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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 17m

Makes sense. It’s good to feel like you can contribute as a parent. I’m constantly trying not to beat myself up about that.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 22m

Noise cancelling headphones are your friend. When I’m overstimulated I’ll have them in for hours sometimes.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 27m

Lord make it so.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 13h

Sarah McBride has been aptly using this metaphor since her before her campaign. I think it has merit.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 22h

If they not actually getting SNAP benefits there is know way this should qualify.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 1d

I was sent an invite and applied!

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 3d

Yes please.

Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 3d

Long Covid Friends, I created this mantra to help me apply some positive vibes (cognitive behavior therapy techniques) to my daily routine. Feel free to use parts of this to make your own. Doing this practice seems to lift a weight off my shoulders.

I am more than my condition.  I have the power to take control of my circumstances.  I will fight depression with gratitude.  I will gain focus through breathing.  I will sustain power through disciplined rest, and a healthy lifestyle.  I will fight my disease through deliberate trial, error, and measurement, seeking the help I need.

The work I do is sacred and worthy, with a team of beautiful humans, working on behalf of difference-making organizations.

My family is nestled deep within my heart; and is my joy and my sacred responsibility. To serve them I must first serve myself.

I will live this day to its fullest by acknowledging the power I have within, and beyond, my limitations.

I forgive myself for falling short of my expectations and will move forward with the confidence of a brighter tomorrow.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 3d

More targeted means more organization with even more people so harder to coordinate, but I agree that a scalpel is better if you can pull it off.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 3d

What’s the TDLR on strikes?

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India May for Iowa House @mayforiowa.bsky.social · 4d

The murals are (pretty much) done! Come see them in person at our Boycott Black Friday potluck! 🎨💛🥘

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Sophie Fern @sophiefern.bsky.social · 4d

May I recommend a podcast called 'When we all get to Heaven" which is about MCC San Francisco, which follows how a gay church got through the AIDS crisis. It includes tape recordings from the church at the time and is incredibly moving.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 5d

On the contrary, if anything it proved how he needs to step up since there wasn’t really much of a drop off without him. He is better than those guys, but not enough to forgive major mistakes.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 5d

He has more to prove I think. I don’t think the mistakes he’s been making this year meet “the standard”. They are correctable though, but he’ll need to show it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 5d

I’m running a fundraiser t-shirt sale for Jamaica. 100% profits go to disaster relief.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 5d

I hiked the ridge once and as I was summiting Mt. Washington the weather turned on a dime from 80 to 20 degrees in about 5 minutes. We were prepared but it’s hard to put thermals in while trying to hug the mountain to avoid the winds.

Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 6d

This seems hyperbolic and doesn’t match my experience as a patient who has participated Long Covid research. I have heard the opposite claim, of patients being gaslit by doctors. One community is certainly more marginalized than the other, and thus will receive my deference.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 6d

I would think NIH cuts and a lack of support from Federal agencies are driving Long Covid research declines more than concerned people desperate for help.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t expect indigenous people to come and save us, either.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 6d

Bari Weiss has been head of CBS News for less than a month and already top leaders and talent are jumping ship:
-Claudia Milne, head of standards and practices has left
-John Dickerson, anchor of CBS Evening News, is leaving

deadline.com/2025/10/john...

John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners

John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners

John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.

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Wil Ranney @wilranney.bsky.social · 7d

My 6th grader just got to see the demolished version on her school trip.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 7d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 7d

A new startup, called Doublespeed, is being backed by one of biggest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

The new venture "is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."

a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service

Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

www.404media.co

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