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Irene
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Mom, Feminist, ❤️ dogs, laughter and life. 🌎🪬 ✨ 🎵💃 📚🦋🖼️ 🍃 🖖 🐾🌈🌊. BLUE WAVE 2026
The cutest!
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The beautiful Sundae got a haircut. ❤️🐾
September 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wednesday!
May 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Look at this beautiful girl 💕
May 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just because
February 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Let’s go!
February 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Name a band for every letter of your name

Incubus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eagles
Nirvana
Elton John
February 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dood
February 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Wow RFK Jr. just perjured himself on live tv
January 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Where am I?
January 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Monday!
January 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
January 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sunday says Happy Saturday!
January 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Now
Have you heard the good news?
Ulipristal acetate, an emergency contraception that's widely available may be an effective replacement for mifepristone if it becomes outlawed.

Hopefully it won't get outlawed, but if so, this is another medication that can be used.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
A Possible Substitute for Mifepristone Is Already on Pharmacy Shelves
A higher dose of an emergency-contraception drug may open a back door for Americans seeking abortions in restrictive states.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
January 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Good morning
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This is a story I've been waiting to read. It's incredibly satisfying — to the point of tears — to finally read something that reflects the reality that I personally know to be true.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
These gardeners, housekeepers, nannies kept Pacific Palisades going. Fire took their jobs
Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
www.latimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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🧪⚛️⚒️
“After a wildfire, the hazard to the public is not over,” said Jeremy Lancaster, California’s state geologist.

…The two major hazards after a wildfire are flash flooding and post-fire debris flows.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/c...
The Next Threat to L.A.? Rainfall That Could Cause Landslides
While firefighters begin containing the Los Angeles wildfires, the land left behind is at a higher risk of floods and debris flows.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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A pregnancy center can bill Texas $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.

with CBS News
(Published July 2024)
How a Texas Program Funnels Millions to Anti-Abortion Groups With Little Accountability
Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas leads the nation in funding for crisis pregnancy centers. The system is meant to help growing families, but it’s riddled with waste and lacks…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM