Renee
@reneedepooter.bsky.social
T cells and demons in no particular order. Abortions are health care. Vaccines are also health care. Black lives matter. she/her
Chicago has weather
August 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Chicago has weather
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look, if you're a journalist covering the Trump admin, it is extremely cringe for you either to not know or to pretend you don't know who marisa kabas is
stop embarrassing yourselves / your outlet and just credit her
stop embarrassing yourselves / your outlet and just credit her
ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
May 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
look, if you're a journalist covering the Trump admin, it is extremely cringe for you either to not know or to pretend you don't know who marisa kabas is
stop embarrassing yourselves / your outlet and just credit her
stop embarrassing yourselves / your outlet and just credit her
The amount of time that I now waste trying to do my job *despite* AI is frankly incredible.
April 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The amount of time that I now waste trying to do my job *despite* AI is frankly incredible.
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This is something that i remember being talked about a lot as a child who grew up in/near more rural areas as far back as the 80s. Whenever a Walmart would open near or around small towns they’d suck the life out of them like a vampire no matter what region or stage. Every single time without fail
"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is something that i remember being talked about a lot as a child who grew up in/near more rural areas as far back as the 80s. Whenever a Walmart would open near or around small towns they’d suck the life out of them like a vampire no matter what region or stage. Every single time without fail
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"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
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We need to normalise, in media, on socials and in face to face conversations, saying 'This is a stupid conversation and I'm not going to continue it.'
January 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We need to normalise, in media, on socials and in face to face conversations, saying 'This is a stupid conversation and I'm not going to continue it.'
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ABORTION!! You don’t have to live in CA to sign this.
“Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an all-trimester clinic from opening in the city”
Sign this petition to object.
“Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an all-trimester clinic from opening in the city”
Sign this petition to object.
If you live in California - and especially if you live in LA - please sign this petition to support abortion access and show extremists their tactics won’t work here!
Sign the Petition
In August, the LA Times reported on allegations that Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an...
t.co
September 28, 2023 at 8:11 PM
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ABORTION!! You don’t have to live in CA to sign this.
“Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an all-trimester clinic from opening in the city”
Sign this petition to object.
“Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an all-trimester clinic from opening in the city”
Sign this petition to object.
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Bullying works!
Amazing work everybody, keep it up!!
September 20, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Bullying works!
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PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
Bridge Access Program | CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving...
www.cdc.gov
September 19, 2023 at 9:20 PM
PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
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Know her name: Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) is the first in a long line of female astronomers who did not receive the credit they were due and whose work was used to justify prizes for male scientists instead. Here's her story: #WomenInSTEM🧪🗃️
theconversation.com/caroline-her...
theconversation.com/caroline-her...
Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recogniti...
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th century is still used in the field today, but she didn’t always get her due credit.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Know her name: Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) is the first in a long line of female astronomers who did not receive the credit they were due and whose work was used to justify prizes for male scientists instead. Here's her story: #WomenInSTEM🧪🗃️
theconversation.com/caroline-her...
theconversation.com/caroline-her...
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Hey lovely STEM people, please be weary of this company and check out this article: Criticism builds against Ph.D. careers firm Cheeky Scientist 🧪
Science | AAAS
www.science.org
September 14, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Hey lovely STEM people, please be weary of this company and check out this article: Criticism builds against Ph.D. careers firm Cheeky Scientist 🧪
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September 11, 2023 at 11:45 AM
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History
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Fellow Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocates and those who just support the idea, we need to find each other here and rebuild the network of connections we had at the other place. Please follow me, like and repost this, and follow those who like or repost this.
September 10, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Fellow Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocates and those who just support the idea, we need to find each other here and rebuild the network of connections we had at the other place. Please follow me, like and repost this, and follow those who like or repost this.
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They are pretending COVID doesn’t exist so they don’t have to provide basic worker rights like sick days, remote work, or worker protections. COVID is a labor justice issue.
September 8, 2023 at 6:00 AM
They are pretending COVID doesn’t exist so they don’t have to provide basic worker rights like sick days, remote work, or worker protections. COVID is a labor justice issue.
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Hello there #authors and #book people. I am not very good at self promo (and I’m #ActuallyAutistic too, so…) BUT: I am launching my FIRST novel in Feb, the main character is autistic (and there are other ND characters too). It’s the first in a series with HarperCollins/Hanover. Please pre-order?♿️
The Framed Women of Ardemore House
A sharp, savvy mystery about an autistic editor who inherits a crumbling English estate, only to find herself at the center of a murder investigation when a family portrait vanishes and a dead body tu...
www.harpercollins.com
September 6, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Hello there #authors and #book people. I am not very good at self promo (and I’m #ActuallyAutistic too, so…) BUT: I am launching my FIRST novel in Feb, the main character is autistic (and there are other ND characters too). It’s the first in a series with HarperCollins/Hanover. Please pre-order?♿️
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You know who is responsible for the Greenbelt scandal?
Doug Ford!
It's great that Amato and Clark are gone. But there will be no full accountability or justice until Ford resigns.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...
Doug Ford!
It's great that Amato and Clark are gone. But there will be no full accountability or justice until Ford resigns.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...
I Can't Believe I Have to Say This: Doug Ford is to Blame for the Greenbelt Scandal
The housing minister and a chief of staff are a part of the government's shame, but the indignity starts at the top.
www.davidmoscrop.com
September 5, 2023 at 2:39 PM
You know who is responsible for the Greenbelt scandal?
Doug Ford!
It's great that Amato and Clark are gone. But there will be no full accountability or justice until Ford resigns.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...
Doug Ford!
It's great that Amato and Clark are gone. But there will be no full accountability or justice until Ford resigns.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...
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I have a new piece about the West African and African Atlantic history of smallpox inoculation in Slate
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
How Far Back Were Africans Inoculating Against Smallpox? Really Far Back.
When I looked at the archives, I found a history hidden in plain sight.
slate.com
September 4, 2023 at 3:11 PM
I have a new piece about the West African and African Atlantic history of smallpox inoculation in Slate
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
At last: the recognition I deserve
Taurus: Today after a number of lectures and a bestselling book on the subject you will be rightly blamed by society for the complete collapse of Western civilization.
September 4, 2023 at 6:08 PM
At last: the recognition I deserve
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Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
![So you decided to join BLUE SKY
[it's not twitter]
#1 upload an avatar
#2 set Moderation Settings
(box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n5f7w4v7l65vjfaljp4727ng/bafkreicf6apaqwfq6ndwbwmhzxcvhm32t6lxf7mp652lsmk5c73mhg22di@jpeg)
![#4 Go to My Feeds
Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts"
Click the "+" to add the feed
(box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds
(side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL
Don't forget to "♥" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n5f7w4v7l65vjfaljp4727ng/bafkreibcj3whin4lnxnch7auvdmnsnbwyegiyrb6aa7tmctv5uc6tbb4gi@jpeg)
August 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
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It feels like a real missed opportunity that there is not a place next to the park selling picnic baskets to go with sandwiches or cheeses and rosé or something
Where is my Basic Bitch Package
Where is my Basic Bitch Package
September 3, 2023 at 5:14 PM
It feels like a real missed opportunity that there is not a place next to the park selling picnic baskets to go with sandwiches or cheeses and rosé or something
Where is my Basic Bitch Package
Where is my Basic Bitch Package
I'd like to offer the punk community my sincere thanks for making messy eyeliner an esthetic, on behalf of all of us who have to apply it after either too little coffee or way too much coffee.
September 3, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I'd like to offer the punk community my sincere thanks for making messy eyeliner an esthetic, on behalf of all of us who have to apply it after either too little coffee or way too much coffee.
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🧪 Once-homeless, Ray thrived after a $7,500 grant from a UBC study. Those polled about the study thought grant recipients would increase their drug and alcohol spending. Recipients spent wisely on essentials, debunking poverty stereotypes.
A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.
The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness.
www.vox.com
September 2, 2023 at 2:12 PM
🧪 Once-homeless, Ray thrived after a $7,500 grant from a UBC study. Those polled about the study thought grant recipients would increase their drug and alcohol spending. Recipients spent wisely on essentials, debunking poverty stereotypes.