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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally

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aka Juanita Marquez. She/her. Pro-choice Christian liberal geek trying to save the world literally+figuratively. Wikipedian. Tech, medicine, Muppets, food, travel, random interesting stuff. Politics only cuz US=Drumpfster fire. I suss before following.

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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
As much as he loves gold, he is the anti-Midas. Everything he touches disintegrates.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
“American military bases and other equipment…suffered extensive damage from Iranian strikes that is far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair, according to three U.S. officials, two congressional aides and another person familiar with the damage.”
nbcnews.com
Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known
U.S. bases and equipment across the Middle East came under attack — including from an Iranian F-5, despite American air defenses — and repairs could cost billions of dollars.
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 27/04/2026
based on responses to this, I'm guessing many/most of us living in America are only a few short links from Japanese internment, via relatives, friends, colleagues, teachers, and other social connections. We are not free of that national sin.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map
“Millions of Virginians voted in an election,” wrote the judge in the order. "It is in the public interests to allow the amendment to take effect."
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Geology Wonders @geologywonders.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Spectacular lustrous intense blue-purple Fluorite crystals on matrix From Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China...Size: 7.1 x 4.2 x 5.5 cm. 📷 Fine mineral photography #minerals #geology
Geology specimen photo
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I've heard men discuss the illogic of having to purchase and send "dying plants" to women and so I assumed the sentiment was similar for many men. I'd be more than happy to send flowers to anyone I know that I think would actually appreciate them.
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Real talk by @gretchentg.bsky.social on the firing of the National Science Board blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
blog.ucs.org
Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/04/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The raids,” Megan Stack writes about ICE actions in a Chicago neighborhood, “triggered the same, distinctly American revulsion against overwhelming federal power and militarized abuse that threads through the Constitution.”
nyti.ms
Opinion | ‘It Wasn’t Real, but It Was Real’
How ICE transformed a Chicago neighborhood.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Here are some reasons why you should be concerned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoHf... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqVJ...
youtube.com
500 Surveillance Cameras Are Tracking Drivers in This City
YouTube video by Institute for Justice
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Found some unwanted cameras in my neighborhood. See if these data-harvesting devices are in your area, too. www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?vendo...
atlasofsurveillance.org
Search the Data
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
> @jbpritzker.bsky.social
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
How to Carve Hieroglyphs Just Like the Ancient Egyptians Did
openculture.com
How to Carve Hieroglyphs Just Like the Ancient Egyptians Did
In ancient Egypt, writing hieroglyphs was a highly specialized skill, one commanded by only a small fraction of the population.
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Carlos Sanchez @fateswarning86.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
ok which one of you left all this snow all around here??
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Crossing my fingers you survive Snowmaggedon!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/02/2026
“Telemedicine has been a game changer for abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned, which is exactly why Louisiana wants to eliminate it.” Red states are doing what Trump won’t: Going after abortion pills in court:
motherjones.com
Red states are doing what Trump won't: Going after abortion pills in court
A new case in Louisiana tests how far courts will go to restrict access in a post-Roe landscape.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Now ICE is targeting adoptees. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
npr.org
A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her
The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
People said Roe v. Wade would never go away. It did. Now, PAY ATTENTION this time.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@andertoon.bsky.social
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Because I will only be able to see blue chalk messages if I have one from the same maker.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
True.
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Carlos Sanchez @fateswarning86.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
fully secure device, no malware, no baseband firmware, no hidden proprietary code, immune to remote spurious RFI eavesdropping, immune to SSL attacks, all data can be wiped in seconds, infinite battery life.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
😂
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Yeah, and I follow a few there that don't want to get on YET ANOTHER platform.
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Ray [REDACTED] @rayredacted.com · 02/02/2026
I have been a supporter of EFF.org pretty much since the beginning. I will continue to do so.
eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending your rights in the digital world
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 02/02/2026
Right now: the federal government has to help these folks and get the power back on, and if they can’t, they should resign After that: we need a Grid New Deal and rebuild the grid for this century
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Lou Marmon, MD @lmarmon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
youtube.com/watch?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p&v=wWKSoxG1K7w&feature=youtu.be
youtube.com
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
My head feels cold, I think I will fix that. www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
npr.org
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
No administration, good or bad, lasts forever. Eventually they all end. Cling to that hope and love your neighbor. We will get through this.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/01/2026
California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump
theguardian.com
California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump
Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issue California governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform’s content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the platform blamed a systems failure for the issues. The step comes after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said last week it had finalised a deal to set up a majority US-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avoid a US ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans. Continue reading...
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...
wired.com
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 27/01/2026
The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced. Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
bbc.com
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/01/2026
Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough
theguardian.com
Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough
The long read: Innocent people are being frozen out of basic banking services – and it all traces back to reforms rushed through after 9/11
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Matt Eicheldinger @matteicheldinger.bsky.social
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 27/01/2026
It could take a generation to recover the talent lost from federal science. But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
In her “Letter from an American” on Sunday, January 25, 2026, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson wrote, “Reports out of Minnesota say that in the face of the terror inflicted on it by federal agents, the people there are even more closely linked together in community solidarity. -> 1/5
A graphic of a quote from Dr. Heather Cox Richardson’s January 25, 2026, “Letter from an American,” which says, “The Minnesota National Guard made it clear which side they were on. Wearing neon vests to distinguish themselves from federal agents, they handed out doughnuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters.”
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
STOP! LEAVE HER BE! GET OFF OF HER!
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Nothing says "support the troops" more than murdering their nurses in cold blood. RIP Alex Pretti.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Ducks make everything better 🥹
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Thankful for people like him that can serve snowplow drivers, electric line fixers, medical people and the rest that have to work, too.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
And he was a VA NURSE!!
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You as well 😊
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Thousands rally in Greenland’s capital, chanting “Greenland is not for sale,” after Trump doubled down on the US initiative to takeover the country. The protests are the largest in the nation’s history.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
God bless the Wayback machine!
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Travis Brown @travisbrown.dev · 25/01/2026
PublicSquare seems to have memory-holed its marketplace pages, but I just scraped 40k of them from the Wayback Machine and extracted JSON data for 37k businesses, including 34k distinct email addresses, 31k phone numbers, physical addresses, etc.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/01/2026
Hey remember PublicSquare, that website where MAGA humpers listed their own businesses in the deluded idea that it would work out well for them? It backfired spectacularly.
huffpost.com
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
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Serti 🌎❤️🕊️🌊🙏🏼+🧬💉🌈ally @serti.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"But it's perfectly fine to bring them to stores, restaurants, quickie marts, and other places that have babies, children and unarmed people who don't want you to have them"
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