BackpackerPT
@backpackerpt.bsky.social
Pain science nerd, physio extraordinaire, dog hooman, pathetically slow mountain biker, backpacker, trail runner. Shameless progressive, GenX and totally out of f**ks
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You guys see where this is going? Right?
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You guys see where this is going? Right?
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🔥 “Without a level playing field — without Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — Meritocracy fails spectacularly… it’s ok to at any point stop and admit you didn’t think this all the way through.”
cc: Rep. Aron Maberry (who is carrying yet another an anti-DEI bill)
cc: Rep. Aron Maberry (who is carrying yet another an anti-DEI bill)
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🔥 “Without a level playing field — without Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — Meritocracy fails spectacularly… it’s ok to at any point stop and admit you didn’t think this all the way through.”
cc: Rep. Aron Maberry (who is carrying yet another an anti-DEI bill)
cc: Rep. Aron Maberry (who is carrying yet another an anti-DEI bill)
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RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
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COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
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“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
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Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck
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A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.
February 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.
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Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs
Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination
Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs
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If you thought eggs were expensive, wait until you find out how much it costs to treat polio out-of-pocket when your health insurer denies your claim.
December 14, 2024 at 3:26 AM
If you thought eggs were expensive, wait until you find out how much it costs to treat polio out-of-pocket when your health insurer denies your claim.
December 9, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
Henry and Penny wish you all a happy gratitude weekend!!!
November 30, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Henry and Penny wish you all a happy gratitude weekend!!!
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All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a raging snowstorm, and Agatha Christie novel, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of emotional support pastries.
November 25, 2024 at 11:51 AM
All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a raging snowstorm, and Agatha Christie novel, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of emotional support pastries.
LOVE this! I’m constantly trying to explain to people that being active when you were younger did NOT damage your joints. Where did that misconception come from??!!
Your genes, the wombles, and the Rule of Toos, why you often hurt.
November 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM
LOVE this! I’m constantly trying to explain to people that being active when you were younger did NOT damage your joints. Where did that misconception come from??!!
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2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 AM
2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
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Desi Lydic has a hard time believing Nancy Mace wants to "protect women and girls"
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Desi Lydic has a hard time believing Nancy Mace wants to "protect women and girls"
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha