Michelle Ziemba
@michelleziemba.bsky.social
Professional Patient: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Occipital Neuralgia & Migraines. Writer & Photographer. Proud wife of an Educator. Facts & Democracy Matter. She|Her
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Wait, did the SAVE Act already pass and they forgot to tell voters? No!
I’m going to need an update on this. I hope she was able to cast her ballot in the primary.
Texans, if this is happening to you, post your story with the polling location. Put it on blast. And report it.
I’m going to need an update on this. I hope she was able to cast her ballot in the primary.
Texans, if this is happening to you, post your story with the polling location. Put it on blast. And report it.
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Wait, did the SAVE Act already pass and they forgot to tell voters? No!
I’m going to need an update on this. I hope she was able to cast her ballot in the primary.
Texans, if this is happening to you, post your story with the polling location. Put it on blast. And report it.
I’m going to need an update on this. I hope she was able to cast her ballot in the primary.
Texans, if this is happening to you, post your story with the polling location. Put it on blast. And report it.
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Yes, Texas is purging voter rolls!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Yes, Texas is purging voter rolls!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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"GP shares simple symptom test to know if you have COVID or flu"
"A GP has shared a simple symptoms test to know whether you have COVID or flu. While some of the signs may overlap, there is something that can differentiate the two illnesses."
Source: archive.md/FMPrb
"A GP has shared a simple symptoms test to know whether you have COVID or flu. While some of the signs may overlap, there is something that can differentiate the two illnesses."
Source: archive.md/FMPrb
February 18, 2026 at 1:22 AM
"GP shares simple symptom test to know if you have COVID or flu"
"A GP has shared a simple symptoms test to know whether you have COVID or flu. While some of the signs may overlap, there is something that can differentiate the two illnesses."
Source: archive.md/FMPrb
"A GP has shared a simple symptoms test to know whether you have COVID or flu. While some of the signs may overlap, there is something that can differentiate the two illnesses."
Source: archive.md/FMPrb
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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The Republicans are shamelessly trying to rewrite history about the Epstein files. The Biden DOJ convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the FBI was working cases until Trump came into office. There was no scandal until Trump ran on releasing the files and then reneged.
February 18, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Republicans are shamelessly trying to rewrite history about the Epstein files. The Biden DOJ convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the FBI was working cases until Trump came into office. There was no scandal until Trump ran on releasing the files and then reneged.
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‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training. CONCERNS? WTAF⁉️
https://shorturl.at/9Gfpz
https://shorturl.at/9Gfpz
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training. CONCERNS? WTAF⁉️
https://shorturl.at/9Gfpz
https://shorturl.at/9Gfpz
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An upcoming ballot measure in Virginia would make it the 26th state to allow anyone who is not presently in prison to vote. Currently, people with any felony convictions lose their right to vote for life.
“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 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
An upcoming ballot measure in Virginia would make it the 26th state to allow anyone who is not presently in prison to vote. Currently, people with any felony convictions lose their right to vote for life.
Financial abuse in America continues with court systems charging defendants for court-appointed attorneys.
Iowa courts charge people $73 to $83 per hour for court-appointed lawyers. The law specifically allows for such charges when a defendant is found guilty or is acquitted, but not for dismissed cases—something prosecutors want to change.
In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips
The state’s high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees as leverage for plea deals.
boltsmag.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Financial abuse in America continues with court systems charging defendants for court-appointed attorneys.
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staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
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There should be laws against price gouging patients...it literally kills people.
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
There should be laws against price gouging patients...it literally kills people.
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Everybody knows that poors don't buy things!
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Everybody knows that poors don't buy things!
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One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
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We cannot do Constitutional stuff every time? Come on! 🥴
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
We cannot do Constitutional stuff every time? Come on! 🥴
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Looks like we already have more concentration camps than Germany circa 1940. slate.trib.al/wfgeJk6
Trump’s Deportation Warehouse System Already Matches a Very Specific Period in History
The government has begun construction of a multibillion-dollar detention camp system in the newest phase of Stephen Miller’s mass deportation strategy.
slate.trib.al
February 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Looks like we already have more concentration camps than Germany circa 1940. slate.trib.al/wfgeJk6
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Just in: 50 parents and transgender activists have blockaded the HHS Building in protest of sweeping new rules that could ban trans youth nationwide.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
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24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
24 Parents And Activists Blockade HHS Headquarters In Protest Against New Trans Youth Care Ban, Arrested
The protestors blocked entrance to the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters to protest a rule that could eliminate trans youth care nationwide.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just in: 50 parents and transgender activists have blockaded the HHS Building in protest of sweeping new rules that could ban trans youth nationwide.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Do it!
Aside from the already-known deficiencies in the disclosure, hobbling searches is by itself a discovery violation.
I'm of a mind to file a bar complaint.
I'm of a mind to file a bar complaint.
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Do it!
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when we say being sick is a full time job, navigating the hostility of broken systems is a big part of it
the typical user experience in our medical system is unacceptably bad, and you should care about this even if you don't interface w/ it yet
(bc best-case scenario, long life, one day you will)
the typical user experience in our medical system is unacceptably bad, and you should care about this even if you don't interface w/ it yet
(bc best-case scenario, long life, one day you will)
I love how despite the blessing of the level 1 neurologist, I still cannot schedule the LP in anything resembling a timely fashion! MyChart says to call. Calling gets me voice mail that tells me to schedule online. Trying to schedule online gets me back to MyChart.
February 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
when we say being sick is a full time job, navigating the hostility of broken systems is a big part of it
the typical user experience in our medical system is unacceptably bad, and you should care about this even if you don't interface w/ it yet
(bc best-case scenario, long life, one day you will)
the typical user experience in our medical system is unacceptably bad, and you should care about this even if you don't interface w/ it yet
(bc best-case scenario, long life, one day you will)
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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“If a government’s actions in a democracy require masks — if the people being governed in that democracy cannot know who is acting — that is a problem with what the government is doing, not with the governed.”
Yeah, this went quickly from happening to me seeing it to “I should write about this” to me being unable to do anything else until I got this out.
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
“If a government’s actions in a democracy require masks — if the people being governed in that democracy cannot know who is acting — that is a problem with what the government is doing, not with the governed.”
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From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
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"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room"
RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
February 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room"
RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
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“Apple has paid this money, the second-biggest deal in its history, for a company that doesn’t have a product, doesn’t have any revenues and whose website is a single page containing 15 words.”
Wild story here. Apple just paid $2bn for an Israeli tech company with no revenues that builds infrared sensors which map imperceptible facial movements to determine the words you're thinking. 30% of its staff were called up to do genocide open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
Apple Just Bought A Sinister ‘Pre-Speech’ Tech Company Implicated In Genocide
Apple has paid nearly $2 billion for a ‘pre-speech’ tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“Apple has paid this money, the second-biggest deal in its history, for a company that doesn’t have a product, doesn’t have any revenues and whose website is a single page containing 15 words.”
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard