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Mialokin @mialokin.bsky.social · 9h

The frog… again! On October 18, time for the People to leapfrog back towards Democracy

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 9h

No Kings
No Fascists
No Tyrants
No Nazis

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 8h

This!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Support the troops, y'all!"

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 2d

What the …..

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

What if all of these were just DMs?

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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pambarr.bsky.social @pambarr.bsky.social · 3d

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 5d

#poemsabout #imperfectme

@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

All tomorrows

The room is finally quiet
The only reflection is mine
Another day closes
Another small victory for attrition
But the end is always...
Me.
I don't stare at my reflection
I don't need to know today
I am here
I am enough
Today that was enough
I could do more
I could be more
Someday I may
But today the room is quiet. Again.
Finally.
And the day closes
A flick of a switch and a clap of the notebook.
life pauses
Maybe tomorrow I try to be more than enough.
Maybe tomorrow I check my reflection.
Maybe tomorrow

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 3d

Well done building of tension within the poem, and focused dispersal of energy/expectation. I really liked the repetition of words like maybe, a very difficult word to use. Thank you (on a day when, good enough needs to be enough).

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 3d

Two poems from my WIP, Aphasia Builds Its Kingdom in Our House. #PoemsAbout#ImperfectMe

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 3d

A system that lets predators CONTINUE to get away with abusing children.

🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4d

👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭

Recall Congress back into session!

Swear in Adelita Grijalva, Mike!

Release the EPSTEIN files!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your kind words, Alan. It will mean the world to Bob.

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 4d

My husband, Robert Guzikowski, has aphasia. I am his voice on social media. These poems are from his book, Unwordly, published by UnCollected Press. #PoemsAbout#ImperfectMe

Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 4d

My husband, Robert Guzikowski, has aphasia. These poems are from his book, Unwordly, published by UnCollected Press. #PoemsAbout#ImperfectMe

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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 4d

Shame on you, Argenx!

The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 5d

A group of 53 people with #LongCOVID joined a clinical trial for Vyvgart. For many of them, the treatment changed everything.

Then, without warning, Argenx canceled the trial.

Most of them have now relapsed.

They're calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug: bit.ly/48l1Qp5

A photo Nicole Barrick, a woman in a pink KN95 mask, receives an infusion of Vyvgart. The text reads, "The Sick Times. Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug. By Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White."

"For those living with Long COVID, every ounce of hope is hard-won. This isn’t just about physical symptoms. It’s about the emotional toll of being given hope — and then having it taken away." - Vyvgart clinical trial participants
Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White

Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 4d

Cancelling a clinical trial for a new drug with such a high degree of efficacy and treating your test subjects like disrespected lab animals is beyond cruel and evil.

Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 5d

“If we assume, conservatively, that it takes 12 to 15 years to develop acceptable therapeutics for Long COVID, and then another 18 years for them to reach clinical practice, people my age — and yours — will have passed before they get help. We need to accelerate this.”

The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 5d

A group of 53 people with #LongCOVID joined a clinical trial for Vyvgart. For many of them, the treatment changed everything.

Then, without warning, Argenx canceled the trial.

Most of them have now relapsed.

They're calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug: bit.ly/48l1Qp5

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4d

👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭👭

Recall Congress back into session!

Swear in Adelita Grijalva, Mike!

Release the EPSTEIN files!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 8d

👓💄🖋️

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Karen Keefe @greenkari.bsky.social · 8d

Spotting any child is immoral! Note this is not a white child. Stop this now!

Amintegrity @amintegrity.bsky.social · 9d

A monstrous woman that shoots puppies and zip ties children should be jail and should not be employed by the government.

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Lynn ❌👑 @tnblue.bsky.social · 9d

If you're anywhere near Cleveland TN please support this event. Cleveland, like so many southern towns, is red and these sponsors are stepping up and stepping out!
#nokings

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 10d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 10d

First of all, what a lovely surprise to come across a Monty Python reference in the bird community!

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, the theme is the Ministry of Silly Walks, so I've picked a Savannah Sparrow fully booking it, as well as a Neotropic Cormorant who fully understood the assignment
#birds

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