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Shelley

@whistlingchicken.bsky.social
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Refugee from Xitter. Here for the cats, and politics….

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"There haven't been any public executions since-" I'm gonna stop you there. ICE/CBP has killed 11 people in public - mostly ON CAMERA - THIS YEAR. 10 Black people have been found hanging THIS YEAR.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 31/08/2026
Federal immigration agents arrested 700+ people in Oregon this year, and 2,500+ since Trump started his second term in January 2025 — an eight-fold increase from 2023 and 2024. Among them were a 3-year-old and 83-year-old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/31/i...
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Immigration arrests in Oregon under Trump 2.0 by the numbers • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal immigration agents have arrested more than 700 people in Oregon this year as of early August, according to new data.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Genuine healthcare leaders don’t wait for someone to die before deciding a disease matters Pneumonia matters. Encephalitis matters. Hospitalizations matter. A child struggling to breathe matters 170 hospitalizations, 3000 cases. No matter the spin, an abject failure for the world’s richest nation
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 31/08/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "I am just fucking done"
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A word about Trump’s reckless trade war with Canada. This is happening because Trump’s entire career is based on fraud and grift, which means he simply does not know anything about economics, trade, markets. He never has. (1/2)
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton did so much good in the world, which means we all have to do a little more to make up for her loss and honor her memory 🫡
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@edzitron.com had it on the money here
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Party decorator for hire. Will install decorations at a height relative to his own.
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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fun fact! Mitch McConnell has been on paid medical leave for 51 days, over 7 weeks. This is a week longer than the 6 weeks of maternity leave that women in the US are not guaranteed after giving birth.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 18/02/2026
Avel Gordly, one of Oregon’s most influential civil rights champions and a politician who was often referred to as the “conscience of the state Senate” for her strong moral compass, died at home on Monday. She was 79. buff.ly/YpFCNTQ via @opb.org
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Avel Gordly, first Black woman elected to Oregon Senate, dies at 79 • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Avel Gordly, one of Oregon’s most influential civil rights champions, died at home on Monday. She was 79.
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Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Five hours to accomplish all your 2025 goals Can you do it? No Do I believe in you? Also no
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 24/12/2025
these three ghosts could've been an email
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 05/12/2025
The most important line in a solid piece by @iandunt.bsky.social "And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
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Thank God for Bluesky
A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime 2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression 3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press 4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim. Russian policy 2025
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Shelley @whistlingchicken.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A three revocation Friday.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
25% of the political and social culture of the modern American Right is being upset at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
AI fans always seem puzzled why some people have a revulsion to AI and one issue is the people in charge of AI are repulsive
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/09/2025
GOP: We protect kids! So—ban child labor? GOP: No Ban child marriages? GOP: No Ban children from carrying guns? GOP: No Ban gun sales w/o background checks? GOP: No Then how exactly do protect kids?🤔 GOP: We ban books, discussions on racism, drag, free school lunch, & Tylenol.
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
if you have a Christian family you’ve been wanting to wordlessly abandon tomorrow would be a great day to do it
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2025
Some killings you're allowed to joke about.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2025
Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.
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'F---ing crazy': ICE swoops in on firefighters IN THE MIDDLE of battling wildfire
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 28/08/2025
Well-behaved sandwiches rarely make history
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Squeaky told me to tell you that you did great surviving the day today and that you deserve gentleness and rest
Fluffy black white and orange calico cat very brightly lit because she’s sitting on the edge of my couch under a reading lamp. So looks very gentle and very soft.
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Shelley @whistlingchicken.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I got to do that, too!
Female lion lying under a tree at Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
One thing that keeps me up these days: how is the next party in power supposed to govern? The GOP has signaled it will not always be bound by laws or international agreements it disagrees with. It’s not absolute — they blew up part of reconciliation, but not all; ignore some court orders, etc. (1/7)
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Caliban Darklock @darklock.com · 14/07/2025
"We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognising this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employd at some drudgery because, according to Malthusian Dawinian theory, he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living." - Buckminster Fuller
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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The most powerful military in the world, which is currently run by an alcoholic nitwit, will now consult an A.I. that a week ago referred to itself as "MechaHitler." So that's fun.
picture shows CBS News article about the Pentagon making a 200 million dollar deal with elon musk to use GROK, his A.I. engine.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
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Servlife @servlife.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I am looking to rescue a cat in the Seattle area. I do not care about age or breed, but would kinda like it to be cuddly (not a deal breaker). I know my reach here isn't far, but if anyone wants to pass this along, I'd be so grateful.
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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This year, the 4th of July is a funeral, the Star Spangled Banner a requiem, the Declaration of Independence a eulogy.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore. Make it make sense.
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James @jamespgh.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It is 1990. I am 5 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president. It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president. It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I’d like to again remind people that it is a bad idea to have face Or thumbprint as the unlock method for your phone. Law enforcement can force you to open your locked device Passcode is still constitutionally protected. Never assume you’ll have time to press more than one time to lock your phone
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Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth! It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, knee braces, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags, compression leggings & more! Store details below!
5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star:

Spoons: Lavender background
Hunger Scale: Red background
Migraine Scale: Blue background
Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background

The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.Galaxy and Moon Bunny Compression Gloves Galaxy, Cat and Mushroom Wrist Braces Fairy and Bat Convertible Bags
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
sounds about right. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Trump’s FAA pick has claimed ‘commercial’ pilot license he doesn’t have
Bryan Bedford, the nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, for years erroneously stated in his Republic Airways bio that he is a pilot with a “commercial” rating.
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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 14/06/2025
Happy Obama Appreciation Day 🇺🇸 Confident 🇺🇸 Respectful 🇺🇸 Charismatic 🇺🇸 Goal-oriented 🇺🇸 A Lifelong Learner 🇺🇸 A Confident Conciliator 🇺🇸 And Willing to Make Hard Decisions 🇺🇸 This is what a World Leader looks like 🇺🇸 Thank you 🇺🇸 #SheShed
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings
Handmade sign at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. It says "Billionaires Are The Only Minority Ruining This Country"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
HONESTY. INTEGRITY. DECENCY. #June14th-ObamaAppreciationDay
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/06/2025
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
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