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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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They’re cute, they’re charismatic, they’re all over TikTok: @wire-wildlife.bsky.social's Rene Ebersole spent over a year investigating how internet fame has intensified the illegal trade of African grey parrots: buff.ly/O987jaJ
December 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Thank you for your support, Building & Trades!

“Governor Kotek is unafraid to lead on the issues we care about most, wages, hours, and working conditions, and that’s why we are proud to once again endorse her candidacy.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Today's casual reminder: The third trial of the Nuremburg trials was the Judges' Trial.

I've seen a lot of U.S. state and federal judges continue to uphold the law, but I worry about others.
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Celebrate the season at our first Governor's Holiday Market! Local gifts, carolers, snacks & more.

Sat, Dec. 13 | 3-7 p.m.
Governor's Residence

Park at 413 Old Santa Fe Trail — free shuttles will take you to the event. Dress warm!

tinyurl.com/bdzysa32

#SupportLocal
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Red Texas is a leader in renewable energy deployment.

The state's solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics.
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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A faint halo CME associated with the M8 solar flare on Saturday is Earth directed with a predicted arrival time by December 9th. Moderate (G2) geomagnetic storming will be possible. More to follow in the days ahead. SolarHam.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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You're going to want to sit down and take a deep breath before you read this.

A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition.

I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...
US solicitor general tells Supreme Court to reject Duke Energy antitrust appeal
“This appeal arises out of a campaign by an established monopolist to stop a more efficient rival from disturbing its long-dominant hold over a regional energy market,” U.S. Solicitor General John Sau...
www.utilitydive.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Collage seems a needed and well suited reminder of the state of being in these present days..."from illusion to reality (or its imitation?)"
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The cost of empire. Sad indeed.
☠️ The Economist: Russia lost 1% of its pre-war male population in Ukraine.

In total, Russian losses in dead and wounded amounted to between 1 million and 1.35 million soldiers.

Over the past three years, Russia has been able to occupy an additional 1.45% of Ukrainian territory.
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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“When the models became more persuasive, they increasingly provided misleading or false information—and no one is sure why….

The chatbots' persuasive power could have profound consequences for the future of democracy, the authors note.”🧪
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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"’One conversation w/an LLM has a pretty meaningful effect on salient election choices,’ says @gordpennycook.bsky.social …who worked on the Nature study.LLMs can persuade ppl more effectively than political ads bc they generate much more info in real time &strategically deploy it in conversations”🧪
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Thanks Holly🙄
Moving on from the 2025 special election, on the 2026 gubernatorial race:
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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They’ve cost hundreds of billions of dollars so far, and require an incredible amount of energy to operate. @technologyreview.com reporter @caseycrownhart.bsky.social shares the latest news on the boom in data centers to power AI.
As Companies Build Data Centers For AI, Communities Push Back
A boom in construction of AI data centers is facing backlash over soaring electricity and water usage, and the resulting utility hikes.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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🔊 Sound on: Trump promised to make America affordable. Instead, his policies are driving up costs, and families are paying the price.
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121. Everyone should have this number in their contacts. Make your voice heard on the issue(s) dear to your heart. If only Jerry Lewis was here to inspire a call-athon!
While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like he’s not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, we’re pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.

We’re almost there, and you can help!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Found a couple of great friends (Gretchen Whitmer and @jordanackermi.bsky.social) to celebrate the @michigandems.bsky.social, Chair @curtisherteljr.bsky.social, and raise some good money for the party to support candidates up and down the entire ballot.

Here’s to 2026!
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Food and sharing a meal with our families and neighbors is part of who we are. The Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Grant fosters our agricultural traditions while ensuring New Mexicans have more access to local, homegrown meals. 

sourcenm.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Mexico agribusinesses receive federal funding for operations • Source New Mexico
18 New Mexico agribusinesses will receive part of a $3.5 million federal grant to strengthen mid-supply chain operations
sourcenm.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This feels somehow reminiscent of COVID days, the ominous waiting, dreading mornings yet clinging to some mysterious hope everything would miraculously normalize, that it was just a very bad dream. Perhaps I glamorized unity of effort to preserve and protect. Are we still okay with culling the herd?
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Thank you for your support, Ironworkers Local 29!

“Governor Kotek is unafraid to lead on the issues we care about most, wages, hours, and working conditions, and that’s why we are proud to once again endorse her candidacy.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🎁 9 days to go, New Mexico! Our first-ever outdoor Governor’s Holiday Market is almost here, and I can’t wait to welcome you. Bundle up and dress warmly — we’ll have local artisans, carolers, refreshments, Gold Star prizes, and much more.

Learn more here: www.facebook.com/events/19087...
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The Trump Administration is gutting America’s science engine, wiping out thousands of grants in cancer, aging, engineering and more. Our district’s world-class researchers feel these cuts every single day.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Here's a talking point to help softening MAGA decide what to now demand of leaders: "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Good night, Bluesky, lovelies.
Good night, 🌝
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December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM