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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 4d

We are more than our perceived “shortcomings.”

More than what people find inconvenient about us.

More than what annoyed our grade school teachers.

So. Much. More.

#ADHDAwarenessMonth

ADHD: Hyperactive, distractible, impulsive.

Also ADHD: Passionate, outspoken, strategic, creative, fun, caring, generous, humorous, empathetic, spontaneous, authentic, inclusive, charismatic, futuristic, romantic, opinionated, kind, big hearted, adaptable, intuitive, memorable, friendly, honest, positive, entertaining, curious, adventurous, inspiring, brave, enthusiastic, eager, resilient, influential, resourceful, talkative, unique, musical, inventive, imaginative, smart, energetic, awesome.

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 5d

A kindred spirit.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 5d

Love!

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7d

Sucks being denied access to bathrooms doesn’t it.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 8d

I think they should pull a card from West Wing and all march down to the White House and demand the meeting with press documenting the march. Maybe some citizens could flank them.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d

This is what Trump is afraid of… we have to get this message out:

This is what Trump is afraid of…

By Ben Meiselas

www.meidasplus.com

Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 9d

She was one of my heroes too. Sad and grateful for her work and presence in our world.

AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 9d

Today the world lost a hero to many - myself included. Her passion and dedication as a conservationist and primatologist are evident in her accomplishments & the countless careers she inspired and hearts she won over.

RIP Jane Goodall. You will be sorely missed. 💙

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

www.npr.org

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · Sep 3

Unfortunately for El Presidummy, the only place our show is going is to BROOKLYN! Get your free tickets for #KimmelinBrooklyn here: kimmelinbrooklyn.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23d

UPDATE: Mississippi appealed this decision to the 5th Circuit.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Aug 19

WIN: A federal court rules that the Mississippi Supreme Court electoral map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting strength. Mississippi must now redraw its map to comply with Section 2.

🚨 White v. State Board of Election Commissioners

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Debby Williams 💙♐️ @dwilliams1210.com · 23d

Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated, restoring a 67-67 tie and preserving a power-sharing deal that has forced both parties to work together.

Democrat wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated. Rep.

apnews.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24d

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24d

Since January OMB Director Russ Vought has hidden over $410 billion in appropriated funds in order to push his own agenda. trib.al/8b60Vlr

Russ Vought’s Scheme Has Been Unmasked

Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this.

trib.al

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 26d

Every single thing this administration does is based in ignorance, profit, and/or hate. Here’s to people who value learning, passion for good, hard work, and becoming experts in their fields, not because it makes them rich, but because it brings them satisfaction, fulfillment, and joy.

ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 26d

We use incinerators to destroy drugs. We don’t use this kind and we don’t use them where humans and animals are at risk. This is a stupid mistake by an idjit, led by other idjits, who shouldn’t be doing this at all, bc they dgaf about doing *anything* right.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26d

Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 27d

Beautiful!

Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 27d

I'm making some small museums kits atm:🐚🪶🪸
a printing tray-like wooden grid inside vintage tins,shells,fossils etc that I'll provide but space for you to add to your tiny portable museum, along with a booklet about how collecting improves mental health.
The kits will be Etsy shop in a few wks' time

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 28d

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28d

NEW: Missouri voters have sued to stop Gov. Kehoe’s Trump-ordered gerrymander.

The lawsuit says Republicans rushed through an ‘unconstitutional’ mid-decade map to dismantle Kansas City’s 5th district and silence Black voters.

Missouri Voters Sue to Block ‘Unconstitutional’ GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, @ncgovernor.bsky.social Gov Josh Stein!
www.wral.com/news/local/c...

NC becomes latest state to make COVID vaccines available without prescription

Gov. Josh Stein and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services have worked to issue standing orders to make access to COVID-19 vaccines available to North Carolinians without a prescri...

www.wral.com

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 28d

Where does the ✌️radical left✌️ go to get an apology from 🍆🥔 for the slander and retaliatory violence it caused?

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28d

Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:

1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture

This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.

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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 28d

It's almost as if there's a problem in this country that makes school shootings commonplace

The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28d

NEW DETAILS: Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online

Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online

Review shows that Desmond Holly also posted online about Columbine shooting and a picture of a revolver

coloradosun.com

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 29d

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets

A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

www.bloomberg.com

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wow, love!

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Billie Hinton @billiehinton.bsky.social · Sep 10

@kenziecromer.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Scully and Mulder!

Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · Sep 10

On this day in Horror/Sci-fi History, THE X-FILES premiered on television in 1993.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 10

Protesters disrupted Trump’s dinner in DC, chanting “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”

This needs to be done nonstop. Keep making their lives hell. Make sure they know they’re despised.

These white supremacist, Christian nationalist, pedophilic fascists must know no peace.

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · Sep 8

To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.

Emily Dickinson
The Letters of Emily Dickinson (1958)

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