit!!! Oh, hell, fuck no!!!
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a cartoon character says it is on with a serious look on her face
ALT: a cartoon character says it is on with a serious look on her face
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