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Rachel
@rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
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Walk dogs. Collage. Sing Slavic folk songs. Repeat.
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rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
I never feel as cocky as I do when I have a full jar of peanut butter and a 24 pack of diet pepsi
February 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Still Gulf of Mexico on @mapquest.com just sayin…
mapquest.com MapQuest @mapquest.com · Feb 6
And by TURN SLIGHT LEFT, we meant ‘LOL, good luck with that'
February 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Possible hot take but I think youngest children deserve to be spoiled because they ultimately get the least amount of time with their parents…
February 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Him: I like that

Me:

Him: I like THAT!

Me:

Him: Am I allowed to like that?!

Me: Maybe just don’t say anything?

Him: All right

A *hint* of consent AND he accepted constructive criticism?! Guess wokeism is ruining catcalls now, too…
February 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Holding space for all my fellow #dogwalkers with all those extra chicken & pizza bones out there today

#gobirds
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Here’s a Nico for your #caturday
February 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Keep your kitties inside. I mean lowkey always? But ‘specially now
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 7
Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Rubblebucket being transcendent
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Truly wild that they got away with “Bustin’ makes me feel good.”
February 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here is a nice mushroom
A deadly Funeral Bell mushroom grows on icy snow speckled moss off the side of a log, its frozen orange cap flairs slightly at the edges like a bell All photos by me
February 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
How are we still getting stories like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Sometimes I think there are days where @nytgames.bsky.social wants me to have a bad day…
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
Microdose hope, friends.
muellershewrote.com Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Feb 4
Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.

It's the little things. Microdose hope.
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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mattdpearce.com
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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janeotn.bsky.social
Good morning
be the change
be the light
eat some chocolate

🔥
February 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency.

www.mobilize.us/climateactio...
WHITE HOUSE RALLY · VizEvents
The White House has just frozen federal funding, a move that could halt payments within days to states and households relying on essential programs like SNAP food aid, housing assistance, education, h...
www.mobilize.us
January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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danmentos.com
Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%
January 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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asmith83.bsky.social
The January 6 pardons are turning out great.
January 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
hon hon hon hon hon hon hon 🥖
driftwould.bsky.social Benny! @driftwould.bsky.social · Jan 27
This is so goddamn funny
January 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
rage-chilled-rain.bsky.social
I hate this take I hate this take I hate this take. No it is not the people’s fault. People asking for better from this country did not invent Trump or the shit that’s happening now. They said what they were gonna do and did it. Blame Biden. Blame the DNC. Blaming principled ppl ain’t it.
pattonoswalt.bsky.social Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jan 26
“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.”

“Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.”

“Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.”

“‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us”

Pause.

“I needed to make a statement.”
January 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
This goes hard
Extremely long tweet by Colombian president Gutavo Petro, auto-translated from Spanish. Continued in next post. Trump, I don't really like traveling to the US, it's a bit boring, but I confess that there are some worthy things, I like going to the black neighborhoods of Washington, there I saw an entire fight in the US capital between blacks and Latinos with barricades, which seemed like bullshit to me, because they should unite. I confess that I like Walt Whitman and Paul Simon and Noam Chomsky and Miller. I confess that Sacco and Vanzetti, who have my blood, in the history of the US, are memorable and I follow them. They were murdered by labor leaders with the electric chair, the fascists who are inside the US as well as inside my country. I don't like your oil, Trump, you are going to end the human species because of greed. Maybe one day, over a shot of whiskey, which I accept, despite my gastritis, we can talk frankly about this, but it's difficult because you consider me an inferior race and I am not, nor is any Colombian. So if you know someone who is stubborn, that's me, period. You can, with your economic strength and your arrogance, try to carry out a coup d'état as they did with Allende. But I will die in my law, 1 resisted torture and I resist you. I do not want slavers next to Colombia, we already had many and we freed ourselves. What I want next to Colombia are lovers of freedom. If you cannot accompany me, I will go elsewhere. Colombia is the heart of the world and you did not understand it, this is the land of the yellow butterflies, of the beauty of Remedios, but also of the colonels Aureliano Buendía, of whom I am one, perhaps the last. You will kill me, but I will survive in my town which is before yours, in the Americas. We are peoples of the winds, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea and of freedom. You do not like our freedom, okay. I do not shake hands with white slavers. I shake the
January 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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nikitagill.bsky.social
I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse Sunrises. People you have still to meet and laugh with. Songs about love, peace, anger, and revolution. Walks in the woods. The smile you exchange with a stranger when you experience beauty accidentally together. Butterflies. Seeing your grandparents again. The moon in all her forms, whether half or full. Dogs. Birthdays and half-birthdays. That feeling of floating in love. Watching birds eat from bird feeders. The waves of happiness that follow the end of sadness. Brown eyes. Watching a boat cross an empty sea. Sunsets. Dipping your feet in the river. Balconies. Cake. The wind in your face when you roll the car window down on an open highway. Falling asleep to the sound of a steady heartbeat. Warm cups of tea on cold days. Hugs. Night skies. Art museums. Books filled with everything you do not yet know. Long conversations. Long-lost friends. Poetry.
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM