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Calah (cockatoo) and I float around the US in a small travel trailer to see pictographs and mounds, to attend Trekkie and Jewish events, to visit Alamo Drafthouses (up to 44), and to see family and friends. 🏏🎺
Schmancy punctuation user, too … : ; – — ‽
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Polish advance theatrical poster for The Empire Strikes Back from 1983 featuring the Starship Enterprise
#StarWars
#FilmSky
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Arlo and Elmer have been great cat companions this week. Arlo was standoffish, but then spent an afternoon helping me knit. Elmer is very vocal, but I unfortunately do not understand Elmerish.
#caturday
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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This print by contemporary Black artist Fred Wilson combines a 16th c engraving of the biblical Queen Esther (who saved the Persian Jews) & a photo of Harriet Tubman, who obvs brought many enslaved Black Americans to freedom, then was a scout/spy in the Civil War & an activist for women's suffrage.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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MUAs and Stylists in Sydney, I have a paid job on 15 Dec for a photoshoot. DM me with your rates if you have availability.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Does this mean that (dare I hope?) I'll stop receiving their emails?
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Please share this information. Tag anyone in New Orleans to learn from Chicago successes in court against fascism.
It starts with peaceful protesting!
veritenews.org/2025/12/02/c...
Lessons from Chicago: A playbook for the federal immigration surge in New Orleans - Verite News New Orleans
Civil rights lawyers successfully fought the brutal tactics deployed against Chicagoans during a recent immigration enforcement deployment. But they needed help from the community to get it done.
veritenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”

Bezos may have signed off on this WaPo oped by George Will. That’s how bad things are for Trump.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Now On Sale:
- Master Pancake Choose Your Own Pancake Holiday Edition
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Brain and brain! What is brain, Charlie Brown‽
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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In poll of Hispanic adults, 68% say the situation for Hispanics in this country has worsened in the past year. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Q: Just days ago you referred to Trump as a 'despot.' Will you retract?

MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have

TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hallelujah!
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered public schools in Texas to remove displays of the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just got the weirdest scam call. Caller said that she was with my healthcare insurer and that I'd filed a claim, but then accused me of not having paid for the denied charges in the claim myself.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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If tou have a sense of humor and appreciation of irony, have a laugh at this. If you have neither, please do not respond because I'm certain I've already read your response many times! Thanks - - and happy Sunday!
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Adelita Grijalva sworn in
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Larry Summers, HARVARD ECONOMIST, nephew of Paul Samuelson, a bonified NEPO baby, swallower of immense opportunity trash talking wonen to sex trafficking millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM