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Lance Finney
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Cis father of 2, software developer, Ethical Humanist, and world traveler (when I can).
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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When people's identities are labeled “not match relevant,” we all have to speak up. We’re calling on @stlcitysc.com to do better. Stand with us. #allforcity
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
If you were intentionally trying to destroy American military capability, what would you do differently?
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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And Trump is saying global warming doesn't exist and is pushing coal. Coal. In the meantime other countries like China are eating our lunch with renewable. Just madness.
Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025

ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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I absolutely give Dems credit when I think they deserve credit! Just the other day, Rep. Jayapal and Sen. Markey introduced a trans bill of rights. It won't go anywhere, but it's nice hearing elected officials openly state their support in a real way.

jayapal.house.gov/2026/02/11/j...
Jayapal, Markey Introduce Landmark Trans Bill of Rights - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Mark Takano (CA-41) are reintroducing the Transgender Bill o...
jayapal.house.gov
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Ellison-Hawley clash was entertaining and appalling, but what's the truth?

They accused each other of lying, and my prior is to assume Hawley was dishonest as usual, but what's Ellison's counter to the Post reporting?

Media I've found reports on the fight, but don't explain who lied.
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.

"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Looking forward to a night of black feminist theater.

#TheBlackRep
#TheBlackFeministGuideToTheHumanBody
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Ummmmm..... what?
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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✨ Share widely and help us find a Leader who will inspire ethical action, foster connection, and help shape a more compassionate world!
February 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The Crying Game (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.

Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Sage and friends are in this video about the youth group at @ethicalstl.org.

If you like the group, you can help by voting for us at projectforawesome.com.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsF...
Project for Awesome Video: A Place to Belong
YouTube video by Ethical Society of St. Louis
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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sigh
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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The Framers of our Constitution were very clear about emoluments: NONE. Note how all those right-wing "originalists," claiming to value the original meaning of the document, don't try to enforce the emoluments clause at all. The plain meaning of the words are crystal clear.
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Just a reminder that Los Alamos was a cover. The real Manhattan Project was just a bunch of Minnesotans in a room with a single pastry, consigned to continually cutting it in half over and over until cutting it in half meant figuring out how to split the atom.
this is NOT what we mean when we say learn from minnesota
there are cold hearted, evil people in this world
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Yes, @coribush.bsky.social and @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social, why are you both so insistent on cavorting with an speaking to and through Musk's fascists on X?
It would be amazing if we had prominent Democrats in America - taking the same stance.
Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate.

“We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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🚀 #Angular Evolution
⚠️ The Road to Modern Change Detection
Angular 21.2 (coming in late February) introduces a small but important change.
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM