Laurel de Graaf-Garcia
@duckmama101.bsky.social
Hi! I am an Animal Lover 🐈⬛ Plant Lover 🌱 Massage Therapist @ Susan Samueli Institute of Integrative Health, UCIrvine 👐🏻 Proud CA Native 🍊 Sandwich Generation 🥪 Gen X’er Who Hasn’t Sold Out ☠️ Lover of Democracy & Freedom 💙 Happy to be here😄
This post is likely a joke, but this appears to be a real craigslist ad on the Washington DC site, recruiting seat fillers for an event on Saturday June 14th on Constitution Ave. Compensation is $1,000 in crypto.
If this is a joke, thank you for a good laugh. If it’s serious, I have no words.
If this is a joke, thank you for a good laugh. If it’s serious, I have no words.
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This post is likely a joke, but this appears to be a real craigslist ad on the Washington DC site, recruiting seat fillers for an event on Saturday June 14th on Constitution Ave. Compensation is $1,000 in crypto.
If this is a joke, thank you for a good laugh. If it’s serious, I have no words.
If this is a joke, thank you for a good laugh. If it’s serious, I have no words.
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Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.
December 22, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.
Good morning, Blue Sky peeps! I’ve been busy taking care of the dad and haven’t posted or commented, but I wanted to share something fun, yet sadly poignant. Enjoy and have a bitchin day, everyone.
youtu.be/DWu0v8ktUxg
youtu.be/DWu0v8ktUxg
NEW SONG ALERT, Hope They Enjoy CHEAPER EGGS
YouTube video by Tennessee Brando
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December 12, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Good morning, Blue Sky peeps! I’ve been busy taking care of the dad and haven’t posted or commented, but I wanted to share something fun, yet sadly poignant. Enjoy and have a bitchin day, everyone.
youtu.be/DWu0v8ktUxg
youtu.be/DWu0v8ktUxg
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It shouldn’t be ignored that Kash Patel chose to plead the Fifth in response to a grand jury subpoena over the Mar-a-Lago classified documents.
He only testified, involuntarily, after being granted immunity.
Think about that. Trump’s FBI nominee pled the Fifth in response to a DOJ subpoena.
He only testified, involuntarily, after being granted immunity.
Think about that. Trump’s FBI nominee pled the Fifth in response to a DOJ subpoena.
December 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM
It shouldn’t be ignored that Kash Patel chose to plead the Fifth in response to a grand jury subpoena over the Mar-a-Lago classified documents.
He only testified, involuntarily, after being granted immunity.
Think about that. Trump’s FBI nominee pled the Fifth in response to a DOJ subpoena.
He only testified, involuntarily, after being granted immunity.
Think about that. Trump’s FBI nominee pled the Fifth in response to a DOJ subpoena.
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This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
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Hope this happens before the midterm elections. We need a miracle!
November 21, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Hope this happens before the midterm elections. We need a miracle!
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Very disturbing...
December 3, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Very disturbing...
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil 4x more than electric cars due to their staggering uptake in China and elsewhere.
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:10 PM
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil 4x more than electric cars due to their staggering uptake in China and elsewhere.
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“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
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I keep telling you, they're going to lie about how many people they murder like they did during COVID.
The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it.
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee Skips Reviewing Two Years Of Maternal Deaths
The deaths occurred in the two years following the Dobbs decision and the Texas state abortion ban
meidasnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I keep telling you, they're going to lie about how many people they murder like they did during COVID.
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A small sampling of why Elon wants to eliminate federal watchdog agencies...
November 30, 2024 at 7:28 PM
A small sampling of why Elon wants to eliminate federal watchdog agencies...
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🤣 Hilarious. Accurate. So incredibly fucking sad. #brucecoffman
To save millions in data storage, the National Sex Offender Registry has announced it will merge with the White House’s government website.
Sex Offenders can be viewed on the ‘Meet the Team’ page beginning January 20th, 2025.
Sex Offenders can be viewed on the ‘Meet the Team’ page beginning January 20th, 2025.
December 2, 2024 at 5:53 AM
🤣 Hilarious. Accurate. So incredibly fucking sad. #brucecoffman
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Vladimir Putin has released an advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, someone falls out.
Every time you open a window, someone falls out.
December 2, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Vladimir Putin has released an advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, someone falls out.
Every time you open a window, someone falls out.
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The lack of self-awareness is almost impressive.
December 2, 2024 at 4:22 AM
The lack of self-awareness is almost impressive.
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Fun fact, the blending of church and state has historically been a disaster...
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Fun fact, the blending of church and state has historically been a disaster...
This is George. George is 13 years old and blind. George likes to scare the crap out of us by pretending he’s dead. George is not dead. He’s seriously just messing with me.
December 2, 2024 at 3:33 AM
This is George. George is 13 years old and blind. George likes to scare the crap out of us by pretending he’s dead. George is not dead. He’s seriously just messing with me.
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Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
December 1, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
Good morning Bluesky fam! I just want to emote a little bit on the utter exhaustion of caretaking for an elderly parent who “doesn’t need any help”. I’m sure plenty of folks out there can relate.
December 1, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Good morning Bluesky fam! I just want to emote a little bit on the utter exhaustion of caretaking for an elderly parent who “doesn’t need any help”. I’m sure plenty of folks out there can relate.
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🍁 THANKSGIVING DAY 🍁
Thank all of you with love and compassion in your soul
To the rest of America this⬇️⬇️
Thank all of you with love and compassion in your soul
To the rest of America this⬇️⬇️
November 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
🍁 THANKSGIVING DAY 🍁
Thank all of you with love and compassion in your soul
To the rest of America this⬇️⬇️
Thank all of you with love and compassion in your soul
To the rest of America this⬇️⬇️
Here is Fox at 2 years. I have no idea wth is going on here, but I ❤️ this picture.
November 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Here is Fox at 2 years. I have no idea wth is going on here, but I ❤️ this picture.
I rescued Fox as a 5 week old unresponsive baby with a traumatic brain injury. He’s my sweetest miracle baby.
Here’s Fox at 6 weeks and at 7 months. Same sink.
Here’s Fox at 6 weeks and at 7 months. Same sink.
November 28, 2024 at 10:37 AM
I rescued Fox as a 5 week old unresponsive baby with a traumatic brain injury. He’s my sweetest miracle baby.
Here’s Fox at 6 weeks and at 7 months. Same sink.
Here’s Fox at 6 weeks and at 7 months. Same sink.