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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦

@karimala.bsky.social

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Mom. Daughter born blind/disabled. Photographer. Digital collage artist. National Parks. Vintage images. #BB27 NAFO Pocatello, Idaho/Kalispell, Montana.

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · Feb 25

Lil’ Miss Lila made her national television debut this morning. Thank you @alivitali.bsky.social! #Zoomiesat3am #BackToBed

Photo of Lila the Ragdoll cat resting in her kitty bed as shown on Way Too Early on MSNBC.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 9h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Buddy Stone @buddystone.bsky.social · 32m

Each species of tree was planted in its specific spot to ensure the design would emerge clearly as the larch turned yellow in autumn.
“Passersby will be able to see the smiling face every fall for the next 30-50 years.”
www.zmescience.com/science/news...

Why A Giant 300-Foot Smiley Face Greets Traffic Every Fall In Oregon

Every fall, a hillside in Oregon flashes a giant, yellow smiley face made of trees.

www.zmescience.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

They’re still offering new ICE recruits a $50,000 signing bonus, yet active duty military were seen today lining up at food banks.

Defend your country and you can’t afford to eat.

Terrorize your country and you become rich.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3h

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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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 16d

"THE HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS gestures to a world wherein the rules & rulings fundamentally don’t matter; to be alive amid them is enough & to make friction amid them divine. All the arbitrary rulings of a given reality fall to stupid joys, idiot glee rubbing up against deeply felt melancholy

“The Love You Send is Endless”: The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020)

The History of the Seattle Mariners is the first cultural object I’ve encountered that painstakingly constructs a specific, relatable history only to use that construct to then gesture towards the fut...

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 20m

That’s weird. I can’t get in on either Safari or Chrome.

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 21m

Weird. I tried Safari & Chrome. No luck.

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 23m

Weird. I’ll try Chrome.

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Monica @mountainvalleylife.bsky.social · 2h

My son is holding the sign.

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Laurel Krahn @wintwins.bsky.social · 1h

Little did I know . . .

Laurel Krahn @wintwins.bsky.social · 3h

A Jorge Polanco walk off could still be sweet, but we might be here for a while.

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 42m

Goosebumps.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1h

JORGE POLANCO WALKS IT OFF

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 51m

Hmm…website won’t open.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 1h

Seattle is the Emerald City for a reason.

Go @mariners.com!!! We are so proud you represent our city!

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 53m

@altcdc.altgov.info posted a great thread about what all these laid off people do for public health.

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 53m

@altcdc.altgov.info posted a great thread about what all these laid off people do for public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 1h

"For the past two decades, Americans have watched the Roberts court dismantle constitutional rights and disable government."

but "We the People" have to remember "Our Constitution is not dying. It is waiting."

#giftarticle

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 1h

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.

Polanco hits winning single in the 15th inning as the Mariners beat the Tigers to advance to ALCS

Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 1h

Uh…yeh you guys do! 😆 He spent every afternoon studying Atlanta Braves games for the moves & then JFC he’d go outside & mimic them. He was 4. Mama’s mind blown. 😆

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 1h

So was my son. 95 MPH fastball & top HS kicker in the state & state wrestling champ. LOL

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 9h

We are reaching the tipping point with continued measles outbreaks throughout the U.S. If they continue (bad news: under this administration, that's nearly guaranteed), we are at risk of losing our elimination status. What that means in the info-graphic, below.

Infographic saying:
Measles Alert. The US is approaching a tipping point - we may lose our measles elimination status.
What is "Measles Elimination"?
"Elimination means no continuous endemic transmission of measles for <12 months despite importations. The U.S. was declared to have eliminated measles in 2000. But elimination is not "forever" - if the virus begins sustained transmission again, the status can be revoked.
Why the US is now at risk:
2025 is seeing the highest measles caseload in decades - over 1,544 confirmed cases as of Sept. 30. Many outbreaks are clustering in under-vaccinated communities. Measles is extremely transmissible, so her immunity needs very high coverage (>92-95%) to block sustained spread.
What losing elimination means - and why it matters:
Measles becomes endemic again: regular spread, more severe outcomes, and greater health impact. The public health burden increases; contact tracing, outbreak response, surveillance costs, and strain on local health systems.

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 2h

Eek. Who the hell is Junior going to put in as a replacement?

🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 2h

I swear…it’s like this administration is playing Eeny Meeny Miney Moe. No rhyme or reason to their cuts.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2h

Ok, update: Worklife Wellness Office and Occupational Health and Safety Office were RIFed.

CDC was targeted by a shooter just over a month ago. Many of us are traumatized.
So honestly… cutting the teams that help staff recover and stay safe? 🖕

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ALT: a man with a ring on his finger is clapping

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 2h

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