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(she/her) dog lover, nazi hater. Physician based in California. Opinions shared here are my own.
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Russ Jones
6 days ago
I nominate the Democratic Party
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nominate your invertebrate of the year
We’re asking people from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our third Invertebrate of the Year competition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/01/nominate-your-invertebrate-of-the-year
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Guardian US
10 days ago
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1782644938
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Carl Quintanilla
11 days ago
One year ago.
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DJT's passport design is totally bonkers
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Mueller, She Wrote
14 days ago
I swear to god I thought this was fake
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Did Trump's motorcade drive through newly painted reflecting pool?
A White House official posted a video of the motorcade crossing the landmark on May 7, 2026.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-motorcade-reflecting-pool/
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The Onion
15 days ago
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
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Kevin M. Kruse
20 days ago
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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Costa Samaras
19 days ago
did you get a company under contract to make the water blue sure did boss, hired greenwater services just like you wanted what
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Alexander Howard
19 days ago
Greenwater Services seems a little on the nose. The writers for this season are phoning it in.
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I missed the sailing workshop even though I was only 27.5 hours late
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Brian Wernham C.Eng.
25 days ago
Dec 2025 Trump name added to the Kennedy Center in plain view 👇 Jun 2026 Trump name removed under screens in the night 👇
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for
#PrideMonth2026
6/6: Male giraffes mostly have sex with each other.
bi.org/en/resource/...
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Giraffes Take Bisexuality to New Heights
Research shows that giraffe bisexuality is real and, even more so, very significant.
https://bi.org/en/resource/giraffes-take-bisexuality-to-new-heights/
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for
#PrideMonth2026
Behold the lesbian Laysan albatross.
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Same-Sex Mothers: Letting Albatrosses Be Albatrosses
There was a time when the Laysan albatross might seem a perfect icon for the virtues of marriage. When naturalists visited the bird’s nesting grounds in the Pacific, they’d find males and females bond...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/same-sex-mothers-letting-albatrosses-be-albatrosses
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for
#PrideMonth2026
6/5: Clownfish populations are led by trans females.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology’s been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for
#PrideMonth2026
6/4: Bats hang upside down together. Things happen. 🫣 (Gay sex documented in >20 bat species):
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for
#PrideMonth2026
6/3: The guy who figured out climate change? Gay
www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2...
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Not so humbly Humboldt: the queer relationships of a German explorer - AntarcticGlaciers.org
The true identity of Many queer scientists hide away their true identity still today. As did Alexander von Humboldt, a global explorer
https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2/people-in-antarctica/alexander-von-humboldt/
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts throughout
#PrideMonth2026
6/2: Please enjoy these gay dolphins.
youtu.be/Vvqf8etpqms?...
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Homosexuality in dolphins
YouTube video by Homosexuality in Singapore
https://youtu.be/Vvqf8etpqms?si=J3Z9omFLr3hynswd
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m reprising last year’s daily series of queer, biologically themed posts. 6/1: Please enjoy these bi bison.
friendsafforestation.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/b...
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Bison Same-Sex Behavior and Dominance
The Old Bone Trail runs through Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area reminiscent of the bison which once roamed the North American Plains. Bison on the Plains The American bison, a majestic c…
https://friendsafforestation.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/bison-same-sex-behavior-and-dominance/
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So Santa Cruz-y to run into Sean Dougherty on his sunset walk along the Rail Trail the day after the primary and dream together about ranked choice voting! Let’s go!
@seanforcongress.bsky.social
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Mike Walker
about 1 month ago
How the Trump Administration Plans to Politicize Federal Grants
time.com/article/2026...
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How the Trump Administration Plans to Politicize Federal Grants
Proposed changes would empower Trump Administration appointees to block grants that are determined not to align with the President’s priorities.
https://time.com/article/2026/06/03/federal-grants-omb-proposal-trump-review-anti-american
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Erica Joy Astrella
about 1 month ago
california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box.
www.kqed.org/news/1208537...
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Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED
State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12085378/usps-changes-ballot-drop-box-near-me-deadline-california-primary-vote-for-governor
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
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Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
Emma Thompson among voices supporting anti-ageism campaign, which has uncovered striking findings in top-grossing UK films over past three years Box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60, according to a new survey by Age Without Limits. The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found that while five starred an older woman, about 20 featured creatures who chat. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-likely-to-star-an-actor-called-chris-or-a-talking-animal-than-a-woman-over-60-study-finds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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“Failing Orange County Chemical Tank” would make a great nickname for someone
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 2 months ago
Funny how the all the people ransacking the Capitol on January 6 were liberals, plants, and ANTIFA—until there was money to be made from it.
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Eric Columbus
about 2 months ago
A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT MEN -- JOHN ADAMS (projected tonight on Donald Trump's large face outside the Department of Justice)
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about 2 months ago
Just a reminder that the IRS leak of almost half a million returns happened under the Trump administration. To summarize, Trump sued the second Trump administration for something that happened under the first Trump administration.
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Adam Serwer
about 2 months ago
So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count
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Ron Filipkowski
about 2 months ago
Trump one month before the 2024 election: “Think of it - within one year you’re gonna have electric bills and energy bills and gasoline for your cars is going to be 50% cheaper than it is right now. That’s a big thing.”
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Tess Bridgeman
2 months ago
1/ Reminder that applying a name ("Epic Fury") to operations that are part of a war is irrelevant to whether the war violates: -the Constitution (since the start of the Iran war, which is ongoing) -the UN Charter (also from the start) -the War Powers Resolution (the 60-day clock ran out on May 1)
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southpaw
2 months ago
Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno.
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Brian Tyler Cohen
3 months ago
Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power: “If the Democrats get additional seats, they’re going to be making changes at the federal level.”
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MeidasTouch
3 months ago
WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
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Thor Benson
3 months ago
"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging
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Wow, the Trump administration is actually going to run with “Operation Economic Fury” 😬 Can’t wait for Operation Electoral Fury in November!
#OperationElectoralFury
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0443
3 months ago
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NY Times Pitchbot
3 months ago
We will build a second Strait of Hormuz, and Mexico is going to pay for it. by Donald J. Trump
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
BRENNAN: Did they mine the strait? Because Trump also said they might not have TURNER: You'll have to ask the president BRENNAN: That's the point. Congress hasn't been briefed TURNER: It's his tweet B: You're a member of oversight and armed services TURNER: You'll have to ask the president
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Better Things Are Possible
3 months ago
As little as I already thought of the man I'm in awe of what he's accomplished in 15 short months. Historic run. Basically threw away all his fire extinguishers and told every firefighter in town to eat shit, and then set his house on fire. We need a separate Mount Rushmore for morons
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Olga Nesterova
3 months ago
Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”
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Kai Ryssdal
3 months ago
Grift all the way down
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I will need "Stercorem in aeternum ede, amen" on a t-shirt
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Dare Obasanjo
3 months ago
Anthropic's Claude Mythos is so adept at finding bugs that its release is being delayed for safety reasons. Instead, Apple, Microsoft, the Linux Foundation and others will first use it to patch security flaws. Given Claude’s impact, 2026 is poised to be a watershed year for software engineers.
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Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative | TechCrunch
The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/anthropic-mythos-ai-model-preview-security
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Santiago Mayer
3 months ago
Anthropic’s new AI model can find exploits for basically any piece of software. It’s so dangerous that, instead of releasing it publicly, they’re working with 40+ companies to strengthen their systems against it. Who’s missing? The US Gov, who can’t work with Anthropic because of Hegseth’s tantrum.
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Jess Craven ❌👑
3 months ago
After what we went through today the phrase Taco Tuesday just doesn’t feel apt. And while we should obviously be relieved, there is nothing to make light of, here. Trump needs to go.
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MeidasTouch
3 months ago
Pope Leo XIV rebukes Trump' psychotic rhetoric: “Today as we all know there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable,” the Pope said, warning that attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.
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House Democrats
3 months ago
Statement from House Democratic Leadership on Donald Trump's threat to kill a whole civilization.
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3 months ago
Folks! Their staff are still there and volume of calls DOES MATTER. Stop the learned helplessness and defeatism. Please call.
5calls.org/issue/trump-...
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Impeach Trump ⭑ 5 Calls
Since Inauguration Day, Trump has consistently upended our constitutional separation of powers to unilaterally control all branches of our government; …
https://5calls.org/issue/trump-dictator-abuse-of-power/
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Chris Murphy
3 months ago
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
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You know it’s a good day when you wake up early and feel motivated to follow the whole nuclear weapons policy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/8jiQV43
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