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xenostitch.bsky.social
@xenostitch.bsky.social
Liberal, UX Researcher/Interaction Designer, sometimes writer, middle-aged gamer, and cat mom.
Ohio! Call your reps! Look… unsurprisingly, our legislators would rather rule than listen to us. It would be illegal to purchase out of state cannabis products, reduce the number of plants you can have, make it illegal to share with friends. And sorry renters…

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/26/o...
Ohio Senate passes bill to overhaul weed law passed by voters, lower THC and limit home grow • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would make significant changes to the state’s marijuana law during Wednesday’s session.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Hey, if you’ve contacted anyone in government-your senators, representatives or governors…

have you spoken with anyone?

Were you able to leave a voicemail?

Anyone showing up to their office in person? I’d love to hear about your experience 👀
February 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Because my skin looks like death today, I used at TikTok filter to clean it up. But continuing my rebellious red lip fascination - today is Bawse Lady from The Lip Bar.

This color though - feels a bit too intense for me. I still kinda love it. Why not?
January 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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If you wanna know all the current litigation happening, and the organizations to support who are doing the incredible litigating, I found the website!
www.democracy2025.org
Democracy 2025 | The united legal frontline in the fight for our democracy
Democracy 2025 is the strategic hub to protect people and their rights should the Trump-Vance administration seek to unlawfully strip away freedoms and prosperity.
www.democracy2025.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A movie marathon may be in order..

Captain America
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Inglorious Bastards
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Indiana Jones’s and the Last Crusade
Jojo Rabbit
Life Is Beautiful
Schindler’s List (which I have never seen).

What should I add?
January 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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“Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in "horribly shortsighted" decision” article by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @techcrunch
techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/t...
Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in “horribly shortsighted” decision | TechCrunch
The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
techcrunch.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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52 years ago, Roe v. Wade secured the reproductive rights women fought for. In 2022, Dobbs overturned it & 22 states restricted our freedoms.

2 days ago, Trump took down reproductiverights.gov. But @reprocaucus.bsky.social will continue to share abortion resources. Your body, your choice!
reproductiverights.gov
January 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Experimenting with red lipstick out of protest a la the 1940s and such. Today’s was Glossier’s black cherry lipliner and balm. It’s very vibrant for me, but super pretty. More berry than red, but not by much!
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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And so it begins
January 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Wake .. up …!
“The $TRUMP memecoin — a financial asset that didn't exist on Friday afternoon — now accounts for about 89% of Donald Trump's net worth.”

Trump just became one of the top 25 richest people on earth. Through this. Insane, open & now normalized corruption.
Donald Trump is the newest crypto billionaire
His $TRUMP wealth overshadows Truth Social and his real estate holdings.
www.axios.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Woke up to the news that Trump posted “SAVE TIKTOK” on his Truth Social which means this is all a stunt.

I can’t believe how many people’s lives have been messed with for him to score some political points.

We’re in The Bad Place and he’s not even president again (yet).
January 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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I finally realized what bugs me about the TikTok notice: it’s not that Trump may save it, it’s the ‘we need his permission’ vibe. It feels very Handmaid’s Tale. I don’t need permission to post on a social platform. TikTok, you’re starting to feel like a bad place. Never OfTrump
January 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM