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Empress Nikki
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Parenting, stress-baking, chasing critters w/ #camera, & devouring all the #books before they're banned. 📸📚

#antiracist #antifascist 🇺🇦

Multiple Sclerosis Warrior 🧡
#MSAwareness #EqualRights

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“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
-FDR

#kindness #leadership #empathy #compassion
om nom nom homemade Hawaiian sweet rolls for the win!
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Music to the ears.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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This moment says everything about why Zohran Mamdani won.

A journalist in a wheelchair asked about accessibility and Mamdani didn’t talk down to him, didn’t deflect, didn’t politicize it. He listened.

He’s the kind of leader who respects everyone, every faith, every class, every flag.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Research is being held hostage. Scientists are looking to Europe. We are losing future scientists.

Cornell recapitulated to Trump. Columbia's #NIH grants, including one on uterine fibroids were canceled & then reinstated after it offered to pay $200 mil to Trump.
🧪 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.

So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My 7yo was excited to show me that she completed her homework all by herself. She said she looked up quotes on her tablet and this was her favorite.

Do I tell her it’s falsely attributed or naw just roll with it?

“When words are both true, and Kind they change the world”
-Buddha
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Man said a whole freaking word!

substack.com/@marlonweems...
Marlon Weems (@marlonweems)
Only Josh Johnson could distill Mamdani’s election victory like this
substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
-FDR

#kindness #leadership #empathy #compassion
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Somewhere near downtown LA, no lies told — blue states keep MAGA country afloat. 🔥

“You just keep on using me until you use me up.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Here ya go!
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Breaking.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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🚨 Mainers have voted to pass a red flag law, which will allow family members to petition courts to remove firearms from a loved one in danger.
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/04/p...
Maine passes ‘red flag’ law born out of the Lewiston shooting
The yes side of Question 2 had 60.1% of votes to 39.9% for the no side when the Bangor Daily News and its national partner, Decision Desk HQ, called the race at 9:48 p.m. Tuesday.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Bill Gates defends contentious climate shift
"I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays."
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I went to a block party tonight here in MAGAland.
We live near a large military base - so the majority are: active duty, retired, base/fed, defense industry.

A pair of 40sh dudes were talking about retiring soon; both are eager for their retirement pay on top of a civilian job.

1/
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
👧 : Hey mom- guess what the temperature is?

👩 : I’m not sure? 70?

👧 : No! (sings) It’s Six-Seven, Six-Seven, I’m running to heaven 🎵

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️‍➡️walked right into that one. 🤦🏼‍♀️
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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God bless this man for such an eloquently comprehensive response and statement without one curse word. I couldn't. I can't. Wouldn't want to. Whew. 🙌🏾🫶🏾🙏🏾👏🏾
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump and the Republican Party are redistricting and gerrymandering to rig upcoming elections and weaken democracy. I exposes how these maps threaten fair representation and explain how Democrats and voters can still fight back for fair maps. youtu.be/cEKnZlsFkFE
GOP Gerrymandering: Can Dems Close the Gap?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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UNMUTE. And look after your people.

You have neighbors who might be struggling? Show up like “help I made too much bread, would you like some, I won’t use it all in time”

Invite the next door kids over to help you make cookies, feed them lunch while they’re there.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Love!!! 💕
I will now be watching all of his videos. Collabs with some incredible musicians and vocalists.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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first, take 2 minutes to read this critical thread

two, if you read it and realize you're not yet following @burness.bsky.social, i know you'll fix that immediately
Most likely don’t have this on the Election Day radar, but felony disenfranchisement is on the ballot next week in Virginia, an unusually harsh state for denying voting rights to people with criminal records. Major reform may be coming there, and Tuesday is pivotal.

Here’s what you need to know:
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM