TealFish
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TealFish
@tealfish.bsky.social
New to Bluesky. Retired editor trying to live my best life while being a blue dot in two different flaming red states. Love books, sarcasm, freedom, sports, Cubs, wit, humor and sunny days. A committed reader of posts and very, very rare poster.
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It hurts my heart.
As chilling a meme as I have seen. But I agree.
July 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is disgusting. First they hold a “Border Security Expo” where Trump cronies learn how to get their piece of the deportation $$ pie. Then they compare human beings to Amazon boxes.

apple.news/AWrZ-RsW5SEm...
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: 'Prime, but with human beings' — Arizona Mirror
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
apple.news
April 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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“essentially closing research operations in my group” = no new experiments save 1 recently funded grant. Spending freezes limit our ability to order supplies and reagents. We need to focus remaining funding on maintaining personnel + analyzing existing samples w whatever’s left in the cabinet
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state.

HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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😥 Gene Lyons is a damn good columnist.
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Just going to leave this here. 👇
December 5, 2024 at 2:28 AM