Patrick
@atomicpopwi.bsky.social
Lover of words, science, & trivia. Intolerant of intolerance. Random acts of kindness do make a difference. Fantasy baseball champion (yes, it's dorky) and often praised for my grilled cheese skills.
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As we all get bombarded with emails and texts about holiday sales, a reminder that there is a blackout happening from today through Monday. Pls consider at least not buying from major corporations during this time unless you think things are hunky dory.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
As we all get bombarded with emails and texts about holiday sales, a reminder that there is a blackout happening from today through Monday. Pls consider at least not buying from major corporations during this time unless you think things are hunky dory.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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A thread of one-liners, silly images and inexplicably popular posts that wouldn't otherwise be findable again
October 11, 2024 at 7:37 AM
A thread of one-liners, silly images and inexplicably popular posts that wouldn't otherwise be findable again
Another anti-science, anti-vax lunatic hired at the Center for Disease Control. More proof it's a death cult in the White House. [Gift article]
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Another anti-science, anti-vax lunatic hired at the Center for Disease Control. More proof it's a death cult in the White House. [Gift article]
There is no environmental protection occurring at the EPA. It's a death cult. [Gift article]
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
There is no environmental protection occurring at the EPA. It's a death cult. [Gift article]
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This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
The complete and utter disdain for their own customers exemplifies all that's wrong with big business today: They view us as rubes. Easy marks to be fleeced.
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The complete and utter disdain for their own customers exemplifies all that's wrong with big business today: They view us as rubes. Easy marks to be fleeced.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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reskeeting in honor of Comey news
And the whole thing reminds me of this, from James Comey: "Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive Mr. Trump and that adds up to something they will never recover from..."
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
reskeeting in honor of Comey news
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couple things. if @eff.org says a decision is dumb, it's definitely dumb. also, this ain't no "rule change"—it's a gift to telecom companies and yet another circle jerk
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
couple things. if @eff.org says a decision is dumb, it's definitely dumb. also, this ain't no "rule change"—it's a gift to telecom companies and yet another circle jerk
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Some recent Republican responses to the marketplace premium tax credit issue would shift more people to bronze plans with Health Savings Accounts as an alternative to silver plans with PTC enhancements and cost sharing reductions. So how do these plans stack up in real terms?
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Some recent Republican responses to the marketplace premium tax credit issue would shift more people to bronze plans with Health Savings Accounts as an alternative to silver plans with PTC enhancements and cost sharing reductions. So how do these plans stack up in real terms?
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Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
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This post has over 100 engagements on every other platform we shared it on, except here where it has 8 likes. It's like that for every post we share across platforms. Genuinely asking, are we being throttled or is there something we need to do differently to get a following on this app?
In a November 1987 interview with The Washington Post, Trump accused one of his elderly, rent-controlled tenants of going on secret shopping sprees and living in her parents’ home that burnt down three years prior. He wanted to evict her from Trump Parc East, but she wasn’t the first…
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This post has over 100 engagements on every other platform we shared it on, except here where it has 8 likes. It's like that for every post we share across platforms. Genuinely asking, are we being throttled or is there something we need to do differently to get a following on this app?
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RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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Twitter's new geolocation tool reveals not only how many men are interacting with fake accounts pretending to be attractive women, but highlights a disturbing and persistent issue that has long plagued the site:
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Twitter's new geolocation tool reveals not only how many men are interacting with fake accounts pretending to be attractive women, but highlights a disturbing and persistent issue that has long plagued the site:
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
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With alt text, which isn’t hard to include, but which does make important text accessible by people with vision impairment.
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With alt text, which isn’t hard to include, but which does make important text accessible by people with vision impairment.
There is no environmental protection happening at the EPA: "The compound is especially problematic because it cannot be filtered out of water with most filtration methods, and it easily moves throughout the environment via water or in the atmosphere."
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There is no environmental protection happening at the EPA: "The compound is especially problematic because it cannot be filtered out of water with most filtration methods, and it easily moves throughout the environment via water or in the atmosphere."
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A 15-year-old autistic boy walked away from his mother's fruit stand. When she called police for help, they found him, called ICE, and locked him away for weeks.
Unconscionable.
Unconscionable.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A 15-year-old autistic boy walked away from his mother's fruit stand. When she called police for help, they found him, called ICE, and locked him away for weeks.
Unconscionable.
Unconscionable.
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Vanilla: a Botanical Biography of Desire, Power and Culture
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open.substack.com/pub/willthor...
Vanilla: a Botanical Biography of Desire, Power and Culture
The story of vanilla is more than just a story of flavour, it is a journey of botanical mystery, colonial ambition, ingenuity and economic volatility, cultural symbolism and mystique
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Vanilla: a Botanical Biography of Desire, Power and Culture
open.substack.com/pub/willthor...
open.substack.com/pub/willthor...
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"The father of four, an immigrant from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, is in a Springfield, Missouri, jail — held with other immigrants picked up in nationwide sweeps. Dadfar is 37 and an asylum-seeker with work authorization." https://bit.ly/4rxmaL8.
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban now held by ICE in Missouri
A Kansas City-based immigration attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention. Hundreds of immigrant detainees have been ordered released beca...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"The father of four, an immigrant from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, is in a Springfield, Missouri, jail — held with other immigrants picked up in nationwide sweeps. Dadfar is 37 and an asylum-seeker with work authorization." https://bit.ly/4rxmaL8.