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MSC Health Policy, Planning & Finance; Jill of many trades Teacher, Paralegal, admin at gov agencies, HR, Med admin. lived in a few countries & a few US States. got two Graybies. been at the bird place, same moniker.

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And the policy she wanted put in place was implemented by the Capital Trump admin put in place after pushing out the last one. Here is more info on him
Admiral Kevin Lunday, the The acting commander of the US Coast Guard, told lawmakers on Thursday that swastikas and nooses will continue to be banned in the service, even though a recently updated harassment policy now labels them simply as "potentially divisive." The policy change, which removes the term "hate incident," states that conduct involving symbols long associated with hatred or oppression will be handled as harassment cases only when there is an identifiable victim. The policy lists "a noose" and "a swastika" among symbols considered divisive rather than explicitly punishable hate imagery. Responding to criticism from lawmakers reviewing his nomination, Lunday assured Rep. Lauren Underwood, that the Coast Guard still prohibits displaying such symbols in both Pictures of the admiral and another of a Coast Guard ship
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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But if you want the name of the admiral that put this policy in place, here
Admiral Kevin Lunday, the The acting commander of the US Coast Guard, told lawmakers on Thursday that swastikas and nooses will continue to be banned in the service, even though a recently updated harassment policy now labels them simply as "potentially divisive." The policy change, which removes the term "hate incident," states that conduct involving symbols long associated with hatred or oppression will be handled as harassment cases only when there is an identifiable victim. The policy lists "a noose" and "a swastika" among symbols considered divisive rather than explicitly punishable hate imagery. Responding to criticism from lawmakers reviewing his nomination, Lunday assured Rep. Lauren Underwood, that the Coast Guard still prohibits displaying such symbols in both public and private settings.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I love hanging out with kitties!!!
Grey kitty, H kitty, lying on his side on a level of the cat tree, a kind of side plank. His front paws crossed. He’s looking at the camera with big pupils and long whiskers, and shiny fur. Also very tall ears like mini satellite dishes
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Not babies, but kitties
H Kitty, he is grey, with an angular face, in a playful mood, lying on one of the cat tree levels with paws crossed, pupils big with yellow green eyes, and very tall ears, like mini satellite dishes, ha! His fur looks very silky. S kitty, she has a round face, she is up on top of the headboard in her human’s main bedroom, she is in a kind of sphinx position while also resting her head & looking towards her humans.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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So adorable!! I’ve actually got similar merch.
Grey kitty, S kitty, with green eyes loafing on top of a cat tree, front paws nicely folded
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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FYI be careful if you eat atvrestaurantscorcgetcfood from farms. Link to article in thread
David Sirota & @davidsirota on Twitter SCOOP: [GOP] Senators quietly put language into the shutdown deal helping their donors block rules to prevent food contamination & foodborne illnesses at farms & restaurants, according to bill text reviewed by @LeverNews. The provisions come amid an explosion of food-borne illnesses. Picture of headline from Lever News: Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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From Democracy Now (Facebook, this post isn’t on Blsky yet) good tips for how the public can document federal ICE & other incursions into their community.
Democracy Now! * As the Trump administration escalates immigration raids in Chicago and elsewhere, advocates are sharing legal resources with community members about how to protect themselves and their loved ones. Illinois state Representative Hoan Huynh, who is closely involved in community safety efforts in the Chicago area, says bystanders can document the activity of federal agents. He encourages people to use the SALUTE method. The acronym refers to documenting the size, activity, location, units, time and equipment involved in an enforcement action, giving others meaningful information rather than merely spreading panic. "We, as civilians, have the right to document ICE agents and CBP officers when they're in our neighborhoods," Huynh tells Democracy Now! See the full interview: https:// www.democracynow.org/2025/10/29/ hoan_huynh_chicago_ice The SALUTE method for documenting safely Size: How many agents or officers are there? Activity: What specifically are the agents doing? Location: Give an exact address or intersection. Unit(s): What letters, details, or patches are visible? Time: What precise time did you witness this event? Equipment: What weapons or tools did agents have?
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Yes!! And anyone that is feeling unwell, no matter what the illness is, should try to separate from family, and stay home until most symptoms subside & if need to go out or interact, wearing well fitting masks will be very helpful.
Durham, NC Department of Public Health Whether or not it's COVID-19, no one wants to be sick. If you're not feeling well, it's kind and important to stay away from others and avoid exposing them to your illness. But if you have to go out, wearing a mask can prevent spreading illness to others! Whether it's COVID-19, flu, RSV, a cold, or something else, Staying home and away from others when you're sick shows you care about them and want to keep them healthy. But if you have to go out, wearing a mask can prevent spreading illness to others! Graphic with sick person sitting up in bed taking temperature & drinking hot beverage on left and a family with elders & toddler and tween & two working age adults on the right side.
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Durham, NC Dept of Public Health is on it!!!
Durham County Department of Public Health Whether or not it's COVID-19, no one wants to be sick. If you're not feeling well, it's kind and important to stay away from others and avoid exposing them to your illness. But if you have to go out, wearing a mask can prevent spreading illness to others! Graphic: on the left side, a person feeling unwell, having symptoms and taking their temperature & drinking hot liquid while sitting up in bed. Text in the middle (see below) and On the right side a mom with a toddler, a grandma & grandpa, a tween, and a father/Uncle with no symptoms. Whether it's COVID-19, flu, RSV, a cold, or something else, Staying home and away from others when you're sick shows you care about them and want to keep them healthy. But if you have to go out, wearing a mask can prevent spreading illness to others!
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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He busks so we can have nice things
Grey cat, very handsome, with a small white patch on chest, lying in a hybrid front/side loaf with one leggy out & that paw tucked under leaning against a human sized straw hat upside down, like a jazz musician on the streets of New Orleans.
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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I have one that I sacrifice for often
Big Grey kitty rolling on his back, one arm/paw outstretched, on a pink cat bed, looking adorable and very soft. Very tempting.
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Accelerationist.
Right-wing accelerationism Although right-wing accelerationism also includes pro-capitalist visions of unbridled technological development, since at least the late 2010s right-wing accelerationism has primarily been associated with white nationalist and Christofascist ideologies agitating for the demise of liberal democracy in favor of a white ethnostate. Right-wing accelerationists advocate violent and nonviolent actions to sow chaos and heighten political tensions with the hope of inciting a race war. Some evangelicals and supporters of Christian Identity, a new religious movement characterized by belief in white supremacy and anti-Semitism, espouse accelerationist ideas with the hope of expediting Armageddon.
October 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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I remember in Boston area when Patriots were peacefully gathering and a colonizing army killed a number of them they called it a Massacre, The Boston Massacre.
An old sketch of ThecBoston Massacre in February of 1770. Colonists were peacefully gathered to protest the Stanp Act. And the British troops opened fire.
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Help clarify, show our convictions, point out the lies, and stymie their goals as much as we can- those of us that can and that have some extra privilege to step out of line to help others see /2
Alex Borstein was accepting the Emmy award for her work on ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ and this is what she said after her thank you list. "MY GRANDMOTHER WAS IN LINE TO BE SHOT INTO A PIT. SHE SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IF I STEP OUT OF LINE?' HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO SHOOT YOU BUT SOMEBODY WILL AND SHE STEPPED OUT OF LINE. FOR THAT, I AM HERE AND MY CHILDREN ARE HERE. SO STEP OUT OF LINE, LADIES, STEP OUT OF LINE." -ALEX BORSTEIN
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Thanks. From what you linked, they haven’t found this exact quote, but one that is very similar in content and spirit. It’s better imo
“…. The closest in spirit and content, and also the most easily available, is from an interview with Roger Errera in 1973, what turned out to be Hannah Arendt's last public interview. Arendt spoke about the importance of a free press in an era of mass manipulation of truth and public lying: She said: "The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. This is because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history. On the receiving end you get not only one lie-a lie which you could go on for the rest of your days-but you get a great number of lies, depending on how the political wind blows. And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please."
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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This is some sanity
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com posted about the speech Violet Affleck gave at the UN about Clean Air, Masks and prevention of COVID 19. "We are told by leaders that we are the future [youth]. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes." Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Ratings only come from recruited representatives, and info extrapolated. So most idle us watching won’t make a dang bit of difference. entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question433....
How Stuff Works: TV Ratings Since it's a tall feat to measure the viewing habits of every single person in the U.S., Nielsen uses a technique called statistical sampling to rate shows. It's the same technique that pollsters use to predict the outcome of elections. Nielsen recruits people to join its TV ratings panels and measures what they watch, how often they watch it, and how long they watch it. Nielsen then extrapolates the data that it collects from these sample audiences to draw conclusions about larger populations. That's a simple way of explaining a complicated, extensive process. Around 20,000 households are included in the representative sample for the national ratings estimates. Though this number is a small percentage of the 121 million homes with TVs in the U.S., panels are selected so…
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I’m sorry to hear. How can we be supportive? I’ve got some cute cat pics
Silly Grey kitty half on a pink bed, on his back but half turned to side. One front paw outstretched to the edge of the small pink cat bed, another up in the air with paw bent over in relaxed pose, belly on full display head turned on bead facing same side of bed as first paw. He is sleeping ish. Sane grey kitty on pink Ned but now in full repose on back with first paw close to chest, and other paw outstretched to other side, head lying on bed with his neck outstretched facing up- while full chest & belly on display.
September 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Yep
BEFORE learning the shooter was a cisgender far-right white man: Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace Time to bring back the death penalty. 9:29 PM - 9/10/25 • 239K Views AFTER learning the shooter was a cisgender far-right white man: Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same. 10:36 AM • 9/12/25 - 1.5M Views
September 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This is pretty terrible
Poster of 6 Conservative US Supreme Court Justices that just issued a terrible ruling. John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barret. “THE SUPREME COURT JUST LIFTED A BAN THAT PREVENTED ICE AGENTS FROM STOPPING AND DETAINING PEOPLE BASED ON RACE. SO ACCORDING TO THESE 6 JUSTICES FACTORING IN RACE AS ONE ELEMENT IN THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. BUT USING RACE AS A FACTOR TO ARREST AND DETAIN ANYONE IS TOTALLY OK. AMERICA IS BEING RULED BY A RACIST, FASCIST REGIME AND THE SUPREME COURT IS OK WITH IT.
September 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Do we know if this is an actual current picture- or a repost they’re trying to pass off like they did yesterday using video & pics from June? x.com/americankaw1...
Andrea quote tweeted a post from 28 June 2025 with the same video as media was using yesterday Andrea @AmericanKaw13 Umm guys the video they posted of Trump from "this morning" was actually from June The Patriot Oasis™ & @ThePatriot... •6/28/25 BREAKING: After a LONG week of WINNING, President Trump got a round of Golf in at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. WELL DESERVED MR. PRESIDENT Andrea commented further: Also the photo is the same exact outfit. Caitlin of County Kerry @lynn_of_...•1d Trump found alive. Country Devastated #whereistrump #trumpdead • • Andrea Yeah in the exact same outfit Someone asked if the outfit could be golf outfit- Andrea responded and others commented Andrea I guess but it's weird that they used a video from months ago regardless Ember @TS_Ember Fair •'° aliena is a showgirl 9) youre kidding?????? Andrea No Kelsi TS Where did they post it? Andrea Everywhere this morning outlets were using this video to show he was alive Kelsi TS Welp
August 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Right? What a useless person RFK jr is. There are many ways they could improve health for Americans that would have a very meaningful impact
Jake Scott, MD & @jakescottMD on Twitter Posts: I recently saw a patient with a serious infection. I prescribed the only effective oral antibiotic, but her insurance denied it. She's still sick and is now at risk for sepsis. This is daily life for Americans. Meanwhile, the head of HHS is focused on the color of Froot Loops. Dr Scott Quote posts RFK Jr post: Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy Froot Loops is finally following its nose — toward common sense. Thanks to the many parents who spoke out and pressured @KelloggsUS to remove harmful food dyes from its products. I urge more companies to step up and join the movement to Make America Healthy Again.
July 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Very true indeed
Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker on Twitter posted the red states that rely on tourism are eagerly switching to a concentration camp-based economy and that's not even a joke Mike reposted from Fifty Shades of Whey on Twitter @davenewworld... They are gonna strangle the tourism industry “TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Travelers to the US must pay a new $250 'visa integrity fee' - What to know” By Monica Pitrelli, CNBC • Published July 18, 2025 • Updated on July 18, 2025 at 2:47 am 3:07 PM • 7/18/25 • 340K Views
July 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Just got this message from power company. Are they asking same from the tech bros & corporations running AI & other high energy items? Smdh.
Duke Energy: Successive days of extreme temperatures are driving unusually high energy demand in our area and available power reserves are currently very limited. You can help us protect the electric grid & avoid possible temporary outages by cutting back on nonessential energy use from 3-8PM. Your actions can make a difference. Get energy-saving tips at duk.us/176. Text STOP to cancel.
June 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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This is very problematic.

x.com/longtimehist...
@LongTimeHistory posted on Twitter: “ICE agent points gun directly at the head of innocent civilian-just for taking picture of his license plate. He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other. The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle. The incident happened during an ICE raid at the corner of Los Robles & Orange Grove in Pasadena, California.” @LongTimeHistory posted in his thread on Twitter “Full local news coverage by KTLA 5 ⬇️ Pasadena is currently the target of multiple ICE raids. Video shows a plainclothes agent jumping out of his vehicle—drawing his weapon on a person taking a picture. Masked plainclothes agents wearing bulletproof vests were also seen questioning men on a park bench—arresting them along with other day laborers. The men were put into an unmarked minivan and taken away…”
June 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM