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OldHippieChick

@oldhippiechick.bsky.social
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Comrades, it is still OK to leave me behind. I'm still not as fierce as you but after following you all this long it's mostly because I'm tired.

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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A lab worker broke a vial containing live plague bacteria. Speculation, given how severe her respiratory problems were, how quickly she died & how many people are being monitored, is that it was pneumonic plague which can transmit from person to person & must be treated immediately.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sorry, Barbara Boxer. In our system, party DOES matter. If you want to check the power of this insane clown President, you have to vote for Democrats in the House and Senate races. Even if you *like* your Republican Senator or Rep and even if you *loathe* your Democratic one. Vote for the Democrat.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026
good the court has upended the rights and freedom of millions of people and declared donald trump of all people an untouchable god-king whose every feeling must be coddled they deserve to be miserable
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Troyce - Imprison Trump @troyce.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. (seen without and then with makeup).
Stephen Miller, vampiric advisor to Trump, shown without and with makeup
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula. My first vampire - Barnabas Collins from the Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows.
Picture of Jonathan Frid dressed in character, including fangs, as Barnabas Collins
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vILLAGE GENIOUS @suddenlygarmo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's so cool that our military is being run by a middle school bully from a low-budget 90s family comedy
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jmht @jmht.theatl.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
It's absurd how little SCOTUS and the GOP actually believe in the basic human rights essential to the American Experiment. 😡 www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-co…
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
This is the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries where they have no connections.
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Cassandra of Troy @cassandraoftroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Abject tyranny from this illegitimate court.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Expanding the Court is now the moderate demand. And until Congress acts, any ruling made by the Roberts Court should just be ignored. bsky.app/profile/max-...
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unfortunately another good day to repost this oldie but goodie.
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diamond reigh (she/her) @diamondreigh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Morgan St. Jean - Not All Men
YouTube video by MorganStJeanVEVO
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Brenton Mastenbrook (he/him) @brentonmastenbrook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pay attention to who Drazan associates with, not her ads...
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michaelwhuff.bsky.social @michaelwhuff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Christine Drazan is Donald Trump in a puffer coat.” You may not be excited by Tina Kotek in the Oregon governor’s race, but she stands in opposition to the cruelty, corruption and destructiveness of the GOP. Don’t kid yourself: a vote for Christine Drazan is a vote for Trump and his policies.
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Pay attention to this big mess: Oregon Governor's race
YouTube video by Parkrose Resistance
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Christine Drazan on a podcast agreeing with the hosts that schools need to stop encouraging diversity, equity, and inclusion and stop affirming trans kids. Drazan uses lots of dog whistle and euphemisms so her transphobic, homophobic, and white supremacist MAGA audience knows exactly what she means.
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Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible❌👑 @indivisiblepdx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pissed off and need one good reason to vote for Tina Kotek for Governor? Here you go. Imagine for a moment what a Republican governor could do to Oregon in public ed, public health, transportation, climate, use of National Guard, civil rights, tax breaks for starters. Drazen opens the door to MAGA.
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MussDaddy @blueskydogforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More reasons why NOT to vote for Drazan as Oregon Governor. She’s a MAGA Trojan horse people. No GOP is worthy of electing this cycle.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WTH? I only register as a Democrat temporarily to vote in primaries and Kotek has disappointed me BUT your vote for governor is not an alarm clock. Christine Drazen would be horrible for Oregon. If I can vote for Joe fucking Biden your friends can put on their big person panties and GOTV for Kotek.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
QUESTION: What’s going on with Susan Collins and the bribery scandal? But explain it to me like I’m five. ANSWER: Here you go 👇🏽
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silvergrl.bsky.social @silvergrl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. Rahm can fuck all the way off.
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jamesbritt.bsky.social @jamesbritt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please repost this far and wide.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please Repost
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
EFF sued to get documents about WISeR, a pilot program that uses AI to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare. “According to the documents released by the EFF, the program’s implementation was rushed, and the technology wasn’t ready,” @arstechnica.com reports.
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seems like a good day to repost this.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nor’Easter is heading towards the east coast so reminder that if you have any other option DO NOT put your body in flood water. It has raw sewage, gasoline, chemicals, medical waste, radiological waste and more — anything the water touches. People die from infections after contact with it.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.contrariannews.org/p/raising-th...
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Raising the Flag
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was a manager. Your task is to make the person being interviewed is as comfortable as possible in this artificial situation. You want to see the real person! You need to be your real self as much as possible. Both of you are trying to figure out if the job & person are likely to work out.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sadly, another good day to post about real court reform that requires only Congressional action and a President to sign it. No changes to the Constitution required.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I recently finished reading The Great Believers. It captured that time so well I couldn't stop & also I was not ready. I don't think I can stand a pop song called Patient Zero. I had just turned 21 in 1980 when my gay best friend told me about a strange cancer affecting members of the community.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Terrific thread.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Juliana’s priorities are rooted in her experience as a mother, a lifelong public servant, and a daughter who served as primary caretaker for her mother during her battle with Alzheimer’s – that’s why she’s focused on policies that will uplift Illinois. www.julianastratton.com/issues
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Love when out of state billionaire owners of sports teams demand state & local taxpayers buy them state of the art arenas. Unless they're idiots, in this market, owners should be getting at least 8% on their money. One year's earnings for just Blazer & Fire owners is 70% of the total cost.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If a lEgiTiMaTe dEbATe aBOut iMMigRaTioN leads to people turning up with pitchforks to demand credentials from every group of young non-white men arriving in town, you’d think even Labour MPs would start asking themselves if it’s really a legitimate debate
Amanda Martin, Labour MP for Portsmouth North, called the hotel incident "deeply concerning".
She said: "It's completely unacceptable that misinformation has led to young cricketers visiting our city being wrongly targeted and mistaken for people seeking asylum.
"It's also wrong that people who work in the hotels had to deal with this.
"Those who arrived in Portsmouth on Sunday were transported outside of Hampshire for processing.
"There is a legitimate debate to be had about immigration, but it must be based on facts not misinformation or rumour."
The BBC understands the England and Wales Cricket Board has checked on wellbeing of the Pakistani under-19s team, and is reviewing security arrangements for the remainder of their tour.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Guess in addition to white nationalist, Christian nationalist slop posted to government accounts we need a new folder for gutter racism.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interesting development in our Gubernatorial race. Both Democratic & GOP candidates have ads airing about who REALLY hates data centers.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A beautiful and thought provoking read. Best description of this season of my life: "You can't take a stroll down memory lane without stepping over graves."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the upcoming elections www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postal Service overstepped its powers with mail voting rules, pro-voter groups tell appeals court
The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the ...
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Matt @nosoupforgeorge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60th Star Trek Day! 🎂 Ever since I saw The Voyage Home as a kid, I've been always been inspired by Star Trek's exploration of the human condition - building bridges and understanding across diverse races and cultures. A better future is possible. Live long and prosper! 🖖
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Spock's Iconic Live Long and Prosper Greeting
ALT: Spock's Iconic Live Long and Prosper Greeting
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
How corporate America built a better Roach Motel: Hostages beat customers every day. bsky.app/profile/doct...
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In addition to white nationalist drivel being posted from official government accounts, we've got Christian nationalist drivel too.
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Shoo, Dagnabbit @ofwithye-go-on-git.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rabies facts & safety protocol reminders: Treat *ALL* encounters with rabid animals as exposure. It can develop between days or months. Contact your county health department as they can provide Post-Exposure Prophylactic vaccinations at a greatly reduced rate if you are uninsured or underinsured.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Mitch McConnell shit is really weird, and I say this as the person the NYT assigned to write three separate obits of Uzbekistan's president as the state covered up his death: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ghost-senate
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Ghost Senate
The vanishing of Mitch McConnell.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Abolish ICE.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am incandescent with rage.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The media gave more coverage to a totally fake, invented idea that the federal government was withholding aid to Hurricane Helene victims in 2024 than to Trump actually doing it in 2025/26. Why did the fake story get more coverage than the real one?
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today I am filled with rage at these fucking fascists who are repeatedly proving that the only competence they possess is the ability to break precious things. A "skill" that my cat, toddlers, and golden retrievers also possess. It is not special or admirable.
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm getting a lot of "make your voting plan" responses to my comments on the voter suppression moves from our fascist regime. Individual actions aren't enough to overcome this. People are going to need help. It's time to organize for election day in ways we haven't done in my state since the 1990s
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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Human rights are not negotiable.
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