Alissa
@orionsbelle.bsky.social
Politically kind. Committed to finding and listening to experts. Native plant nerd.
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After days of back and forth, the US Park Police has decided to close Dupont Circle, the historic center of the LGBT community in Washington, DC, during World Pride events this weekend.
Local ANC Commissioner Jeff Rueckgauer called the move “a slap in the face" to the community.
Local ANC Commissioner Jeff Rueckgauer called the move “a slap in the face" to the community.
Dupont Circle Park Will Close for Pride Event After All, Park Service Says
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
After days of back and forth, the US Park Police has decided to close Dupont Circle, the historic center of the LGBT community in Washington, DC, during World Pride events this weekend.
Local ANC Commissioner Jeff Rueckgauer called the move “a slap in the face" to the community.
Local ANC Commissioner Jeff Rueckgauer called the move “a slap in the face" to the community.
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We are $460 away from reaching our goal of $2,000 to provide food, shelter, and clean water to women and children in Congo. Please donate any amount to the link below.
gofund.me/9b683189
gofund.me/9b683189
Donate to Empower Her, organized by Isabelle Khoo-Miller
In Congo, too many women are alive… but not really living.
They’re surviving war, poverty, child … Isabelle Khoo-Miller needs your support for Empower Her
gofund.me
June 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are $460 away from reaching our goal of $2,000 to provide food, shelter, and clean water to women and children in Congo. Please donate any amount to the link below.
gofund.me/9b683189
gofund.me/9b683189
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The bird dance for the ages
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The bird dance for the ages
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The President is currently on a taxpayer-funded golfing vacation
April 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The President is currently on a taxpayer-funded golfing vacation
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
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Hey folks I'll be talking to @maddow.msnbc.com in a few minutes about this incredible global Hands Off mobilization. Please tune in and then show up tomorrow!
April 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hey folks I'll be talking to @maddow.msnbc.com in a few minutes about this incredible global Hands Off mobilization. Please tune in and then show up tomorrow!
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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Oh look. Both of my senators.
Time to start blowing up their phones again.
Time to start blowing up their phones again.
The Dems:
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Cantwell (WA)
Coons (DE)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Duckworth (IL)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kelly (AZ)
King (ME)
Klobuchar (MN)
Lujan (NM)
Rosen (NV)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Warnock (GA)
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Cantwell (WA)
Coons (DE)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Duckworth (IL)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kelly (AZ)
King (ME)
Klobuchar (MN)
Lujan (NM)
Rosen (NV)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Warnock (GA)
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
March 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Oh look. Both of my senators.
Time to start blowing up their phones again.
Time to start blowing up their phones again.
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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SIGNAL GATE is a threat!
The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD & it’s weakening US, collectively.
The fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more. 🫶🏾
The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD & it’s weakening US, collectively.
The fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more. 🫶🏾
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
SIGNAL GATE is a threat!
The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD & it’s weakening US, collectively.
The fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more. 🫶🏾
The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD & it’s weakening US, collectively.
The fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more. 🫶🏾
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Conservatives Boycott Computers After Noticing Keyboard Can Be Used To Type ‘Trans’
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March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Conservatives Boycott Computers After Noticing Keyboard Can Be Used To Type ‘Trans’
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Beavers are able to feel water currents, and understand flow. They're able to smell underwater,
Sorry, let me emphasize, SMELL UNDERWATER,
because they've got bitching double-valved noses. Combine that with their scent marking language, and they get a lot of information about their environment.
Sorry, let me emphasize, SMELL UNDERWATER,
because they've got bitching double-valved noses. Combine that with their scent marking language, and they get a lot of information about their environment.
a close up of a porcupine swimming in a tank
Alt: A beaver pawing at a window underwater in an aquarium while a kid on the other side waves at it.
media.tenor.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Beavers are able to feel water currents, and understand flow. They're able to smell underwater,
Sorry, let me emphasize, SMELL UNDERWATER,
because they've got bitching double-valved noses. Combine that with their scent marking language, and they get a lot of information about their environment.
Sorry, let me emphasize, SMELL UNDERWATER,
because they've got bitching double-valved noses. Combine that with their scent marking language, and they get a lot of information about their environment.
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I’m tellin ya. It’s AOC. 34,000 people today in Denver.
March 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I’m tellin ya. It’s AOC. 34,000 people today in Denver.
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Under the House GOP’s budget plan, the lowest-income taxpayers would see a LOSS of $1,125.
The richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a more than $180,000 GAIN.
This is trickle down economics on steroids.
The richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a more than $180,000 GAIN.
This is trickle down economics on steroids.
March 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Under the House GOP’s budget plan, the lowest-income taxpayers would see a LOSS of $1,125.
The richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a more than $180,000 GAIN.
This is trickle down economics on steroids.
The richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a more than $180,000 GAIN.
This is trickle down economics on steroids.
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DOGE Cuts Critical Project Tracking Ukraine’s Stolen Children. The real-world consequences of this “quiet” rug-pulling cannot be overstated. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/doge-cuts-...
DOGE Cuts Critical Project Tracking Ukraine’s Stolen Children
The real-world consequences of this “quiet” rug-pulling cannot be overstated.
chills.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
DOGE Cuts Critical Project Tracking Ukraine’s Stolen Children. The real-world consequences of this “quiet” rug-pulling cannot be overstated. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/doge-cuts-...
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Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
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WE WON! PI granted in substantial part in our @sddaction.bsky.social appointments clause case re USAID
March 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
WE WON! PI granted in substantial part in our @sddaction.bsky.social appointments clause case re USAID
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BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
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Apropos of nothing, thinking of NOAA's PSL site, which if for some reason were to get punted offline because of <waves hands and gestures generally> would be a devastating loss for atmospheric science, and I sure hope that someone more skilled than I has a contingency to try to replicate this stuff.
March 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Apropos of nothing, thinking of NOAA's PSL site, which if for some reason were to get punted offline because of <waves hands and gestures generally> would be a devastating loss for atmospheric science, and I sure hope that someone more skilled than I has a contingency to try to replicate this stuff.
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You may not know this, but Zebra aren't just stripey horses. They're quadrupedal satans in dazzle camouflage.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
a zebra and a cheetah are running in a field with the words headlikeanorange on the bottom
Alt: A zebra running after a cheetah to trample it to death.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You may not know this, but Zebra aren't just stripey horses. They're quadrupedal satans in dazzle camouflage.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
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Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.