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[tired of things that break, and— just tired]

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald, if you're reading this.... Come to Michigan.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/10/2026
Respiratory illness season 🤧 is right around the corner - masking 😷 can help prevent the spread of germs through sneezes and coughs Plus it keeps your nose warm in cold, icy conditions 🧂🧊 www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unpopular Opinion 🧵: Maybe when everything is competition, we’re failures if not productivitymaxing, isolation is rampant, with Covid attacking our cognitive and energy capabilities—utilizing a little robot as a friend that can do thinking tasks for us is adaptive rather than a moral failing.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 01/10/2026
Jordan Klepper on Trump's AI CEO summit: It was like the Last Supper, if everyone there believed they were the son of God
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy October Slide to all of those who participate.
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Little Girl Waving Bye on Red Slide
ALT: Little Girl Waving Bye on Red Slide
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨MUST-WATCH: "Health care has just become another industry for the minting of money... The system is deeply broken." Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @ezraklein why he supports MEDICARE FOR ALL, and how to get it done. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd64m6e...
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Someone making a ton of money off of AI: “ai is the future and it’s inevitable” Someone not making any money off of AI: “this looks like shit”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Welcome, President Xi Jinping.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please read. ❤️ Seeking medical care and financial assistance with MECFS and/or long COVID is a humiliation ritual at best, if not processes that ultimately make symptoms and baseline worse.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A thread was discussing a woman with long covid who died by suicide, whose husband had some troubling things to say about her postmortem. One of the commenters stated “If you've known a lot of people with chronic illness, and have CFS, it's not hard to believe she was neurotic and obsessed.”
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Briana Mills, LMFT ...
@theBrianaMills

You can't just "push through" a genetic disease. You can't just "push through" a blood disorder. There's many disabilities where no matter how hard you push, it won't do any good and might actually make things worse. Stop telling disabled people to push through their disability.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As a person newly adopted into the non-20/20 vision club, is there a trick to eating soup while wearing glasses, or do I just gotta have blurry vision while I slurp.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-…
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror
Image Calls VP ‘Loser’ Right To His Face
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are human beings
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
‘Idiocracy’ premiered exactly 20 years ago. How does it hold up?
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I came inside earlier and found a wet bee on my pants and was stuck on the couch until he got all warmed up.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Damp, end of season, sleepy bees on aster.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is going to ruin the tour.
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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New small relief print from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social ! May our daily choices, actions, and commitments continue to pollinate just futures for all who demand it. 🦋🐝🌸 justseeds.org/product/poll...
Inspired by the historic groundbreaking ceremony of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, proceeds from this limited edition print supports future community engagement, programming, and mutual aid projects at the memorial site.

Organizing, largely led by the survivors and their family members, made this happen. This permanent public memorial honoring survivors of police torture is the first of its kind in the U.S. It was also the final, unfulfilled promise of the Reparations Ordinance that Chicago’s City Council passed in 2015—which was also the first time survivors of racially-motivated police torture have been given reparations under international law. This memorial doesn’t undo the harm that was done, but it creates a critical space to collectively remember, heal, and learn. Oppression also thrives on forgetting—so the work doesn’t end once the memorial is constructed.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 19/09/2026
The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, following through with US President Donald Trump's announcement that he would ban them from the building's grounds.
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White House turns away CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters after Trump announces ban
The White House on ​Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, following through with US ‌President Donald Trump's announcement that he would ban them from the building's grounds.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026
With the news that the US is openly weaponizing space, I’d like to reshare this essay I wrote for The Baffler: “Without the capacity and the will to live in good relations with our local ecosystems and each other, wherever we are, we will be on a suicide mission.” 🔭
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Becoming Martian | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
How can we imagine leaving Earth’s surface and making a livable home elsewhere when we can’t even get it right here?
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We need a collective time out.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our hearts go out to those affected.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The grief is indescribable.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pale tiger moth caterpillar on a mountain maple.
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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As we come to the end of Severe ME Awareness month, we want to share so much love to each member of our community - whether you can be online or whether we know your story - we hold you in love. We fight for you. We show up over and over determined to create change. #PwME #SevereME
Night sky filled with stars above silhouetted trees surrounding in a comforting way. Red hearts and text "Sending love yo our community. May you feel that love and know you are valued and worthy." #MEAction logo
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I had forgotten I was going to make the switch to MapQuest back the first time we did this.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is really going to fuck up the HOMES mnemonic. How are we going to remember all the Great Lakes now??
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, the Trump administration’s EPA found a simple way to stop hearing from the public just eliminate the requirement to ask them. The EPA is scrapping public notice and comment requirements for air pollution permits on new data centers and the power plants needed to run them.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New dragonfly just dropped.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Lap spider.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Skipper on a cone flower.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m the bullshit guy.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
During the peak of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the Israeli military was killing thirty-seven mothers every day. Earlier this month, Palestinian author Ahmad Ibsais published “Femigenocide: The Targeting of Women to Carry Out Genocide” in @pennlawjlasc.bsky.social.
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rachaelawaits @rachaelawaits.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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