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Kyla

@boysek.bsky.social

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(any pronouns) Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan #VaccinesWork #TransRights skeeting since Aug '23 Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is a fraught time for our beloved trans siblings. Here is a list of some resources for anyone who cares about their well-being and rights and wants to show up. 🧵
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6

Giant blue, pink and white trans pride flag, held horizontal by lots of people all around the edges, as seen from below, so only the lower bodies of the people are visible, not their faces. Image from: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-flag-everything-you-need-to-know

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 54m

The witches are marvelous. I'm a nurse. And I think they are modeled on nurses to a great extent.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

I mean you did have a little clue in your banner! I think the Tiffany Aching story arc is my favorite one. What's yours?

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1h

If only we could have seen this coming. If only we had developed some kind of preventative measure to prevent it...

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

@qtpilibrarian.bsky.social, have you already found the discworld feed?

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1h

“They shoved him in a minivan very violently.” She said watching the arrests and the feds ramming a vehicle. “This should never happen. Lawless is how it felt.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds arrest WGN-TV staffer, slam into resident’s car in Lincoln Square

Federal immigration authorities hit the back of a car while the driver was still inside after making arrests in Lincoln Square on Chicago’s North Side.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

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Sam 🎃’Rama @samorama.bsky.social · 3h

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I am ok.

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Dr Eldonna L May WSG Maxi🌈 Rhys & Phoebe @dreldonnalmay.bsky.social · 1h

Video captured the license plate of the silver van that was used to kidnap Ms. Brockman and hit the black car. C'mon, @wgntv.com! Get legal on task and protect your employees.👩‍⚖️⚖️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 4h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

You can tell cuz they're hiding their faces and won't say their names.

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wdizzo.bsky.social @wdizzo.bsky.social · 9h

You can pre-order my friend Gaelynn's memoir today! Do it! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gaely... @gaelynnlea.bsky.social

It Wasn’t Meant to Be Perfect

Folk musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea's warm, funny, poignant memoir is a love letter to every kind of body, to music, and to...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h

No Kings protests, and anti-regime protests in general, serve two main positive functions:

1) Reminding participants and observers that they’re very far from alone, countering regime efforts to divide and isolate

2) Showing the absurdity of regime lies about the peaceful, pro-democracy opposition

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Sheriff Chris Davis said the blast at military supplier Accurate Energetic Systems, was one of the worst scenes he’s ever seen. He said multiple people were killed but declined to say how many.

“There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone,” Davis said of the building.
apnews.com/article/tenn...

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee explosives plant has left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities say.

apnews.com

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine being so insecure that you feel you need two thugs with their weight on top of a prone woman just to put handcuffs on when she's not even resisting. And even then it takes them forever to get the handcuffs on. They're so incompetent.

And yes, disrespectful of human beings, across the board

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David Jakubiak @davidjakubiak.bsky.social · 2h

But how long is the @chicagotribune.com going to quote Homeland Security's lies? If a source lies to once, shame on them. Twice? Do better. Thirty plus times in three weeks? Adopt a policy that that you are not going to run their statements without supporting evidence. Joseph Medill weeps.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2h

Here's a message.

House Republicans refuse to pay our troops.

Democratic Congress members want to pay our troops, Republicans and maga won't let them.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 6h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2h

Oh no

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 12h

Best to not actually pick up any alleged tear gas or smoke grenade or projectile. Too hot. And there’s been a lot of use of flashbangs. The misfire rate on them is not zero. Only a matter of time before some damn fool bleeds out because they lost a hand

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

Hello, will you become a member of my Patreon today?

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 10h

It's been awhile since I've done a serious paid subscriber drive on here. I came into this year with 509 paid Patreon subscribers and set the ambitious goal of hitting 1000 by the end of this year. I'm a little behind pace on that now at 802. patreon.com/katelynburns

Katelyn Burns | Patreon

creating LGBTQ journalism

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agingflowerchild.bsky.social @agingflowerchild.bsky.social · 2h

Unfettered Capitalism kills people for the sake of profit. I don't want it either.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, but I don't want it to work.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2h

Not supposed to attack journalists!

Judge orders feds to dial back aggressive response to journalists, protesters in Chicago area

A ruling in federal court Thursday restricts the tactics used by DHS as they engage with protesters, members of the media and the public, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

abc7chicago.com

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