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IMAGINE Village skeptic, believer of critical thinking skills, National Park enthusiast, world citizen, reader, pacifist, nature lover, knitter, traveler/adventurer, retired RN, Mama, Dog Mama 🍀 Supporter of the free press & represtational democracy. WI

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 05/10/2026
Get a copy of Greetings From Effin’ Birds, from my now-bankrupt UK publisher, with your VIP ticket to October 17th's Toronto Shitshow, an all-snark holiday market. Admission is free, and for $35 you get early entry and a swag bag full of goodies, including this rare as fuck book. eatf.art/toss
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Icymi, I spoke to author @brian-goldstone.bsky.social about his Pulitzer-winning book, ‘There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.' It's amazing journalism that illuminates the tension at the heart of our society -- many people aren't paid enough to live. share.google/1DZNPcBxv98S...
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 15/07/2026
It’s not about the burritos. This year’s spread of Cyclospora – better known as the ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ – is a symptom of federal budget cuts and a scary vision of how America deals with a health crisis in the future. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: buff.ly/3ZYSuUK
Verge headline: Don't blame the explosive diarrhea parasite on Taco Bell
by Gaby Del Valle

Photo of an innocent Taco Bell location
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🌈 Drawn&Quoted 🦄 @drawnandquoted.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is addressed to everyone, but especially Americans under the age of 30: Read dystopian novels. Read 1984, and Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451, and White Noise, and—fuck—even Hunger Games. So many of you just aren’t getting what’s been happening just because you don’t read.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hey America Wake Up. Esp the fiscal responsibility voters.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Stop and smell the roses sounds so much better coming from Kurt Vonnegut. The end
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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 13/04/2026
Going abroad as an American in today's world? Get ready to explain the electoral college, travel guru Rick Steves says.
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When history repeats itself, traveling is a political act, Rick Steves tells Bellingham | Cascadia Daily News
The travel guru says the response to global uncertainty isn't to stay in but to get out
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Just learned about this great project to take action on the climate by commiting to sharing ONE plant-based meal this month: You can register your table here (and see participating restaurants) -- it's a great way to actually do something positive in all of the current madness 1milliontables.org
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1 Million Tables - Turn Shared Meals into Climate Action
Register your table and enjoy one plant-based meal during Earth Month (April). A potluck. A simple dinner. However you gather, it counts.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This morning, I happened to watch Velshi @velshi.com The show was so well done that I must share. From protestor rights, journalist updates, to one of my favorite interviews with Greg Kettner, the newest member of the banned book club @velshibbc.bsky.social Inspiring/heartwarming #booksky #1A
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Well, this book is timely. #booksky
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New Moon Musings @newmoonmusings.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Will work for food, will die for oil Will kill for power & to us the spoils The billionaires get to pay less tax The working poor get to fall through the cracks Let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake Let 'em eat shit, whatever it takes They can join the Air Force, join the Corps Can't make it here
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James McMurtry "We Can't Make It Here"
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled nationwide
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses.
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Morgan Edwards @energymorgan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Excited to share that we're hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at UW-Madison! Priority deadline October 24. Madison is a fantastic place to be...feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Aerial photo of UW-Madison campus on the shore of Lake Mendota
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Past time to GO Medically speaking(my lane) we no longer have to access the standards of care.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
As a retired RN and a science lover, I thank you to @boghuma.bsky.social and the many others at CDC. They are uncharted territory and doing what they can for our health.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Whoa. I mean we all figured that this was likely happening. 🤢
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Researchers found that participants in the conch-blowing group slept better and woke up the next day feeling substantially more rested than the deep breathing group. www.sciencealert.com/blowing-a-co...
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Blowing a Conch Shell Each Day Could Help Treat Sleep Apnea
People who play certain wind instruments, like the didgeridoo, may find it easier to breathe while sleeping, according to emerging research.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
When you’re ready to get your flu vaccine this year, you can inoculate yourself with FluMist which is sprayed up the nose and reduces serious influenza symptoms. It's now available for anyone in the U.S. to order online and administer to themselves or others at home. time.com/7309719/flu-...
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You Can Now Vaccinate Yourself Against the Flu
You no longer need a doctor to administer FluMist, the nasal flu vaccine.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid growing evidence that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk. apnews.com/article/drin...
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Why many Americans are rethinking alcohol, according to a new Gallup poll
After years of being told that red wine was good for heart health, more Americans appear to be heeding warnings that even moderate alcohol consumption can be unhealthy.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Just read a #BannedBook on #Booksky perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Also listened to @velshi.com Banned Book Club with an interview with the author. I liked this book. One takeaway is knowing that my actions matter, even in the smallest of ways.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This weeks read is pure Rick Steves. Have you ever wondered what inspires travel writers? 1978 and 23 year old Rick hits the Hippie Trail with a friend. As always he is cheerful, inspiring, and adaptive. A nice reminder that there is a whole big world out there. #ricksteves #booksky #readabook
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#Booksky friends it’s a book sale.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This lack of medical care reminds of the snowball rolling down the hill. I wonder if the average American is thinking about this, I suspect not.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 02/07/2025
This is Monty and Charlie. Monty's back legs are paralyzed. But that doesn't mean he can't race his brother on walks. 14/10 for both (TT: amqzak)
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
People want to substitute "Auschwitz" for "Alcatraz" to emphasize how bad this is. But this crisis in Florida is far from the universe of Auschwitz, where more than a million were murdered. Instead of equating them, I'd say we should act now to stop the future from getting any closer to the past.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is the earliest West Nile virus case reported in Illinois since 2016. Health officials say it's a sign that mosquito season is off to an early start and that people should take steps to protect themselves. www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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First West Nile case of 2025 hits Illinois - UPI.com
Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say. The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne ...
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
⚠️TRUMP/RFK Jr’s CDC IS ALLOWING FALSIFIED VACCINE STUDIES—CDC vaccine presentation cites study that DOES NOT EXIST. In a review on the use of thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented to the CDC's vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as study's author said.🧵
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US CDC report shows no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a report on Tuesday that said evidence does not support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, ahead of a two-day meeting of an advisory panel later this week.
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
But according to Berman, "it's not making reference to a study I published or carried out." Medical friends what is the action to take against this misinformation and malpractice?
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Risk of Yellow fever in Southern U.S.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“Vote on thimerosal containing influenza vaccines” means they are planning to take away influenza vaccines from the most disadvantaged people. Thimerosal (thiomersal) is only in multi-dose flu vaccines. It’s not in single-dose, prefilled shots. It’s also been proven completely safe since the 1990s.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 16/06/2025
We march as a family because someone marched so we could be a family.
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Nurses For America @nursesforamerica.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚨 STATEMENT RELEASE 🚨 Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 09/06/2025
Federalizing the National Guard *could* be Trump’s attempt to discourage protests on June 14th, No Kings Day. Don’t let him intimidate you. There are more of us than there are of law enforcement and military. Do not be intimidated to exercise your rights & freedom. Do so peacefully and legally.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/06/2025
LOS ANGELES: Stay off the streets tonight. Stay home. Stay safe. Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence. They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate. Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
SASKATCHEWAN: “As per the latest update from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), the Shoe Fire is now less than 14 km from Candle Lake and is about 470,000 hectares in size.” sasknow.com/2025/06/03/r... - sasknow.com #CandleLake #Saskatchewan #SKFire #Wildfires
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Resort Village of Candle Lake declares State of Emergency
With a massive nearby wildfire showing no signs of slowing down, the Resort Village of Candle Lake has Declare...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
No words www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
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U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This one goes out to my western shore in celebration of 177 years of statehood. Cheers to Wisconsin! 🌊🌊
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Tom Joad™️ @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“This is the part of the story we don’t want to tell. The part where liberal, law-abiding, older men,men like me,start asking themselves questions they were raised to never have to ask. Who will protect us? Who will come if they knock? Who will care if they don’t knock?” My Newest:
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Is It Time To Buy A Gun?
Driven by fear, politics, and a changing America, progressives are rethinking their stance on the Second Amendment.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This makes me sick Think about it Meals on Wheels SNAP MEDICAID & MEDICARE RURAL Hospitals Veterans Care Childcare Senior Care #HealthCareCutsKill
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Todays phrase Liar Liar Pants On Fire To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them" -G. Orwell, 1984
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Elderest Millennial @ebwell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
“I just have to put one foot in front of the other to move towards something better, something more true to what Quakers before us saw for this country and what people saw for the American Experiment, the American dream,” she said.
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Quakers march against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants carrying on their long faith tradition
A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
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WHO @who.int · 03/05/2025
Trust forms the impact of #vaccines! 🌟 “WHO is a scientific organization. We are committed to following evidence and using evidence for policy and programme decisions." Dr. Kate O Brien explains how vaccines are developed using gold-standard processes. #VaccinesWork!
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I believe this. "We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame. In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness, all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing." Hermann Hesse
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Sconniegurl @sconniegurl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Ummmm. Time to crack out the well-worn novel 1984 "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past"- George Orwell
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 19/04/2025
In 1846, a doctor proved handwashing could save lives. He was mocked by the medical establishment, lost his job, and was eventually committed to an asylum. Shortly after, he was beaten to death by attendants while trying to escape. In some ways, medicine is still kind of like this. See why:
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Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
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Nurses For America @nursesforamerica.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Statement: Nurses for America Stands in Solidarity with the American Public Health Association Executive Director’s call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. Read their statement here: apha.org/news-and-med... @apha.org
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