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Julie Anne Cat

@goofyquestion.bsky.social

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English teacher, farmer, thrifty sewing & knitting grandma. Queen of peasant cooking & cheesy anthems. Library superfan. Proud progressive, feminist, pro-choice. Lit. folks might guess why my pic's an axolotl. No MAGAts, no DMs 🇺🇦🌈🪷🌊🌊

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Julie Anne Cat @goofyquestion.bsky.social · Jan 3

I know I am just one little person, but I have a 4-year resolution: buy nothing new for myself (food excepted). I know I will need some business/work purchases, but I believe I can do without new personal items. I will not feed the economy of the Musk/Trump Hate Machine. Join me? Share suggestions:

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2h

Despite covering just 0.2% of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10% of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35X faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.

Feel-good story! No pay wall.

A 'Secret Weapon' for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back

Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.

reasonstobecheerful.world

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 2h

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 2h

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

#MedicareForAll

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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Julie Anne Cat @goofyquestion.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, @jaketapper.bsky.social - I agree. Please help us find someone with some understanding who could investigate

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

This Is Fascism

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Nice recap

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Julie Anne Cat @goofyquestion.bsky.social · 1d

A knit version: www.etsy.com/listing/1171...

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Katherine is Team Frogs 🐸 @kmr318.bsky.social · 1d

Omg … here’s my next crochet project 🐸 www.etsy.com/listing/1247...

Frog beanies pattern from Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/124729174/?ref=share_ios_native_control

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

If Covid was a hoax, why the fuck did Trump get the vaccine today?

And why go to Walter Reed to get it when he has a full medical staff at The White House?

Something smells fishy…

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

It's been 200 days since masked government goons abducted Rümeysa Öztürk for writing an op-ed they didn't like.

She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.

The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting

If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed

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