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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 3h

Truly. I was either sick with a respiratory infection or had back pain. 😭

Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 3h

all vaxxed up!! 💉💉

(covid + flu shots)

Close up of Meg’s arm. Neon green bandaid over her arm. Covid and flu shots appt.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 6h

bsky.app/profile/ceau... this whole thread

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 6h

I remember that restaurant!

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 6h

also co-signing as a Portland State alum

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 7h

oooh this will be good!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7h

“I trust my team completely, so when they said I should sit down with a fellow named Jordan Klepper for an interview, naturally I said yes,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said in an Instagram post.

https://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2025/10/daily-show-star-interviews-portland-mayor.html

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 19h

gotta get my political rants out while I still can!

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 19h

yeah, for sure. The folks I know who voted for him aren't necessarily cheering him on. They aren't really talking about politics anymore. I just think we deserve to shame them. You know, as a little treat.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 19h

That said, I do think some of them (the well-meaning types) are getting off too easily. It’s been like that for years.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 19h

Totally get it. I've cut some old friends out over their views.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 20h

this Thanksgiving, shame your relatives who voted for this, even if they don't currently approve of the administration.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 20h

sorry, I'm feeling very existentially tonight. Just a smidge worried.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 20h

This is likely the last time in (hopefully forever) Republicans will have this much unified power. The corruption is brazen, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to make it permanent. I shudder to think what will happen if we lose the Voting Rights Act.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Our voting rights correspondent, @ariberman.bsky.social, joined the folks at @npr.org's Code Switch for a critical conversation about the state of our nation's democracy.

It's an interview you won't want to miss. Check it out at the link below:

Voting rights are at risk. Here's why. : Code Switch

Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears a case that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act, which was passed to ensure fair districting and voting practices across different racial groups.…

www.npr.org

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Sam Godwell @samgodwell.bsky.social · 4d

easy to understand how the french were driven to such an extreme revolution.

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 21h

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

Shining lasers into the air also forces aircraft doing stuff like “life saving medical flights” to land, which is a great way to lose popular support for your activism. Don’t fucking do this.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2d

It is wrong and so freaking stupid. It's impacting hospital care (causing helicopters to have to land an hour away instead of at hospital which is near ICE facility) and the type of thing which will turn people against the protestors. www.kgw.com/article/news...

OHSU says emergency flights will be diverted amid 'laser party' aimed at helicopters circling over Portland ICE facility

A "laser party" for those frustrated with helicopters' nightly flights over the South Portland area can have dangerous consequences for patients, OHSU warned.

www.kgw.com

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social · 21h

My layover was at this airport. I walked past cowboy-themed restaurants, but didn't see any videos of ICE Barbie (thankfully).

KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 1d

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport joined a handful of other airports across the country that have refused to display a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.