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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 5h

My sister repaired all the hardcover books in our house when we were growing up, greatly expanding their lifespan. Books have gotten less expensive since then though.

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 5h

AltNPS was reporting that number worldwide on Sunday.

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 5h

Rick Scott a healthcare expert????? The man who was CEO of HCA when they committed the largest Medicare fraud the system has seen?

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 5h

Rick Scott a healthcare expert????? The man who was CEO of HCA when they committed the largest Medicare fraud the system has seen?

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 5h

Rick Scott a healthcare expert????? The man who was CEO of HCA when they committed the largest Medicare fraud the system has seen?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Ron Johnson: "Let's bring free market competition back into the healthcare industry. Let's bring back way more consumer choice. Rick Scott, an expert in healthcare, he's working with people like myself and the White House, let's design the Republican plan."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Ron Johnson: "Let's bring free market competition back into the healthcare industry. Let's bring back way more consumer choice. Rick Scott, an expert in healthcare, he's working with people like myself and the White House, let's design the Republican plan."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 23h

Six Russian regions are on the brink of financial collapse — they have almost exhausted all budget reserves. Among them are Arkhangelsk, Volgograd, Belgorod, Kalmykia, Ulyanovsk, and Irkutsk regions.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

Reportedly the ballroom is being financed through private donation. The billions to Argentina, OTOH.....

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

Truly throwing out? Not even donating or giving to the kids whose parents can't afford books? It's ridiculous not to keep them in circulation somehow.

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

And yet when I suggest my GOP congressional twits reread Matthew 25 31-46 the whole "even as you do unto the least of these, you do unto me bit), they never do it! Why aren't they obeying the one they claim to be king?

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

there isn't even a text of it yet, so how can there be a cosponsor?

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

They *say* it's being paid for by private donations, but Trump also said it wouldn't disrupt the WH any, so who can believe any of it?

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

No text available yet though.

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

Satire has always been a mainstay in my family and that was NOT satire. That was a temper tantrum.

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

yeah, I had to google it too - and got a good laugh out of the definition!

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 19h

Crap. GWB's appointments have mostly ruled against the extreme unconstitutional actions being tried now, but those damn Trump appointees stay mostly in his corner.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 1d

WHEN I TESTIFIED FOR THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, REP. CHIP ROY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT ME OR ACKNOWLEDGE MY HEALTH OR TESTIMONY FOR MILLIONS. IF A PICTURE SAYS 1K WORDS THIS SAYS 1M! WHAT A DISGRACE & SO IS JIM JORDAN!

Peter Morley, Patient Advocate Testifying for Elijah Cummings sharing Patient Stories before Congress on 7/10/19 before the House Oversight Committee. Rep. Chip Roy wouldn't acknowledge my presence and Rep. Jim Jordan made fun of me & cackled in the background, but it DID NOT stop me! NEVER FORGET!

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mdlawver @marilaw.bsky.social · 22h

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 22h

Isn't the 9th circuit supposed to be a more reasonable one? How the hell can they justify this?

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wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't say he alone would do it, just that any 2th Amendment effort requires Vance, or whoever is VP, being a part of it.

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, is that the site of "the Hole"? It looks filled in now! We used to live in the tip of the mitt and my specialists wer in Petoskey. Great turnout there!

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 1d

I blocked them al, but none seem to have blocked me back yet. I must seem insignificant to them. LOL

wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social · 1d

He'll only realize that if Peter Thiel tells him.

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