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Left Coast. Wet End. Déjà Vu.
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like if you didn’t work in this field this is just not something that you would ever necessarily think about until someone brought it to your attention and yet the evil is so transparent and shocking once you really look at it
October 22, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Honestly, me too.
An important message.
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yeah. Elon said he'd donate $6B to help end global hunger if shown a viable plan. The UN World Food Program showed him a plan. Elon did nothing, but maybe take >$5B that could be used immediately to save starving children and park it in a tax advantaged holding tank.
www.snopes.com/news/2022/04...
February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Scream Cipher xkcd.com/3054
February 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Spouse signed up for a knock-off Turkey Trot in the next town over. The race t-shirts are gloriously tacky.
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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I can't begin to tell you people how hard it is to shoot under Seattle winter "light" conditions.

In any case, a few beach crows.
November 25, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Cue every late-90's Internet Movie's synthesizer montage sequence soundtrack.
#HackThePlanet
Exploring the full bluesky firehose, in three dimensions: firehose3d.theo.io
November 23, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Oh, right. Looking at national and world news makes my heart ache and my stomach drop out.

Guess I have to go do my job now.
November 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
What if we actually compensated agricultural workers with a living wage? Would the economy collapse?
(Trick question: the USA has always relied on exploited labor to enrich capital. Vested interests will never let that end.)
I hate this line of messaging so much
November 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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i encourage you all to be more like my son. take in the beauty of your everyday surroundings. smile. take a nap without worrying about how it might disrupt your day. and every two or three hours, shit your pants as hard as you possibly can
November 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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"It seems that plenty of people, regardless their political persuasion, are susceptible to being taken in by desperate attempts to explain or rationalize an unwelcome result. ," writes @joelancaster.com
https://buff.ly/3UVXjBP
Starlink election fraud claims show Dems are not immune to conspiracy theories
The spread of conspiracy theories in response to a bruising electoral loss is not only found on the political right.
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.

Repost if you agree.
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Image text (handwritten on a disposable coffee cup with lid)
Are you okay? Do you want us to intervene? If you do, take the lid off the cup."
This gave me goosebumps.

“My 18-year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night.

A man came up to her and started talking to her.

A barista handed her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.”

How grateful I am for people who look out for other people!”

We need each other.
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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I don't want to sound alarmist or anything, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to skip FBI background checks and bury congressional ethics reports about nominees to the most important posts in the federal government.
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Seems like if nominees for Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence can't withstand an FBI background check, that's a red flag
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM