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Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · 5h

An ombre is shifting between different tones of the same color - so basically going from light to dark of blue or pink or whatever.

A gradient shifts between two or more colors. Like sunsets: gold to pink to purple to blueblack.

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Laura Bundesen @laurabundesen.bsky.social · 10h

Current work in progress #FiberArt #HandEmbroidery #NeuroArt

A square of canvas hand embroidered with mostly blue abstract shapes - also includes buttons, beads, felt and tatting

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 2d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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kathleenpolarb.bsky.social @kathleenpolarb.bsky.social · 2d

MontCo PA Visibility Brigade reminds Philly commuters to VOTE YES to retain our fair judges in PA! Don’t let billionaires like Yass buy our courts!
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@governor.pa.gov
@maddow.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

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HTT- yeah, you prolly know me. @httorg.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously.
As a public health scientist?
I cannot stress enough how poorly prepared this administration is for an ultra deadly & infectious disease like Ebola to make landfall here in the USA.
The best defense for the USA is fast resolution of an outbreak overseas.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

www.who.int

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Hamas
It’s antifa
It’s Soros
It’s terrorism
It’s…
It’s…

It’s Americans who will be peacefully marching with signs and supporting democracy—and don’t want a King.

#WeAreTheMajority
And they know it.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 2d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 2d

I know we all think of George W. Bush as ancient history, now that news cycles last mere minutes.

But George W. Bush is still the immediately preceding Republican administration to Trump’s. Trump is Bush’s immediate Republican successor.

This was no evolution.

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 2d

The direct descendant of George W. bush’s “either you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists” rhetoric, in case you thought he was blameless because he’s retired into painting and silence, or you thought the Cheneys were good now because it has come back to bite them, personally, in the ass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Stefi @stefaninicole.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone else get unreasonably mad when an organization you donate to calls to ask for more? Like, I get it. We're living in a hellscape. But when I say no, I can't make an additional donation now and the volunteer keeps pushing!? Makes me want to pull the original money I sent.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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Stefi @stefaninicole.bsky.social · 3d

Kid picked it out of my stash of stickers. He's got good taste 😊💖🧠🦉

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

doomscroll break

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 4d

This is very good content on multiple levels.

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 4d

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 4d

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

president asshole hanging his face on federal buildings now, just like Mussolini did

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Stefi @stefaninicole.bsky.social · 4d

Why is a grilled cheese on rye the perfect food?

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Stefi @stefaninicole.bsky.social · 4d

Kid art is the freaking best

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