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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 2h

On my pile it goes. Thank you!

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 12h

The first novella in Hearts in Atlantis, called Low Men in Yellow Coats, is at the center of what he does really well.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 12h

…should I read Billy Summers?

My list would have The Stand as the doorstopper and then The Gunslinger, original version, and then novellas. Low Men in Yellow Coats. The Langoliers, Rage/Getting It On, The Long Walk.

If I could only pick one thing it would be Low Men in Yellow Coats.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 13h

Kate I am freaking out.

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Drake Bentley @drakebentley.bsky.social · 15h

For Bob.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 14h

Laughing. This exactly.

generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 14h

haven’t been to Mass in decades, but this kind of stuff activates Treadstone-level protocols in cultural Catholics

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

More signs. Per 1st sign, many Illinoisans would like to know why @govpritzker.illinois.gov has not demanded access to Broadview ICE, not come here & has deployed IL state troopers all over the Chi metro area incldg Broadview. ISP are helping ICE/DHS. Where are you, JB? Why are staties helping ICE??

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19h

“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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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 18h

Genuinely delighted to give them props for finally doing the things I felt like the doctrine wanted ME to do.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 18h

The administration itself acknowledge that some CDC workers had been mistakenly terminated due to coding errors, as reported earlier by ABC News.
I was also told that RIF'd editors of the CDC's flagship scientific journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report have all been recalled, as well as leaders and staffers in several other centers and divisions. Recalled CDC staffers include scientists and other workers in the
Global Health Center, as well as others who work on suicide and other injury prevention.
This is a developing story.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 18h

Scroll down for some excellent explaining of Catholic activism at work.

I’ve been angry at the church all my life (mom’s annulment) but when they do get aligned with themselves it’s really powerful. They carried the presence of Christ to the ICE facility - as the Pope asked! - and were denied.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like I haven’t been able to be who I want to be in the world for a long time but always, there’s more there than I think.

I’ll be damned if I can remember his last name. It’s French for something bad.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 19h

He would just look at my place and decide on a project for the year. I would move my car when it was time for him to swap out storing snowmobiles for the camper. It worked really well.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 19h

He saw I wasn’t using my garage and asked if he could use it. Offered me money and I turned him down so he started doing work for me. Almost always this was stuff that never occurred to me, like reroofing the south side of the garage.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 19h

I told my neighbor I’m moving and his face fell and he said Well that fucking sucks, in a way that reminded me that I actually have worked with him to set up some trades that were really good for both of us.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 22h

This project, the complete abandonment of surveillance and response to disease, the discouragement of vaccination, so much more. There is no carve out for long covid. There’s only a wedge issue designed to tear us apart.

C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 1d

Long Covid and IACC advocacy cannot be condoning a regime that’s undertaking this project. There is no version that ends well for us.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 1d

Close up of pink cosmos flowers against a black background with my neighbor’s porch light standing in for the moon.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 1d

I am going to need all of you to do as I say: hydrate. Take your meds. Make the appointment. Put your phone down. Breathe. Eat. Sleep.

Ring the bells that still can ring. Frogs stronger together.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 2d

That man is in a bind. A double or triple bind. He’s so stuck.

It’s not great. We can maintain all the pressure we possibly can (this is going better than I expected!) and he can’t respond to it.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

Courtesy of Link himself

Fund Friday post :

Happy Friday Yall. Post fundraising links, cashapp links, whichever campaign needing help on . ♥️

Screenshot of a text message conversation on a purple background. The first message from AJ Link at 7:48 AM reads: “Howdy pals. Can I ask for a favor. If anyone has capacity or time today can they do a fund Friday post. I know lots of people need help.” This message has a heart reaction. The second message, also at 7:48 AM, replies: “Obviously what everyone does with their CPU is sacred. So no pressure.“

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 2d

As I tell myself and my dear friends, the problem isn’t that YOURE pacing incorrectly. You are not to blame because you accidentally spent too much time looking at something. You are sick because scientists and practitioners decided that the loss of a segment of the population was okay.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 2d

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 2d

Do you all think it’s inhumane to leave people rotting in bed (literally, not metaphorically)? Im talking about people who cannot tolerate light and sound, and maybe even touch. People who can’t drink or chew on their own. For decades.

If so then you should look up Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 2d

Not surprised to learn this and will give him more credit for the quality of his cringe, which is both completely painful and compelling.

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 2d

Sending sending