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Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
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Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos. Disabled queer parent. Lots of speech to text errors! No unsolicited DMs please.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · Mar 12
Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 1h
The older I get, the weirder it is when folks my siblings' ages die.
people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...
people.com
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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 6h
Huh, I guess she woke up to the fact we may be less fortunate in money, but we are not stupid and don't like people that bamboozle us! epaper.ajc.com/popovers/dyn... - Even MTG agrees with Democrats: GOP has no health care plan
Even MTG agrees with Democrats: GOP has no health care plan - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Even MTG agrees with Democrats: GOP has no health care plan - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
epaper.ajc.com
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James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 6h
“The Declaration of Independence opened the world to democratic possibility…yet also marked the narrowing of political possibilities within the nascent US. The very document that proclaimed a new kind of liberty also stifled other forms of governance, particularly those practiced by Native nations.”
How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
www.theatlantic.com
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Metro Chimp @metrochimp.bsky.social · 6h
Making Indigenous Peoples’ Day Columbus Day again by bringing back Small Pox.
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
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James Gleick @around.com · 6h
In the age-old struggle of humanity against disease, has there ever before been a government so determined to side with disease?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
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DJKdzTmp @djkdztmp.bsky.social · 6h
#BoycottMeta #BoycottSFDC #TimCookReally?

I suspect someday soon these baby blue whale (biggest babies in the world) tech bros will get hosed by Trump despite their sycophantic ways

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 4h
I'm raiding the gift links feed
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h
This story rounding up the autocratization of American government & society makes my blood run cold

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear
Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.
www.wsj.com
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Diplocat @diplocat.bsky.social · 6h
I used to think #Salesforce was a great company. Not anymore.

I hope that users will start to #boycott it and look to alternatives such as #SAPCRM or open source projects like #SuiteCRM.
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 6h
"Even before he ran for office, Trump saw journalists as creatures of his own device." wapo.st/4q6KId6
For Trump, media manipulation is his show of force
The president has long attacked the media as “fake news,” but the White House has created a new crop of journalists to advance its policy priorities.
wapo.st
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 4h
@text
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Funk Cat @wolfman1.bsky.social · 5h
FREE READ: It is “of surpassing historic significance” that so many sitting (Federal) judges have chosen to weigh in publicly about the Supreme Court, said J. Michael Luttig, who served as an assistant attorney general under President George H.W. Bush. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
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Spooky Season Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social · 5h
How many stoats is that @stoatamatic.bsky.social?
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 5h
The rules include unconventional units that definitely didn't appear in Medieval Europe, such as elephants!
Introductory description of elephant units, starting by describing that there are two types of elephants, Asian and African. This is the sort of detail that Gygax was famous for.
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 11h
Ten years ago – maybe even five – comments like that would have gotten you the sack from the front bench of any major political party."

But in 2025, there was no apology from the Tories after Robert Jenrick's 'no white faces' comment
'Jenrick's 'white faces' comment would have once been enough to get an MP sacked' | The News Agents
Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 11h
Triple terror.

In the Chernihiv region, a russian drone targeted a service car of engineers who came to repair an energy facility after russia's previous attack — killing two workers and injuring three.

When rescuers arrived, russians shelled them too.

Unspeakable horror. Don't look away.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 11h
Good thing we don't have anything like flu or covid in the United States. Or measles, or e coli or pertussis or....
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16h
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11h
Standing up to fascism is always the right choice.

Rejecting censorship is always the right choice.

Fighting for marginalized and vulnerable communities is always the right choice.

A Wyoming librarian refused to purge books with LGBTQ+ content and was fired for it.

She won a $700,000 settlement
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
www.nytimes.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 12h
And if we have any shreds of structural integrity left in the government, it will take us years if not decades to make things functional again.
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Holger @holgiaux.bsky.social · 15h
It’s rebranding: for Trump and his thugs “democrat“ is the new “communist“…
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Ike55 @ike55.bsky.social · 15h
Thank our Stars and Stripes that we have an impartial, incorruptible SCOTUS to stop this blatant illegal RIF during a shutdown caused by the party in charge.

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a man scratching his head with the words " i crack myself up " below him
ALT: a man scratching his head with the words " i crack myself up " below him
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h
FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h
my only question is why do we have to wait for the 15th inning to implement this
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 16h
After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16h
maybe some of these guys just *like* extra innings

it is just an observation if i loved doing something i would also not want it to end
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 21h
Aww I'm sorry. Your personal assistant isn't there anymore.