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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 16h

Oh man, I loved that show. I can still whistle the theme song.

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Terrance @stickysweett.bsky.social · 20h

Black Men!! THIS!!! ✊🏽🤎

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 16h

DAAAAAAAAAMMMMN 🤣

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 16h

I'm having surgery in December so I need it.
In fact, I should probably start masking again on transit -- there's a very high vax rate here, but still.

A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 16h

Watch this, please.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx

No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism

Robert Reich

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

That's a really good movie

A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

Buy a paper calendar-- do NOT use these apps (even if you're not in TX)

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2d

If you know anyone using a menstrual tracking app, tell them to see using it immediately and delete all their data

Janice in Anchorage @janiceinanchorage.bsky.social · 2d

Women’s reproductive health choices are being tracked by law-enforcement agencies.

The Texas sheriff involved illegally sought a woman’s data. This is irresponsible
use of public safety resources.

#USDemocracy
#MyBodyMyChoice

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2d

Please share and give if you can, Nema hasnt received any new donations over the last several days.

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

The hell did I just watch 🤣🤣🤣 #Barbarian

A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

I got mine in September along with my RSV shot and two weeks later, the pneumonia shot (they said I need it 'cause I'm old now, lol).

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Wikipedia is the last source of reliable, unbiased information that isn't controlled by right wing billionaires, and they really REALLY want to get their hands on that, too.

Please keep donating to stop that from happening. Even small amounts help.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

i can't read it bc I hit the paywall but kudos to them for using that horrendous pic of him 😂

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

These are show trials -- @gaslitnation.bsky.social predicted it long ago.

Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's attacks against @newyorkstateag.bsky.social are baseless, malicious, and a threat to our democracy.

Proud to stand with this effective, impactful Attorney General. Trump wishes he was half as good at his job as her.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 2d

I have the pin!

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 3d

Never shut up about it, y'all. MAKE THEM PAY.

Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 3d

Absolutely. It is predictable. I wrote a warning about this a few weeks after the 2024 election.

When this ultimately all falls apart—and it will, one way or another—the overwhelming desire from elite quarters will be to just move on. It's in the past. We're looking forward.

Not this time.

When the country is left examining the wreckage of this administration and the movement which swept it back into power, those responsible and their enablers will seek to escape accountability on ratlines to the speaker's circuit for lucrative fees or slink off to the Harvard IOP fellows program. History informs us that the odds are in their favor. It is also instructive that the lack of accountability only begets further destructive actions. This past election is an acute example of this failing and we will all suffer as a result.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3d

Please share and give if you can, Nema hasnt received any donations over the last few days.

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 3d

Bats are amazing animals, but they have weird metabolisms that let them harbor viruses like rabies, Ebola, Marburg, SARS coronaviruses, etc. without getting sick.

So - find a bat inside, been asleep, go to the ER.

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 3d

As I always do when this comes up, I want to remind you that if you find a bat in your house and you've been asleep at all while it's inside, YOU NEED TO GET THE RABIES SHOTS ASAP.

There's no way to know for sure you didn't have contact. Tiny teeth and claws make tiny wounds you can't see.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 3d

“One person was bitten by the bat and is now seeking medical care, the county said… Any direct contact with a bat should be treated as a potential exposure, even if there is no visible bite or scratch, according to the county’s news release.”

Rabid bat bites person in southeast Michigan

The rabid bat found in St. Clair County has triggered warnings from health officials who say even minor contact with bats can be dangerous.

www.mlive.com

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Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 4d

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 4d

Its funny because its true 🤣

Store display of Bugles corn snacks that says "America's #1 finger hat"

A. Elizabeth Witch 🦇 @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 4d

"mild swelling"

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 4d

outstanding thread, be sure to read thru to the kicker

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 4d

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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