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Shelley V. Adams (she/her)
@shelleyvadams.bsky.social
NC progressive, EMT, family caregiver, Episcopalian, mental health advocate.

Social justice, ADHD, random life stuff.

My dog thinks he owns me. My cat just ignores me.
Had a philosophical moment:

Life isn't fair. A perfectly fair universe would be be that perfectly Newtonian "clockwork" universe where everything is predictable, preordained, and predestined.

I prefer the creativity that is possible by this unfair universe of free will and quantum randomness.
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is an injection site reaction from getting my COVID-19 booster about 24 hours earlier. It's red, swollen, tender, and itchy.

It is also 100× better than getting the virus again (I've had it three times)
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm being bullied
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Will anyone be filing a bill to at least provide credit monitoring?
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Let's boot the mainstream media people trust and bring in organizations friendly to the regime. 🙄
And this is why we must follow independent journalists on social media.
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel:

“We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”
February 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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When masks are illegal in public, disabled people are illegal in public.
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Since the FBI appears to be the only agency that is both still functioning and not headed by a lunatic, the Washington Field Office needs to open an investigation into the breach of the computer systems at Treasury, stat
February 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Article 1

Section 8

CONGRESS shall have the power...

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations

NOT THE PRESIDENT. NOT DOGE.
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I went from full-time work to part-time back in December. I'm busier than I ever was while working full-time.
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Following the CDC's removal of critical health data and the potential approval of RFK Jr. as Health Secretary, it is crucial to access accurate health information from independent sources such as the WHO, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, and peer-reviewed journals.
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to drive a wrecking ball through our government.

The people who will pay a real price are the hard-working families who are just trying to make it to the end of the month.

We must use every tool to fight back.
February 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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“Every person in the United States relies on NOAA data and agency experts in their daily life whether they realize it or not "
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/d...
Dismantling NOAA Would Break Lifesaving Weather and Climate Data and Tools People in US Rely on Daily
Elon Musk and his “DOGE” representatives have reportedly set their sights on dismantling NOAA. Statement by Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
www.ucsusa.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Who else agrees with Jamie Raskin? 💙 🔥 ✅
February 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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If I wanted Elon Musk to have my fucking banking information I’d have a blue checkmark on Twitter.
February 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Trump WH has ordered CDC scientists to retract all papers under submission to medical journals containing banned terms— must be scrubbed from manuscripts, including even basic words like “gender”. Retraction even applies to accepted papers in press for imminent publication.
February 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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THIS! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
February 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Are you as concerned as I am about Musk being stopped from violating our privacy?

Copy and paste the template created by lawyer Elizabeth Booker Houston to file a Civil Liberties Complaint against Musk and associates & email it to: privacy@treasury.gov open.substack.com/pub/bookersq...
Time for Citizens to Hit Elon with a Privacy Act Violation
There is a recourse for US citizens thanks to an old law created because of the Watergate Scandal.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Sharing this from Rt. Rev. Jonathan H. Folts, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota.

“One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.”

My heart aches.
February 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM