LaurieHB
@lauriehb.bsky.social
Historian by training. Corgi minion. Book lover (it's not hoarding if it's books!) Lucky member of a large, loving, liberal family. I'll cook for you if you just tell me what the fuck you want.
FYI for this Saturday:
June 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
FYI for this Saturday:
If USDA and FDA checks on food/drug safety are gone, corporations will get lax. They were FORCED to apply sanitation standards in the Progressive Era. They won't do it out of the goodness of their hearts if it costs more. Tracking of disease/deaths disabled in CDC too.
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Whole Cucumbers
Salmonella outbreak linked to whole cucumbers.
www.cdc.gov
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If USDA and FDA checks on food/drug safety are gone, corporations will get lax. They were FORCED to apply sanitation standards in the Progressive Era. They won't do it out of the goodness of their hearts if it costs more. Tracking of disease/deaths disabled in CDC too.
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
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These bans were hard won and are backed by lots of science.
PFAS chemicals cause cancer (kidney and testicular) and are linked to pregnancy problems and liver and thyroid disorders. And make vaccines less effective.
They really are trying to kill us. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PFAS chemicals cause cancer (kidney and testicular) and are linked to pregnancy problems and liver and thyroid disorders. And make vaccines less effective.
They really are trying to kill us. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
These bans were hard won and are backed by lots of science.
PFAS chemicals cause cancer (kidney and testicular) and are linked to pregnancy problems and liver and thyroid disorders. And make vaccines less effective.
They really are trying to kill us. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PFAS chemicals cause cancer (kidney and testicular) and are linked to pregnancy problems and liver and thyroid disorders. And make vaccines less effective.
They really are trying to kill us. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
"If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Picturing Ego Must and 47 just laughing their asses off at the continued gullibility of the cult:
"Can you believe they swallowed that crazy list we made up before we even started the audit on USAID?"
"Hey, they still think I'm JC's disciple on earth!"
Raucous laughter while counting the $$$.
"Can you believe they swallowed that crazy list we made up before we even started the audit on USAID?"
"Hey, they still think I'm JC's disciple on earth!"
Raucous laughter while counting the $$$.
February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Picturing Ego Must and 47 just laughing their asses off at the continued gullibility of the cult:
"Can you believe they swallowed that crazy list we made up before we even started the audit on USAID?"
"Hey, they still think I'm JC's disciple on earth!"
Raucous laughter while counting the $$$.
"Can you believe they swallowed that crazy list we made up before we even started the audit on USAID?"
"Hey, they still think I'm JC's disciple on earth!"
Raucous laughter while counting the $$$.
Whatever you can do, please try to do it. It might seem small but added to the acts of other people, it adds up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Whatever you can do, please try to do it. It might seem small but added to the acts of other people, it adds up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Over the last 40 years, the income share going to the middle-class fell from 62% to 43%
The share held by the wealthy increased from 29% to 48%
Real wage growth was highest for the top 10%
We need stronger unions, an increased minimum wage and affordable education to help level the playing field
The share held by the wealthy increased from 29% to 48%
Real wage growth was highest for the top 10%
We need stronger unions, an increased minimum wage and affordable education to help level the playing field
February 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Over the last 40 years, the income share going to the middle-class fell from 62% to 43%
The share held by the wealthy increased from 29% to 48%
Real wage growth was highest for the top 10%
We need stronger unions, an increased minimum wage and affordable education to help level the playing field
The share held by the wealthy increased from 29% to 48%
Real wage growth was highest for the top 10%
We need stronger unions, an increased minimum wage and affordable education to help level the playing field
47 walked out of a press conference because he couldn't remember what he was supposed to say. He walked out, confused. If Biden had done that, it would have SATURATED the news for weeks. The propaganda and censorship (see also the PA "attempt on his life" non-story) is already in full swing.
a man in a purple sweater is talking to a man in a plaid shirt
ALT: a man in a purple sweater is talking to a man in a plaid shirt
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
47 walked out of a press conference because he couldn't remember what he was supposed to say. He walked out, confused. If Biden had done that, it would have SATURATED the news for weeks. The propaganda and censorship (see also the PA "attempt on his life" non-story) is already in full swing.
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Stand up, keep fighting. Here's what
@thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today:
@thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today:
February 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Stand up, keep fighting. Here's what
@thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today:
@thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today:
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
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Let's get this circulated!! 😤
February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Let's get this circulated!! 😤
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Can you imagine the volcanic non stop rage Fox would be spewing if Harris had won and then handed the keys to the govt to George Soros who then went into federal buildings and took control of their computers?
February 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Can you imagine the volcanic non stop rage Fox would be spewing if Harris had won and then handed the keys to the govt to George Soros who then went into federal buildings and took control of their computers?
And so it begins.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
KKK distributes flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’
Documents, including phone number and invitation to ‘join us’, distributed same day Trump took office
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And so it begins.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Are the leopards eating your faces yet?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US police union that backed Trump says January 6 pardons send ‘dangerous message’
Fraternal Order of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police criticize blanket clemency to 1,500
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are the leopards eating your faces yet?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Happy New Year! Got my 2025 calendar--the one with the prescient cats?
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy New Year! Got my 2025 calendar--the one with the prescient cats?
Alternate storyline:
December 18, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Alternate storyline:
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November 24, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Nope.The BLM protesters were responding to actual events (and a Harvard-Radcliffe study determined that the BLM protest were overwhelmingly peaceful). The 1/6/21 insurrectionists were responding to blatant lies, proven over 60 court cases. Note the date of this report:
www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees | CISA
The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election...
www.cisa.gov
November 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Nope.The BLM protesters were responding to actual events (and a Harvard-Radcliffe study determined that the BLM protest were overwhelmingly peaceful). The 1/6/21 insurrectionists were responding to blatant lies, proven over 60 court cases. Note the date of this report:
www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
Few people bothered to read Harris's platform, though it was the first thing that came up if you Googled her name. "Information age," my ass.
November 22, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Few people bothered to read Harris's platform, though it was the first thing that came up if you Googled her name. "Information age," my ass.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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