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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 9h

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)

projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica

As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 1d

But also I am still a monster bc now I am going to watch football at my cousin’s house instead and indoctrinate my sweet nieces into Longhorns and Saints fandom which is objectively very wrong

magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 1d

I know this is a virtual signally take but it hit me as I was canceling YT tv today I can take that $90 or so a month and split it between charity donations and supporting some independent journalists.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 4d

What Voting Means to People in Prison

7 Stories on Voting Behind Bars and Beyond

More than 5 million U.S. citizens can't vote because of felony convictions. The U.S. has some of the harshest voting laws tied to prison.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3d

Affiliation attendance and membership

Without

Kindness Compassion and care is worthless

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 3d

1000 percent this! I can’t see pedi patients anymore (Texas 😔) but I am constantly proselytizing to the primary care providers where I work that YES YOU CAN PROVIDE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE to your adults safely and make an astronomical difference in their lives and it is in your scope of practice!

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 5d

Spotify: sorry guys our ICE ads don’t violate any of our ✨policies✨

oh u mean the policies that you yourself created but I guess you couldn’t possibly ever tighten up the verbiage in regarding your stance on people who like to teargas little kids in Halloween costumes

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 5d

This is beautiful!!❤️

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 6d

Noooo this is awesome!!! I love to make little gift bags to give out and it’s very not dumb

I like to put in a pair of socks and those little disposable ponchos bc of all the random rain we can get. And sunglasses!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 7d

That’s great and I’m so glad you were able to get the help you need. But I still think abortion would be worthy and vital even if its only function was to allow women to refuse motherhood altogether.

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Jamie Gump (Halloween costume: "Centrist Pundit") @jamiegump.bsky.social · 7d

One of the best subscriptions out there.

Reading and supporting The Flytrap are just what my old straight white cis ass needs from today's media: voices that don't look and sound like me.

Also included in the subscription: occasional #TuesdayNightWineClub posts from @andreagrimes.com !

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 8d

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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 8d

✨only high-quality people should be shielded from nazis✨

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve bought these and they seem to be ok but I use them with my nieces so it’s more of a monthly bathtub rave when they come over so not daily use

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Amazon.com : U UZOPI Pool Lights, Upgraded Rechargeable Submersible LED Lights with Remote IP68 Waterproof 16 Colors Hot Tub Underwater Pool Lights for Above Ground Inground Pool, Bath, Party, Vase 2 ...

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 9d

they aren’t toys but you can get little rechargeable underwater LED lights meant for swimming pools that can change colors.
sometimes if you just make the water feel like a 1990s discotheque enough then the regular bath toys can seem glowy

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 11d

well to be fair that’s probably 36 patients who didn’t have their liver erroneously removed

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, my brother is a complete dipshit and the still the owner of a really ugly tattoo on his back almost 25 years later, but he has not ever been accused of being a Nazi.

It’s really really really not that hard

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · 12d

When my brother was 18 he got a what he called a “tribal eagle” tattoo on his back he picked from the shop’s flash. Within 4-5 days enough people pointed out that it looked a LOT like the Nazi eagle symbol, so he went to a different tattoo shop and got it covered with some ridic geometric design

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15d

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · Oct 2

gotta have your papers on you if god forbid you’re in a car accident or fall off a roof or something bc EMTs gonna leave you to bleed out if you don’t I guess

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 1

Vance: "There's a lot of emergency healthcare at hospitals provided to illegal aliens. That was funded by the federal govt. We turned off that funding because of course we want citizens to benefit from those hospital services, not to be taxed & then have those hospital services go to illegal aliens"

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · Sep 30

- This guy is 100% the shittiest company commander you ever had, promoted beyond his abilities, without having learned a single goddamned thing about operating at the strategic level
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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · Sep 30

same. It definitely has a….connotation

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · Sep 30

the military almost exclusively uses this term, to the point where it loses any meaning and if someone said women instead it would sound off

I have been out 18 years and I still catch myself saying it :/

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · Sep 30

I honestly keep waiting for him to announce he’s going to audit Ranger School because he’s the most warrior SecDef ever

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magifloxacin @magifloxacin.bsky.social · Sep 30

idk why it matters they just get pardoned and/or promoted

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