Lily
@lily-bb.bsky.social
Seattleite, mom, climbing, skiing, hiking, clean energy
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Heartbreaking news out of Charlotte about the absolutely grotesque behavior by out of control federal agents.
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Heartbreaking news out of Charlotte about the absolutely grotesque behavior by out of control federal agents.
Stuff like this makes me proud to be a @pcusa.bsky.social member
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Stuff like this makes me proud to be a @pcusa.bsky.social member
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I’m a guy who believes more children should have measles for no reason, and I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to finally feel represented by my government
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’m a guy who believes more children should have measles for no reason, and I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to finally feel represented by my government
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BREAKING:
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.
www.desmoinesregister.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
BREAKING:
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Everyone in education these days is obsessed with hydration. Back in my day we didn’t need colorful bottles with moldy built-in straws for a two-hour indoor activity. Just drank from the water fountain if we felt thirsty
August 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Everyone in education these days is obsessed with hydration. Back in my day we didn’t need colorful bottles with moldy built-in straws for a two-hour indoor activity. Just drank from the water fountain if we felt thirsty
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@jd-vance-1.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky! We just released an ad that we think you'll love.
June 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky! We just released an ad that we think you'll love.
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Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT
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For over a year and a half, the Israeli government has repeatedly used weapons supplied by America to break U.S. and international humanitarian law.
54,000 Gazans are dead. Half a million are on the brink of famine. We must pass the Block the Bombs Act and save lives.
54,000 Gazans are dead. Half a million are on the brink of famine. We must pass the Block the Bombs Act and save lives.
June 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For over a year and a half, the Israeli government has repeatedly used weapons supplied by America to break U.S. and international humanitarian law.
54,000 Gazans are dead. Half a million are on the brink of famine. We must pass the Block the Bombs Act and save lives.
54,000 Gazans are dead. Half a million are on the brink of famine. We must pass the Block the Bombs Act and save lives.
usually medical insurance errors involve spending an hour on the phone just to get a billion dollar corporation to pay what they owe you.
but sometimes they involve a dr successfully getting the wrong insurer to pay for your care, which is fine
but sometimes they involve a dr successfully getting the wrong insurer to pay for your care, which is fine
May 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
usually medical insurance errors involve spending an hour on the phone just to get a billion dollar corporation to pay what they owe you.
but sometimes they involve a dr successfully getting the wrong insurer to pay for your care, which is fine
but sometimes they involve a dr successfully getting the wrong insurer to pay for your care, which is fine
From wikipedia on Pope Leo I (the Great)
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
From wikipedia on Pope Leo I (the Great)
what
“If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or having to wait ages, then sure go ahead,” one expert told WIRED.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
March 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
what
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BREAKING: Israeli settlers have carried out a ‘lynching’ of the co-Director of Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. Hamdan Billal has injuries in his head and stomach and is reportedly bleeding.
March 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BREAKING: Israeli settlers have carried out a ‘lynching’ of the co-Director of Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. Hamdan Billal has injuries in his head and stomach and is reportedly bleeding.
Didn’t know george foreman did sports tbh
Breaking News: George Foreman, the heavyweight boxing champion who parlayed his fame into a multimillion-dollar grill business, died at 76.
George Foreman, Ageless Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 76
He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then made millions selling grills.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Didn’t know george foreman did sports tbh
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If Republicans cut $880 billion from Medicaid:
- Millions of children will lose their health care.
- Funding for community health centers will dry up.
- Your mom and dad may not be able to get the nursing home care they need.
That's what happens when Musk runs the government.
- Millions of children will lose their health care.
- Funding for community health centers will dry up.
- Your mom and dad may not be able to get the nursing home care they need.
That's what happens when Musk runs the government.
March 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If Republicans cut $880 billion from Medicaid:
- Millions of children will lose their health care.
- Funding for community health centers will dry up.
- Your mom and dad may not be able to get the nursing home care they need.
That's what happens when Musk runs the government.
- Millions of children will lose their health care.
- Funding for community health centers will dry up.
- Your mom and dad may not be able to get the nursing home care they need.
That's what happens when Musk runs the government.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
every time someone talks about “catching the measels” I imagine them trapping a small ferrety animal
(created this account just so I could tweet that)
(created this account just so I could tweet that)
March 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
every time someone talks about “catching the measels” I imagine them trapping a small ferrety animal
(created this account just so I could tweet that)
(created this account just so I could tweet that)