Linda Chapman
@lindachapman.bsky.social
When I'm not worrying and reading about <waves hands at everything>, I'm a front yard gardener of veggies, berries & flowers, chief cook, master swimmer, quilter/sewer, and numbers nerd.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
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Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
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“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West
The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia
tomorrowsaffairs.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
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There's been a lot of pearl-clutching about public grocery stores!
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Public Grocery: Let's Talk Logistics!
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There's been a lot of pearl-clutching about public grocery stores!
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
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Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
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For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
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HOLD ON EVERYONE, WE AREN'T DONE YET
Thune now shuttling between the three hardliners and a group of approps cardinals who don’t look happy
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
HOLD ON EVERYONE, WE AREN'T DONE YET
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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Thanks Senator. Now go bully your idiot colleagues
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks Senator. Now go bully your idiot colleagues
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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If you have nothing better to do (and you have nothing better to do) listen to this Kagro in the Morning www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... Hosted by David Waldman. @kagrox.bsky.social Now, with 50% more Greg Dworkin! @demfromct.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you have nothing better to do (and you have nothing better to do) listen to this Kagro in the Morning www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... Hosted by David Waldman. @kagrox.bsky.social Now, with 50% more Greg Dworkin! @demfromct.bsky.social
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Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
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"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck."
~ Emma Goldman
🌱 A very very happy #RoseWednesday especially to all who voted yesterday!
#FlowerReport 🌻 #BloomScrolling 💮 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
~ Emma Goldman
🌱 A very very happy #RoseWednesday especially to all who voted yesterday!
#FlowerReport 🌻 #BloomScrolling 💮 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck."
~ Emma Goldman
🌱 A very very happy #RoseWednesday especially to all who voted yesterday!
#FlowerReport 🌻 #BloomScrolling 💮 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
~ Emma Goldman
🌱 A very very happy #RoseWednesday especially to all who voted yesterday!
#FlowerReport 🌻 #BloomScrolling 💮 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
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Everyone involved in this, including Trump, should be prosecuted for murder under the next administration.
Let him defend it with presidential immunity, and then take it back to SCOTUS after packing the court back into a real judicial body.
Let him defend it with presidential immunity, and then take it back to SCOTUS after packing the court back into a real judicial body.
Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!
Lots of fresh info in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
Lots of fresh info in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Everyone involved in this, including Trump, should be prosecuted for murder under the next administration.
Let him defend it with presidential immunity, and then take it back to SCOTUS after packing the court back into a real judicial body.
Let him defend it with presidential immunity, and then take it back to SCOTUS after packing the court back into a real judicial body.
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“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Speaker Johnson would let millions of American children go hungry, all to score political points.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
Johnson admits that Republicans refuse to fund SNAP because it would "reduce the pressure" on Democrats
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Speaker Johnson would let millions of American children go hungry, all to score political points.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.