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Elizabeth Stevenson

@elizabethrah.bsky.social

150 followers 420 following 100 posts

Hi! I enjoy hiking, birding, reading, and playing video games. I live with my three cockatiels and husband in Maryland.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 18h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 1d

COASTAL STORM UPDATE (late Sat to Tues)
* Some models wallop DC w/ 2-3", wind gusts 35-45 mph
* Other models suggest more of a glancing glow.
* Rain most probable Sat night-Sun
* Big impacts at beaches: rain, high winds, flooding, dangerous surf
Details: cwg.live

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 2d

Henry Farrell on the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” for universities, arguing that the rollout signals weakness, and that academics need to band together to reject this authoritarian attack on university independence and academic freedom.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Oblivious Wit @obliviouswit.bsky.social · 4d

Let's look at the moon together

A full, pale yellow moon rising in the east. An evergreen tree is below and to the right of the moon- the top of the tree is tangent to the right of the moon, and some of the branches reach out and caress the face of the moon

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 4d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 7d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Elizabeth Stevenson @elizabethrah.bsky.social · 7d

I love a good map and I love flipping back to it while I am reading so I can follow along on the journey. Very excited!

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 7d

Are you going birding this weekend?

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 7d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 9d

They are stealing taxpayer dollars from blue states because Democrats in Congress refuse to give Trump a blank check for his authoritarianism.

Corruption. Coercion. Blackmail. Lawlessness.

I won’t bend the knee to a wannabe dictator and his cronies. We will prevail.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9d

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

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Elizabeth Stevenson @elizabethrah.bsky.social · 9d

I finished The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell last night. I'm really enjoying his Marinus trilogy, and I immediately borrowed Slade House from the library so I can continue the journey. The characters are so rich, and Mitchell is a really talented writer. I cried at the bittersweet ending.

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The cover of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. It is a blue sky with swirling clock faces layered on top. In the enter is a golden apple.

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Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 11d

Thirty days hath September
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except the Month of Absent Sun.
('Tis the month we dare not name;
Be wary, lest it come again.)

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 11d

David Cross folks.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 12d

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14d

This only happens to you once

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15d

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

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Red Nose Studio @rednosestudio.bsky.social · 15d

The Charmer. Mixed Media: polymer clay, wire, foam, fabric, wood, paper and chipboard.
13.5 H x 10 W x 12 D inches.

www.rednosestudio.com/puppets/the-...

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 15d

“You’ve got sadness in you, I’ve got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.”

HBD, Mark Rothko ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Vance: "When they encourage us to unmask ICE law enforcement officers, what do you think is gonna happen? ... what's gonna happen is political violence & it has gotten out of control in this country. We gotta stop it, we gotta condemn it, & that starts unfortunately at the very top of the Dem Party"

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16d

‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’

It was originally ‘ekename.’

‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”

Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.

Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16d

GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 17d

I think the key problem here is a continuing assumption, in traditional media, that when the White House speaks on a major topic, this is a big news story.

That model can't cope with a president with no regard for truth, who's in constant broadcast mode, & who veers around from one day to another.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?