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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 35m

I was just imagining hover chairs instead of wheelchairs. That could help with so many problems.

Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 37m

All that Kate said, but also, allergens can build up in the vents and turning the heating system on blows them around. My last apartment with actual ductwork caused the same problem every time the heat came on. So it could be a combination of both. An air purifier helped a lot.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Communism was just a red herring @tamchanted.bsky.social · 4h

Oh for sure. I think it's why Americans particularly are susceptible for scams and grifters. Rugged individuality has made us lose collective power and made people desperate.

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 1h

That's a really good point.

Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 1h

Given how much we all hate act blue, how is that supposed to help them?

Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 12h

By small and simple things are great things brought to pass.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 20h

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 16h

They are acting as if they will never lose power again and acting like they may have to flee the country after 2026. In other words, they have no idea what's going to happen and we don't either.

But that ballroom will make a nice courthouse.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 16h

Ohhhh, I get it. Republicans are arranging a safe country to flee to after the crime spree is over, just like their German ideological heros of generations past.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses on.ft.com/3L8Y0Wi

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses

President suggests $20bn swap line is contingent on libertarian’s victory in midterm elections

on.ft.com

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 15h

And ripe for cult patterns.
open.substack.com/pub/verahart...

The Anatomy of Cult

This is not just about cults of personality — it is about why the human brain is vulnerable to manipulation, and why entire nations can defend those who harm them.

open.substack.com

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 18h

If healthcare still exists, I think my first will be in January thereabouts. Not looking forward to it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 19h

Are YOU ready for Saturday? 🐸
nokings.org

2 a.m.-"Someone is at your door" notification.
2:08:07 AM

FROG SMILING INTO THE CAMERA

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 18h

Would that be related to how one sibling suddenly starts humming or singing the song stuck in another sibling's head? That happened all the time in my house growing up.

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 18h

I tend to take people at their word, but after abt 10 min, my 🤨 kicked in & I asked her why they would waste product they could get good money for to drug the neighbors?
Apparently, she was so mad at that question she stopped talking to those relatives for at least 5 years (last I talked to them).

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 18h

I once met someone who insisted her neighbors were drug dealers who were putting product in her air vents to drug her into not saying anything. 🤨
Clearly that worked.
Her relative had been through her vents but she still insisted.
The kicker was, it "happened" 2 different residences in a row. >>

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 18h

Half the time, that's bc the app listens to you and monitors your searches, then uses it for ads. But I get why, bc somehow, it still managed to put ads for things I'd swear I only thought about and hadn't yet searched for. (Long since deleted.) So I get that suspicion.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't seen this yet, but hey would you look at that. They want to get around having to draw a fair electoral map, by whatever means possible. They are seriously throwing *everything* at the wall for this, because they know exactly how much gerrymandering gooses up their supermajority.

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1d

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Exactly two weeks after the Utah Republican Party endorsed map C in Utah’s court-stipulated redistricting process, the party has filed paperwork to run a referendum to repeal map C and an initiative to ask the legislature to repeal Proposition 4.

www.abc4.com/news/politic...

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh

Republicans in Utah love to talk about "The Utah Way" and being different from the national party, but when you look past the talk you can see they're clamoring for unchecked power just as strongly as any other Republicans.

David @dkuofu.bsky.social · 1d

Cox is going to pack the court.

I've said it before—Cox is happy to do almost anything the legislature wants, but he's very conscious of appearances so they have to sell him on some veneer of an excuse he can parrot to the media. In this case? "He's giving the court more resources"

Cox said Tuesday he may now support a dead proposal from earlier this year to expand the number of justice on the Utah Supreme Court. The Utah Constitution says the court must have "at least five" justices.

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 1d

I hear that's a common mistake.

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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 1d

Inflaties take note! Safety 🧵 below. Increase the protection at the protestation! #NoKings

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 2d

I absolutely love how the inflatable costume is taking off for protest! It offers protection in so many fucking ways but if they go into battle, we will need to level the costumes up for extended dancing in tear gas smoke. Let’s talk 🧵🧵🧵🧵

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

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KR @k0d3r3ap3r.bsky.social · 2d

@altfda.altgov.info check out this how-to from back in '20; obviously the filter media needs to be changed since HEPA isn't effective here, but otherwise a solid and relatively easy approach. (and yes, I've been spamming this one today because it's important).
www.instructables.com/Positive-Pre...

Positive Pressure Suit (PAPR) From Inflatable Astronaut Costume

Positive Pressure Suit (PAPR) From Inflatable Astronaut Costume: In light of the COVID19 pandemic, the Robots Everywhere team has been working to give makers new ways to improvise solutions and protec...

www.instructables.com

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 2d

I absolutely love how the inflatable costume is taking off for protest! It offers protection in so many fucking ways but if they go into battle, we will need to level the costumes up for extended dancing in tear gas smoke. Let’s talk 🧵🧵🧵🧵

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, right. I think that must have been on one of my regular bad days when I can't really read much on here.
*reads link*
Oh, that's the other funky bullets one. I do remember seeing that, but I was too tired to know what it was regarding. I think my comments regarding FBI guy still stand.

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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 1d

When, and where, exactly, have snipers ever fired at 🧊 agents? I keep hearing this, probably bc of DT, but I've yet to hear about any liberal snipers that weren't fabricated or of thin air by Patel's FBI. The only snipers I've heard about are right wing. Including the ones that went after DT & CK.

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