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I'm a retiree in TN w/a wicked/absurd sense of humor. I acquired & displayed memorabilia for Hard Rock Cafe in the 90s. I love trivia & know a little about a lot of things.
I'm good at aggregating info & problem solving. Smart, empathetic ppl are my tribe. I'm occasionally snarky.
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I'm good at aggregating info & problem solving. Smart, empathetic ppl are my tribe. I'm occasionally snarky.
I follow back.
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It's like bringing a Democratic US Senator to a gun fight.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's like bringing a Democratic US Senator to a gun fight.
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#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Mood: First hard freeze in E TN.
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mood: First hard freeze in E TN.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Good morning, NYC! Beautiful fall day on Warren Street today. We’ll be here 11-7 for all your murder mystery needs..
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good morning, NYC! Beautiful fall day on Warren Street today. We’ll be here 11-7 for all your murder mystery needs..
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Nobody talk to me for like a month as I refill my people battery.
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nobody talk to me for like a month as I refill my people battery.
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
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Listen to more Nina Simone.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Listen to more Nina Simone.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Here’s a fun new proposal from the Trump administration:make it harder for older, manual-labor workers to qualify for disability benefits especially in red states that overwhelmingly supported him. Nothing says “thank you for your vote” like taking away the safety net when you can’t work anymore.
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here’s a fun new proposal from the Trump administration:make it harder for older, manual-labor workers to qualify for disability benefits especially in red states that overwhelmingly supported him. Nothing says “thank you for your vote” like taking away the safety net when you can’t work anymore.
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NEW: Baseball is thriving. Now please, MLB, don’t blow it
A classic World Series shows again that the sport is back. But a long work stoppage looms after next year - and risks enraging fans and undoing all of the game’s momentum
Make a deal. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A classic World Series shows again that the sport is back. But a long work stoppage looms after next year - and risks enraging fans and undoing all of the game’s momentum
Make a deal. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Blow This, Baseball
The thrilling World Series shows that baseball is truly back—just in time for its next crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW: Baseball is thriving. Now please, MLB, don’t blow it
A classic World Series shows again that the sport is back. But a long work stoppage looms after next year - and risks enraging fans and undoing all of the game’s momentum
Make a deal. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A classic World Series shows again that the sport is back. But a long work stoppage looms after next year - and risks enraging fans and undoing all of the game’s momentum
Make a deal. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished.
What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
Interesting, in-depth piece in this morning's NYT on Graham Platner, his campaign, and not being finished.
#Maine #MEpolitics
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I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished.
What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
Interesting, in-depth piece in this morning's NYT on Graham Platner, his campaign, and not being finished.
#Maine #MEpolitics
Gifted, published less than 3 hrs ago:
Opinion | I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished. What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished.
What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
Interesting, in-depth piece in this morning's NYT on Graham Platner, his campaign, and not being finished.
#Maine #MEpolitics
Gifted, published less than 3 hrs ago:
I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished.
What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
Interesting, in-depth piece in this morning's NYT on Graham Platner, his campaign, and not being finished.
#Maine #MEpolitics
Gifted, published less than 3 hrs ago:
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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Gift link here ⏬️
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Gift link here ⏬️
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This sounds like important research, and long, long overdue www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?
Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This sounds like important research, and long, long overdue www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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San Francisco Chronicle: 'RFK Jr. has betrayed millions of Americans like me who suffer from chronic illness'
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
RFK Jr. has betrayed millions of Americans like me who suffer from chronic illness
OPINION: “According to research published by the CDC, 3 in 4 Americans have a chronic illness. That’s nearly 200 million people, and Kennedy is helping none of us,” Effie Seiberg writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
San Francisco Chronicle: 'RFK Jr. has betrayed millions of Americans like me who suffer from chronic illness'
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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This is an important story in Iowa so I am gifting this story from the Washington Post. Click on this link to read it for free.
wapo.st/3Le1yXo
wapo.st/3Le1yXo
Iowa’s great cancer mystery: Is the land making young people sick?
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
wapo.st
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is an important story in Iowa so I am gifting this story from the Washington Post. Click on this link to read it for free.
wapo.st/3Le1yXo
wapo.st/3Le1yXo
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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This is about so much more than a dog. It's about all of us.
Please read Catherynne's patreon post. ❤️
Please read Catherynne's patreon post. ❤️
The saga of the beautiful husky who needed a home, & the BlueSky folk who stepped forward to make an old-fashioned internet miracle...has had a lot of developments I've been too busy handling to update you all on.
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
The Pawshank Redemption: A Dog And Her People | Catherynne M. Valente
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October 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is about so much more than a dog. It's about all of us.
Please read Catherynne's patreon post. ❤️
Please read Catherynne's patreon post. ❤️