Yoga Hag
@thefoxyhag.bsky.social
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Gen X witch; menopause, energy work & cat/plant snaps from the Ozarks
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joffirphd.bsky.social
Want it in a few words? The middle class. Want details? See below.

"The typical person with an ACA plan is an adult in their mid-40s with an income between 100 and 200 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $21,000 to $42,000 for a family of two."

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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Who will lose out when ACA health insurance subsidies expire?
Here’s a look at who could be affected by the end of the Affordable Care Act credits and how much prices could change.
www.washingtonpost.com
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
“The most common is “Chinese woman follows her African partner home and has a bad time.” These videos universally depict Africa (never a specific country) as desperately poor, socially backward, and rife with physical and sexual violence.”

foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/c...
Racist AI Fantasies Are Spreading on China’s Internet
Anti-Black videos speak to popular prejudices.
foreignpolicy.com
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clancyny.bsky.social
WSJ: Support During Menopause Is Becoming the Latest Workplace Perk

"As employees become more open about how menopause-related symptoms like fatigue and brain fog affect them on the job, employers are offering benefit."

Gift link!
Support During Menopause Is Becoming the Latest Workplace Perk
As employees become more open about how menopause-related symptoms like fatigue and brain fog affect them on the job, employers are offering benefits.
www.wsj.com
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.”

Designed-in car dependency, surging car prices, longer loan periods with more interest.

Sound like “freedom” to you?
Cars are so expensive that buyers need 7-year loans
Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average auto prices nearing $50,000.
www.seattletimes.com
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
October 10, 2025

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.
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kamaufranklin.bsky.social
Happy Indigenous Day. Fuck Columbus. Resistance is never futile.
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
"Two major publishers have begun to automatically reject the vast majority of papers based on public health data sets, following revelations that unscrupulous actors use these data sets to churn out nonsense scientific papers."

www.science.org/content/arti...
Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research
www.science.org
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ecologygrant.bsky.social
The shrew’s extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country. These losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before colonisation 🧪

theconversation.com/and-then-the...
And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.
theconversation.com
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drewharwell.com
Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank
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mollymckew.bsky.social
It’s good to know this many millennia on, men still don’t understand anything about women’s bodies, but love to find new ways to demean them while making money off of them, nonetheless
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