Alexandra Lupu
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This thread cleansed my soul.
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This thread cleansed my soul.
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RESULT: Nicusor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucarest, will be the next president of Romania.
A big loss for the far-right: its candidate George Simion got 41% in round one, but didn’t grow enough, & turnout surging worked against him. Simion is down 54.3% to 45.7% with 96% reporting.
A big loss for the far-right: its candidate George Simion got 41% in round one, but didn’t grow enough, & turnout surging worked against him. Simion is down 54.3% to 45.7% with 96% reporting.
May 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
RESULT: Nicusor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucarest, will be the next president of Romania.
A big loss for the far-right: its candidate George Simion got 41% in round one, but didn’t grow enough, & turnout surging worked against him. Simion is down 54.3% to 45.7% with 96% reporting.
A big loss for the far-right: its candidate George Simion got 41% in round one, but didn’t grow enough, & turnout surging worked against him. Simion is down 54.3% to 45.7% with 96% reporting.
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Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
So much of the general rhetoric around autism is depressingly ill informed, alarmist, and generally fearmonger-y
Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So much of the general rhetoric around autism is depressingly ill informed, alarmist, and generally fearmonger-y
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🚨 SCOOP 🚨
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨 SCOOP 🚨
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
There Is No Safe Word
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
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Some artists are very, very good at branding themselves so you might feel like you have to go through them to love the thing you love.
But it's just branding. People can make great use of blue, but nobody IS blue.
You stand under the same rainbow. 6/
But it's just branding. People can make great use of blue, but nobody IS blue.
You stand under the same rainbow. 6/
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Some artists are very, very good at branding themselves so you might feel like you have to go through them to love the thing you love.
But it's just branding. People can make great use of blue, but nobody IS blue.
You stand under the same rainbow. 6/
But it's just branding. People can make great use of blue, but nobody IS blue.
You stand under the same rainbow. 6/
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For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM
For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia.
www.ajc.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
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December 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.
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December 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
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since we’re all talking about health insurance today, seems like a good time to ask @cignahealthcare.bsky.social, who made $2.1. billion last quarter, why they denied me three separate times for coverage for my non-elective surgery that i’m having tomorrow
December 4, 2024 at 10:28 PM
since we’re all talking about health insurance today, seems like a good time to ask @cignahealthcare.bsky.social, who made $2.1. billion last quarter, why they denied me three separate times for coverage for my non-elective surgery that i’m having tomorrow
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The "horizon" that really is always being gestured at is this vague anxiety that women, queer people, and racial/ethnic/national minorities won't hear just how much people hate them.
Because there's something suspicious about a person who expects to be treated well when we have culturally coded
Because there's something suspicious about a person who expects to be treated well when we have culturally coded
Since joining I’ve encountered dozens of archaeologists, classicists, and historians from a variety of countries who have absolutely broadened my horizons.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
November 22, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The "horizon" that really is always being gestured at is this vague anxiety that women, queer people, and racial/ethnic/national minorities won't hear just how much people hate them.
Because there's something suspicious about a person who expects to be treated well when we have culturally coded
Because there's something suspicious about a person who expects to be treated well when we have culturally coded
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In all likelihood, if you use public bathrooms, you have shared them with trans people plenty of times, and nothing has happened, and you haven’t even known, because you don’t interrogate people who are just trying to use the restroom in peace, which is as it should be.
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
In all likelihood, if you use public bathrooms, you have shared them with trans people plenty of times, and nothing has happened, and you haven’t even known, because you don’t interrogate people who are just trying to use the restroom in peace, which is as it should be.
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Pay attention to Oklahoma.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Pay attention to Oklahoma.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
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We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers.
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
November 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers.
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙