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Georgia, USA. She/they. Baby whisperer, apparently.
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aramina.bsky.social @aramina.bsky.social · Jun 19
lemme add to my baby whisperer rep: picking up food this evening, baby in dad's arms in front of me in line. I smiled and said "hi!" She grinned and buried her face in dad's shoulder. Rinse and repeat 3 more times, including after she shouted gibberish and I was like, "wow, you've got a lot to say!"
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muellershewrote.com
I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
IOWA — “I’m a very pissed off conservative Christian woman. I almost died because I was denied medical care after being diagnosed with a fatal fetus… Cornered by the system… pro life? Choose me. Choose the mother.”

It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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zenoagency.bsky.social
A FIRE BORN OF EXILE by @aliettedebodard.com is currently on sale in North America! Only $3.99 via Kobo...

- US: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
- Canada: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
A Fire Born of Exile ebook by Aliette de Bodard - Rakuten Kobo
Read "A Fire Born of Exile A Xuya Universe Romance" by Aliette de Bodard available from Rakuten Kobo. The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats on the edge of a huge galactic empire—a glitteri...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Oh you FEARED YOU WERE BEING ABDUCTED? WHAT’S THAT LIKE? Here we go with the “police are scared.” Then quit your job. QUIT YOUR JOB.
mprnews.org MPR News @mprnews.org · 2d
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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jamellebouie.net
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
aramina.bsky.social
This is so funny to me. My office area gets complaints from the older folks bc we usually keep the overhead lights off and just vibe with the natural light from our two windows. “How can you see in here?!” I mean, at 4:45 in December it’s a little dark but not that bad. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4pyVCY/
Millennials: 💡 GenZ: #millennial #genz #worklife #humor #office
TikTok video by GetCareers
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December 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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atrupar.com
Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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us.theguardian.com
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
It is so sad to see what Bezos did to this newspaper.
maxtani.bsky.social max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
All, Today, we’re introducing our latest customer audio offering: “Your Personal Podcast,” a personalized, AI podcast experience only available in The Washington Post app. App users will be able to shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology. This is a conversational, digestible format completely personalized to the user's individual preferences – All based on our best-in-class Washington Post journalism. Here’s how it works: On our Washington Post app, subscribers and registered users will find access to “Your Personal Podcast” via their habit tile, and our “Listen” tab. Users can then personalize their podcast experience by choosing their preferred topics, selecting the AI hosts, and setting the duration. (Currently, our beta version limits the duration to a maximum of 8 minutes.) Once a user begins listening, they soon will be able to ask follow-up questions to explore topics in greater depth. In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products. It also reinforces our audience segmentation work, which has revealed our target audience is excited to be offered new ways to access our journalism. More specifically, they are busy and on the go with a growing appetite for audio and video news. “Your Personal Podcast” is another way for us to meet these customer needs. The product is in beta, which means we will continue to improve it based on user feedback. A big thank you to the many teams who collaborated with us across the company to get us to this exciting stage. Listen to a podcast that listens to you and try this out today. Vineet and Bailey
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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muellershewrote.com
If telling troops they must disobey unlawful orders is sedition, you’re gonna have to hang all the military academy instructors, boot camp drill instructors and training manual authors, along with every member of congress that authorized the UCMJ by voting yes on the most recent NDAA.
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Shop last minute gifts before 12/17 and you're automatically entered to win a $250 gift card!! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. US only, 18+. Ends 12/17. See full rules: bit.ly/check2x
Image: A red mailbox in a snowbank with a purple background. Image reads: Make sure your gifts arrive in time! Holiday shipping deadlines. Standard December 12. Expedited December 14. Priority December 16. There is no deadline for gift cards. Our elves send those via email.
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”

Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
lyns84.bsky.social Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 2d
From the US Embassy in London today.
Visa Services Update: As of December 15, the Department will expand the requirement that an online presence review be conducted for all H-1B applicants and their dependents, in addition to the students and exchange visitors already subject to this review. To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for H-1B and their dependents (H-4), F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas are instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to 'public' U.S. Embassy London
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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crits4cats.org
Tinsel is also terrible for wildlife once you dispose of the tree!

Other holiday dangers for cats:

Lillies (do not even bring them in your home!)
Poinsettias
Essential Oils (Lavender and others)
Grapes/Raisins
Garlic & Onions
Chocolate
catsofyore.bsky.social Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 3d
Seasonal reminder that ribbon and tinsel can be DEADLY for cats. Please keep ribbon stored safely and tinsel out of your home completely. ⚠️ hhvh.net/2018/01/13/w...
Xray of a kitten abdomen from linked article showing abnormal intestinal appearance due to ingestion of linear foreign body.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
i like these home details designed for pets

IG meredithsterninteriors
Two photos. The first shows a dog next to some pull out cabinets. One of the drawers reveals a dog food bowl. The other shows some space underneath some cabinets, so the food bowls can stay out of the way for humans but be accessible for a pet. Two photos. One shows a room divider that rolls out to separate two rooms, while neatly tucking into a wall when not in use. Another shows a crate the same color as a desk, shelf, and wall, where a dog can sleep. Two photos. Both show wash areas specifically built for pets. A dog is peeking out of a tub in one photo. Two photos. One shows a glass door with a small windowpane that can open for a pet to pass through. Another shows a door, where one of the panel swings open for a pet.
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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barnabyedwards.bsky.social
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.

Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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stevebenen.com
It’s going to take them “a while”?

Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Roger Marshall on Republicans replacing the ACA: "It's gonna take us a while to figure out the right way to do it"
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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dominicervolina.com
Couple of things here:

1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently

2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"

3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"

4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I've stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an "aura" around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks - Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to "ace" this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am "slowing up," am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am "slowing up," but it's not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful "source" of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 908 ReTruths 3.07k Likes Dec 09, 2025, 9:11 PM
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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jamellebouie.net
the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination
audrelawdamercy.bsky.social Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d
worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination

ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM