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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1h

The average teenager does not need sperm.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations and thank you for everything you are doing to help save our democracy!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Ohio Statehouse, Ohio Book Prize for "On Freedom," very proud

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

Starting January 1st, Californians will be able to buy five-packs of insulin pens via CalRx® for a maximum recommended price of $55 per pack.

Every Californian should be able to access life-saving medications without breaking the bank.

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 12h

Breaking: Starting next year, Californians with diabetes will be able to purchase state-branded insulin at steeply reduced prices, Gov. Newsom announced today. Long-acting insulin pens will be available at pharmacies for $11 per pen beginning Jan. 1. https://cal.news/3W7SDZW

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a partnership with Civica Rx to provide insulin to Californians for $30 for 10 milliliters, which he said was as little as one-tenth of the current cost. Photo by Ringo Chiu, Sipa USA via Reuters

Hed: Newsom unveils $11 state insulin for Californians: ‘We took matters into our own hands’

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 5h

How long until they check his hard drive?

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Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 5h

Not surprised, male squirrels in the Austin and Denton carry a good amount of their body weight in testicles.

Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 5h

And you notice the increasingly weird and authoritarian drift the people who profit off of AI are taking and that none of their policy prescriptions and who they fund are designed to help a working person in the slightest.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

My brothers and sisters.... baes and theys ... the stupid have inherited the earth...

we must beat them back with high order thinking ... and good ole fashioned book learning.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

College is not for the answers... it is for the exercise of structured thought

They are teaching you how to think

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Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 6h

Big fan too--intellect, compassion and humor combined into one learned pastor package is a draw!

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Vilissa Thompson @vilissathompson.bsky.social · 6h

"the earth is awash in dumbasses"

*Adds to list of shady comebacks*

Solomon is why I peek in here everyday - never disappointed.

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99fgh.bsky.social @99fgh.bsky.social · 7h

Who else believes the Arizona Representative who won her election 3 weeks ago should have the end of her term extended by the same time period?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Liz @ghoulnameliz.bsky.social · 6h

You have to admit that now it makes for a good story, in an earlier time they'd say that you'll dine out on that story for many years to come!

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Lorraine Berry @lorraineberry.bsky.social · 7h

Also, I didn’t have a change of clothes so I picked her up looking like I’d been carried there in a hurricane.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9h

This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.

Remarkably swift passage of Everett teen into deportation system showcases ICE reach and efficiency

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 7h

There is a sudden surge of anti-protest bots meant to scare or discourage you. I wish I (or someone) had posted this weeks ago but we didn’t so we need to try to get word out to as many as possible. Violence at the No Kings would be very bad. Read and spread, please: buymeacoffee.com/psychopete/t...