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SiestaMD

@sunflowerroot1.bsky.social
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Gen X doc, mom, grandmom & pup mom. Kansan on the ground in AZ. Pro kindness, pro critical thought. Time to cowboy up everyone.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 21h
First time voters, sound off in the chat — why are you excited to make your voice heard this election? Make sure you have everything you need to cast your ballot at aclu.org/vote_2026
"8.5 million youth who were too young to vote in 2024 can vote for the first time in 2026.  Source: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement."  Photo of young people walking next to a sign that says "Vote" with an arrow. Defending our vote logo. ACLU logo. Burgundy circles with two filled in red as if on a ballot.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I keep thinking about Robert Mikesic. Paralyzed from the mid-back down. Votes by mail. His ballot took three weeks to reach him. Kansas Republicans passed a law to toss ballots that come in late. He sued. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-is-t...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was his job to take what was as blatantly obvious then, as it is now, into consideration before taking the action to confirm. Either he passively chose not to be vigilant in his role, or actively chose to ignore the realities. In medicine we call this malpractice. The outcome is clearly harm.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CIVICUS, a monitor, says it has downgraded the U.S. civic space rating to “obstructed” and warns of a “rapid authoritarian shift” as the freedoms to protest, organize on campuses, and report independently face pressure at once. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/civil-soci...
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You be you. Point or no point. I’m don’t go there. His body his choice. If it’s a safety issue at work. Pretty sure we’ve got the brains to come up with beard nets and masks just like hair nets. Hypocrisy sucks.
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
60 countries in the world have a longer avg. life expectancy than US, 78.4 yrs, compared with, e.g., Japan, 84.0 yrs; Spain, 83.9 yrs; S. Korea 83.4 yrs; UK 81.2 yrs; & Germany 80.5 yrs. #ProudBlue www.worldcountrydata.com/en/rankings/...
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Countries by life expectancy 2026 — World Rankings | WorldFacts
All 190+ countries ranked by life expectancy — from highest to lowest. Data sourced from World Bank (2023). Includes historical trends and regional breakdowns.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Otherwise known a as recruitment party to aid and abet
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Same kinda boys. Same farm system. Same sorts without a second thought for how their actions or lack of actions could negatively affect their fellow female students/peers. Same protected class. The unaccountability club.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
His role during Covid wet his appetite
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voting isn't asking for power; it is the power. If you are in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, or TX, the deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 5. Verify your status today and make sure your community is prepared. Let's do this together. 💪 #LetsGetVoteReady #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
It’s not that I think people who commit heinous crimes don’t deserve to die. But I’ll never support the death penalty as long as our justice system is unjust. An unjust system should never have the power to make irreversible decisions, especially when Black people disproportionately pay the price.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All week, keep thinking of Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill. Telling their stories to the world. To have both the compromised men sitting on the highest courts in the land further controlling the lives and bodies of every women border to border. It’s hard when victims pay the price of speaking,
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyone feeling like any women who held hands during me too era were just conveniently again brushed aside when it didn’t suit purposes, and here we go again. Look at Christine Blasey Ford. Bring any group of women of any age together.We all know. Worse is, so do the mothers of these young men.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ok, but subjective measures seem to work against the goal.I empathize with critical thinkers learning to navigate a landscape where opinion and personality overvalue competence when trying to bring their skillset. Need for politicians at least on the left only? As toxic delivery on the right flies.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Indeed.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026
Fuckface slapped his name on the Kennedy Center, acts fled, and his handpicked board is quietly selling every Steinway while a judge ordered the building to stay open. DOJ claims it's just renovations. The piano shop says plainly it's because the place closed. Someone's lying.
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Five people- including two babies- have now died from measles in Pennsylvania.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Funny but whoopsie Chip, more hawk confusion. U of Iowa Hawkeyes. U of Kansas Jayhawks.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our medical specialty oral board exams were at an assigned hotel, the format included a visit to a set of two separate hotel rooms for questioning. Possibly was considered a convenient approach. The format has since changed. But, yup. Think it may have stiffened my resolve against intimidation.
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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is in reality “The Big Bullsh*t Bill. It was designed to hurt Americans, but only after the midterms. They thing we’re all extremely stupid.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
Reminder: Hegseth's "no beardo" policy is just his not-so-subtle way to push out Black troops.
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If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid
Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So the nondescript mailing to lesson notice/temptation for identify theft mindset is out and what’s next? Trump’s headshot will embellish the dignified” arrival package.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I guess it is a surprise to the current penis obsessed GOP that confident men appreciate athletic excellence, all athletic excellence. Didn’t even occur to them Jack Smith might simply attend a high profile women’s match while played locally. They reveal they’d never do the same. Idiots.
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Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#SistersInLaw discussed the cruelty of Trump’s policy of sending immigrants to countries where they have no connection. Lower courts said no. Trump got the case to SCOTUS for the 3rd time and this time they allowed 3rd country removals until they rule in the merits. Shame on SCOTUS and Trump.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You need data. As private equity take overs continue, along with consolidation, decreases in competition, and physician numbers dropping there are already escalating waits simply from lack of availability now. Which in turn drives the push to replace providers with “AI or those less credentialed”.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yup. Been there for a couple years. Almost $40K annual just for the premium, plus 20% copay on rising costs, plus deductible, plus relabeling care between “medical vs pharmaceutical” benefits. Between home, life, health, auto, disability, etc we are working to pay insurances. Mugs game. Then we die.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I want to talk to the Cornell 8th”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elon Musk may soon have keys to CNN, if the Warner Bros. and Paramount merger is successful.
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From mining deals in Kazakhstan to Russian weddings, Trump and his family are getting rich off of corruption while YOU pay more for everything. Watch @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social break it down:
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Greg Todd @1gregtodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When Trump’s DHS sent Nevada a list of 185 names that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. The state checked. Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. nyti.ms/3TuTCWa
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Going to date myself a bit…. being from the spooked by Soylent Green as a youth generation….these dudes have been huge red flags for a while now.The crazies pulling levers now truly have no desire to better humanity. Only redefine it.The artists among us always prove as Cassandras lifetimes ahead.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026
Trump's speech at the United Nations was filled with "the kind of lies, contradictions, and unverifiable nonsense" that won't stand up to scrutiny, which is one reason why he is trying to ban the press from the White House.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He seems a very bright and well educated soul, who if most were in his shoes, despite empathy and humanity, might find any use of hard hitting data driven fact in retort to the culture based distractions interpreted as smug. Thanks to counterintuitive American anti-intellectual political critique.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thus student loans at 9% are drowning a generation just like this. God forbid the kids might have had $10K of relief…to offset the interest game…just couldn’t dare help them could we? In the U.S. we work to pay interest, insurance and apparently ICE, nautical assassinations, and #47 vanity projects.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bullseye.The example for our young people was spot on. Agree with him on all policy or not, the decorum was honored the title.My young adults have absorbed near on half their lives of public toxicity and sheer ugliness from a multitude of podiums as a norm.Affecting all of us is a detrimental way.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At what point are we as tax payers funding this heinous behavior, also complicit? We need the next administration to prioritize our inclusion in supporting The Hague.
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