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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 1d

#BlueskyArtShow the Grand Canyon where the sun provides the #glow

A rock formation glows golden against a backdrop of darker red and brown rocks in the canyon below

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 2d

Bucky Badger, world’s greatest mascot

Badger mascot in a striped shirt walks down the street

Badger mascot bends over in a dance move

Badger mascot stands back up and waves its arms

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 5d

#rockinTuesday #GrandCanyon
Raise your hand if you’ve been here 🙋‍♀️ #ProtectOurParks

A boulder with a medallion marking the Bright Angel Trailhead

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 6d

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto) / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

YouTube video by Berliner Philharmoniker

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 6d

Gustav Mahler’s star in Vienna. In the comments a link to perhaps his most famous melody. #MusicMonday

A tile with a five-pointed star embedded in the brick sidewalk, embossed with Mahler’s name and signature

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 6d

Cannot deny

Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 7d

Seen on FB #reading #books #booksky

Cartoon of woman relaxing on a chair either her feet up, reading a book. Text: I was going to clean the house, but then I realized, this book isn’t going to read itself…

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 8d

Well that, but mainly I just hate the Phillies 😂

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 8d

Today we are all Dodgers

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 9d

It was exactly as awesome as I remembered.

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 9d

How modestly Abraham Lincoln lived, and how much more he accomplished than others who try to surround themselves with the trappings of a king.

Closeup of small wooden desk with cubbyholes and a wood chair draped with a plain brown blanket, placed in a corner between two windows. A colorful red, green and cream patterned carpet competes with a patterned brown and cream wallpaper. A few books and papers have been scattered on the desk to show how it may have looked when in use.

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 10d

After.

An almost empty chocolate milkshake glass with the words Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry Since 1974

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 12d

#rockintuesday Mammoth Cave National Park

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 15d

The #USPS is holding a vote to choose a stamp to reissue, and one of them is the “Emancipation Proclamation” stamp. Wouldn’t it be great if that one won by a landslide?

#Vote online at www.stampsforever.com/vote

The deadline is Sept 30th, please act now!

Image of the Emancipation Proclamation stamp being considered to be reissued. Text states “Henceforward shall be free: Emancipation Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln 1863

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 15d

wtaf

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 15d

Sit down for breakfast but because I have Truth alerts on my phone--professional hazard on the fascism beat--I learn five minutes after the fact that Trump is sending troops to Portland with authorization for "full force." Not a drill, friends.

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 15d

This is despicable

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees who were interned in Trump's shuttered Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp have now disappeared without a trace. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 15d

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday September 27, 2025
The theme is #TheRoad

Traversing #DeathValley #NationalParks

A paved road curves through a sandy, rocky landscape with mountains in the distance and a cloudless blue sky

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 15d

A visit from @mlenrios.bsky.social made my day!!

Two people taking a selfie in front of Lake Medota in Madison, Wisconsin

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 18d

Give it another view why dontcha

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 18d

Watching Jimmy Kimmel because I can

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Kimmel: "Can you imagine? This country has become so authoritarian the Germans are like, 'Come here'"

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NPR @npr.org · 19d

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 19d

Today is for all my #highered friends

Strands #569
“On the syllabus”
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Karen Russell @karenrussell.bsky.social · 20d

Oh no

Fresh at IKEA, Melanie floor lamp $95 with a picture from UK visit, with her hat as the lampshade

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