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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 2h

Toddlers are great but have we considered that maybe they shouldn’t be running our government

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Stacey K @stoicek.bsky.social · 29m

For visitors looking for something to do, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is open through Friday.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1h

Tuesday in your nations capital
Shutdown Day 14

The senate is back
The House is not, nor are they scheduled to be this week.

We are now in WEEK FUCKING 4 of the House paid vacay

The President is telling the Speaker not to negotiate.

Smithsonians are closed
Mood is grim

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1h

Tuesday in your nations capital
Shutdown Day 14

The senate is back
The House is not, nor are they scheduled to be this week.

We are now in WEEK FUCKING 4 of the House paid vacay

The President is telling the Speaker not to negotiate.

Smithsonians are closed
Mood is grim

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Upon a rewatch of Ghostbusters the most unbelievable part is that Sigourney Weaver can afford that sweet apartment on Central Park West as a freaking musician

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 2h

Toddlers are great but have we considered that maybe they shouldn’t be running our government

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 3h

Democrats don’t want to risk anything, apparently. They want to huddle in the corner and hope they stop getting hurt

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 11h

The climate crisis being at the root of the everything else getting bad

atomly @atomly.com · 12h

With how bad everything else has gotten lately you sometimes almost forget we're living through a global climate collapse.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12h

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 11h

So very much. It’s impossible to separate the two

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 11h

In an insane world, at least my Patriots are once again at the top of the AFC East

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 13h

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Can confirm. I loved living in Philly and would move back in a heartbeat if I could

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Fave cover is Tori Amos cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit

youtu.be/HaAI3jI7uCc?...

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Been thinking about you friend. ❤️

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Me too. Right there with you. I’d pay bus fair to go to a swing state

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

This is what I keep telling me cat

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 14h

Upon a rewatch of Ghostbusters the most unbelievable part is that Sigourney Weaver can afford that sweet apartment on Central Park West as a freaking musician

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 15h

Do you mean to tell me that cutting education funding for 45+ years and demonizing humanities for half that has had consequences???

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

Monday in your nations capital
Shutdown Day 13

Not much happening, Congress-wise because it’s Indigenous Peoples Day, so the ‘will they or won’t they do their job’ game must wait another day.

Feel free to drag Congress and Christopher Columbus in the same breath today.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

We should drag Columbus every day, but today is always one of my favorite days to be on socials.

Happy Columbus was the Fucking WORST day to all, whether you celebrate or not

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

Every time Harrison Butker misses a kick, a feminist gets her wings

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

Monday in your nations capital
Shutdown Day 13

Not much happening, Congress-wise because it’s Indigenous Peoples Day, so the ‘will they or won’t they do their job’ game must wait another day.

Feel free to drag Congress and Christopher Columbus in the same breath today.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

It shows a level of self knowledge that is surprising in one so… political

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