Abby Normal
@designerpotatosack.bsky.social
A stack of cats in a trenchcoat posting into a vacuum
Tattooed, herbivorous, progressive tree-hugger
Abrahamic mythology deconstructed
It's time for humans grow past tribalism and evolve together
Tattooed, herbivorous, progressive tree-hugger
Abrahamic mythology deconstructed
It's time for humans grow past tribalism and evolve together
Pinned
a group of people are standing in front of a sign that says rent
ALT: a group of people are standing in front of a sign that says rent
media.tenor.com
You're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
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Meidas Health Emergency Episode: The Trump regime removed the CDC director, triggering multiple high-level resignations. Dr. Vin Gupta explains what this means for public health:
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Trump Regime Launches Full-Scale Assault on CDC - Meidas Health
Dr. Vin Gupta and I break down the breaking news unfolding now
www.meidasplus.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Meidas Health Emergency Episode: The Trump regime removed the CDC director, triggering multiple high-level resignations. Dr. Vin Gupta explains what this means for public health:
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U.S. ECONOMY SHRINKS UNDER TRUMP
Just months into Trump’s return to office, the U.S. economy has already reversed course—shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025.
That’s a stark contrast from the 2.4% growth rate during President Biden’s final months.
Just months into Trump’s return to office, the U.S. economy has already reversed course—shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025.
That’s a stark contrast from the 2.4% growth rate during President Biden’s final months.
April 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
U.S. ECONOMY SHRINKS UNDER TRUMP
Just months into Trump’s return to office, the U.S. economy has already reversed course—shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025.
That’s a stark contrast from the 2.4% growth rate during President Biden’s final months.
Just months into Trump’s return to office, the U.S. economy has already reversed course—shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025.
That’s a stark contrast from the 2.4% growth rate during President Biden’s final months.
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Federal workers set off a counteroffensive with a raft of new lawsuits that contend that President Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the law to ransack the FBI and other federal agencies.
A Legal Counteroffensive to Beat Back Trump’s Government Purges
A raft of new lawsuits contend that President Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the law to ransack the F.B.I. and other federal agencies. The courts will now decide.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Federal workers set off a counteroffensive with a raft of new lawsuits that contend that President Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the law to ransack the FBI and other federal agencies.
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Vermonters & Americans need lower electric bills.
I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Vermonters & Americans need lower electric bills.
I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
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Trump’s unilateral decision to impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico is most likely illegal and most definitely harmful.
Economists estimate that these will increase costs for the average American family by as much as $1,200 a year.
We need to drive prices DOWN, not UP.
Economists estimate that these will increase costs for the average American family by as much as $1,200 a year.
We need to drive prices DOWN, not UP.
February 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Trump’s unilateral decision to impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico is most likely illegal and most definitely harmful.
Economists estimate that these will increase costs for the average American family by as much as $1,200 a year.
We need to drive prices DOWN, not UP.
Economists estimate that these will increase costs for the average American family by as much as $1,200 a year.
We need to drive prices DOWN, not UP.
January 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Trump ends DEI in US military and reinstates troops who refused Covid vaccines
Trump ends DEI in US military and reinstates troops who refused Covid vaccines
President also signs order to eliminate ‘gender radicalism in the military’ and seeks to develop missile defense system
Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday that remove diversity, equity and inclusion from the US military,…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Trump ends DEI in US military and reinstates troops who refused Covid vaccines
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The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent to be Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration's policy ambitions around tax cuts and spending and managing economic relationships reut.rs/3WBEnJk
Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary
The billionaire hedge fund manager gets a central role in shaping the Trump administration's policy ambitions around tax cuts.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent to be Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration's policy ambitions around tax cuts and spending and managing economic relationships reut.rs/3WBEnJk
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Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion, report Kelcie Moseley-Morris, @kelciemmorris.bsky.social, and Sofia Resnick, @sofiaresnick.bsky.social, of @statesnewsroom.com, via @alaskabeacon.com:
alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/27/t...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/27/t...
Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion • Alaska Beacon
The policy bans foreign NGOs that receive U.S. family planning funds from promoting abortion as a method of family planning.
alaskabeacon.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion, report Kelcie Moseley-Morris, @kelciemmorris.bsky.social, and Sofia Resnick, @sofiaresnick.bsky.social, of @statesnewsroom.com, via @alaskabeacon.com:
alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/27/t...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/27/t...
Does anyone else feel like The Enclave from Fallout is running the US now?
January 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Does anyone else feel like The Enclave from Fallout is running the US now?
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Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Once Pitched Deadly Human Vaccine Experiment
Revelations about the role he played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
What are we even doing
President Donald Trump suggests the U.S. could pay a “small fee” to foreign nations to imprison Americans who are repeat criminal offenders.
Trump floats foreign imprisonment of American criminals who are 'repeat offenders'
The president pitched the idea as a cost-saving measure, arguing that sending U.S. criminals overseas for a “small fee” would cost less than imprisoning them at home.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What are we even doing
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Exclusive: US President Donald Trump forged ahead with military deportation flights, sending another planeload of migrants to Guatemala a day after coming to the brink of a trade war with Colombia when it refused to let C-17 aircraft land reut.rs/42y119s
Exclusive: US military aircraft with deported migrants lands in Guatemala, officials say
Earlier, the US came to the brink of a trade war with Colombia after it refused to let C-17 aircraft land.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Exclusive: US President Donald Trump forged ahead with military deportation flights, sending another planeload of migrants to Guatemala a day after coming to the brink of a trade war with Colombia when it refused to let C-17 aircraft land reut.rs/42y119s
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The number of deaths from the wildfires that destroyed entire communities in the Los Angeles area this month has risen to 29, the county medical examiner’s office says.
Deaths from Los Angeles-area wildfires rise to 29
The 29th person died at a hospital from the Palisades Fire, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The number of deaths from the wildfires that destroyed entire communities in the Los Angeles area this month has risen to 29, the county medical examiner’s office says.
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Well, it’s Monday, and the Inspectors General are resisting Trump’s illegal attempt to fire them with a letter saying, “Heck no, we won’t go!”
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Well, it’s Monday, and the Inspectors General are resisting Trump’s illegal attempt to fire them with a letter saying, “Heck no, we won’t go!”
You're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
a group of people are standing in front of a sign that says rent
ALT: a group of people are standing in front of a sign that says rent
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
At the start of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the Twilight Zone
And when you're living in America
At the start of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion- I rent
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Unlike Big Tech, Proton will not comply with subpoenas from the incoming Trump administration (just like we refused all subpoenas from the Biden administration), as it would be illegal under Article 271 of the Swiss criminal code.
January 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Unlike Big Tech, Proton will not comply with subpoenas from the incoming Trump administration (just like we refused all subpoenas from the Biden administration), as it would be illegal under Article 271 of the Swiss criminal code.
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Ring Cameras work directly with the authorities and their employees have been caught snooping on people through Ring. If anyone can suggest an alternative to the Ring Doorbell, please let me know.
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News and Events | How Amazon’s Ring is becoming Law Enforcement’s New ‘Video Surveillance Network’
The home security and smart home company, Ring Inc., is changing the face of neighborhood policing. Just 4 months ago, it was reported that Amazon’s Ring doorbell has partnered with over 400 police fo...
kustomsignals.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ring Cameras work directly with the authorities and their employees have been caught snooping on people through Ring. If anyone can suggest an alternative to the Ring Doorbell, please let me know.
kustomsignals.com/blog/how-ama...
kustomsignals.com/blog/how-ama...
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The practical implementation of this ban by tiktok is completely over the top. It's overcompliance to an extreme degree while praising Trump. It's clear that this is political at this point. This isn't simply an IP ban, it's an account level ban tied to accounts with registered US phone numbers.
Just tried on desktop. I was able to access the site with a VPN but once I logged in, it gave me the ban notice. I think this is specific to US based accounts and cannot be circumvented with a VPN.
January 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The practical implementation of this ban by tiktok is completely over the top. It's overcompliance to an extreme degree while praising Trump. It's clear that this is political at this point. This isn't simply an IP ban, it's an account level ban tied to accounts with registered US phone numbers.
It's official. TikTok is gone. Our government came together and agreed to stifle our speech and block our ability to communicate before ever doing anything to actually help us.
Public servants have forgotten that their job it to work for the people.
#TikTokBan #Oligarchy
Public servants have forgotten that their job it to work for the people.
#TikTokBan #Oligarchy
January 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's official. TikTok is gone. Our government came together and agreed to stifle our speech and block our ability to communicate before ever doing anything to actually help us.
Public servants have forgotten that their job it to work for the people.
#TikTokBan #Oligarchy
Public servants have forgotten that their job it to work for the people.
#TikTokBan #Oligarchy
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I'm sorry but the Dems are ridiculously bad at their Hegspeth questions. IMO, if you want to prove someone is incompetent, you ask them the hardest strategic questions they will have to know to succeed at the job
January 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm sorry but the Dems are ridiculously bad at their Hegspeth questions. IMO, if you want to prove someone is incompetent, you ask them the hardest strategic questions they will have to know to succeed at the job
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techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
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How about a hard pass on this one.
January 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
How about a hard pass on this one.
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Meta has told employees that they're laying off 5 percent of staff on Feb. 10, sources tell me & @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social. Layoffs are coming after employees have pushed back on new content moderation rules.
January 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Meta has told employees that they're laying off 5 percent of staff on Feb. 10, sources tell me & @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social. Layoffs are coming after employees have pushed back on new content moderation rules.