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Zed
@zeldawatson.bsky.social
Democracy lover, maga despiser, wine and IPA enthusiast, pro-choice, pro-books - not necessarily in that order.
@bestese34.bsky.social I don't do not-twitter, so can't support you there, but want you to know millions of us support you and are appalled at ABC bowing to the dictator.
June 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Comment of the day: I liked Elon Musk better when I thought he was a fragrance a fragrance.
March 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Ope! The bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.” www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/m...
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
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January 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Pretty clear where this is going ….
Padilla: Will you defend birthright citizenship as the law of the land?

Bondi: I will study birthright citizenship

Padilla: You're asking to be considered for Attorney General and you still need to study the 14th Amendment of the Constitution?
January 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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December 12, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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Hi everybody, my name is Loren, and I'm an artist. Nice to meet you! This painting is titled "The Lovers", and it's from 2010. #art #abstract #abstractart #Nature #NaturalProcessPainting #FractalFieldPainting #FirstPost #IntroduceYourself blog.yourdesignjuice.com/2021/11/an-a...
December 11, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Let me get this straight? Trump dithers on about the situation in Syria and his concern is what's best for Russia?
December 8, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Given the allegations, the only jobs pete hegseth is qualified for if he isn't confirmed is Republican lawmaker or president.
December 6, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Congrats to Florida!

#1 in book censorship

#47 in SAT scores.

Way to go!

#floriduh
December 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
100 million Americans have medical debt. 20% of them say they don't expect to ever be able to pay it all.
December 6, 2024 at 2:12 PM
These blueberries might be the only positive thing the next four years.
#blueberryorgasm
December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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If you vote for a convicted felon so he could shut down his own criminal investigations then your opinion on Biden pardoning his son is useless.
December 2, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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South Koreans demand that their leader who tried to stage a coup resign immediately while in America we re-elected the coup plotter as president.

Embarrassing.
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
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November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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This was the primary driver for me leaving twitter.

I watched this eat away at the views of people who I have known for a long time, and felt the heat of that weird radiation aimed at me and one day some months ago just never went back.

It’s done some strange things to…
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Study linked on Twitter/X : approximately mid-July, the algorithm was modified to subject users to more pro-Trump content whether they sought it or not. Link to the study eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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I think we all underestimate the effect mere exposure to information has on us, and it’s part of why I reject the idea that “echo chambers are bad” as a sort of meta-propaganda.

Quite the contrary: if information changes us, then careful tending of our info-environment is an imperative.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM