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Prairie_Dog
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Scientist by day, nerd at night. Burrowing into the virtual prairies.

Professionally involved in #Biology and #EnvironmentalScience.

Recreationally […]

🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://universeodon.com/@digitalrodent, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 2 AP: HRC files EEOC complaint on behalf of 4 fed employees against Office of Personnel Management policy banning coverage of “chemical & surgical modification" of sex for all federal employees, saying it constitutes sex-based discrimination.
Federal employees file complaint against Trump administration's ban on gender-affirming care
The Trump administration faces a legal complaint from government employees over a new policy eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.
apnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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On Mastodon, decentralised means no mobs, no outrage algorithms, and no incentives to tear each other down.

Here, community and context come first.

Support a social web that puts people before profits: ​Donate #supportmastodon

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Fair warning:

If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.

My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.

We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Moai on the Lawn by Matt Morris in Waterloo, Canada! 😶‍🌫️

What is the best/most fun snow sculptures you made/seen?
I will put them in a post on streetartutopia.com

Fun With Snow (8 Photos): https://streetartutopia.com/2025/12/31/even-more-fun-with-snow-sculptures/
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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This image is from January 1st 2025 and, in my opinion, has remained unbeated as the most iconic photo of the year.

If you think of a better candidate for photo of the year, please share it in the comments!

#2025 #photography #photo #trump #cybertruck #tesla
December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Happy new year! We made it!
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Please donate as you can to help keep our immigrant neighbors housed and fed in the greater New Orleans area. #immigration
#abolishice #nola
#NewOrleans #louisiana https://chuffed.org/project/162051-new-orleans-neighbor-support
Help Keep Our Immigrant Neighbors Housed and Fed in Greater New Orleans
Things have become difficult for some New Orleans residents and so we have decided to step up and gather funds to distribute to those most in need. As part of a larger community effort in collaboration with the SEDND (Southeast Dignity Not Detention) coalition to keep our neighbors safe, we are launching this campaign in hopes that we can help fund basic life necessities for those who have been impacted by recent events in our city. Your donation will help keep your neighbors fed and keep roofs over their heads in this dire and stressful time. We are hoping to distribute some of these funds directly as well as to use the funds to buy much needed supplies, etc. We believe no human is illegal on stolen land and community will keep us safe. We intend on being as transparent as possible as to where these funds go with regular updates here, while always maintaining discretion and considering the privacy of those impacted. We know we will not be able to meet every need, but every bit helps. You can help by donating any amount you can spare as well as sharing this campaign with all of your friends, neighbors and family. We are all in this together.
chuffed.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Who else is going to be a member of the #notgoingout club tonight?

#nye
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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When historians write about the fall of the USA they will say four things:

(1) The same white supremacy the USA was founded on proved to be its undoing.

(2) The same Electoral College originally created to prevent a populist madman from being elected President eventually enabled one.

(3) The […]
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urbanists.social
December 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Knowing a little of how the selection process works, I don't personally recommend anyone putting themselves through the aggravation. But if you are a glutton for punishment, maybe you have what it takes
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/29/american-reckoning
Reasons to be cheerful: "Democratic candidates have won just about every special election and every […]
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mastodon.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Hi - I’m your local transgender guy who never shuts up. Ask me questions and I’ll answer them. Not necessarily nicely but you’re not paying me to be nice. You’re not paying me at all, in fact.

But if you’re curious then I’m your guy because apparently I have an approachable face and people will […]
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retro.pizza
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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✅ Isopod touched
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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As someone who often conducts fieldwork in remote places, I find it really irritating that many applications now require an internet connection to function.
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Talking with anti-vaxxers always makes me angry..

..imagine telling to a mom who lived a few centuries ago that we COULD keep our kids from dying with the current technology

"But we don't since someone we know better then decades of research, millions of doctors and professionals"

It's […]
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mstdn.social
December 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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RE: https://triangletoot.party/@aburtch/115799533121047903

The real algorithms were the friends we made along the way.
triangletoot.party
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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The political “strategy” of creepy weirdos is to—literally—exhaust your will to continue.

Remember that.
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Since the federal government got involved in the Epstein scandal in 2019, the case has been shrouded in mysterious leniency, cover-up and stonewalling.

Now, with many of Epstein’s victims, the American people, and a virtually unanimous Congress calling for transparency,
the scandal has become a […]
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c.im
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Since yall like him, a few more shots of this goodest boy.
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.

The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#arthurcclarke 's prose could most charitably be described as unassuming, and his attempts to write human characters and politics are not very convincing, and yet this story of first contact encountering a massive alien spacecraft still, somehow, really works […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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A Merry #caturday to all the dignified kitties out there. 🎩
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I thought I’d try out this #footpathfriday tag because I have lots of trail pics! This one is in #acadianationalpark on #mountdesert #maine. This particular path runs along the shore of #jordanpond.
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM