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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)

@laurafrommi.bsky.social

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Just me, selling books and fighting tyranny. Michigan bookstore owner, photographer, and marketer. I also talk about video games at my other account @AylaRavenstar. ✊💙📚

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Feb 8

There were two things that stuck with me from my most recent chat with my therapist that I'd like to share. First, my therapist was telling me how on a trip to the Amazon, she came across a line of ants that she followed. (1/🧵) 💙

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Sep 10

YA'LLLLLLLLLLL

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · Sep 10

Jezebel posted this two days ago. comments are locked now lol

we paid some Etsy witches to curse Charlie Kirk

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Sep 10

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Jul 3

This is... A lot.

Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'm so proud of my little town!

Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Milan, Michigan kneels to #NoKings!
Our little town got over 211 people out ... over 3.5% of the town population!

Happy Birthday to the Faux King. Nobody serves you here.

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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · Jun 14

OUR GRATE PERADE IS ON, RANE OR SHYNE!
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
OUR GREAT MILITARY PARADE IS ON, RAIN OR SHINE. REMEMBER, A RAINY DAY PERADE BRINGS GOOD LUCK. I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN D.C.

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Jun 14

I haven't posted in a while, but this really resonated.

"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."

We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.

#NoKings

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 18

Reading is the key, and the gateway, to so many important things. Protect it.

Adventure Ink, Milan MI @adventureink.xyz · May 17

It's not the first time I've said this, and it won't be the last. Reading is fundamental to freedom. 💙📚

#Booksky #Reading #ReadBannedBooks #ProtectBooks

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 15

P.S. Don't believe drug companies when they blame high prices on "research & development." Most large drug companies only spend about 10-20% of their revenue on research.

Read the article for more. 5/🧵

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-top-1...

Your top 10 FAQ on drug prices

Some clarity for this wildly confusing topic.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 15

He's essentially asking drug companies to match other countries' prices with no consequences if they don't. The reason other countries have lower prices is because they have universal health care, allowing the government to choose not to cover a drug if the manufacturer refuses to negotiate. 4/🧵

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 15

Drug lobbyists spend millions of dollars to block laws that might limit their profits, including any kind of reform that would lower drug costs.

Additionally, Trump's executive order is unlikely to fix things because there is no mechanism of enforcement. 3/🧵

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 15

Patents on new medications prevent other drug companies from creating generics for 12-14 years on average, and drug companies are often able to renew patents by "re-releasing" the drug with minor improvements. 2/🧵

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 15

The reason drug prices are high comes down to several things (a🧵 based on data from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social )

Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 12

Why were people so angry about it?

Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 9

This type of thinking along with RFK's suggestions that chronically ill and autistic people cannot be contributing members to society is eerily, and dangerously similar. 🧵4

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 9

When Hitler started euthanizing people, he started with the disabled, but first he spread messaging to make citizens feel less sympathetic toward them. 🧵3

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 9

This is an ignorant and dangerous mischaracterization, and only a hop, skip and a jump away from insinuating that people who become sick, or are chronically ill, brought it on themselves. 🧵2

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 9

This "germ denial" theory has dark implications. There are people in the MAHA movement who are suggesting that the real reason people die from illness is because their "unhealthy diet" or "lack of exercise" caused damage to their immune system. 1/🧵

open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

The rise of a new form of germ theory denial

But did they have any underlying conditions?

open.substack.com

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 8

This is excellent news!

Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · May 8

Originally from Chicago, Prevost spent decades as a missionary in Peru & is seen as one of the least “American” of the American cardinals. Still, his deep understanding of the U.S. makes him a timely pick in the Trump era.
His most recent tweet was a repost criticizing Trump’s immigration policies.

Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 8

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade."

Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.

link.theskimm.com/click/397646...

U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show

Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...

link.theskimm.com

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · May 4

This makes me feel sick. ICE is targeting people at their most vulnerable, and it's absolutely despicable.

#ImmigrantsAreHuman

Crust News @crustnews.com · May 4

The Trump Regime stationed Border Guards at a Maternity Ward in order to deport a woman who was giving birth.
While now released, the woman named only as 'Erika', was denied a change to speak to a lawyer and her future remains in question.

Border Agents Stationed in Maternity Ward to Deport New Mother

In a case that has sparked widespread outrage, U.S. border agents were stationed in the maternity ward of an Arizona hospital to initiate the deportation of a 24-year-old Guatemalan migrant mother…

crustiandaily.com

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Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · Apr 30

No notes.

"The clitoris has around 8000 nerve endings and it's still not as sensitive as a conservative man on the internet."

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Jessica Drew Quiroga @jqnotjq.lol · Apr 18

what if we put the people breaking laws and ignoring court orders into jail? is that an option? we can apparently do it to people who haven't broken any laws and are just too brown, so I have to assume we can do it to people who are actually doing bad shit, right?

I hate it here.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Apr 21

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

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Sarah Needs Coffee @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social · Apr 15

“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.”
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance

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Studio Tembo @studiotembo.com · Apr 16

I laughed all the way out loud when I saw this.

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