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krazykitkat.bsky.social
@krazykitkat.bsky.social
MSc (Atmospheric Science) by thesis. invisible disability, chronic illness. feminist. bleeding heart leftie. adorer of wonderful women. crazy bird lady. she/her
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Not only have ICE agents been paid this whole time, they got an ADVANCE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump to pay Ice and border agents amid shutdown as other federal workers go unpaid
Administration reportedly promises ‘supercheck’ covering shutdown pay for law enforcement officers across DHS
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I do sometimes still read the AI scam things and they end up so unintentionally hilarious with word choices that no human being would ever make.

"vegetable man" "marching back with her printing press"
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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this is a day that literally celebrates the end of war
Trump's Veterans Day speech: "Secretary of War -- we like the sound of that better than the other."
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Never knowingly misses the opportunity to desecrate an event meant to be about others, by making it about him.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Trump's ICE thugs are targeting veterans of the U.S. armed forces who lack citizenship.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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🧵There is an outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart Inc Whole Nutrition Formula resulting in 15 cases across 12 states

🍼Do not use recalled infant formula

🧼Clean any exposed items/surfaces

🏥Seek immediate medical care if your infant consumed ByHeart and is sick

www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.  And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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“The 21st-century algorithmic gaze dissolves both patient and doctor alike into never-ending streams of automated data.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Good thread.
One of the most damaging and enduring aspects of the Dismissal, fifty years ago today, was its poisoning of the electorate against the Whitlam government, ensuring that it would lose the subsequent election and creating fear of progressive government.

🧵

#auspol
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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David Bowie at 17.

Just listen to the homophobic, sexist questioning of the interviewer.

Could there possibly be anything worse than being mistaken for a (gasp) girl?!

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'We don't see why people should persecute us': Why the teenage David Bowie was already a rebel
On 12 November 1964, the would-be pop star told the BBC that cruelty to long-haired men "just has to stop" – a stunt that hinted at his unconventional spirit.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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GOP operatives (including two Trump pollsters) have long called for reinstituting the ACA credits, warning that the GOP is on track to pay a “political penalty” for its actions.
As Jeffries points out, the largest percentage of voters who make use of the enhanced ACA tax credits are Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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haha, a year. i am very sorry to report that somewhere in romancelandia, a white woman is probably writing this and is planning to self-publish something like this within weeks.
We're probably a year away from someone dropping what they'll describe as a "griping Romeo & Juliet story" about an ICE agent falling for a woman he tear-gassed while kidnapping her father.

It'll be written by a white woman from a law enforcement family, and she'll be *shocked* by the backlash.
They’re going to try, they’re going to find a very popular actor, and they’ll shoot it morosely, and they’ll tell you they’re really trying to “honor the story” of the people they targeted for kidnapping and detention amid this psychological study.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night. Pencils on toned paper.

#caricature #art
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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You could pretty much replace "GOP" for Australia's Lib/Nat Coalition or the British Tories, and "Dems" for the ALP or the British Labour Party, and it would fit quite neatly.

Funny that.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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It's not amnesia. It's reality avoidance and, in many cases, willful ignorance
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”

SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies

go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Nature - Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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the thing is, if you listen to it in the full context, it makes even less sense.
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.

This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.

iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM