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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️

@bexrousse.bsky.social

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Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water. Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨I IMPLORE YOU to use alt-text when you post any image, screen cap, or post of a screed/tidbit from this or a different site. Otherwise people using screen readers are seeing a steady flow of
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 7h

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland with over 70,000 members has been taken down by Meta.

Meta spokesperson Francis Brennan, who was director of strategic response for Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, said the page violated its policies on coordinating harm.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Maine observes Indigenous Peoples' Day. We honor the lands and legacies of the Wabanaki Nations — Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Abenaki.

I look forward to passing legislation in the Senate to protect tribal sovereignty, which has been trampled for too long.

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 11h

Yeppers.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 6h

NEVER GO TO LOOK, RHYAN
😂

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 6h

Don't know whose list I unsubbed from but I haven't gotten any--though 3 IRL people mentioned getting spammed by them today, and 2 friends in my phone too...

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 7h

My latest for @forbes.com in which I go full epidemiology nerd about the MMWR.

This Embattled CDC Publication Is A Big Deal For Public Health

Here’s what the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is, why it matters, and why it keeps running afoul of the Trump administration.

www.forbes.com

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. I respect Mills. I am grateful for what she's done for our state. If there were no other options, she'd be a great candidate. And yet I hope Platner wins the primary.

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

One of my aha moments as a young lit teacher was spending time doing a history collab before we started reading Gatsby I think. Provided students w/context and also underscored how humans gonna human, no matter what era.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 7h

thinking about how in Oryx and Crake one of the symptoms of cultural decay that leads to the protagonist aimlessly help wipe out most of humanity is a digital world where art is merely constantly remixed and nothing new is actually created

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, I've been casting about for my next read but not ready for something new. Seems like a good (?) time to revisit Oryx & Crake... 📚

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

💚🌲💚 my friend. ✨

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

Platner is meeting the moment, and in the moment. #Maine

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s why you were barraged with spam today.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 8h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
14/10
CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 9h

The Maine Center for Economic Policy says full Wabanaki sovereignty would be an economic boon to tribes and the state, while addressing centuries of exploitation:

New report says full Wabanaki sovereignty would boost tribal and state economies

The Maine Center for Economic Policy says full Wabanaki sovereignty would be an economic boon to tribes and the state, while addressing centuries of exploitation.

www.mainepublic.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

On Sunday, I visited DEAR NEW YORK, Brandon Stanton's "love letter" to the city he's been documenting for years as "Humans of New York" for their family reception with student artists.

It's a gorgeous exhibit that's transformed Grand Central Station. See it before 10/19!

Zohran and Brandon standing in Grand Central Station. Brandon has his arm around Zohran's shoulder showing him the exhibit.

A group photo with Zohran and Brandon sitting on the floor with a dozens of students around them.

Zohran and a student artist admiring a photographer.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 7h

OMG. Well, I hope you do something nice for yourself sometime soon, and also what's your rude thoughtless boss's phone number? I just remembered I need to tell them something. 😠🫂

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 8h

We can mark it. We don't have to celebrate it (though the institutional knowledge you have is super powerful)! I hope they did something nice for you. 💖

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads “sauve qui peut”.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

Editorial: Hello, world. An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Editorial: Hello, world. An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland

Despite President Donald Trump's grim characterizations, the protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building don't remotely match what's happening, the editorial board writes. While ...

www.oregonlive.com

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d

For those of us who study HIV/AIDS, this report in MMWR on 6/5/81 is significant. We may look back on the framing of this early reporting & criticize it, but that's all part of study & knowledge-making. Eliminating such reporting, as the GOP is doing, will be devastating.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...

Pneumocystis Pneumonia --- Los Angeles

www.cdc.gov

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 3d

This is the best thing ever, honestly. 🥰

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · Apr 17

The bottom of the chart kind of makes my heart hurt: "For more information, contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition's Food and Cosmetic Information Center...

www.fda.gov

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