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Still a fragile coolhouse flower.
& Library card collector.
Usually EN, sometimes FR, sometimes JP.
#UglyDogs #pwME #ME/cfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
& Library card collector.
Usually EN, sometimes FR, sometimes JP.
#UglyDogs #pwME #ME/cfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
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"The Angus Kings, John Fettermans, Jeanne Shaheens, and Chuck Schumers will be remembered by the history books as craven appeasers, and nothing more. They do not deserve one moment of peace until good people can force them off a platform they do not deserve."
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"The Angus Kings, John Fettermans, Jeanne Shaheens, and Chuck Schumers will be remembered by the history books as craven appeasers, and nothing more. They do not deserve one moment of peace until good people can force them off a platform they do not deserve."
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November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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"The Angus Kings, John Fettermans, Jeanne Shaheens, and Chuck Schumers will be remembered by the history books as craven appeasers, and nothing more. They do not deserve one moment of peace until good people can force them off a platform they do not deserve."
share.inquirer.com/k64tKZ
"The Angus Kings, John Fettermans, Jeanne Shaheens, and Chuck Schumers will be remembered by the history books as craven appeasers, and nothing more. They do not deserve one moment of peace until good people can force them off a platform they do not deserve."
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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#California study showing that #UTI ‘s are caused by contaminated meat
“nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat”
“The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey”
“nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat”
“The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey”
Nearly 1 in 5 Urinary Tract Infections Linked to Contaminated Meat | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University
New study finds people in underserved neighborhoods face the highest risk of foodborne infections
publichealth.gwu.edu
October 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#California study showing that #UTI ‘s are caused by contaminated meat
“nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat”
“The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey”
“nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat”
“The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey”
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#Canada sounding the Alarm for a challenging #influenza season. Concerns of a possible #vaccine mismatch with H3N2 dominant season
“…record case counts in the Southern Hemisphere”
“a mutating type of H3N2 is behind that early surge…typically known for more severe infections”
#flu
“…record case counts in the Southern Hemisphere”
“a mutating type of H3N2 is behind that early surge…typically known for more severe infections”
#flu
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#Canada sounding the Alarm for a challenging #influenza season. Concerns of a possible #vaccine mismatch with H3N2 dominant season
“…record case counts in the Southern Hemisphere”
“a mutating type of H3N2 is behind that early surge…typically known for more severe infections”
#flu
“…record case counts in the Southern Hemisphere”
“a mutating type of H3N2 is behind that early surge…typically known for more severe infections”
#flu
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#Washington with a preliminary positive human case of #H5N1 / #birdflu
“the first human case in the U.S. in nine months”
“ symptoms including high fever, confusion and respiratory distress and was hospitalized in early November”
abcnews.go.com/Health/suspe...
“the first human case in the U.S. in nine months”
“ symptoms including high fever, confusion and respiratory distress and was hospitalized in early November”
abcnews.go.com/Health/suspe...
Suspected human bird flu case may be 1st in US in 9 months
A Washington state resident has preliminarily tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case in the U.S. in nine months.
abcnews.go.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#Washington with a preliminary positive human case of #H5N1 / #birdflu
“the first human case in the U.S. in nine months”
“ symptoms including high fever, confusion and respiratory distress and was hospitalized in early November”
abcnews.go.com/Health/suspe...
“the first human case in the U.S. in nine months”
“ symptoms including high fever, confusion and respiratory distress and was hospitalized in early November”
abcnews.go.com/Health/suspe...
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Where have you been hiding??
Not full size yet but almost. A Sphinx moth caterpillar of so sort. Maybe Rustic or Carolina? I thought the tiny white spots might be a clue but not helping me. #invertes SoCal
Not full size yet but almost. A Sphinx moth caterpillar of so sort. Maybe Rustic or Carolina? I thought the tiny white spots might be a clue but not helping me. #invertes SoCal
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Where have you been hiding??
Not full size yet but almost. A Sphinx moth caterpillar of so sort. Maybe Rustic or Carolina? I thought the tiny white spots might be a clue but not helping me. #invertes SoCal
Not full size yet but almost. A Sphinx moth caterpillar of so sort. Maybe Rustic or Carolina? I thought the tiny white spots might be a clue but not helping me. #invertes SoCal
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Can’t resist posting this cutie! American kestrel, Everglades National Park 🪶🌿
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Can’t resist posting this cutie! American kestrel, Everglades National Park 🪶🌿
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Loggerhead shrike alert today in the Everglades! 1 of my 10 lifers from the day 🪶🌿
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Loggerhead shrike alert today in the Everglades! 1 of my 10 lifers from the day 🪶🌿
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Another highlight and Everglades classic… anhingas!!!! 🪶🌿
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Another highlight and Everglades classic… anhingas!!!! 🪶🌿
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The raptor obsession continues! An osprey photographed on Windley Key 🪶🌿
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The raptor obsession continues! An osprey photographed on Windley Key 🪶🌿
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November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And what the hell does that mean? I don't like it.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And what the hell does that mean? I don't like it.
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This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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Pedo is not the right word. It’s predator, child sexual abuser, child rapist.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
& I will reiterate something I’ve said before: trying to parse whether they are clinically a pedophile or not as relevant as the fact that THEY COMMITTED SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, AGAINST LEGAL MINORS.
Young people lack power, & sexual violence is about power & control. That’s what matters.
Young people lack power, & sexual violence is about power & control. That’s what matters.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Pedo is not the right word. It’s predator, child sexual abuser, child rapist.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
The *crime*, the violence of power & control against someone vulnerable is what matters — not the feelings or attraction.
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GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
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yeah i do drive there! guess what, i fucking SHOULDN'T. help me not do that by installing bollards everywhere. take out all parking. i want pedestrians to be given a free parasol from a parasol machine. you know what i mean, make this street paris
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
yeah i do drive there! guess what, i fucking SHOULDN'T. help me not do that by installing bollards everywhere. take out all parking. i want pedestrians to be given a free parasol from a parasol machine. you know what i mean, make this street paris
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i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
SE Stark & Washington Street Safety Project
Safety upgrades on SE Stark and Washington (92nd to 108th) by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Safer lane configuration, parking, signals, crossings, and more. Project elements, map, time...
portland.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Not sure about *most* demonic, but the cutest demon decoration I've seen was a statue of the devil just outside the Marienkirche in Lübeck, on a column said to have been thrown down by him. Here's a photo of me with the statue from 20 years ago when we visited. (The devil is the one on the left.)
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Story below:
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ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
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Heads up: If you haven't read A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by @tkingfisher.com (and frankly that's criminal in the first place) and you're on Audible, it's part of the 2 for 1 sale right now. You won't regret it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Heads up: If you haven't read A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by @tkingfisher.com (and frankly that's criminal in the first place) and you're on Audible, it's part of the 2 for 1 sale right now. You won't regret it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.