Karen Stiles
@gretnacat.bsky.social
Mom, Microbiologist, Farmer at heart.
Must. Reverse. Citizen United
Tom Cotton would not even be in Congress, were it not for the huge defense contractors supporting him from the beginning and keeping him flush with cash.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Must. Reverse. Citizen United
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The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
L.A. Kicks Coal As It Fires Up The World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Power Plant
The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
Get your vaccination now!!
The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.
A new virus variant and lagging vaccinations may mean the US is in for a severe flu season | CNN
The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.
cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Get your vaccination now!!
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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A federal judge blasted Justice Department prosecutors for what he described as an “indict first, investigate later” attitude in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey.
Judge accuses prosecutors in James Comey case of taking an 'indict first, investigate later' approach
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick voiced his concerns at a hearing about how prosecutors were handling evidence against the former FBI director.
nbcnews.to
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A federal judge blasted Justice Department prosecutors for what he described as an “indict first, investigate later” attitude in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey.
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Well said!
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Well said!
Good book!
"On Tyranny" is #1 on the WaPo bestseller list this week. I wish it weren't necessary, but I'm glad that people are finding the book useful.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Washington Post paperback bestsellers
A snapshot of popular books.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Good book!
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"On Tyranny" is #1 on the WaPo bestseller list this week. I wish it weren't necessary, but I'm glad that people are finding the book useful.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Washington Post paperback bestsellers
A snapshot of popular books.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"On Tyranny" is #1 on the WaPo bestseller list this week. I wish it weren't necessary, but I'm glad that people are finding the book useful.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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Hey, Mikey,
READ THE ROOM!
We want SNAP AND ACA!
Get back to work!
Signed, your 340 million bosses
READ THE ROOM!
We want SNAP AND ACA!
Get back to work!
Signed, your 340 million bosses
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hey, Mikey,
READ THE ROOM!
We want SNAP AND ACA!
Get back to work!
Signed, your 340 million bosses
READ THE ROOM!
We want SNAP AND ACA!
Get back to work!
Signed, your 340 million bosses
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Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.
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Amen!!
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
—Roxane Gay
—Roxane Gay
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Amen!!
Amen!
Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink?
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’
—Matthew 25
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’
—Matthew 25
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Amen!
Interesting
NEW THIS MORNING: Conversations with retiring Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the first woman to serve on the Nebraska Supreme Court. A great story from @cgonzalez_NE about a different kind of pioneer.
A Saturday special from the Nebraska Examiner:
buff.ly/7tzt0vj
A Saturday special from the Nebraska Examiner:
buff.ly/7tzt0vj
Nebraska’s first woman Supreme Court justice hangs up robe, mulls next move: ‘I’ll be useful.’ • Nebraska Examiner
Nebraska's first woman Supreme Court justice, Lindsey Miller-Lerman, hangs up her jurist robe and mulls her next move.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interesting
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A friendly reminder that tonight we "fall back" one hour. While setting clocks that don't do it on their own, change your smoke detector & NOAA Weather Radio batteries too!
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A friendly reminder that tonight we "fall back" one hour. While setting clocks that don't do it on their own, change your smoke detector & NOAA Weather Radio batteries too!
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The "Silk Road" rose is a Japanese shrub rose that blooms in orange to coral pink, forming 6-8 cm rosette-shaped flowers with a rich, fruity fragrance. The blooms have delicate, overlapping petals and a color that fades from orange to a calm coral pink. Photo credit Mehmet Akbudak.
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The "Silk Road" rose is a Japanese shrub rose that blooms in orange to coral pink, forming 6-8 cm rosette-shaped flowers with a rich, fruity fragrance. The blooms have delicate, overlapping petals and a color that fades from orange to a calm coral pink. Photo credit Mehmet Akbudak.
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Christians who refuse to feed people aren’t Christians.
That’s the Gospel truth.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
That’s the Gospel truth.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Christians who refuse to feed people aren’t Christians.
That’s the Gospel truth.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
That’s the Gospel truth.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
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Conservatives are welcome to slander strangers and protest the sharing of resources and celebrate the suffering around them and assert their right not to give a damn about anyone but themselves—but we can’t allow them to pass the buck to God while they do.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
Christians Who Don't Want to Feed People—Aren't Christians
Well, we’re in the “Jesus didn’t say we should feed people” portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Conservatives are welcome to slander strangers and protest the sharing of resources and celebrate the suffering around them and assert their right not to give a damn about anyone but themselves—but we can’t allow them to pass the buck to God while they do.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
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Farmers, actions and voting have consequences.
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Farmers, actions and voting have consequences.
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I could not agree more
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I could not agree more