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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · 1d

My little town in Red Kentucky had 1000 people attending today. Much joyful honking from cars and only a couple of ugly comments.

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · 14d

I saw them in August. So much tinier than I’d expected.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14d

Puffins return to Maine after half a century of absence. Eastern Egg Rock now hosts the only puffin colony in the United States, restored through decades of painstaking work after the birds were hunted out a century ago. buff.ly/RB0Ibz0
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How researchers restored a thriving habitat for Atlantic puffins in Maine

Atlantic puffins face an increasingly precarious foothold due in part to a loss of habitat and to troubles tied to warming ocean waters and climate change. But an effort off the coast of Maine…

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · 18d

Love these ideas. Keep going.

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · 21d

The nightmare of Chicago right now. Calling my senator #randpaul

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 22d

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · 21d

Portland

Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 22d

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 22d

Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · Sep 15

I often feel like my commentary on current events, even bookish ones, is superfluous, so I don't post about them

but sometimes you just gotta yell WHAT THE FUCK into the void

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · Sep 11

My mom long ago told me there is nothing better you can do than invite people into your home. This has become a tenet in my life.

Every person you feed will remember your generosity. This is how we build community.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Sep 5

Everyday trump does horrible stuff that erodes democratic norms and also the administration should release all the Epstein documents

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 2

important to reiterate from time to time:

"artificial intelligence" does not exist.

there is no sentient artificial being. no threepio. no demerzel. no terminator.

what the tech publicists call "a.i." is just big, crappy databases and mindless and often incorrect autocorrect.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Nov 19

Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO

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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · Aug 21

The GOP plan for 2026/28

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Aug 17

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.

Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...

www.pbump.net

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is the proud work of some lovely Alabama Democrats!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 11

ah yes that den of crime, the national mall

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Aug 11

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.

If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is

(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 9

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.

Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Aug 6

In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this.

Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Aug 6

do you think they’re enjoying the main course yet at the Epstein Strategy Dinner or still sort of milling around

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Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hot colored borders are indeed a thing for some people. What kind of balance are you looking to achieve?

Ann @anniebluebonnet.bsky.social · Aug 4

Get yourself some Lobelia Cardinalis. Maybe some Eupatorium.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 1

“The reason for the move is listed as a “lesser security transfer” (code 308), which is completely inappropriate for inmates who are in the early stages of serving their sentences. ‘This is such obvious corruption. I have never seen this before.’”

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EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas

According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.

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