Emu
@emilyschaffer15.bsky.social
Professional lurker trying really hard to force herself to engage with a community. I cycle through obsessive hobbies including reading, knitting/crocheting, cross stitch/embroidery, Stardew Valley, trash TV, good TV.
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, and while this isn’t a presidential or midterm election year, it’s still a big deal for local communities across Minnesota.
To make sure you’re ready, MPR News has a free, personalized tool to help you learn who and what is on your ballot: Build Your Ballot.
To make sure you’re ready, MPR News has a free, personalized tool to help you learn who and what is on your ballot: Build Your Ballot.
Minnesota voter guide: Use 'Build Your Ballot' to prepare for the Nov. 4 local elections
Minnesota voters can get ready for Tuesday’s local elections with MPR News’ free “Build Your Ballot” tool. Learn who’s on your ballot, where candidates stand and explore issue-based candidate quizzes ...
www.mprnews.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, and while this isn’t a presidential or midterm election year, it’s still a big deal for local communities across Minnesota.
To make sure you’re ready, MPR News has a free, personalized tool to help you learn who and what is on your ballot: Build Your Ballot.
To make sure you’re ready, MPR News has a free, personalized tool to help you learn who and what is on your ballot: Build Your Ballot.
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak
Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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Hard to compete with this.
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hard to compete with this.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"
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Never has a group developed so complete a hearing problem as Republicans confronted with actual words that Trump has said over the last decade.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Never has a group developed so complete a hearing problem as Republicans confronted with actual words that Trump has said over the last decade.
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“He’s a war hero, because we work together. He’s a war hero,” President Trump said of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for ordering his country’s forces to bombard Iran. “I guess I am too,” Trump added.
Trump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am Too’
President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for bombing Iranian nuclear sites, and credited himself as well.
nyti.ms
August 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“He’s a war hero, because we work together. He’s a war hero,” President Trump said of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for ordering his country’s forces to bombard Iran. “I guess I am too,” Trump added.
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ROYAL ASSASSIN (1997)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 23"
Over the years, fans have asked why I depicted Fitz wielding a sword on the cover when his weapon of choice throughout the book was an axe. 1/4
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 23"
Over the years, fans have asked why I depicted Fitz wielding a sword on the cover when his weapon of choice throughout the book was an axe. 1/4
August 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ROYAL ASSASSIN (1997)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 23"
Over the years, fans have asked why I depicted Fitz wielding a sword on the cover when his weapon of choice throughout the book was an axe. 1/4
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 23"
Over the years, fans have asked why I depicted Fitz wielding a sword on the cover when his weapon of choice throughout the book was an axe. 1/4
What the actual fuck.
The White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Volodymyr Zelensky will wear a suit to his meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office today, two sources tell Axios.
White House asks if Zelensky will wear a suit to meet Trump
"It would be a good sign for peace" if Zelensky wore a suit, a Trump adviser said.
www.axios.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What the actual fuck.
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Grounds for divorce imo
August 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Grounds for divorce imo
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PLEASE cite the deep magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written, but I wasn't really paying attention
August 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
PLEASE cite the deep magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written, but I wasn't really paying attention
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Authorities in Minneapolis are asking for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who’s been missing since Saturday. There’s added urgency for finding Victoria Jackson because she has Type 1 diabetes and uses an automatic insulin pump, which likely needed a refill by Monday.
Authorities asking for help locating missing 12-year-old girl in Minneapolis
Authorities in Minneapolis are asking for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who’s been missing since Saturday. There’s added urgency because Victoria Jackson uses an automatic insulin p...
www.mprnews.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Authorities in Minneapolis are asking for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who’s been missing since Saturday. There’s added urgency for finding Victoria Jackson because she has Type 1 diabetes and uses an automatic insulin pump, which likely needed a refill by Monday.
July had some high highs and one very low low. 😅
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
July had some high highs and one very low low. 😅
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What if… instead of dealing with toxic air every other week for the rest of our lives… we did something about this whole climate change thing?
I hate that my kids are growing up in a world literally & figuratively on fire.
They, and we, deserve better.
#MSPCycleCast
I hate that my kids are growing up in a world literally & figuratively on fire.
They, and we, deserve better.
#MSPCycleCast
Air quality alert for all of Minnesota through Saturday
A northerly wind flow will send multiple waves of Canadian wildfire smoke into Minnesota for the next few days. Air quality will reach the unhealthy range for most of Minnesota.
www.mprnews.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What if… instead of dealing with toxic air every other week for the rest of our lives… we did something about this whole climate change thing?
I hate that my kids are growing up in a world literally & figuratively on fire.
They, and we, deserve better.
#MSPCycleCast
I hate that my kids are growing up in a world literally & figuratively on fire.
They, and we, deserve better.
#MSPCycleCast
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A study of more than 2,100 people ages 60 to 79 found that an intensive two-year program of mental and physical activities, along with a heart-healthy diet, improved memory and thinking.
Trying to keep your brain young? A big new study finds these lifestyle changes help
A study of more than 2,100 people ages 60 to 79 found that an intensive two-year program of mental and physical activities, along with a heart-healthy diet, improved memory and thinking.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A study of more than 2,100 people ages 60 to 79 found that an intensive two-year program of mental and physical activities, along with a heart-healthy diet, improved memory and thinking.
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
www.stereogum.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
How about a last, now, next, #booksky 💙📚?
Last: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (3.75 stars)
Now: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (27% through, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Next: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (Wrapping up The Dandelion Dynasty, what a series!!)
Last: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (3.75 stars)
Now: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (27% through, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Next: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (Wrapping up The Dandelion Dynasty, what a series!!)
July 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How about a last, now, next, #booksky 💙📚?
Last: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (3.75 stars)
Now: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (27% through, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Next: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (Wrapping up The Dandelion Dynasty, what a series!!)
Last: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (3.75 stars)
Now: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (27% through, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Next: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (Wrapping up The Dandelion Dynasty, what a series!!)
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PS, if you’re in #Arizona, please reach out to your senator TODAY and inform them that the most latest study of web age-verification laws shows that they don’t protect kids, and likely introduce greater harms. They’re preparing a vote to pass one of these as we speak.
www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster...
www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster...
Member Roster
www.azleg.gov
March 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
PS, if you’re in #Arizona, please reach out to your senator TODAY and inform them that the most latest study of web age-verification laws shows that they don’t protect kids, and likely introduce greater harms. They’re preparing a vote to pass one of these as we speak.
www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster...
www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster...
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BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS its hold on a lower court order compelling the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding. The funds MUST be disbursed. Roberts and Barrett join the liberals.
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS its hold on a lower court order compelling the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding. The funds MUST be disbursed. Roberts and Barrett join the liberals.
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?