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@vacheestfachee.bsky.social

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Writer/editor. Covid-cautious homeschool parent. Michigander & MSU alum. Christian; definitely not nationalist. Anti MAGA, fascism, genocide. Pro Ukraine, BLM, democracy, rule of law, civil/human rights, refugees, vaccines, science. Words mine only. She.

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La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you want a Covid vaccine (good idea!), you definitely have a qualifying condition.

Physical inactivity is ~impossible to disprove (& not even defined as far as I can see; maybe don't wear an "I won the marathon" shirt to the pharmacy, though).

Good luck with vaccination acquisition! 💉

#MedSky

La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · Aug 20

For those for whom it's helpful, here's the high-risk list as of present.

CDC 2025 List of Underlying Medical Conditions That Increase a Person's Risk of Severe Covid-19:
- Asthma.
- Cancer.
-- Hematologic malignancies.
- Cerebrovascular disease.
- Chronic kidney disease*.
-- People receiving dialysis.
- Chronic lung diseases limited to the following:
-- Bronchiectasis.
-- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
-- Interstitial lung disease.
-- Pulmonary embolism.
-- Pulmonary hypertension.
- Chronic liver diseases limited to the following:
-- Cirrhosis.
-- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
-- Alcoholic liver disease.
-- Autoimmune hepatitis.
- Cystic fibrosis.
- Diabetes mellitus, type 1.
- Diabetes mellitus, type 2*.
- Gestational diabetes.
- Disabilities^, including Down's syndrome.
- Heart conditions (such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies).
- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
- Mental health conditions limited to the following:
-- Mood disorders, including depression.
-- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
- Neurologic conditions limited to dementia^ and Parkinson's disease.
- Obesity (BMI ≥30 or ≥95th percentile in children).
- Physical inactivity.
- Pregnancy and recent pregnancy.
- Primary immunodeficiencies.
- Smoking, current and former.
- Solid-organ or blood stem-cell transplantation.
- Tuberculosis.
- Use of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications.

* Indicates presence of evidence for pregnant and nonpregnant women.
^ Underlying conditions for which there is evidence in pediatric patients.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 31m

Friends, I know so many of you are planning to attend a "No Kings" protest this Saturday, and you'll be bringing with you amazing protest signs.

Why not recognize the creativity on display?

I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes.

(thread)

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

“Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding”

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 2d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

WESTERN ALASKA FLOODS UPDATE:

Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy

Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 23h

The Governor is at the Alaska Airlines Center as the first bus loads of Kipnuk Climate Refugees arrive from their C17 flight from Bethel tonight.
NOTE: Photo unattributed.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 8h

yupik singers and dancers greeted kipnuk evacuees in anchorage 🥹

i love you alaska!! there’s no where else i’d rather be than right here with you

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 5h

Evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok board the second mass evacuation flight this morning in Bethel, headed to Anchorage.

More photos and stories coming this afternoon @alaskabeacon.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 39m

“.. internal documents and communications .. show that Salesforce has pitched Immigration and Customs Enforcement on using the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities to help ICE staff up as Mr. Trump expands immigration raids and deportations ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

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Kansas Blueblood @kansasblueblood.bsky.social · 54m

A meme of pope Leo holding a baseball bat. It reads "hello there I heard you didn't love your immigrant neighbor"

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ro(boo)tron ☠️🏁 @robotron.blog · 1h

I think it's really cool that the last 2 popes have been invested in doing something about the Catholic church's crimes during the 20th century

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

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Katya: NYC vote 4 Zohran Mamdani @demonicnesquik.bsky.social · 12h

Basic kindness and human connection are forms of resistance under a regime that fights to strip their people of empathy so they'll be so desensitized that they won't mind the fascism happening to their neighbors.

Be kind. Make connections. Help each other

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

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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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 2h

I'd like to report a murder.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 2h

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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Rob Slater @robslater10.bsky.social · 2h

Cuomo running on a platform of tearing down the Statue of Liberty lol

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2h

“It was a mistake to put so many migrants in New York City.” - Cuomo

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 1d

(throwing up blood) uh oh i did not eat that much blood

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 4h

Ten years old today

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

the bet they're making is "the president gets things done" is a more compelling message than "the way the president is getting things done is flatly illegal"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · 4h

Props to the people who suggested Costco wool socks. They are indeed cozy, soft, & just right for the cool weather. (Also available from Bezos Mart if you're not a Costco member.)

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.

"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."

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La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · 6h

Weird Al is in the dictionary (video) under "weird." 😁

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

Happy National Dictionary Day!

We thought we'd celebrate with some new Word Icons.
www.merriam-webster.com/video/word-i...

Word Icons (Video)

Legendary figures and the words that define them

www.merriam-webster.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT WON’T ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD IN ILLINOIS PENDING APPEAL

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 11h

Sigh.

"Given what has come to pass, the only real option for the Democrats is to gerrymander the states they control to the absolute maximum, hope that the Republicans in their hubris allow there to be an election in 2028, hope that Republicans lose that election, hope that Republicans don’t use the military to steal an election they lost, and then use tiny Democratic majorities to completely remake the electoral system and the Supreme Court. There’s nothing I know about establishment Democrats that tells me they have the will to do that, even if they are allowed to take power again, but that’s the play."

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La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · 6h

I found this useful in removing AI from my system & found more AI-related settings just going through the whole set of settings in the places mentioned in this article. Also, plenty of permissions that I don't think any app on my system should have. 🤷‍♀️

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Sunshyn @thesunshyn.bsky.social · 7h

End the Epstein Shutdown!!

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h

Any election pitch against these guys should be "Hey do you hear what they're saying they're insane"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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