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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 18m

Lol. I'm blocked. What does it say?

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Texas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social · 22m

Hundreds of thousands of more children in the United States are going without health insurance, and experts warn that actions by the Trump administration and Congress will likely make the problem worse. txst.us/mw0h0j

A closer look at what’s driving the rising rate of uninsured children

Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.

txst.us

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 1h

This is closer to my image of him. Hunched over the keyboard, belting with that amazing voice. I saw him earlier in his career, so he was still shy on stage. Didn't matter. He was still magnetic.

Norah 🦋 Mami’s Small But She is Mighty 🔥 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 1d

Appreciation post. RIP, D’Angelo

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

Normalize caring about other people.

They deserve to live and thrive. Everyone does.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 18h

I often cite stats like LA County having a larger population than 40 states.

Or being over 4,000 sq miles. (LA City alone is over 500 sq miles!)

But this one is pretty mindblowing ... just IMMIGRANTS in LA are a larger population than 17 states? Whoa.

Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 18h

If the 3 million immigrants in LA County formed their own state, it would be more populous than 17 existing states.

This is why LA was top of mind for Trump & his ilk.

The County’s moved should be lauded - but this is too little & almost too late.

We need more $$$ and resources for our community.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 1h

Angelenos! Get your shots!

Rachel Walens @rwalens.bsky.social · 1d

LA County Library is partnering with the LA County Dept of Public Health to offer a FREE vaccine clinic for Flu and COVID shots, no insurance required. Friday October 24, 10 AM to 12 noon. Go here for details and to make an appointment:

lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/14546049

Free Vaccine Clinic: Flu and COVID-19 for for All Ages

LA County Department of Public Health is partnering with LA County Library to provide FREE flu vaccinations and the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 6+ month. Health insurance is not required,...

lacountylibrary.libnet.info

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 1h

This moght be the best thing the Board of Supervisors has ever done.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 15h

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 2h

It has been pointed out multiple times this is not ageism. You can retire your sad boomer meme.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 2h

Oooh, classism is okay then?

Again, show me this concern for absolutely any other politician. Any one. Go ahead. Show us this isn't about your abuse of privilege and desire to control others.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

I think the perfect answer is getting local news involved and putting AI use on blast so more people understand what is going on.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 13h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 8h

LOOKING FOR AN INDIGENOUS COLLABORATOR 🧵

I'm planning a video essay on the Billy Jack films, particularly focusing on Trial of Billy Jack & its angry panorama of 1970s political activism - police brutality, penal reform, Viet Nam, Kent State - it kinda has everything & I wanna dig into that.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Bex, if you can keep it @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 22h

I accidentally sent the wrong color item to a customer and instead of letting me know, she left a really negative review.

Folks. Sellers are human. I would fall over myself to correct a mistake! Free replacement, rush shipping, free gifts! Please give small business owners a chance to fix things.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 20h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 23h

This is some excellent aviation (check thread for recording playback)

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 19h

He's been an activist and organizer since college. He served in the military too.

But you don't care. This is a smokescreen.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 19h

Again, show me your post on any sm account criticizing Ossoff. What about Amy McGrath? I'll take that too.

Otherwise you are reaching in order to maintain power and keep a younger generation from taking charge. That's gross.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 21h

The Southern Strategy was in the 80s. LBJ was calling out this behavior in the 60s. Any elected shocked or surprised by this - or who thinks pretending to be shocked is the right move - is unfit for office.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 22h

Oof

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here