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Lisa in ⚜️ NOLA ⚜️

@lpsrocks.bsky.social

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NOLA girl trying to find a little bit of beauty in this world Do not obey in advance #resist #socialjustice #reproductiverights Also #truth #sports #dc #art & #tech #nola #food stuff too @lazyslugs on some other platforms

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Lisa in ⚜️ NOLA ⚜️ @lpsrocks.bsky.social · Nov 27

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie

Emotional Mess Doll

Wild haired troll doll with sign: I am here to stop your anxiety, panic attacks and to bring a calm into your life.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are.

www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Will You Stand Up for the Right of Peaceful Protest?

A Saturday Prompt

www.americaamerica.news

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 1d

Autistic truth makes people uncomfortable because it’s not performative.

We name what’s broken without decorating it.

It’s not rudeness.

It’s clarity.

And clarity is sacred.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Epidemiologists of Bluesky: do you know of any papers that developed statistical models to infer Covid (or something else) incidence or mortality at scale based on survey data about contacts (i.e., “has someone you know died?”)

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 2d

Just one more.

The Study
Every Study Ever:
Reliable transit, safe active transportation options and fewer cars will improve cities.
City:
Hmm, can we really trust every study ever done?

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

it’s all just a grift

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

An interviewer asked me about America's "cost of living crisis," and I was struck again by how casually we've let such profoundly nightmarish phrases slip into our everyday lexicon.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 4d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Lisa in ⚜️ NOLA ⚜️ @lpsrocks.bsky.social · 4d

I mean.. some people do

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 4d

Fascism doesn’t just come out and announce itself by killing people…

It starts with subtle dehumanising, subtle rhetoric, bits of propaganda…

Then it latches on to a crisis moment to double down on the rhetoric to get people on-side.

The killing is the last part.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Nov 15

Billionaire grifters are about to dismantle your government. So instead of your tax dollars going to your Medicare or your Medicaid or your affordable care act or to veterans benefits or your social security - it will go to THEM in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 8d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 8d

If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 8d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 8d

Every newspaper in the country should be blanketing Portland with reporters and videographers to document that it is not a war zone. And every front page should be blaring about the president lying as a pretext to send troops to an American city.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8d

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8d

Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.

This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8d

“Hello. You have reached the voicemail for the FBI. All our agents are currently busy redacting names from the Epstein files, doctoring evidence to politicize mass shootings and investigating anyone the President does not like. Please leave your contact info and someone will call you back soon.”

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 9d

Reuters: FBI has fired an an agent who refused to arrange a media “perp walk” for Comey to turn himself in: www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Lisa in ⚜️ NOLA ⚜️ @lpsrocks.bsky.social · 8d

I went to an AI training the other day. This expert explained how LLMs work.

My layperson’s take: They basically feed the Internet into their engines. Like 8 million Reddit threads.

This explains so sooo much.