Oz Turtle
@ozturtle.bsky.social
Love cycling. Worried about climate. Support democracy Support free and honest media. Australia. ebikes, mountainbikes, packrafts, snorkelling
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Worth remembering that leading anti-vaxxer and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services got his own children vaccinated
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Worth remembering that leading anti-vaxxer and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services got his own children vaccinated
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When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
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Just full-on classic 15th-20th century white Christian nationalist colonialism on full display. Your children must die overseas to boost oil company profits.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just full-on classic 15th-20th century white Christian nationalist colonialism on full display. Your children must die overseas to boost oil company profits.
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I genuinely think that AI needs to be considered under safeguarding legislation. We would never allow a child to be left alone with a random adult stranger so why would we allow them to be left alone with an AI?! Tech companies need to be held fully to account for this.
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I genuinely think that AI needs to be considered under safeguarding legislation. We would never allow a child to be left alone with a random adult stranger so why would we allow them to be left alone with an AI?! Tech companies need to be held fully to account for this.
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Pope Leo is a Pope.
He is the pope for the RC Church, but he is not The Pope globally.
There are several others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_(d...
He is the pope for the RC Church, but he is not The Pope globally.
There are several others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_(d...
Pope (disambiguation) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Pope Leo is a Pope.
He is the pope for the RC Church, but he is not The Pope globally.
There are several others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_(d...
He is the pope for the RC Church, but he is not The Pope globally.
There are several others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_(d...
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Trump at an oval office meeting.
"Sleepy Joe??"
"Sleepy Joe??"
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Trump at an oval office meeting.
"Sleepy Joe??"
"Sleepy Joe??"
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Fun #linguistic fact for World Linguistics Day:
If North America had the same linguistic diversity as New Guinea we’d expect Indigenous Americans to speak ~28,000 languages.
If North America had the same linguistic diversity as New Guinea we’d expect Indigenous Americans to speak ~28,000 languages.
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Fun #linguistic fact for World Linguistics Day:
If North America had the same linguistic diversity as New Guinea we’d expect Indigenous Americans to speak ~28,000 languages.
If North America had the same linguistic diversity as New Guinea we’d expect Indigenous Americans to speak ~28,000 languages.
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💔💔💔💔💔
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
💔💔💔💔💔
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Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
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Heartbreaking!
"Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge"
"KDPH (Kentucky Dept. for Public Health) confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge"
"KDPH (Kentucky Dept. for Public Health) confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Heartbreaking!
"Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge"
"KDPH (Kentucky Dept. for Public Health) confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge"
"KDPH (Kentucky Dept. for Public Health) confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
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It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
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🚨Using medication (haldol or whatever they gave him) is called “chemical restraint.” There are 4 men, one of which is enormous. Who would be cool, calm and collected? Fuck this. This is another abuse of power. It’s sick. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🚨Using medication (haldol or whatever they gave him) is called “chemical restraint.” There are 4 men, one of which is enormous. Who would be cool, calm and collected? Fuck this. This is another abuse of power. It’s sick. 1/2
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Another grotesque oil war.
She probably wasn't supposed to admit that we are attacking Venezuela for oil.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Another grotesque oil war.
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I think he misread, and it said “beef tallow smoothies”…which, well, I have questions. But I’m not sure I want the answers. I’ll just sit here and [[[[shudder]]]] instead.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I think he misread, and it said “beef tallow smoothies”…which, well, I have questions. But I’m not sure I want the answers. I’ll just sit here and [[[[shudder]]]] instead.
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Craziest-making part of all of this (again) is that IRL friends look at me like I'm the dementia patient if I quote what @atrupar.com posts on the regular. They get their "news" from NPR & Rachel etc. Sanewashers Anonymous.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Craziest-making part of all of this (again) is that IRL friends look at me like I'm the dementia patient if I quote what @atrupar.com posts on the regular. They get their "news" from NPR & Rachel etc. Sanewashers Anonymous.
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Fox euphemizes Trump's lies about gas prices as a "conflicting view"
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fox euphemizes Trump's lies about gas prices as a "conflicting view"
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Enten: "Trump's net approval rating is at -15 -- the lowest it has been during his entire second term... the Democratic lead on the generic ballot has widened. Trump's political position has worsened. I don't think how you can look at both and conclude anything other than that Dems won the shutdown"
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Enten: "Trump's net approval rating is at -15 -- the lowest it has been during his entire second term... the Democratic lead on the generic ballot has widened. Trump's political position has worsened. I don't think how you can look at both and conclude anything other than that Dems won the shutdown"
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It’s disgusting that the criminal president eagerly awaits the next high-profile crime in Chicago so he can seize upon it as an excuse to punish a city that detests him.
"They burned the woman. They burned this beautiful woman ... we're moving toward Chicago" -- Trump is now using his Thanksgiving speech to rant and rave about crime in Chicago and his desire to send in the troops
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s disgusting that the criminal president eagerly awaits the next high-profile crime in Chicago so he can seize upon it as an excuse to punish a city that detests him.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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The president eats horribly, is obese and doesn’t work out. Can we jack up his rates now?
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The president eats horribly, is obese and doesn’t work out. Can we jack up his rates now?
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perfect encapsulation of the Trump era(s).
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
perfect encapsulation of the Trump era(s).
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Trump ignores questions from reporters while leaving the White House for a long Thanksgiving weekend
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump ignores questions from reporters while leaving the White House for a long Thanksgiving weekend
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If you're dead you don't pay anything.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If you're dead you don't pay anything.
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Trump says Jared Kushner might be going to the Kremlin to meet with Putin
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump says Jared Kushner might be going to the Kremlin to meet with Putin
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Yeah, we know he's trying to sell Ukraine to Russia, we've known that the entire time
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yeah, we know he's trying to sell Ukraine to Russia, we've known that the entire time