Liz
@selizbur.bsky.social
Came here from the 🐦 & ♾️. Used to eat cheese. She/her
Enjoying the fall day, walking downtown, feeling like I’m being slowly hunted by the holiday express train 😅 🚂
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Enjoying the fall day, walking downtown, feeling like I’m being slowly hunted by the holiday express train 😅 🚂
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November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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Just a quick link
marxistsociology.org/2022/09/why-...
marxistsociology.org/2022/09/why-...
Why a 19th century concept of “social murder” is very much relevant today
Social murder is a term coined by Friedrich Engels in 1845 in one of his seminal works, The Conditions of the Working Class in England. Engels was Karl Marx’s close friend and collaborator, co-authori...
marxistsociology.org
December 6, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Just a quick link
marxistsociology.org/2022/09/why-...
marxistsociology.org/2022/09/why-...
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As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits. n.pr/47w3It4
Are you worried about your SNAP benefits? NPR wants to hear your story
As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits. n.pr/47w3It4
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With Eric Adams dropping out of the mayoral race, let’s take a moment to remember one of his most unintentionally funny videos
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
With Eric Adams dropping out of the mayoral race, let’s take a moment to remember one of his most unintentionally funny videos
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Finally figured out my Halloween costume.
September 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Finally figured out my Halloween costume.
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new visual allegory just dropped
We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Sinking of SS United States to be livestreamed using drones and underwater cameras
The historic ship will be sunk off the Florida panhandle by the end of the year, but no date has been set.
www.phillyvoice.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
new visual allegory just dropped
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks
Everyone’s talking about Milpay, but reminder that USDA is currently using excess 25 funds to pay for WIC and School Lunch. They say they have like maybe a month of that left.
Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.
Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.
Link's not around so we do what we can, right?
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Amazon said that it was experiencing issues with its cloud service operations as hundreds of websites and apps reported outages. Here's what we know.
Many Websites Report Outages After Amazon Web Services Disruption
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Amazon said that it was experiencing issues with its cloud service operations as hundreds of websites and apps reported outages. Here's what we know.
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If you wanna just give your money away have you considered round faced women????
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you wanna just give your money away have you considered round faced women????
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remember when they promised us during the push to install them that Flock absolutely did not use AI, what a silly idea
Ever wonder about those cameras installed around Charlottesville? Here's how you can learn more and ask questions about Flock cameras, which detect vehicles and read license plates using AI for the police. www.cvilletomorrow.org/learn-more-a...
Learn more about the Charlottesville Police Department's use of AI-powered license plate-reading cameras
The CPD will present updates this month on its Automated License Plate Reader pilot program. The meetings are open to the public.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
remember when they promised us during the push to install them that Flock absolutely did not use AI, what a silly idea
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The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription.
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription.
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
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To those wondering, this is what now appears if you use Bluesky in Mississippi without a VPN. So yes, a VPN does grant access to the site. For now.
August 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
To those wondering, this is what now appears if you use Bluesky in Mississippi without a VPN. So yes, a VPN does grant access to the site. For now.
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People didn’t “used to be fine” without air conditioning during heat waves in the U.S. - a lot more people *just died*.
According to this study, air conditioning has cut heat deaths in the U.S. by around 80% since 1960.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
According to this study, air conditioning has cut heat deaths in the U.S. by around 80% since 1960.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship Over the 20th Century
This paper examines the temperature-mortality relationship over the course of the 20th century US both for its own interest and to identify potentially useful a
papers.ssrn.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
People didn’t “used to be fine” without air conditioning during heat waves in the U.S. - a lot more people *just died*.
According to this study, air conditioning has cut heat deaths in the U.S. by around 80% since 1960.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
According to this study, air conditioning has cut heat deaths in the U.S. by around 80% since 1960.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Hey cville people, I just called Warner's office and it seems they have not yet decided how he'll be voting on this. Here's his number: 202-224-2023
if you have a D senator, take 1 minute this morning to call. it can be quick!
"senator ____ must support the point of order to remove section 71114's anti-trans medicaid ban. democrats must stand together to protect all americans’ right to access the medical care they need.”
contact info: reps.fyi
"senator ____ must support the point of order to remove section 71114's anti-trans medicaid ban. democrats must stand together to protect all americans’ right to access the medical care they need.”
contact info: reps.fyi
Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, says Democrats will raise a point of order to strip the Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care in OBBB: "this is a private choice for adults. It should belong to them."
June 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hey cville people, I just called Warner's office and it seems they have not yet decided how he'll be voting on this. Here's his number: 202-224-2023
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Hearing there’s a 3 PM rally at the Rotunda to protest Trump’s coup at UVA
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hearing there’s a 3 PM rally at the Rotunda to protest Trump’s coup at UVA
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
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Pope Francis was far from progressive in my own sense of the the word, but he pushed the envelope in a deeply conservative system and for that I’m grateful. May his memory inspire future popes to continue on his trajectory.
April 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pope Francis was far from progressive in my own sense of the the word, but he pushed the envelope in a deeply conservative system and for that I’m grateful. May his memory inspire future popes to continue on his trajectory.
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can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism.
April 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism.