Lin
@lingarhan04.bsky.social
Books, Comics, Art and Movie Lover, SciFi Gal
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"You're either lost, or desperately searching for a good tailor."
Gotta love how Garak moments before getting Beaten by Klingons has enough time to deliver that line.
Also gotta love Garak's discussion with Dr. Bashir when he's treating him.
#StarTrekDS9 #StarTrek #Treksky
Garak is great.
Gotta love how Garak moments before getting Beaten by Klingons has enough time to deliver that line.
Also gotta love Garak's discussion with Dr. Bashir when he's treating him.
#StarTrekDS9 #StarTrek #Treksky
Garak is great.
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"You're either lost, or desperately searching for a good tailor."
Gotta love how Garak moments before getting Beaten by Klingons has enough time to deliver that line.
Also gotta love Garak's discussion with Dr. Bashir when he's treating him.
#StarTrekDS9 #StarTrek #Treksky
Garak is great.
Gotta love how Garak moments before getting Beaten by Klingons has enough time to deliver that line.
Also gotta love Garak's discussion with Dr. Bashir when he's treating him.
#StarTrekDS9 #StarTrek #Treksky
Garak is great.
Cool!
Aww, I won an “I Like It, Picasso” award at my library for the Infinity Castle display I created 😁
#librarysky #demonslayer #booksky
#librarysky #demonslayer #booksky
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Cool!
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The US unemployment rate continues to rise, hitting the highest level in over four years in the latest data.
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The US unemployment rate continues to rise, hitting the highest level in over four years in the latest data.
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Home alone house cake 🏠
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Home alone house cake 🏠
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IN MEMORIAM: ROB REINER FILMMAKER & PATRIOT 1947-2025
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
IN MEMORIAM: ROB REINER FILMMAKER & PATRIOT 1947-2025
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
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🎁 There’s still time to grab holiday gifts for all your favorite resisters from our Indivisible Chicago Store — including our brand-new T-Shirt Design Contest winners — and all our classic best sellers!
🛍️ Shop now: Everything's on sale thru Dec 18!
🔗 Go to: indivisiblechicago.threadless.com
🛍️ Shop now: Everything's on sale thru Dec 18!
🔗 Go to: indivisiblechicago.threadless.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🎁 There’s still time to grab holiday gifts for all your favorite resisters from our Indivisible Chicago Store — including our brand-new T-Shirt Design Contest winners — and all our classic best sellers!
🛍️ Shop now: Everything's on sale thru Dec 18!
🔗 Go to: indivisiblechicago.threadless.com
🛍️ Shop now: Everything's on sale thru Dec 18!
🔗 Go to: indivisiblechicago.threadless.com
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
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"we need to stop importing people with ethnic grievances" a real wild take from an administration that has reduced its asylum parameters to "exclusively white South Africans"
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"we need to stop importing people with ethnic grievances" a real wild take from an administration that has reduced its asylum parameters to "exclusively white South Africans"
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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December 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.”
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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Every Fucking progressive Democracy in the World
Has universal or Single Payer Healthcare
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Japan
UK
Taiwan
And the Richest Nation in the World, the good old USA?
Shit
Why?
Republicans are shit people
Has universal or Single Payer Healthcare
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Japan
UK
Taiwan
And the Richest Nation in the World, the good old USA?
Shit
Why?
Republicans are shit people
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Every Fucking progressive Democracy in the World
Has universal or Single Payer Healthcare
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Japan
UK
Taiwan
And the Richest Nation in the World, the good old USA?
Shit
Why?
Republicans are shit people
Has universal or Single Payer Healthcare
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Japan
UK
Taiwan
And the Richest Nation in the World, the good old USA?
Shit
Why?
Republicans are shit people
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Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
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While the country’s economy is falling apart, Donald Trump is on Truth Social trying to distract you from soaring grocery prices by smearing Rob Reiner.
Trump can’t govern. He doesn’t know how to do his job.
This is exactly what failure looks like.
Trump can’t govern. He doesn’t know how to do his job.
This is exactly what failure looks like.
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
While the country’s economy is falling apart, Donald Trump is on Truth Social trying to distract you from soaring grocery prices by smearing Rob Reiner.
Trump can’t govern. He doesn’t know how to do his job.
This is exactly what failure looks like.
Trump can’t govern. He doesn’t know how to do his job.
This is exactly what failure looks like.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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there should be consequences to a president who posts the type and amount of shit donald trump does.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
there should be consequences to a president who posts the type and amount of shit donald trump does.
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
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Rob Reiner’s murder has left me in shock. I never met him personally, but Rob contacted me years ago on Twitter/X because he wanted to tell me he liked the way I used my voice and sparked conversation. And how important it was never to fall silent.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Rob Reiner’s murder has left me in shock. I never met him personally, but Rob contacted me years ago on Twitter/X because he wanted to tell me he liked the way I used my voice and sparked conversation. And how important it was never to fall silent.
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NEW: After freezing billions in U.S. foreign aid and putting countless lives at risk around the world, Trump administration officials in Washington celebrated with a sheet cake.
By @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy, photos by @peterdicampo.bsky.social
By @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy, photos by @peterdicampo.bsky.social
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: After freezing billions in U.S. foreign aid and putting countless lives at risk around the world, Trump administration officials in Washington celebrated with a sheet cake.
By @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy, photos by @peterdicampo.bsky.social
By @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy, photos by @peterdicampo.bsky.social
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NEW: A review of more than 100 Alabama court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments than citizens, even when they have fewer prior convictions.
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes
A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status t...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: A review of more than 100 Alabama court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments than citizens, even when they have fewer prior convictions.
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
Defendants said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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Over the last several years, seven of America’s biggest healthcare corporations got a $34 BILLION tax break from Trump.
And 5 million people are about to lose their healthcare coverage next year.
This economy is being rigged on purpose.
And 5 million people are about to lose their healthcare coverage next year.
This economy is being rigged on purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Over the last several years, seven of America’s biggest healthcare corporations got a $34 BILLION tax break from Trump.
And 5 million people are about to lose their healthcare coverage next year.
This economy is being rigged on purpose.
And 5 million people are about to lose their healthcare coverage next year.
This economy is being rigged on purpose.