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Katherine Pratt, PhD (she/her)
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Rabbi here.

The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.

It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
Genuinely curious as to why Wu and others who argue along these lines are surprised that pro-Israel politics are on the back-foot in the United States.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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it is my ethical obligation as a linkedin user to report ICE recruitment ads as “annoying or not interesting” 🫡
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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More veterans are being pushed to community care. What do records show when we get PTSD care there? More than 1/2 don't screen for suicide risk; fewer than 1/4 use a first-line treatment. VA direct care system MUST be protected.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Friends, I'm looking to speak with people who are upset about the Democrats' shutdown deal and who can speak about how increasing healthcare costs will impact them. If that's you, I can be reached via DM or at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com. We can also protect people's identities as needed.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I love a meme targeted for my demographic
Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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“He knew his racist and sexist assertions would feature in [his obituaries]. Not even that could make him reconsider his beliefs, which only seemed to harden with criticism.” A recalcitrant bigot to the end.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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“When those benefits go away, veterans are impacted and more than that — their family members that rely on those benefits are impacted as well”
Student veterans facing SNAP delays are ‘just trying to make ends meet,’ nonprofit warns
The assistance in the GI Bill was designed for a single person. But the modern student veteran most often has children.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Ugh our Mayoral race is not cut and dry and I'm so disappointed in so many of you.
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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😂
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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just....enjoy this
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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<slaps roof of the 2025 MLB playoffs>
This bad boy can fit so many extra innings in it
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM