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PNW~Finally got a Bluesky account (been reading my fav profiles for a while), but Schumer ticked me off. I had to share info about the CR (3-2025)
https://www.epi.org/publication/cutting-medicaid-for-low-taxes-on-the-rich-is-terrible-for-american-families/
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@bookish-anchorite.bsky.social‬ “Worrying about getting someone’s neopronouns right” > “Living through the collapse of the republic”
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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‪@see-kerof.bsky.social‬ Being woke is literally being civillised.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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article with this same photo ... warning a lot of MAGA Christianity™️ being spouted in that article, not sure how they could fit any more stereotypical buzzwords in it 🙄 I grew up being dragged to churches like that

birminghamchristian.com/pete-hegseth...
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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The gift is the latest in a series of recent donations helping pay for college around the country.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The gift is the latest in a series of recent donations helping pay for college around the country. Last year, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York received a $1 billion donation from Ruth Gottesman, a former professor and the widow of a Wall Street investor, making tuition there free. Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. In September at Marshall University in West Virginia, President Brad Smith and his wife, Alys Smith, announced a $50 million gift to promote a program aimed at eliminating student debt, in part by covering tuition for West Virginia students with family income of $65,000 or less. The University of Washington announcement Monday is worth about $8,000 to $10,000 per student, said UW Medicine spokesperson Susan Gregg. The program will also be able to expand from 70 to 100 students over the next 10 years. ... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anonymous-50m-gift-will-cover-tuition-students-university-washington-rcna246930
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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wow, there are some millionaires that give back to the betterment of society these days

*article lists some other recent amazingly large monetary donations to other universities

An anonymous $50M gift will cover some tuition for students at University of Washington
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
An anonymous $50M gift will cover some tuition for students at University of Washington The Associated Press …The donor, from Washington state, wishes to remain anonymous, but “had a relationship with this program,” Gregg said. The donor is also a fan of the local burger chain Dick’s, and burgers were piled high atop platters as the students celebrated. The field of medical laboratory services has faced increasing demand and an aging workforce in Washington, according to UW Medicine. Those factors have resulted in an “urgent need to grow the pipeline of highly skilled clinical laboratory professionals,” the health care system said in a news release. “You are the glue, in many ways, of our entire health system,” Dellit told the students. “You are the unsung heroes. You work behind the scenes that allow all of the health care machinery to work.” ... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anonymous-50m-gift-will-cover-tuition-students-university-washington-rcna246930
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Mother Nature tells China to stay out of Tibet?

weather.com/news/video/m...

... a huge section of a massive bridge collapsed in China’s Sichuan province. Watch as a landslide sends enormous chunks of concrete crashing into a river only months after the bridge was completed and open to traffic.
screenshot of bridge getting wiped out by dirt and rocks in landslide, the closed caption says bridge connecting Sichuan province to Tibet had just opened in January ...
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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my ex used one -his personality is a lot like tRump, narcissistic, but I digress ...

his CPAP was leaving a permanent dent on his nose, like a penis nose, I had him try to find a better fitting nozzle or whatever they call them (better fitting ones cost more, etc.)

pic from google search - not ex😁
man with short black hair with CPAP hoses and tubing around back of head to attached under nostrils (aka nose holes)
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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US minimum wage by state Jan. 2021
Federal minimum is $7.25
highest CA OR WA CT MA DC

note: WA state as of 2025 -- set at $16.66
graphic from Newsweek
US minimum wage by state Jan. 2021 Federal minimum is $7.25 highest CA ORE WA CT MA DC note: WA state now for 2025 $16.66 graphic from Newsweek
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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$66 per hour minimum wage to match buying power boomers had in 1970s trickle down doesnt work
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Same with me, I keep having to shut down firefox because it would get sluggish and I could hear the CPU whirring a way. That started some time in the past month or so... it wasn't like this before.

Hopefully, it will help, I just did it. I've never messed around in browser configs before 😁
firefox settings about:config then copy/paste and toggle click to false Excellent!
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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tRump working hard to not fall asleep ...
tRump 12-2-2025 squinting and sucking in his cheeks to try not to fall asleep while others are talking/lying
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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💙 @pelosi.house.gov
Pelosi standing table of men sitting down and she is pointing her finger at tRump across the table, giving him a good lecture on something ... not sure when exactly this photo was taken now, but it's a classic Pelosi
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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@pelosi.house.gov
2019

Pelosi urges Republicans to condemn Trump’s ‘racist tweets’

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should “go back” to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the U.S.A. — Democrats muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over strong GOP opposition. The rebuke was an embarrassing one for Trump, and he had appealed to GOP lawmakers not to go along, but there were four Republican votes for the resolution. The measure carries no legal repercussions for the president and the vote was highly partisan, unlikely to cost him with his die-hard conservative base. Before the showdown roll call, Trump characteristically plunged forward with time-tested insults. He accused his four outspoken critics of “spewing some of the most vile, hateful and disgusting things ever said by a politician” and added, “If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!” — echoing taunts long unleashed against political dissidents rather than opposing parties’ lawmakers. The president was joined by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and other top Republicans in trying to redirect the focus from Trump’s original tweets, which for three days have consumed Washington and drawn widespread condemnation. Instead, they tried playing offense by accusing the four congresswomen — among the Democrats’ most left-leaning members and ardent Trump critics — of socialism, an accusation that’s already a central theme of the GOP’s 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns. Even after two-and-a-half years of Trump’s turbulent governing style, the spectacle of a president futilely laboring to head off a House vote essentially proclaiming him to be a racist was extraordinary. Underscoring the stakes, Republicans formally objected after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said during a floor speech that Trump’s tweets were “racist.” Led by Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, Republicans moved to have her words stricken from the record, a rare procedural rebuke. ... pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#GovWalz

time.com/7337670/soma...

What to Know About Trump’s Targeting of Somalis in Minnesota—and Allegations of Fraud

Dec. 1, 2025
The scale and frequency of fraud in the state have raised questions about where the funds are going. A November report by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo from the conservative think tank Manhattan Institute claimed to connect money flowing out of Minnesota to the terror group Al-Shabaab, citing federal counterterrorism sources. A group purporting to represent more than 480 current staff members of Minnesota’s Department of Human Services has alleged that Gov. Tim Walz, a vocal Trump critic who ran as the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2024, was “100% responsible for massive fraud” in the state. In a lengthy statement posted on X over the weekend, the staffers claimed they informed Walz “early on” of ongoing fraud, but instead of addressing the concerns, he “systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports.” In response to a request for comment, Walz’s office noted that the account, which was known as Minnesota Department of Human Service Employees but has since changed its name to Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary after a brief suspension on X, is “not an official account” and that “the Governor has issued an executive order encouraging employees to report fraud – reinforcing it with a message to every single state employee in Minnesota.” more on link https://time.com/7337670/somalia-minnesota-fraud-walz-trump-tps-explainer/
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-too...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Psychology
Writing in psychology
Reaction papers These assignments ask you to react to a scholarly journal article. Instructors use reaction papers to teach students to critically evaluate research and to synthesize current research with course material. Reaction papers typically include a brief summary of the article, including prior research, hypotheses, research method, main results, and conclusions. The next step is your critical reaction. You might critique the study, identify unresolved issues, suggest future research, or reflect on the study’s implications. Some instructors may want you to connect the material you are learning in class with the article’s theories, methodology, and findings. Remember, reaction papers require more than a simple summary of what you have read. To successfully complete this assignment, you should carefully read the article. Go beyond highlighting important facts and interesting findings. Ask yourself questions as you read: What are the researchers’ assumptions? How does the article contribute to the field? Are the findings generalizable, and to whom? Are the conclusions valid and based on the results? It is important to pay attention to the graphs and tables because they can help you better assess the researchers’ claims. Your instructor may give you a list of articles to choose from, or you may need to find your own. The American Psychological Association (APA) PsycINFO database is the most comprehensive collection of psychology research; it is an excellent resource for finding journal articles. You can access PsycINFO from the E-research tab on the Library’s webpage. Here are the most common types of articles you will find: Empirical studies test hypotheses by gathering and analyzing data. Empirical articles are organized into distinct sections based on stages in the research process: introduction, method, results, and discussion. ... more on link https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/psychology/
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, ...
"What maybe a casual rant on social media by the President is devastating to millions of hard working, law abiding immigrant families.

www.newsweek.com/scott-bessen...

Scott Bessent Looks to Cut Off Tax Benefits for Illegal Migrants
While illegal immigrants cannot generally obtain U.S. work authorization and are ineligible to receive Social Security and Medicare benefits despite paying taxes, some can gain this authorization through programs such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS). It remains unclear how many individuals under those programs would be considered part of the population Bessent is addressing. The Hill noted in a report on Friday that the impact of the rule will depend on how it is written, meaning it is unclear if the decision will impact foreign workers, student visas, or families with children who are U.S. citizens. ... https://www.newsweek.com/scott-bessent-cut-tax-benefits-illegal-migrants-11129869
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#PutinownsTrump

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Later, Ryan spoke privately with McCarthy, Rodgers, Scalise and Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), the deputy whip, among others. Ryan mentioned his meeting with Groysman, prompting Rodgers to ask: “How are things going in Ukraine?” according to the recording. The situation was difficult, Ryan said. Groysman, he said, had told him that Russian-backed forces were firing 30 to 40 artillery shells into Ukrainian territory every day. And the prime minister described Russian tactics that include “financing our populists, financing people in our governments to undo our governments.” Ryan said Russia’s goal was to “turn Ukraine against itself.” Groysman underlined Russia’s intentions, saying, “They’re just going to roll right through us and go to the Baltics and everyone else,” according to Ryan’s summary of the prime minister’s remarks in the recording. “Yes,” Rodgers said in agreement, noting that the Russians were funding nongovernmental organizations across Europe as part of a wider “propaganda war.” “Maniacal,” Ryan said. “And guess, guess who’s the only one taking a strong stand up against it? We are.” Rodgers disagreed. “We’re not . . . we’re not . . . but, we’re not,” she said. That’s when McCarthy brought the conversation about Russian meddling around to the DNC hack, Trump and Rohrabacher. ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html Ryan asked who the Russians “delivered” the opposition research to.“There’s . . . there’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy said, drawing some laughter. “Swear to God,” McCarthy added.“This is an off the record,” Ryan said.Some lawmakers laughed at that.“No leaks, all right?,” Ryan said, adding: “This is how we know we’re a real family here.”“That’s how you know that we’re tight,” Scalise said.“What’s said in the family stays in the family,” Ryan added.Andrew Roth in Moscow, Michael Birnbaum in Brussels and Robert Costa in Washington contributed to this report. ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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#TrumpTariffs
#SmallBusiness
ABC news live cost of tariffs 1,700/year for typical US household In this Economy? Navigating the cost of Tariffs small business owner interview video clip https://www.haystack.tv/v/navigating-cost-tariffs-small-business
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#TrumpTariffs
#SmallBusiness

www.haystack.tv/v/navigating...

worth watching -- interview clip:
Navigating the cost of tariffs as a small business

ABC news
11-29-2025
Navigating the cost of tariffs as a small business
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#BidenAdmin
#PandemicCovidRecovery
Oct. 2024 The US recovery from COVID-19 in international comparison ...Conclusion In broad terms, policymakers faced two options during the pandemic with respect to fiscal stimulus. One route was to invoke aggressive fiscal stimulus to avoid persistent economic scarring and sluggish growth but accept elevated inflation in the face of highly atypical supply chain pressures. The second option was to offer more muted fiscal support, and to allow for the emergence of output gaps and slow growth in consumption, which might help offset extra inflation. The U.S. chose the former, while most of the rest of the G10 opted for the latter. As a result, the U.S. has seen substantially more economic growth and more investment, but with slightly higher price levels in the initial years of the recovery. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-recovery-from-covid-19-in-international-comparison/
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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#BidenAdminAccomplishments
photo of Pres. Biden outside, smiling with sunglasses on in a nice blue suit white burgundy tie list of Biden admin biggest accomplishments includes Inflation reduction act CHIPS and science act American Rescue Paln Bipartisan infrastrure law PACT act for veterans EOs protectingreproductive rights Bipartisan safer communitie act Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 9.5 million jobs added since taking office rallied our allies in support of Ukraine Ratified the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland to join NATO More peole with health insurance than ever no source listed ... 
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkv...
screenshot of comment in Russian and translation into English My friend, it's not compassion, it's consciousness. Black Cats Groove Tonight: Deep Bass Jazz for Stylish Focus
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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more replies in alt text 💙🎶😻
@NoirJazzCats_Playlist 5 days ago Thank you 🐱💕 @JazzSwing-b2o 3 weeks ago Came for the image, stayed due to the music 17 Noir Jazz Cats · @jasminbernotat1386 2 weeks ago Me too 😀 2 @NoirJazzCats_Playlist 2 weeks ago 🐱💛🎧 1 @NoirJazzCats_Playlist 2 weeks ago Thank you 🐾😺🎺 @elsalaura80 8 days ago That image really attracts, great music 1 @NoirJazzCats_Playlist 4 days ago @elsalaura80 Thank you so much 😺💛 I'm really happy the image and the music spoke to you 🐈‍⬛🎶 @crocodile_knowsjazz 1 month ago Everyone who reads this, though our lives are different, I hope compassion surrounds you. May kindness find its way back to you. 🌼 58 Noir Jazz Cats · @NoirJazzCats_Playlist 1 month ago 😺🌼 1 @robertbruce7686 1 month ago 💕 3 @hardenemy5529 3 weeks ago Дружище, не сострадание, а сознание 2 @jasminbernotat1386 2 weeks ago What a nice comment. Thank you for the good wishes. May good things happen to you too 😺 1 @angibrad3634 12 days ago I didn't know I like jazz until the cats 😊
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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#BlackCatFriday

Black Cats Groove Tonight:
Deep Bass Jazz for Stylish Focus

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkv...
tracklist in alt text

@JazzSwing-b2o

Came for the image, stayed due to the music
Tracklist 00:00 Velvet Paw Stroll 03:51 Catnap in the Groove 07:51 Jazz Whiskers 10:33 Midnight Purrformers 12:35 Swingin' Catwalk 14:12 Stray Rhythm 17:36 Sax in the Alley 20:02 Tail of the Bassline 22:17 The Cat's Tempo 23:36 Lounge Panther 25:39 Cool Claw Shuffle 28:46 Meow in Blue 31:00 Feline Flow 33:43 Night Paws Serenade 36:59 Whisker Vibes 40:10 Nocturne for Nine Lives 42:07 Deep Bass Tails 45:13 Purrfect Timing 48:59 Slick Whiskers 50:30 Cat Groove Confidential 53:45 Mellow Tabby Mood 56:21 Bassline on Soft Paws 58:11 Shadow Cats Jam 01:02:05 Repeat
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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#ICEProtests

2017

Pokey LaFarge

Riot In The Streets

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-j0...
sorry could not find lyrics plain text, spotify only let me screenshot I don't have an acct with them https://open.spotify.com/track/0eLCcBWdvRM6yJSKMte1cj sorry could not find lyrics plain text, spotify only let me screenshot I don't have an acct with them https://open.spotify.com/track/0eLCcBWdvRM6yJSKMte1cj
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM