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Hey Cordeiro
@heyacordeiro.bsky.social
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Retired HS educator (22 years), disability advocate, student advocate, human advocate, ally. Worrying about the climate since 1978; fighting the patriarchy since 1980. Neurospicy Gen X Futurist and chonky cat lover She/her
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November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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hurting women and protecting pedo’s, the repuglican motto
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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So are they for “transgender” frogs now? But the real science of endocrine disruptors (PFAS and others) is horrifying as fuck.

Here’s one possible future of unregulated chemicals-Bacigalupi’s “Pump Six”

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HORMONES AND ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW The endocrine system is a network of glands and organs that produce, store, and secrete hormones. When functioning normally, the endocrine system works with other systems to help maintain the body's health. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are substances in the environment (air, soil or water supply), food sources, personal care products, and manufactured products that may interfere with the normal function of your body's endocrine system. WHAT ARE EDCS EDCs, a broad category of compounds used in consumer products, electronics and agriculture, have been associated with a diverse array of health issues. These non-natural chemicals or mixtures of chemicals can mimic, block, or interfere with the way the body's hormones work. They have been linked to human health issues related to sperm quality, fertility, abnormalities in sex organs, endometriosis, early puberty, nervous system function, immune function, cancers, breathing problems, metabolic issues, obesity, heart health. growth, neurological and learning disabilities, and more. Exposure to EDCs can happen anywhere and come from the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. EDCs can also enter the body through the skin and by transfer from mother to fetus (across the placenta) or mother to infant (via breast feeding) if a woman has EDCs in her body. Examples of EDCs include bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, pesticides, and pollutants such as dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). COMMON EDCS Some common EDCs and their uses include the following: PESTICIDES Example EDCs: DDT, Chlorpyritos, Atrazine, 2,4-D, Glyphosate CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS Example EDCs: Lead, Phthalates, Cadmium INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS OR LUBRICANTS AND THEIR BYPRODUCTS Example EDCs: PCBs and Dioxins PLASTICS AND FOOD STORAGE MATERIALS Example EDCs: BPA, Phthalates, Phenol ELECTRONICS AND BUILDING MATERIALS Example EDCs: Brominated Flame Retardants, PCBs PERSONAL CARE PR… Patisaul, PhD SOCIET EDCS FACTS EDCs often disrupt the endocrine system by mimicking or interfering with a natural hormone. These "hormone mimics" can trick the hormone receptor into thinking the EDC is the hormone, which can trigger abnormal processes in the body. Studies support a link between EDCs and harm to human health, but the cause-and-effect relationship is not yet fully understood. Still some EDCs are known to pose a threat to people who have excessive exposure to them. AVOIDING EDCS Even if some health effects are not fully proven, taking precautions is wise. Become familiar with EDCs to which you and your family may be exposed. Try to avoid unnecessary, preventable exposure to EDC-containing consumer products. Experts suggest avoiding microwaving food in plastics to avoid leaching of EDCs into food, choosing personal care products and cleaners that are unscented, and replacing older non-stick pans with newer, ceramic-coated ones. These precautions are especially important if you are pregnant or planning a family. WHERE ARE EDCS • Industrial chemicals can leach into soil and groundwater and then make their way into the food chain and build up in fish, animals, and people • Consumer products such as plastics, household chemicals, fabrics treated with flame retardants, cosmetics, lotions, products with fragrance, and anti-bacterial soaps • Pesticides, fungicides, or industrial chemicals in the workplace The best way to avoid exposure is to check labels and avoid products with known EDCs. RESOURCES Research on EDCs is growing, so watch for new information on products to help your family's health. Lear more from the following: • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: niehs.nih.gov • Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit: psr.org/resources/ pediatric-toolkit.html • Environmental Working Group: ewg.org DID YOU KNOW? A developing fetus or infant is more vulnerable to the effects of EDCs than an adult because organ systems are still developing. Of… Metabolism › Some EDCs have been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes > Some industrial chemicals and flame retardants can interfere with thyroid function Reproduction > Some classes of EDCs (DDT, BPA, phthalates, PCBs, others) can affect reproductive health by mimicking or blocking the effects of male and female sex hormones Growth and development > High exposures to EDCs during gestation can lead to low-birth weight > Altered development > Disrupted sexual development > Weakened immune system Cancer > Exposure to estrogen or androgen mimicking EDCs can promote breast and prostate cancer growth and/or interfere with hormonal cancer therapy > Prenatal exposure to some EDCs may after mammary gland development and increase breast cancer risk
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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All majority-female professions; imagine a world with no teachers or nurses? No physician assistants, physical therapy, or social workers-it wont be pretty. With no public ed or healthcare, kids stay home 24/7 and everyone is sick, and no help when families starve or beat their children
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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and teachers. No professional status, no pay, no loan help, required masters degree, and chaos in the classroom; no thanks says our next generation of teachers

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NEA NEWS Teachers' Working Conditions Worse Today Increases in classroom disruptions, declines in teacher safety are key issues. 1 2 nea.org A recent study shows that teachers' working conditions have declined significantly since the pandemic. Key indicators of teacher safety, student disruptiveness, "innovation", and trust among teachers, parents and administrators are falling. 33 "Our findings raise concern about the state of the teaching profession," the co-authors wrote. Teaching during the pandemic was hard. Remember that?
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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My favorite, the one I recommend to new readers. So many on-point observations about humans and systems, (not just religion) and Vorbis’ ending is *chef’s kiss*
Oats is the perfect result of church schisms-a split personality who becomes holy when his halves work together; so many great quotes
Some of Om’s Greatest Curses "Your sexual organs to sprout wings and fly away!" "Your ankles to be crushed in the jaws of giants!" "Your intestines to be wound around a tree until you are sorry!" "The worms of revenge to eat your blackened nostrils!" But there were things to suggest to a thinking man that the Creator of mankind had a very oblique sense of fun indeed, and to breed in his heart a rage to storm the gates of heaven. …there are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal, kindly family man who just comes into work every day and has a job to do. A man who knew that, knew everything he needed to know about people. That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right. "Nothing is impossible for the strong in faith," said Vorbis. “Try striking a match on jelly, mister." Small Gods "Life in this world," he said, "is, as it were, a sojourn in a cave. What can we know of reality? For all we see of the true nature of existence is, shall we say, no more than bewildering and amusing shadows cast upon the inner wall of the cave by the unseen blinding light of absolute truth, from which we may or may not deduce some glimmer of veracity, and we as troglodyte seekers of wisdom can only lift our voices to the unseen and say, humbly, 'Go on, do Deformed Rabbit.. it's my favorite.'" Vorbis had very good eyesight, from a height. (114)
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Big #hazbinhotel vibes
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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This is from 2016, and Epstein’s “little black book” was recovered in 2009. What the public needs now is the connections from his last decade -2009 to 2019, which are in the files #releasethefiles #presidentpedo

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with the names, numbers, and addresses of a considerable cross section of the global elite, Epstein's personal contact book first turned up in a courtroom in 2009 after his former butler, Alfredo Rodriguez, tried to sell it to lawyers representing Epstein's victims for $50,000. Rodriguez described the book, apparently assembled by Epstein's employees, as the "Holy Grail." It is annotated with cryptic marginalia-stars next to certain entries, arrows pointing toward others-and the names of at least 38 people are circled for reasons that aren't totally clear. There are 1,571 names in all, with roughly 5,000 phone numbers and thousands of emails and home addresses. There are celebrities, princes and princesses, high-profile scientists, artists from all over the world, all alongside some of the world's most powerful oligarchs and political leaders-people like Prince Andrew (circled), Ehud Barak (circled), Donald Trump (circled). Rodriguez was Epstein's butler
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#Discworld in the wild
from Men at Arms #SirPterry
Carrot stood up and removed his helmet. He smoothed down his hair. Then he raised his right hand. "Raise your right hands, too," he said. "Er ... that's the one nearest Lance-Con-stable Angua, Lance-Constable Detritus. And repeat after me.." He closed his eyes and his lips moved for a moment, as though he was reading something off the inside of his skull. ''I comma square bracket recruit's name square bracket comma' ..." He nodded at them. "You say it." They chorused a reply. Angua tried not to laugh. ''... do solemnly swear by square bracket recruit's deity of choice square bracket…" Angua couldn't trust herself to look at Carrot's face. "'.... to uphold the Laws and Ordinances of the city of Ankh-Morpork, serve the public trust comma and defend the subjects of His stroke Her bracket delete whichever is inappropriate bracket Majesty bracket name of reigning monarch bracket.." Angua tried to look at a point behind Carrot's ear. On top of everything else, De- tritus' patient monotone was already several dozen words behind everyone else. "'... without fear comma favor comma or thought of personal safety semi-colon to pursue evildoers and protect the innocent comma laying down my life if necessary A picture of trump standing holding a microphone in front of his face and a folder in his hand Funniest part of this is actually him saying "[state your name]" out loud instead of using his name. Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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So many Americans are ignorant, uninformed, and delusional, and the rest of the world sees it. It’s like assholes condemning Southern states for voting red-not all red state folks are magats or repugs, and some Americans are intelligent because they are informed, but the world views us as clowns
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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The fossil fuels industry has killed the earth, deliberately, so ceo’s could buy 4 houses; now they buy bunkers while the rest of us suffer

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October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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They really dont give a fuck how they screw over red states, too

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The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Americans owe roughly $220 billion in medical debt. In Republican-controlled states like South Dakota, Mississippi, West Virginia and Georgia, roughly one in six Americans have outstanding medical debt, according to the KFF. Having outstanding, delinquent medical debt can impact the ability for an individual to apply for a mortgage, a credit card or an auto loan. A spokesperson for the Bureau did not immediately respond to a request for
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Beyond the bullshit of not seating Grijalva, 90% of these were during a Repug presidency-3 of the 4 repugs, and 5 of the 6 Dems;

Conclusion: The party that obstructs congress is the Repugs-even for their own party.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Regenerative Collective breaks down Walmart & other big corps double dipping SNAP benefits and taking our tax money to give to billionaires. Top 2 companies with full-time workers who qualify for SNAP: Amazon and Walmart. The same places SNAP recipients shop, using SNAP benefits-end Corp welfare
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Felon47: Murdering people at home and abroad
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Same old playbook - this is from 2020. Or maybe Donnie’s dementia is getting the best of him 🤷‍♀️ Could be both
Fact check: 'WE ARE NOT ABLAZE,' Portland fire department says after Trump falsely claims 'entire city' is on fire By Daniel Dale, CNN • 3 min read Published 10:25 AM EDT, Tue September 1, 2020 Trump attacks Portland mayor during his presser, mayor hits ... 02:27 Washington (CNN) — Portland's fire department has a message for President Donald Trump: the whole city is not on fire. At a Monday news conference, Trump claimed that protests in Portland have been so damaging that "the entire city is ablaze all the time."
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Is it me, or is this exactly what Israel has been doing in #Palestine with Hamas? I.e. they’re “hiding” in apartment buildings, hospitals, elementary schools…

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But the absurdity of this episode doesn't diminish how sinister and carefully elaborated much of this propaganda truly is. When ICE raided an apartment complex in Chicago, where Trump is also trying to deploy various National Guards, state propagandists produced a slick video portraying it as a heroic operational triumph against a dangerous, determined, dug-in enemy. Stephen Miller declared that the complex was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists." Yet as Aaron Reichlin-Melnick points out, all of two people were identified as possible members of the gang, per CNN.
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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No skin in the game lmfao
October 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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And how’d that work out for Newsome, dummy?
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Happy Indigenous People’s Day
An indigenous american man wearing a yellow shirt and a feathered headband faces the camera with middle finger raised. The caption says Happy Columbus day” An indigenous woman wearing braids and indigenous jewelry looks at the camera with her middle finger raised. The caption says Fuck Christopher Columbus
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Antiwar activists focused mainly on the risk that the Gaza campaign posed to the return of hostages, not also on the death and suffering inflicted on Gazans. Absent the images of pain and despair, many Israelis can continue to see themselves as the only victims while dehumanizing those on the other side.
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ACAB
Why should Pritzker set himself up like this?
The Los Angeles Police Department and sheriff's departments in San Diego and Orange counties searched license plate readings on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, according to a database of queries obtained by anti-surveillance group Oakland Privacy and provided to CalMatters. Under a 10-year-old California measure, known as Senate Bill 34, state law enforcement agencies are barred from sharing license plate reader data with out-of-state public agencies or federal entities. The law has been routinely violated; civil liberties groups in 2023 found that 71 California law enforcement agencies had broken it. Later that year, Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an advisory. providing police with specific guidance on how to comply with the law.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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There’s always protocol that GOOD governors follow to ensure cooperation within their state government branches, and blue state governors in particular know that they can’t be dictators.
There are multiple police forces in the US: city, county, state and national, and each is responsible to a relevant executive. Typical "police" are city police, who are responsible to a chief of police, who is appointed at the municipal level. Counties usually have an elected sheriff, and a set of deputies; at the state level, they are usually called state troopers. The typical protocol is that decisions are made at the lowest applicable level, so Seattle police enforce or refuse to enforce laws within Seattle, and King County police enforce or not in remaining unincorporated locations in the county. Individual city officers do not then decide to ignore the chief of police and instead follow orders from the county sheriff or the governor. However, each state grants vast powers to their governor, so it is possible that in the case of a state of emergency, the governor can take command of all law enforcement in the state
October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I sent copies of these letters (received the same day!) to school admin asking them to explain why they were wrong about attendance 😂 Surprisingly, they never responded 🧐
And I have never gone in to discuss why my kids are absent - that’s none of their business. HIPPA violation, motherfuckers
Dear Family, Your stutent's future is our first priority, and we want to partner with you to ensure their succer this, we are contacting you again due to your child's current attendance, which has reached a tevel of concern of 10 or more unexcused absences. Please contact the school office to rev specific dates and reasons provided to us for the absences. DID YOU KNOW? • Absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with schi facing some other potentially serious difficulty. • Missing 10 percent just two days a month or about 18 days a year) increases the cha student will not read or master math at the same level as their peers. • Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two days every few weeks. • By 9th grade, regular and high attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates tha test scores. it is aiso important to understand that public school attendance is a requirement under Massachusetts' State Law. We will be in contact with you to address the situation and working together, we hope to impr child's attendance for the remainder of this school year. Sincerely, Vere Change Derek George Assistant Principal, House 1 508-222-5150, ext. 20012 ENGAGE • CHALLENGE It is our pleasure to welcome you to the University of Connecticut's Class of 2029 You have been admitted to the School of Pharmacy on the Storrs Campus. Your hard work and accomplishments have led you to this moment. Prepare to push the limits of possibility as the newest member of UConn Nation, where students Bleed Blue and Husky Pride runs deep. In recognition of your accomplishments, you have been selected as a Husky Achievement Award recipient. The Husky Achievement Award holds a value of §4,000 per year for a total value of $16,000 over four years. This award is a renewable fixed amount for eight semesters of full-time undergraduate study. Please visit your applicant portal for detailed information regarding your scholarship. This year's applicant pool was immensely competitive, reflecting significant interest from aspiring students. Having learned more about you, your achievements, and your passions, we are confident that you wil embrace the spirit of excellence that makes Conn a global leader. As a Husky, you will contribute to our inclusive community not only through your academic achievement, but also through leadership, integrity. and empathy for others. Here you wit complement traditional coursework in top tanked programs with research and internship opportunities that extend far beyond the classroom. Your next step is to make it official by visiting your applicant portal and securing your spot in the Fall 202: incoming class by May 1, 2025. Then connect with your new campus community by visiting. admissions.uconn.edu for a full listing of engagement opportunities. Once again Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you on campus soon. Vern Granger Director of Undergraduate Admissions
October 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM