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michele collins

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Retired Architect. The Sidecar is the best cocktail. Ask your bartender.

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Bill K - NO DEATH PENALTY @really-mad.bsky.social · 23h
Eye-opening. fetishized.substack.com/p/i-couldnt-...
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I used ketamine for years. Here's what the Cornell 7 coverage gets wrong.
Here's what the Cornell 7 coverage misses about the drug at the center of the case.
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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 12h
Something tells me this isn't the guy to get to the bottom of the Cornell 7 rape allegations:
at which Kotlikoff delivered the opening remarks. Following the debate, on the walk from Goldwin Smith Hall to the parking lot at Day Hall, Kotlikoff was questioned by a small group of Students for a Democratic Cornell (SDC) members who asked him about freedom of speech and the school's Expressive Activity Policy, which imposes significant limitations on students' ability to protest,[17] and expressed concerns about suspensions of student demonstrators. Although Kotlikoff largely did not answer, the students continued questioning him as he entered his car. Kotlikoff accelerated his vehicle into one student and, after hitting him, turned and rolled over another student's foot before driving away.[18][19] In a later university statement emailed to students, faculty, and staff, Kotlikoff claimed that students were "banging on [the car's] windows" and "shouting".[20] Video evidence of the incident published by the Cornell Daily Sun showed that both of these claims were false.[21][19] The student who's foot had been run over said he had been too fearful of retaliation to press charges "considering Michael Kotlikoff is the boss of CUPD". SDC later told the Cornell Daily Sun that "there was no attempt to intimidate Kotlikoff, physically or verbally and students consistently remained a safe distance away from him.”
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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 14h
so the rapist's attorney wants to pick the prosecutor.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 19h
🇪🇪 FT: Estonia is permanently moving its main combat brigade closer to the border with Russia and switching to an "active defense" strategy to fight near the border and strike deep into Russia from the first days of a possible invasion.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could change how we fight viruses forever.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dogs, balls, & balloons: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17h
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 21h
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 18h
Just part of today's news on Republican child molesters... Serial child sexual abuser and former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has died.
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Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84
Former GOP House Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served a…
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 19h
Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will.
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RFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on Medicaid
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already demonstrated his Department of Health and...
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
brings me no joy to say that Fukuyama nailed it
But supposing that the world has become "filled up," so to speak, with liberal democracies, such that there exist no tyranny and oppression worthy of the name against which to struggle?
Experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause because that just cause was victorious in an earlier gen-eration, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain boredom: for they cannot imagine living in a world without struggle. And if the greater part of the world in which they live is characterized by peaceful and prosperous liberal democracy, then they will struggle against that peace and pros-perity, and against democracy.
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Kevin D. Grüssing 🪷🪷 (Pronounced Grew-sing) @kevdgrussing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's frankly is not a surprise with him. Remember, this IS the same guy who spent the year 2000 proudly telling everybody to vote for Ralph Nader because Al Gore was no different than George W Bush to the point of playing for protesters outside the DNC. Not surprising he's learned jack shit.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Interestingly, the governor used her executive authority this summer to restore the voting rights to thousands of Virginians in line with this measure. They’ll now be able to vote on this, effectively removing this from being about the whims of future governors.
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Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts
This is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.
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Tilly "Tots” @tiltnweave.bsky.social · 21h
JFC. "The Hearing Panel expects that Respondent will take this educational opportunity seriously and apply what he learns to help improve the University/Greek Life community." Learned what? That he could get away with rape? Improve the Greek Life community how?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
California woman arrested and accused of spying on Taiwan president’s son for China
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California woman arrested and accused of spying on Taiwan president’s son for China
The FBI ⁠arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport before she left for China, the agency said
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Robert Jenrick’s handling of donations to his failed 2024 Tory leadership campaign has come under fresh scrutiny, after the UK donor at the centre of the row claimed that the politician and his senior campaign staff knew about the involvement of an overseas donor. www.ft.com/content/38a5...
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Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donor
British businessman Phillip Ullmann says the politician was aware of his relationship with potentially illicit US donor
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here, and elsewhere, people talk about “efficiency” when what they really mean is “efficacy”. People want government that works, that can deliver desired results, and that’s absolutely possible with the right people in charge.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“.. The cost to insure the debt of both companies against default .. is increasingly moving in lock-step, a sign investors are beginning to treat the two credits as intertwined. “.. You have to consider your total Larry Ellison risk,” Goodman said. $ORCL $PSKY www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I take a moment to salute, as I regularly do, one of the best signs in America — found at the Milwaukee airport, after security screening (with the discombobulation such screening entails). At the same time, I salute the boundless ingenuity of the English language.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thomas Giuffra, the attorney for the young woman accusing seven former Cornell University students of sex assault and gang rape in 2024, said he believes the initial investigation was purposely bungled to keep the case from going public and tarnishing the Ivy League school’s reputation.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
アメリカ大使館● @usembassy..・53m X
• Translated from Japanese
We are aware of information indicating that U.S. military personnel have been detained in connection with the incident in Okinawa
Prefecture involving the death of a Japanese national. On behalf of the United States Government, we extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased. At present, an investigation is underway to clarify the facts, and the United States Government continues to cooperate closely with the Government of Japan and local authorities. @IIIMEF_jp
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
76 years ago today, Snoopy made his first appearance in ‘Peanuts.’
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As I said the other day, if you treat Zionism - which is *the belief to the Jewish people’s right to a country in their historic homeland* as racist based on how history has played out, both Communism & Palestinian nationalism are racist horror shows too. No such motion for them, naturally.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hate the fact that we are in the Zohran echo chamber, and Mayors like Brandon Scott are ignored. Baltimore might not be NYC, but that man is putting size 12 foot in the asses of crime and potholes, while improving Baltimore. Black Man Excellence.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Ukraine intercepted a Russian plan for the largest attack yet on the energy infrastructure – up to 1000 missiles, drones, and aerial bombs, according to the NYT.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in the Lab Using a Chemo-Free "Molecular Jackhammer" Activated by light, these tiny molecules vibrate 40 trillion times per second, tearing apart cancer cell membranes and destroying them without relying on chemotherapy.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
To wit:
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3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor (Gift Article)
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Frank Strada was hired in Tennessee after a string of troubling execution failures in Arizona; Pike’s was the second botched execution he oversaw in Tennessee this year tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/03/a... @tennesseelookout.com
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After botched execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee Corrections chief steps down • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will step down, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday — three days after a botched execution attempt left Christa Pike on a ventilator in criti...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think what we've all learned in the past week is that rape is basically legal in the US.
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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And accusing the so-called establishment Democrats of being obsessed with money in response to a party plea for you to financially support your own damn candidates - after Bernie spent the past two years touring the country obsessing over oligarchs and AIPAC donations - is some serious hypocrisy.
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Lisa Mikolajczyk 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bernie only cares about beating Democrats. Doesn’t care about beating Republicans. He’s still butthurt over losing the 2016 primaries to a woman.
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Blue-Badger @bluebadgers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So Bernie basically spent more during the primaries than the general election 🤔 I'll say it again, leftists don't care about unseating Republicans.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Being bored used to be a skill set lol
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Aberdeen City Arts Board @adeencityartsboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'They just gave Elon the keys to the Pentagon.'
whisper - scared look meme
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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
and Louisiana farmers will continue to vote for Republicans.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Colorado GOP nominee for governor, Victor Marx, laughs as he recounts a violent fight with his wife: "I remember grabbing her, slamming her into our front door. She bent over and started crying."
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