Linda
@lindakj.bsky.social
Blue dot 💙, blue city 💙, deep red state 🤬. Below sea level.
Recycle, read banned books, practice empathy, be an ally, laugh more, dance more, live and let live. Also…watch more kdramas. 😉
Recycle, read banned books, practice empathy, be an ally, laugh more, dance more, live and let live. Also…watch more kdramas. 😉
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Not to be alarmist....but if you have autopay turned on for your ACA plan and do not plan on paying the high premium....minimally, turn off autopay. They will take the money from your account.
Rents and mortgages are generally due on the 1st; insurances renew typically on the 31st.
Rents and mortgages are generally due on the 1st; insurances renew typically on the 31st.
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Not to be alarmist....but if you have autopay turned on for your ACA plan and do not plan on paying the high premium....minimally, turn off autopay. They will take the money from your account.
Rents and mortgages are generally due on the 1st; insurances renew typically on the 31st.
Rents and mortgages are generally due on the 1st; insurances renew typically on the 31st.
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i recognize it's just a performance arts center and we've all collectively stopped giving a shit but changing the signage of the kennedy center is explicitly prohibited by law
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i recognize it's just a performance arts center and we've all collectively stopped giving a shit but changing the signage of the kennedy center is explicitly prohibited by law
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It’s hard to overstate how big of a deal Trump’s move to dismantle the NCAR is.
Here’s what’s at stake, via our friends at @insideclimatenews.org and @climatedesk.org
Gift link: www.vox.com/climate/4727...
Here’s what’s at stake, via our friends at @insideclimatenews.org and @climatedesk.org
Gift link: www.vox.com/climate/4727...
One of Trump’s grudges now threatens America’s weather forecasts
What happens when you kill the country’s climate science “mothership”?
www.vox.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s hard to overstate how big of a deal Trump’s move to dismantle the NCAR is.
Here’s what’s at stake, via our friends at @insideclimatenews.org and @climatedesk.org
Gift link: www.vox.com/climate/4727...
Here’s what’s at stake, via our friends at @insideclimatenews.org and @climatedesk.org
Gift link: www.vox.com/climate/4727...
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🚨BREAKING:
We just learned that the court in my lawsuit — Neguse et al. v. ICE — has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The rule of law will prevail.
We just learned that the court in my lawsuit — Neguse et al. v. ICE — has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The rule of law will prevail.
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨BREAKING:
We just learned that the court in my lawsuit — Neguse et al. v. ICE — has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The rule of law will prevail.
We just learned that the court in my lawsuit — Neguse et al. v. ICE — has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The rule of law will prevail.
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Russell Vought is a scourge, not only for federal workers, but for the country, and, indeed, the entire world. Here's a @us.theguardian.com story via @climatedesk.org on how he's now unapologetically killing the "crown jewel" of US climate research.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis warns that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR puts "public safety at risk."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Russell Vought is a scourge, not only for federal workers, but for the country, and, indeed, the entire world. Here's a @us.theguardian.com story via @climatedesk.org on how he's now unapologetically killing the "crown jewel" of US climate research.
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Heather Long: The economy is about people. We talk about %, but keep this in mind: There are nearly 1 mn more unemployed people now than in January. 271,000 federal workers left or were let go since January. That explains some of the rise in unemployed, but there are other shifts going on.
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Heather Long: The economy is about people. We talk about %, but keep this in mind: There are nearly 1 mn more unemployed people now than in January. 271,000 federal workers left or were let go since January. That explains some of the rise in unemployed, but there are other shifts going on.
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We're at the point where regular kids have seen several mass shootings happen in front of them.
‘It’s terrifying, but it’s not surprising’: a Brown University student on surviving her second school shooting
Mia Tretta has advocated for gun-violence prevention since being shot as a high school student in California in 2019
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're at the point where regular kids have seen several mass shootings happen in front of them.
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We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
Princess Bride reunion and table read
YouTube video by CoG
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Paul McCartney pays tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, who were murdered in their Los Angeles home on Sunday
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Paul McCartney pays tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, who were murdered in their Los Angeles home on Sunday
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary built his platform not on science but on spectacle. Makary turned a medical career into a megaphone for misinformation. Once a surgeon and professor, he built his brand on public skepticism, rising to power by attacking the very scientific standards he now oversees.
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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🚨🚨🚨 House GOP will hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON...
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House GOP will hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON...
There's some good, some bad, and some very ugly...
charlesgaba.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨 House GOP will hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON...
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charlesgaba.substack.com/p/house-gop-...
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Try not to cry.
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Try not to cry.
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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Free at Fight the Fire on Substack:
The GOP health plan: Have you considered cremation?
Or maybe just a rolled-up carpet in a ditch on a scenic rural road?
A bid to extend ACA subsidies has failed. And the Republican alternative was ... Crapocare.
All links/subscriptions free.
The GOP health plan: Have you considered cremation?
Or maybe just a rolled-up carpet in a ditch on a scenic rural road?
A bid to extend ACA subsidies has failed. And the Republican alternative was ... Crapocare.
All links/subscriptions free.
The GOP health plan: Have you considered cremation?
Or maybe just a rolled-up carpet in a ditch on a scenic rural road?
fightthefire.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Free at Fight the Fire on Substack:
The GOP health plan: Have you considered cremation?
Or maybe just a rolled-up carpet in a ditch on a scenic rural road?
A bid to extend ACA subsidies has failed. And the Republican alternative was ... Crapocare.
All links/subscriptions free.
The GOP health plan: Have you considered cremation?
Or maybe just a rolled-up carpet in a ditch on a scenic rural road?
A bid to extend ACA subsidies has failed. And the Republican alternative was ... Crapocare.
All links/subscriptions free.
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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Florida Republicans tried to link Democrat Eileen Higgins to Zohran Mamdani in tonight's race for Miami mayor. It didn't work out as they'd hoped.
Trump-endorsed candidate for Miami mayor shrugs off Trump’s Mamdani moment
A Miami Congresswoman led an effort to denounce socialism before Mamdani’s White House visit. Trump did the opposite.
www.miamiherald.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Florida Republicans tried to link Democrat Eileen Higgins to Zohran Mamdani in tonight's race for Miami mayor. It didn't work out as they'd hoped.
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A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
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CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
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Oh, it's much, MUCH worse than that (I know you know this, but here's a detailed analysis for those who want more info)
acasignups.net/25/12/08/upd...
acasignups.net/25/12/08/upd...
UPDATED: Senate Republicans come up with one big pile of Crapo.
(sigh) Via Peter Sullivan & Stef Kight of Axios: Scoop: Senate GOP chairs circulate health plan as clock ticks on ACA subsidies Two key Senate Republican chairmen are circulating the outline of a heal...
acasignups.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Oh, it's much, MUCH worse than that (I know you know this, but here's a detailed analysis for those who want more info)
acasignups.net/25/12/08/upd...
acasignups.net/25/12/08/upd...