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Ember Babiak (they/them)

@wendybabiak.bsky.social

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Poet (CONSPIRACY OF LEAVES, Plain View Press), butterfly-hummingbird gardener, mama to two adult humans and one tiny dog. Two-spirit. AuDHD. Spoonie. Married. (No DMs). Wondering human.

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Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · Sep 8

My beloved has written a novel. Brian Dale Babiak MD. Actually, he’s written seven, wildly varied like a constellation where the stars are at wildly different distances, but make a picture to our eye.

This is him catering to my sense of whimsey and love of a happy ending.

Within an elaborate border with dragons at the corners and nachos floating around a spreadsheet at the bottom, in large, old-fashioned type, “GRANDMA’S ILLEGAL DRAGON RACING CIRCUIT,” and then, in smaller, simpler text, “A SCIENTIFICALLY IMPROBABLE ADVENTURE IN ACTUARIAL HEROISM—Being the Conplete, Annoted, & Emotionally Devastating Account of How Speadsheets Saved the Multiverse, With Dragons, Nachos, and the Discovery That Everyone Matters.”

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 8h

Politicians who meet fascists half way, are just fascists.

Newsom is all about publicity & nothing about integrity.

It’s been depressing watching American ppl hero-worship a power crazed sell-out. It’s not just Kimberly Guilfoyle & cosmetic surgery he has in common with the Trumps. READ this:

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 8h

Let’s be clear: the Republican shutdown continues because the Republican Speaker dares not bring back the House to face an Epstein vote they would lose and a divided caucus with vulnerables who want to extend Affordable Care credits and MAGAloons who won’t.

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Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 9h

When my kids were small, I watched for closely for signs of abuse. I adore my husband, but I knew the statistics. My father was a criminologist. My trust level for men was in the dirt.

Turns out he’s a good one. But I knew I couldn’t KNOW.

Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 21h

I find all of these dudes to be so reprehensible I need to create new words to express the level of my disgust.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 1d

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday.

🔗 www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

No one should be surprised.

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Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like maybe she’s listening to her constituents.

Nothing wrong with a character arc.

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Pam Mandel @nerdseyeview.bsky.social · 4d

i have this deeply absurd desire to see the national mall covered in portland frogs on no kings day. cities streets covered in dancing portland frogs across the nation. small town squares populated with portland frogs. a biblical quantity of portland frogs.

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Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4d

I have no idea what's in the Epstein files but holy shit does Mike Johnson not want us to find out.

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The One and Only Kay @theonekay.bsky.social · 3d

Busted

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Needlepoint Pillow. Oh pillow, no one understands me the way you do.
collabs.shop/dche2q

A rectangular pillow that says in big red letters:
What
And I cannot stress this enough
The fuck

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

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 · 4d

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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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 4d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

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Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 5d

Exactly like that.

Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 5d

His plan will be ready in two weeks, right?

Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 5d

Itty bitty hands, too.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 7d

These Supreme Court oral arguments on conversion therapy are going to be painful. No matter what is said, know that trying to force someone to be what they're not is psychological torture with measurable negative consequences, and anyone trying to defend such efforts is a bigoted monster.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 6d

Literally they've shot two people in Chicago alone, we're all unbelievably fortunate the woman they shot last fucking weekend survived

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 6d

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6d

3 MAGA extremists have introduced a bill in South Carolina that would allow the state to execute women who get an abortion.

South Carolina govt lists their cell phone numbers, in case you want to call them directly & let them know what you think.

Details here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Mommy Klara @havneby.bsky.social · 7d

I think even if I wasnt a radical already, nothing is more radicalising than watching someone you love struggle through the hoops of bureaucracy just to get benefits. The stress that brings forth, the uncertainty, the suicidality. The entire system needs to go and get replaced with a guaranteed UBI.

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Ember Babiak (they/them) @wendybabiak.bsky.social · 6d

You just wiggle your toes while you lie. I thought everyone knew that.