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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you. 💚

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 7h

It’s time for “Hocus Pocus!”

three witches are standing next to each other with the words happy halloween written below them

ALT: three witches are standing next to each other with the words happy halloween written below them

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 7h

FIL is home! We went to pick him up from the hospital earlier today! This was way quicker than anticipated, which is good on multiple levels.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 12h

I came out to my family nine years ago this evening. Since things went south because of my relationship (not being gay), I sometimes regret coming out and pursuing a relationship with anyone.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 12h

I know the feeling. Sending 🫂🫂🫂

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 12h

1. Feeling extremely down that a person from my graduating class is at the end of her life. We talked a lot in HS, but not much sense. I still feel for her and her family.

2. Feeling worried as one of my former, graduated students is missing right now. I hope she is found safe and sound soon.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 17h

😡😡😡😡

CNN @cnn.com · 19h

Top brass at the Department of Homeland Security approached the Federal Emergency Management Agency this spring with a proposal: What if the agency blocked millions of dollars in security grants awarded to Muslim organizations around the country? https://cnn.it/48Tvz8H

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

María Corina Machado, an opposition leader in Venezuela, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. She has been in hiding since the candidate she backed lost the 2024 election to President Nicolás Maduro — a vote that was widely seen as rigged. Here's what to know.

Who Is María Corina Machado, the Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

Ms. Machado built one of Venezuela’s most important political movements, and lives in hiding from President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

New study shows COVID vaccines:
💉Reduced people’s risk of ER by 29%
💉Reduced risk of hospitalizations by 39%
💉Reduced the risk of death by 64%
💉Vaccination was effective in all age groups and “in persons with or without major chronic conditions.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dragonrider Sue #fbpe #ktto 🐠🐟 she/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum.bsky.social · 1d

Afternoon Thingummies

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 18h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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NPE Action @npeaction.bsky.social · 18h

School Vouchers Cost States Like Florida a Fortune. They Don’t Improve Education, Either. www.usnews.com/opini... #SchoolVoucherScam

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 18h

When Rand Paul and Marjorie Taylor Greene are making “sense”, you KNOW that shitshow of a so-called party has jumped the shark.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

The “ANTIFA reign of terror” in Portland continues with inflatable animal costumes of every sort! A wizard frog backed down an entire hoard of icicles.

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Human☮ @4humanunity.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States, the guy who swore to protect the Constitution, just called for two elected officials to be thrown in jail. No charges, no trial, just “lock ’em up.” Like a tin-pot dictator barking orders from his gilded mansion.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 1d

If you think Trump cares about peace
more than Trump cares about Trump;
wait for his reaction
when someone else wins the Nobel Prize.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 1d

Doing my night class via GoogleMeet tonight due to going back and forth between Indy and here every day since Tuesday. I didn’t want to drive to Anderson to teach for 90 minutes and then drive back.

THANKFUL FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes, and yes! 😆

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 1d

MIL arrived announced to go to Indy. We weren’t planning on going until later due to her stated plans for this morning. She changed that without telling us. We aren’t ready & laundry was being done since we are behind.

Also, this is turning into a who can out bitch who event between B and his mom.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 4d

"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people."
Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 2d

FIL got out of the ICU this evening and is in his own room. 🙌🙌🙌 Just got home for the evening. Back to Indy tomorrow.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 2d

Merci. 💙

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 3d

Exhausted as we left home at 4 am for the hospital in Indy. Just got home twenty minutes ago. The surgery went well for FIL. He looked pretty good when we saw him before leaving. He wasn’t supposed to be awake tonight, but he’s made some good progress.

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 4d

YES!!!

Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State • Indiana Capital Chronicle share.google/bhYxisb2VB19...

Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Beau Bayh filed Monday to continue his families' political dynasty — running for Secretary of State.

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