michele collins
@michelecollins5411.bsky.social
Retired Architect. The Sidecar is the best cocktail. Ask your bartender.
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I don’t personally know anyone in Tennessee, but we all can recognize that every person in the US House of Representatives affects our lives with their votes.
So please share the information on the special election for the US House of Representatives in Tennessee 07 and help us elect Aftyn Behn 💙
So please share the information on the special election for the US House of Representatives in Tennessee 07 and help us elect Aftyn Behn 💙
"Democrat, Republican neck-and-neck in Tennessee special election: Poll"
#TN07
@politico.com thehill.com/homenews/cam...
#TN07
@politico.com thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I don’t personally know anyone in Tennessee, but we all can recognize that every person in the US House of Representatives affects our lives with their votes.
So please share the information on the special election for the US House of Representatives in Tennessee 07 and help us elect Aftyn Behn 💙
So please share the information on the special election for the US House of Representatives in Tennessee 07 and help us elect Aftyn Behn 💙
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It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
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merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
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Holy Toledo! A new poll from Emerson shows #TN07 neck-and-neck.
Matt Van Epps 48%
Aftyn Behn 46%
(I know, I know, it's Emerson)
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Matt Van Epps 48%
Aftyn Behn 46%
(I know, I know, it's Emerson)
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Holy Toledo! A new poll from Emerson shows #TN07 neck-and-neck.
Matt Van Epps 48%
Aftyn Behn 46%
(I know, I know, it's Emerson)
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Matt Van Epps 48%
Aftyn Behn 46%
(I know, I know, it's Emerson)
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
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The Allende meteorite is a 4.5-billion-year-old time capsule. How do we read this ancient history? Join Museum Curator Denton Ebel as he reveals the key: chemical thermodynamics. It’s the same science that explains why it takes longer to boil pasta on a mountaintop than at sea level. Watch.👇
This Space Rock is 4.5 Billion Years Old. Here's Its Secret...
YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History
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November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Allende meteorite is a 4.5-billion-year-old time capsule. How do we read this ancient history? Join Museum Curator Denton Ebel as he reveals the key: chemical thermodynamics. It’s the same science that explains why it takes longer to boil pasta on a mountaintop than at sea level. Watch.👇
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#RECALL: Outdoor Master Children’s and Youth Helmets; The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a risk of injury or death due to head injury. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#RECALL: Outdoor Master Children’s and Youth Helmets; The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a risk of injury or death due to head injury. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
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What the “Department of War” posted today is not normal. Publicizing an internal referral memo on social media before any review has occurred undercuts the neutrality expected in military justice and risks unlawful command influence. That should alarm anyone who cares about due process. #holdfast
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What the “Department of War” posted today is not normal. Publicizing an internal referral memo on social media before any review has occurred undercuts the neutrality expected in military justice and risks unlawful command influence. That should alarm anyone who cares about due process. #holdfast
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Despite jobs growth outperforming expectations, September's unemployment rose by more than expected, reaching 4.4%, its highest level since 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Despite jobs growth outperforming expectations, September's unemployment rose by more than expected, reaching 4.4%, its highest level since 2021.
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The flame for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been lit in Greece
Over 63 days, carried by 10,000 torchbearers, it will travel ca. 12,000 kilometers across Greece and through Europe before arriving in Italy.
Over 63 days, carried by 10,000 torchbearers, it will travel ca. 12,000 kilometers across Greece and through Europe before arriving in Italy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The flame for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been lit in Greece
Over 63 days, carried by 10,000 torchbearers, it will travel ca. 12,000 kilometers across Greece and through Europe before arriving in Italy.
Over 63 days, carried by 10,000 torchbearers, it will travel ca. 12,000 kilometers across Greece and through Europe before arriving in Italy.
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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Thank you, Mary Trump, for your endorsement. Your support shows that the fight for real leadership in Northwest Georgia matters far beyond this district. It reinforces that the people here deserve a representative who listens, shows up, and puts them first. We’ll keep pushing forward together.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thank you, Mary Trump, for your endorsement. Your support shows that the fight for real leadership in Northwest Georgia matters far beyond this district. It reinforces that the people here deserve a representative who listens, shows up, and puts them first. We’ll keep pushing forward together.
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A few thoughts about Thanksgiving in the military.
My latests in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-us...
My latests in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-us...
How the Military Celebrates Thanksgiving
Across the world, members of our armed forces come together, share a meal, and remember that they are not alone.
www.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A few thoughts about Thanksgiving in the military.
My latests in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-us...
My latests in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-us...
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🍂 PSA this Thanksgiving: Gas-powered leaf blowers are environmental disasters. Hour of gas blowing pollutes > a 3,900-mile car trip.
My research for @theregreview.bsky.social in Martha Stewart Living @marthastewartt.bsky.social — because Martha knows better.
www.marthastewart.com/leaf-blower-...
My research for @theregreview.bsky.social in Martha Stewart Living @marthastewartt.bsky.social — because Martha knows better.
www.marthastewart.com/leaf-blower-...
Why You Should Never (Ever) Use a Leaf Blower—and What to Do Instead
Leaf blowers can have many negative effects, including noise pollution, habitat destruction, and much more.
www.marthastewart.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🍂 PSA this Thanksgiving: Gas-powered leaf blowers are environmental disasters. Hour of gas blowing pollutes > a 3,900-mile car trip.
My research for @theregreview.bsky.social in Martha Stewart Living @marthastewartt.bsky.social — because Martha knows better.
www.marthastewart.com/leaf-blower-...
My research for @theregreview.bsky.social in Martha Stewart Living @marthastewartt.bsky.social — because Martha knows better.
www.marthastewart.com/leaf-blower-...
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(and also, lest we forget, enabled by white mothers who don't teach their sons how to dismantle systems of harm. Just this morning I was talking to my son about how the obligation of white men in Gen Alpha will be to make sure they don't perpetrate onto others what men like Bovino are modeling now.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
(and also, lest we forget, enabled by white mothers who don't teach their sons how to dismantle systems of harm. Just this morning I was talking to my son about how the obligation of white men in Gen Alpha will be to make sure they don't perpetrate onto others what men like Bovino are modeling now.)
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Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school
Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school
Prime minister says Reform leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’
Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
The Guardian reported last week the testimony of Peter Ettedgui, who said a 13-year-old Farage “would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘gas them’, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school
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Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re-election bid
Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re-election bid
Former French president only released from prison earlier this month in connection with separate conviction
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, after the country’s highest court rejected his final appeal.
Sarkozy, who was the country’s rightwing president between 2007 and 2012, was convicted of hiding illegal overspending for his unsuccessful re-election campaign that was shaped by vast American-style rallies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re-election bid
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"The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes." Wow. Something Trump didn't get repealed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes." Wow. Something Trump didn't get repealed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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3. We literally let Russia flood us with propaganda designed to undermine American cohesion, because far-right Republicans think it helps them politically. The Tories allowed Russian money to flood UK politics, and in return they committed great-power suicide via Brexit.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
here's a thought: how about just releasing the truth?
What does this say about the role of disinformation in destroying justice and accountability?
‘Nobody will ever believe it’: James Comer airs doubts about his own Epstein investigation
The House Oversight chair fears "so many conspiracy theories" will haunt any findings he ultimately releases.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
here's a thought: how about just releasing the truth?
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A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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We went from US media once attacking President Biden over his age and condemning President Obama for daring to wear a tan suit in the briefing room to them actively normalizing a criminal for over a decade as he threatens to murder Democrats. They deliberately failed democracy.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We went from US media once attacking President Biden over his age and condemning President Obama for daring to wear a tan suit in the briefing room to them actively normalizing a criminal for over a decade as he threatens to murder Democrats. They deliberately failed democracy.
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.