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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 3h

#SPIRITDAY is tomorrow! Take the pledge now to take a stand for LGBTQ youth: glaad.org/spiritday 💜

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2h

I worked with so many advocates in Minnestoa to ban the dangerous and harmful practice of conversion therapy. Now SCOTUS wants to override the best medical and legal practices.

SCOTUS could nullify Minnesota's ban on conversion therapy • Minnesota Reformer

The U.S. Supreme Court last week held oral arguments on Colorado’s prohibition of mental health practitioners trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of their minor patients, or wha...

minnesotareformer.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 3h

Videos don't get farmers a market for their soybeans. Videos don't get people health insurance. Videos don't make sure children have food.

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Mindfield @mindfield.bsky.social · 4h

Translation: US Government pays $41m to spread propaganda over the airwaves.

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security.

$51 million dollars

We have the money to ensure Americans get health care. We just choose not to.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, it's a "the lady doth protest too much" situation

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 5h

The $20 billion dollars of taxpayer money Trump is sending to Argentina will do nothing to benefit the USA.

UPDATE: Trump admits Argentina bailout will not benefit the U.S.

A remarkable statement about the $20 billion plan that will greatly benefit a well-connected hedge fund manager.

popular.info

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stopdropendfascism.bsky.social @stopdropendfascism.bsky.social · 5h

This is a violation of the hatch act. All those evolved will be arrested

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security.

$51 million dollars

We have the money to ensure Americans get health care. We just choose not to.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security.

$51 million dollars

We have the money to ensure Americans get health care. We just choose not to.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

Trump fancies himself an interior decorator.

Don the Builder: Inside Trump's White House makeover

Long after Trump has exited the presidency, his imprint will be on the executive mansion in an unprecedented scope and scale.

www.axios.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.

Matthew 10:8

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 6h

Happy Wednesday lovelies!

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Seems prudent

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to go EVEN FURTHER, then bid on the #SpiritDay auction, presented by @glaad.bsky.social. The funds raised help us to use the media to fight for safety for LGBTQ youth.

The GLAAD Spirit Day Auction | eBay. Your VIP pass to celeb-packed fun

Your VIP pass to celeb-packed fun

www.ebay.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to go further, take the #SpiritDay pledge at glaad.org/spiritday

Spirit Day | GLAAD

#SpiritDay is the world’s most visible anti-bullying movement inspiring LGBTQ youth, especially transgender and nonbinary youth to live their lives in their truth and authenticity.

glaad.org

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

#SpiritDay is this Thursday. Please "go purple" (wear or post purple) and send a message of support for LGBTQ youth...and a strong message against bullying.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

“Billionaires, big corporations and the politicians they fund who want to take us backward are sowing doubt by trying to convince people like you and me that our elections and our neighbors who run them can’t be trusted.”

THANK YOU ELECTION JUDGES!

Your Minnesota neighbors are making sure voting is safe, easy and secure • Minnesota Reformer

My name is Matt Kinney, I live in St. Louis Park, and every year I volunteer to serve as an election judge. That means that when I walk into a school gym or community center on Election Day, I am the...

minnesotareformer.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Right. I forgot about the pooping, in addition to the eating.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Really appreciate @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social doing a deep dive. They document so well the harassment that comes from "Moms for Liberty", which mirrors the tactics we see in so many other parts of our country.

How Moms for Liberty Took Over One Florida County

As the M4L annual summit kicks off this weekend, here’s how one of the group’s original chapters is sowing chaos and pushing anti-LGBTQ policies in Indian River County.

www.unclosetedmedia.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Homicides in St. Paul have fallen 70% this year, and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi credits a Denver model adopted by the SPPD that focuses on solving non-fatal shootings.

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

www.mprnews.org

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

I love seeing goats act as lawn care and weeding.

In NYC, I saw goats clearing out brush in Riverside Park.

This Ski Area Hired a Herd of Goats and Sheep to Help With Landscaping

Jay Peak Resort in Vermont brought in a team of hungry ungulates to help tame overgrown vegetation on its slopes before the snow flies

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

I love seeing innovation trying to solve our issues. We need to keep trying things, and then scale up what is working the best.

Ice batteries could be a great step away from air conditioning.

Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning

Buildings in the U.S. are turning to ice batteries for air conditioning — a technology that freezes water into ice at night when electricity is cheap and lets it thaw during the day to cool indoor spa...

apnews.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

President Dwight D. Eisenhower said “Whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future,”

Isn't this true. I feel it in my life today.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

AI data centers are sucking up all the electricity and making your personal electricity bills higher.

So many possible solutions, we probably need a combination.

1. moderate AI usage
2. Invest in updating the electric grid
3. Invest heavily in renewable energy

What else?

An energy expert explains why electricity prices keep climbing

Heatmap News' Robinson Meyer explains why electricity bills are rising faster than inflation.

www.npr.org

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Tuesday, lovelies!

It's so easy to feel isolated. Don't forget that we are a human family.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

Again, paint rainbows in every pothole across Texas and Florida. Let this war on rainbows accomplish something good for the residents.

The War on Rainbow Crosswalks Comes to Texas

A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking.

www.erininthemorning.com

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