Starrfire
@starrfire3.bsky.social
Mom of 2 purple minions. Connoisseur of banned books, sarcasm, and chocolates. Fan of Democracy. Spreading kindness.
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1/ Last week, the FDA announced it’s removing the black box warning from menopause hormone therapy (MHT). This is long overdue. Menopause is universal, yet misunderstood and stigmatized. Millions of women have suffered because of fear, misinformation, and a system that wasn’t built to support them.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/ Last week, the FDA announced it’s removing the black box warning from menopause hormone therapy (MHT). This is long overdue. Menopause is universal, yet misunderstood and stigmatized. Millions of women have suffered because of fear, misinformation, and a system that wasn’t built to support them.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
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October 18, 2025
October 18, 2025
Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
October 18, 2025
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Do you know what a group of frogs is called?
AN ARMY
AN ARMY
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Do you know what a group of frogs is called?
AN ARMY
AN ARMY
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PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax
Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax
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7/ If you’d like to read a more in depth breakdown of this or read about the studies referenced, click here
👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...
Love,
The YLE Team
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Love,
The YLE Team
Tylenol and autism: What parents deserve to know
Nuance and empowerment instead of underestimation.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
7/ If you’d like to read a more in depth breakdown of this or read about the studies referenced, click here
👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...
Love,
The YLE Team
👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...
Love,
The YLE Team
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No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
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“Everyone’s smiling in cities with troops.” Oh good, we finally nailed the North Korea aesthetic.
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Everyone’s smiling in cities with troops.” Oh good, we finally nailed the North Korea aesthetic.
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Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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I didn’t know this was happening.
That’s a problem. But it is!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
That’s a problem. But it is!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Who has watched the 24 hour live stream so far that the house Dems are doing on the shutdown?????
This should be the biggest story right now and literally 45 people are watching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrBY...
This should be the biggest story right now and literally 45 people are watching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrBY...
Stop the Republican Shutdown PT.2
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I didn’t know this was happening.
That’s a problem. But it is!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
That’s a problem. But it is!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dear @apnews.com
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.
Fix your headline.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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⚡️Europe 'no longer at peace' with Russia, Germany's Merz says.
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
Europe 'no longer at peace' with Russia, Germany's Merz says
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
kyivindependent.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
⚡️Europe 'no longer at peace' with Russia, Germany's Merz says.
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
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"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
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I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
Hegseth: "I don't want me son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men"
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
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The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
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Noah catalogued every living animal in pairs and was hyperfocused on boats.
Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.
Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Noah catalogued every living animal in pairs and was hyperfocused on boats.
Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.
Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
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