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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Since BlueSky seems to love waterfalls so much, here's another. This was taken many years ago before access was restricted to the platform.

#waterfallwednesday #photography #Blueskyphotography #landscapephotography #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #longexposure #art #nature #humpday
March 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Reminder that instead of attending Donald Trump's first address to Congress tonight I'll be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live at 6 PM PT. You don't need a Facebook account – or to be an Oregonian – to tune in. Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Oregon Statewide Town Hall with Senator Wyden
Event by People's Town Hall and Senator Ron Wyden on Tuesday, March 4 2025 with 2.5K people interested and 1.7K people going. 51 posts in the discussion.
www.facebook.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Hell yeah bring back those buttons
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.

This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.

(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Bloxdirect is having another sale—

Snag yourself 50 duckbills for $12.50 plus shipping!

The duckbill N95 was determined to be most effective at preventing covid transmission per the Univ of Maryland.

Don’t wait around for our leaders to do the right thing. Protect yourself!
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I am hosting a telephone town hall this Thursday with Attorney General Dan Rayfield so you can hear directly from us on what we are doing to safeguard Oregon’s values and fight back against Trump, Elon, and House Republicans who are complicit.
February 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I worked on this story for a decade and he just said it out loud on Fox News
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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🧵 It’s Sunday morning, and eggs are still expensive, so here’s a pro baking tip:

You can replace eggs with baking soda & vinegar. This works really well for pancakes (and even cakes, muffins, and quick breads).

Here’s how ⬇️ (1/4)
February 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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my love language is every time i see a bookstore i must go in.
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Looking for more black sapphic books? Here are two lists from @lesbrary.bsky.social to help you out! #booksky #blackbooksky #sapphicbooks #sapphicbooksky

31 Black FF Romances: lesbrary.com/black-sapphi...

25 Black Sapphic Books Coming in 2025: lesbrary.com/black-sapphi...
February 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.
February 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I know there is some anxiety around how to protect yourself in light of Muskrat and his herd of shitler youth getting their hands on all our personal information so here are the steps you can take to protect yourself. I’ve seen these in various threads but thought it worth putting them together🧵 1/?
February 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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There are so many books in my TBR pile that I’m going to have to live forever so I can read them all.
February 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Turn your tv off and grab one of these books📚 #booksky @skylight.social
February 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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bimbofying myself by forgetting to eat until i have the cognitive capacity of 6 year old
February 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I am also sending a similar letter to the issuers of my Visa.
If you're looking for a concrete action to take today--and you're a Visa cardholder--take 2 min and send an email to them today. 👇
If you’re a Visa cardholder you can let them know you won’t be any longer if they do business with fElon. I called and they said they’re taking comments at askvisa@visa.com. Maybe if enough of us complain they’ll pull the deal.
February 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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If last night’s halftime show has you wanting to read more Black poets, some of my personal favorites who do not get enough mainstream attention are:

Saul Williams (Amethyst Rocks changed me)

Staceyann Chin (PLEASE watch her perform literally anything)
February 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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THEY CAN BE ARRESTED FOR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY TODAY! THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION! PLEASE SHARE!

Every single person involved with this admin is now guilty of Seditious Conspiracy for their efforts to dismantle congressional approved and ordered Departments.
February 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM