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Pro tip: If you find yourself scampering along a branch and you encounter Tank, do NOT accept his challenge to a game of "Chicken." You. Will. Lose.
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Giving another plug for www.atxfreefridge.com

It's a great place for the "ugh what do I do with this" kind of donation you might offer a friend. Cat decided they suddenly don't like a brand/bought too much puppy food stuff. No opened wet food (duh?). Put opened dry food in a sealable container.
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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So uh

Alaska is in bad shape
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Swans in the morning mist…such majestic animals ⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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I wrote about how outrageous the treatment of Dr. Roberts and the community has been, no matter what the facts turn out to be.
New post by Jenny Turner:
It might be prudent to wait for all the facts before writing an opinion piece on ICE detaining Dr. Ian Roberts. It is true that there is a lot we don’t know. Which leads me to the central question: why don’t we know?
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/29/w...
We’re upset about Dr. Roberts' detention—for good reason
Jenny Turner: It is true that there is a lot we don’t know. Which leads me to the central question: why don’t we know?
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Well, let's see ---

The fascists hate black people, they hate people who were born to immigrant parents, and they hate education.

Oh yes, and they love arresting people illegally.
#AbolishICE
September 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I did a whole podcast calling out Azeen and Ginny and didn't hear a PEEP back ... which again, says to me they've siloed themselves off amongst yes men who agree with their fascist positions and the billionaire funding their paychecks ... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
We Debunked the New York Times Anti-Trans Podcast (ft. Sandy Allen)
Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 07/03/2025 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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I had a corneal transplant as a teenager for a rare eye disease. It was a novel treatment then-I would have otherwise become blind. Now they have new contact lens that make another transplant likely unneeded. US health research is amazing--and RFK/Trump are killing it.
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Enough.
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Now that Howzy is healed up I can show you just how bad his hand got mangled (predator likely) in June. I wasn't sure he'd survive, but he figured out how to eat with 1 paw and move around on 3 as his body's healing powers did their magic. He lost 1 finger but is otherwise back to normal. Tough kid!
September 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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We're sending out cancellation of FLAS (Foreign Language & Area Studies) fellowships to dozens of students today, bc Trump has illegally refused to disburse year 4 of our DoE grants. Congrats to everyone in the GOP who is laser-focused on 🇺🇸 national security & the threat of rising 🇨🇳 to 🇺🇸 hegemony.
Yes, we’re literally about to zero out funding for every Title VI area studies center at every university in the country, along with FLAS fellowship funding. A generation of human capital that feeds into our diplomatic & intelligence corps that will simply not exist. National security madness.
Another angle to this. They've defunded the university language programs their diplomatic corps come from or go to to upskill. They can't even build back this expertise in the future even if they want to.
August 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Untitled (July)
Franklin Carmichael
1939
July 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Bridget Brink just dropped a bomb:

She quit as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine because Trump’s policy was to pressure the victim, Ukraine, instead of the aggressor, Russia.

Her breaking point?

That Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy in February.

She saw the sellout up close. Then she walked.
May 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I’m very emotional today, the book I’ve illustrated came in the mail and it’s the first time I illustrated a whole book and chirldrens book and for such a big publisher too.

This project was huge, months of work and I’ve learned a lot 🥹🩷

#art #bookartist #bookillustrator
May 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Brady was proud to help organize survivors of gun violence around the launch of the ATF memorial. The stories and voices of victims & survivors are the backbone of our work.

This is a heartless and abhorrent move by this Administration, and one that brings great pain to the families of victims.
“Now, for all I know, his photo is sitting at the bottom of a trash can. The ATF used to be an agency dedicated to fighting for people. Now, it’s crystal clear that its mandate has become fighting on behalf of gun industry profits.”

— Gun violence survivor Brenda Haymon of @bradyunited.org
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
The “Faces of Gun Violence” memorial was installed at ATF in 2024 to remind the workforce of the human toll.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Do not travel to the UK. It is not safe for LGBTQIA + and gender non conforming people.

Pass it on!

#BoycottBritain
April 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Today is my two year anniversary on Bluesky! 🥳 It was such a ghost town when I got here but I just kept posting and believing and here we are. Thank you to @huwupy.kawaii.social who gave me the invite code and to all of you for following!
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning view of Arp 107, two colliding galaxies forming a cosmic "smile." Webb’s detailed imaging reveals star-forming regions, a supermassive black hole, and the complex dance of galactic merger.

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
April 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Armand Guillaumin
Landscape of Creuse at spring
April 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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RFK has noted numerous times on his intent to attack the pharmaceutical industry head on, especially psychoactive drugs (I.e. adhd medication and antidepressants).

This is JUST a stepping stone towards creating a registry for that as well
April 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM