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WhimsyMonger

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Purveyor of fine whimsy & wonder.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
Minorities and feminists and intellectuals, oh my! @mattpolprof.bsky.social on the far right's favorite villains:
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Who’s to Blame? Ask the Far Right—They Have a List.
Feminists, immigrants, professors, and just about everyone else: a look at the movement’s ever-expanding catalogue of villains.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The greatest asset on Earth isn't oil, gold, or diamonds—it's clean, drinkable water.
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Serene Lake Boat at Sunset
ALT: Serene Lake Boat at Sunset
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/07/2026
"A government that conceals its identity cannot demand perfect recognition from frightened civilians," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social. "ICE mistook Lorenzo Salgado Araujo for another man. He was expected to identify ICE instantly. Only one side was allowed to make an error."
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is dead. How long will ICE be allowed to hide its face? | Jamil Smith
A government that demands instant obedience while concealing its identity cannot expect trust – or escape responsibility for the consequences
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Infectious diseases like cyclospora and measles are spreading because the people in charge don't care about public health. That's why we need more scientists and/or healthcare professionals in the room. That's why I'm running.
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Macro shot of Male Blue Dasher Dragonfly 📷 Tricia Santana
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
These people found a baby goat trapped in a pit. They took him home and cared for him overnite. The next day they tried to find the owner but had no luck. While looking - they found a group of goats with the same white fur. Then this happened. Original post
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Don Gato 🐱🐈‍⬛🐶🐺🌈🐯 @dongato-1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don Gato explicando lo que ha ocurrido con los rollos de papel. 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ Top Cat explaining what happened with the toilet paper rolls. 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🔴 BRAVA ‼️ this intrepid woman, shut ice down ✊🏾🇺🇸✊🏻
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81x more likely to develop a type of uncontrollable bleeding than those who do. But no federal or state agencies track refusal rates or subsequent bleeding. Following ProPublica’s report, two lawmakers are demanding CDC action.
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Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Until someone shows me a visual match to a printed paper from today i won’t believe it. The headline is illegible but clearly does not say “Sports”
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Is it tho?
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I won’t believe it until someone can tell me which printed paper this is. The headline does not say “Sports”…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Buttigieg: We gotta get out there and build that new governing vision, not by preaching to the choir, not by only talking to everyone who already agrees with us, but by finding the people who haven’t always voted our way and changing how they see us by showing that we see them.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Morning Kitten
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Opposition can be communicated in different forms, sometimes it's a sweet melody, with a strong message. Please, listen... #ImpeachIndictRemove
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Does the printed version say “Sports”? Because the paper in the picture doesn’t look like it does…
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Which paper is it? I can’t make out what it says but it’s not “Sports”
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Which paper is it? I can’t make out what it says, but I know it doesn’t say “Sports”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 13/07/2026
We're borrowing water from our kids. The corporatists want to drain it for short-term profits instead of protecting it for future Texans. Let's make sure we leave our children rivers, lakes, and aquifers.
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
America the land of fuck you
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/04/2026
Israeli aircraft reportedly sprayed glyphosate over border farmlands in southern Lebanon & Syria’s Quneitra in Jan–Feb ‘26. Lebanese tests & UNIFIL samples found concentrations 20–30x above normal, killing crops. Israel said it is to deny militants cover. UN warned of humanitarian/environmental harm
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thinking of things that ended political careers in the past. Remember when Howard Dean yelled in a weird way??
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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Congress is completely useless at this point.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Laundry as art [📸 Helga Stentzel]
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
No shit
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sgt. Brian McGinnis is out of jail after he was arrested for expressing his opposition to the US war on Iran in Congress. Capitol Police officers and Senator Sheehy broke his arm as they removed and arrested him.
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David Tomkins 🦋 @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed as the leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) the independent federal agency that oversees Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Like clockwork.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/03/2026
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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WhimsyMonger @whimsymonger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This has to stop!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
$413,000 per bed. Insanity. While they cut health care, food assistance, etc.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Apparently the actual spelling should be Bored of Peace. Which explains a lot
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 19/02/2026
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
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Last night at the #DataCenters meeting in Claremore, Darren Blanchard, who has attended most of these meetings around NE Oklahoma & has some pretty impressive FOIA/ORA skills, was arrested after going over his 3 min. allotted speaking time. First arrest I've seen at one of these.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026
More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/02/2026
The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective. Retribution is.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Fair comparison.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...
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Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good
A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This administration is a criminal administration.
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Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud www.commondreams.org/news/medicar... This scam has been going on for decades. These uber-wealthy companies hire celebrities to make these plans look legit, but they are expensive, and the benefits are minimal
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A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud | Common Dreams
"These private insurer-run plans are more expensive AND lead to worse outcomes for patients," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "It’s time to rein in Medicare DisAdvantage and protect traditional Medicare."
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MaPauvreTete @dan-d-land.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We are now witnessing—some of us in incredulous horror—what happens when a society confuses authority with innocence and violence with virtue. We have built legal doctrines that reward escalation. We have granted weapons to institutions without demanding restraint.
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Don’t Let Them Tell You That Was Self-Defense
Pretti was a licensed, law-abiding gun owner, registered nurse, and worked at a veteran's hospital.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost. time.com/7355839/why-...
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5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now
The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.
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