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Traci

@traciesocial.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Late in life guitar student, avid reader (yes, audio books count as reading!), quiet observer.

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BeatriceKind @bvkind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The battle for #Conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong." - John Muir, American naturalist, author, 'Father of the National Parks'
Color front-cover image of a 1992 collection of works, spanning 1894-1918, by John Muir (1838-1914), American naturalist, author, Sierra Club founder, and "Father of the National Parks." The cover's background is a color photograph of rugged, snow-crested mountains above a forest, set against a blue sky. Cover text reads as follows: "JOHN MUIR. The Eight Wilderness-Discovery Books. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf. My First Summer in the Sierra. The Mountains of California. Our National Parks. The Yosemite. Travels in Alaska. Steep Trails."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
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Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NOW WE KNOW WE'RE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS 🗣️ Presented by Richard Harris Law Firm
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the clintons have a lot to answer for for the shitty people they put in positions of influence throughout the democratic party. it has significantly hobbled progress for over 35 years now.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the mainstream media has been buttered up by rahm emanuel for over 20 years and they are determined to shove him down our throats (with the help of the dem establishment like hakeem jeffries)
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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every year, brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park eat as much as they can to build up the fat reserves they’ll need for winter. Pick the bear you think has done the best job getting chunky for winter. #FatBearWeek starts today! buff.ly/kQEWnFR 📸 U.S. National Park Service.
A huge brown bear in a river.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The long-awaited project may finally see the light of day—after a year and a half of sitting on the shelf.
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Oscar Winner’s Show Delayed Again After Charlie Kirk Fallout
The long-awaited project may finally see the light of day—after a year and a half of sitting on the shelf.
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1'000 POINTS THE 𝑀'𝑽𝑃 👑✨ A'ja Wilson becomes the only player in WNBA history to record multiple 1'000-point seasons.
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THE M'OMENT 🤩 ICYMI: A'ja Wilson becomes the only player in WNBA history to record multiple 1,000-point seasons and remains the fastest to hit the milestone in 39 games. 👏
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 20/09/2026
I would simply like to live my quiet little life as a trans woman and buy fruit and sing and walk my dog and wave to my neighbors and watch movies and use restrooms without being the subject of a culture “war” where both political parties agree I’m a disgusting freak who doesn’t deserve civil rights
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 20/09/2026
OPINION by John L. Smith: Have the tides turned for good against data centers? Public outrage flared at what might have otherwise been a sleepy utility regulators meeting in Carson City. buff.ly/bR1dhg2
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OPINION: Public outrage takes center stage at PUCN meeting over data center's power play - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Public outrage takes center stage at PUCN meeting over data center’s power play. Read more at The Nevada Independent.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 19/09/2026
“I hate being used as something to dismantle the rights of trans people,”
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Nicole Pyland | Sapphic Romance Author @nicolepyland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A notice (or a reminder) & an ask to support HUMAN creatives.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I argue that this AI doomsday stuff is marketing hype, I mostly get ignored and I think I know why: people don't understand why "our product will destroy humanity" is an advertising pitch for the product. You're right. It's counterintuitive. But here's why www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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What might an AI doomsday look like? Experts have given it some thought
Researchers have worried about the increasing power of AI systems for years, but an explosion of interest has ignited old controversies about exactly how AI will cause chaos.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The sickness of locking thousands of five-year-olds in a concentration camp while screaming about the danger of a 10th-grade trans boy playing lacrosse is an evil that needs to be yeeted into a million burning suns.
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Matt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Roger Marshall had a fishing license in Florida. His wife had a real estate license in Florida, and has another pending. He's hosted fundraisers, retreats, and tons of other activities in Florida. Roger Marshall lives in Florida. Like, obviously. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/18/u...
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Traci @traciesocial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump administration blocks 3 jobs caring for Denali's working sled dogs www.sfgate.com/national-par... "“So much of what we’re seeing in this administration is leg sweeping these programs, and so that they just don’t come back,” he said." I hate everyone in this administration so much. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Trump administration blocks 3 jobs caring for Denali's working sled dogs
Federal cuts threaten staffing at Denali's sled dog kennel.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17/09/2026
Over at the newsletter I wrote about the media's total failure to responsibly cover batshit claims that software has gained human-level awareness and will soon kill us all
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AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control
The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function.
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Andrew Wahl 🇨🇦 @andrewwahl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“…they're trying to avoid spooking markets and the press by insisting that scaled-back investment the next six months is simply the result of them being extremely ethical, not because of growing public awareness that they're all preposterously full of shit and playing with funny math.”
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 17/09/2026
Spoke to a bunch of 70- and 80-year olds at my mom's book club (!) about AI, and what struck me was that they were *acutely* aware of, and frustrated with, the failures of mainstream news coverage to explain exactly what this tech is, what it can and cannot do, and what the risks are.
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Matt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminder to Kansans seeing this poll & despairing: This GOP pollster weighted Rs as 55% of the vote, despite them being 44% of registered voters. To do that, they'd need turnout of roughly 90%, which would be higher than it has literally ever been in the entire history of the state. So no. No way.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 15/09/2026
There’s so much misogyny in sports right in our faces these days — from major shit like the anti-trans movement to small stuff like this — and I hate it, thanks!
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Traci @traciesocial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💯 Those who are rich have been proving this point for the past few years.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not a lot of room to debate wonky policy ideas when the republic is collapsing in a constant constitutional omni-crisis because the president is both insane and a fascist.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And (wearying as it is to keep saying this day after day, issue after issue, but it's the only constitutional language we have for it) it is an impeachable offense to attempt such a circumvention of Congress. I think it would be fair to impeache just for trial-ballooning it. 6/6
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026
This is the world JK Rowling helped create. This is what Harry Potter is funding. All the legal challenges to enforce this regime are backed by Rowling and her Harry Potter money.
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Stoned Feminist 👻 Spooky Version @ladylinds.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Thinking Pose in To Wong Foo
ALT: Thinking Pose in To Wong Foo
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 10/09/2026
OPINION by Michael Schaus: The Raiders are coming for your tax dollars … again. Despite overwhelming evidence that corporate welfare for sports is a rip-off, Vegas keeps opening its wallet. buff.ly/Ri7G70n
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OPINION: The Raiders are coming for the treasury … again - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: The Raiders are coming for the treasury … again. Read more at The Nevada Independent.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026
"this republican politician is a total piece of shit" is like a dog bites man story at this point www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Traci @traciesocial.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
True then, true today: "It is telling...that Penn...learned nothing from his decades in politics. His thoughts are stale; his politics are discredited. The Democratic Party should ignore him for its own benefit..." Don’t listen to Mark Penn. newrepublic.com/article/1437... via @newrepublic.com
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Don’t listen to Mark Penn.
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Bill Clinton’s former pollster promises Democrats the key to victory: a rightward shift. While the debate over what direction Democrats should take will rage all th...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mark Penn, the guy who didn’t see the Barack Obama train coming, has coauthored an oped about how dumb young people are on socialism
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 03/09/2026
OPINION by Michael Schaus: Nevada’s secretary of state called Trump’s attempt to clamp down on mail voting “careless.” I have some better words: dangerous, malicious and utterly insidious. buff.ly/hWuGabf
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OPINION: The voter-fraud echo chamber is a dangerous cult within a cult - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: The voter-fraud echo chamber is a dangerous cult within a cult. Read more at The Nevada Independent.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All this party knows is hate and bigotry. They must be defeated at every turn. They are evil personified. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Republicans ratchet up a midterm message that raises alarm about Muslims
The rhetoric, which includes remarks from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, has escalated since Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
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Traci @traciesocial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I keep coming back to this article from Nov 2024. "Elites will often undermine their own position and tear apart the fabric of the state to lash out at others. To not just dominate but humiliate them." A Disease of Affluence www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of... .
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A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lake Powell has hit a new record low. 💦 #LakePowell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area of #Utah is shrinking. The previous record low was 3,519.92 feet (1,073.00 meters) on April 13, 2023. Now, as of September 2, 2026, it’s at 3,517.87 feet and still dropping. buff.ly/Bmyr6fG 📸 ESA.
2 alternating orbital views of a large lake inlet, one with it thin, one with it wide.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It took half an hour for Ed Markey to beat Seth Moulton tonight. 30 minutes. I love you, Massachusetts.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
MapQuest is holding firm on Ontario, for now, but I won't forget that they (along with Google & Apple) caved on Denali. Instead of "Great One", the tallest mountain on continent is stuck w/ the name of a racist, imperialist president best known for stripping Indigenous sovereignty & stealing land.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's a complex message to convey and designed to be that way. So what can EVERY DEM say instead, instead of attacking Twitch streamers they've never even watched: THE WORST OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN TO BE FELT YET
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When a Liberal sees a tornado coming and sounds the alarm, that's considered alarmist, partisan jabber. But long after the tornado hits, a Never Trumper picking through the rubble saying, "Looks like it might have been a tornado" is considered savvy, insightful wisdom. Enough already.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Dolly Parton - In the Sweet By and By (Audio)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
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juliezunder.bsky.social @juliezunder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate the use of her actual name because she’s a republican and they believe we should call people what their government names are not what they ask to be called
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
no one got this one..
Avett Brothers—I and Love and You
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
i’m not sure whether normies and non-sports fans understand the extent to which right-wing weirdos are waging their culture war through the WNBA right now
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 18/08/2026
Sigal Chattah, a Nevada Republican and fervent supporter of President Donald Trump, has led the state’s federal prosecutions for the past 17 months. But a federal appeals court ruled Monday that her appointment was illegal. Read more: thenevadaindependent.com/article/appe...
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Appeals court finds Sigal Chattah is illegally Nevada's top federal prosecutor - The Nevada Independent
In a unanimous ruling Monday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said Sigal Chattah's continued leadership of the U.S. attorney's office violated federal law.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Once again I must note that a major goal here is to destroy women’s sports. By redefining any woman who defies their strict rules for femininity as a “man,” they basically deny that women’s sports are real. Because, to them, a female athlete is not a woman. sports.yahoo.com/articles/wnb...
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"The WNBA currently has multiple men that play in the league" - Patrick Bet-David thinks the WNBA is trying to hide some shocking information
Patrick Bet-David's WNBA comments have opened another can of worms around the league's eligibility rules.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This poor woman was hunted and haunted since girlhood. "They waited outside my home. The first time I ever got paparazzi'd, it was more like terror. It was like looking down the barrel of a gun. All these grown men. They would box you in & run red lights, and then it would turn into a mob scene.”
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/08/2026
North Korea is supplying Iran with the weapons it is using to kill Americans. Trump is an enemy of the United States. www.military.com/feature/2026...
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North Korea’s Rogue Strategic Pipeline Arming Iran's War Effort: Exclusive Interview
Iran’s missiles hitting U.S. and partner forces may trace back to an overlooked source: North Korea. In a Military.com exclusive, expert Bruce Bechtol explains the alliance.
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