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Left the toxicity of that other place. Childless cat lady interested in Earth science, cycling, hiking, gardening, wine/cider-making

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · Apr 20

There are many ways to #resist for the introverts and extroverts amongst us. Here are some: tinyurl.com/ResistanceList Don't despair. Do something.

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 6h

and renaming a dept (without Congressional approval) The Dept of War

scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 7h

I love the randomly placed pool railings at second 18.

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Day 158 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Today John (H. sapiens) is getting ready to teach turritellids, with a Kapalmerella mortoni postmortoni specimen ##JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed 🧪 #SavePRI 🦑

John Oliver from community holding a pointy shell with a strong carina in front of a classroom blackboard

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 7h

Attn: alumni of UVA, Brown, MIT, U of Arizona, Dartmouth UPenn, USC, U of Texas, or Vanderbilt, stand up for academic freedom. Sign on @standupforscience.bsky.social @altdepted.bsky.social @altdepartmentofed.bsky.social

Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 17h

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just targeted? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr... #Dartmouth

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

a very under-the-radar thing happening in Mississippi this fall:

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 18h

A federal appeals court ruled that Mississippi had to redraw its legislative maps. As a result, 14 districts affected by the new boundaries are hosting special elections this November. Democrats may flip several.

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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Indivisible Actions South East NC @indivisiblesenc.bsky.social · 12h

ONE! day left to make sure you are registered to vote in NC Municipal Elections in November! ONE!!!!

Voter Registration Deadline: Friday, October 10, 2025

www.nhcgov.com/1076/2025-Mu...

#nc #northcarolina #vote #getoutthevote

a woman with glasses is making a funny face and says one

ALT: a woman with glasses is making a funny face and says one

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 11h

That is not how science works. @standupforscience.bsky.social
@altcdc.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info @alt-hhs.altgov.info

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 12h

He has repeated this nonsense multiple times and still not one journalist has asked him what a 500% (or more) reduction in drug costs means

scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 12h

Please update your webpage to add bluesky and remove X from the social media links. By keeping Xitter on your webpage you're providing free advertising for a social media platform whose algorithms and users hurt your very cause. @twittertakedown.org

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 13h

2,452 unique titles were targeted for censorship in 2024, the 3rd highest ever recorded by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social For #BannedBooksWeek & #LetFreedomReadDay, curb censorship by joining #UniteAgainstBookBans to get action opportunities, info & tools/resources: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action

821 attempts to censor library books and materials in 2024. ALA American Library Association.

2,452 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2024. ALA American Library Association.

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 12h

He took that "test" more than 5 years ago.

scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 1d

and it is also national fluffernutter day.

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patrick6669.bsky.social @patrick6669.bsky.social · 20d

Don't forget...

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 1d

Hey, Christians!! This is what it looks like to be oppressed for your beliefs!! Rev. David Black, hit in the face with pepper balls while praying. Where’s your righteous anger for his suffering???

Psalms 105:15 “Saying touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”

Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 1d

@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all #Patriots! On Saturday morning we #RideAtDawn to the
Burlington I.C.E. facility to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and the US Constitution.

Join us anytime between 5 am and 7 pm to peacefully express your disapproval of #ICE and the Trump Regime.

#Unite and #Resist

Bastion of Democracy October 11, 2025.

Join us as we ride at dawn to the Burlington I.C.E. Facility at 1000, District Ave in Burlington, MA

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge just warned the Trump administration not to use data seized from an immigration lawyer’s phone to make arrests. Agents allegedly surrounded him at Boston Logan and took his phone. The judge said she doesn’t want “names taken off his phone and people arrested.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 1d

that is how I read that statement.

scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 2d

While on the topic of museums, the Paleontoloicial Research Institution could use #JohnOliver's help and unlike the presidential ones in your last episode, the exhibits at #PRI are based in fact. www.priweb.org/donate
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Day157 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John (Homo sapiens) looking out for the little guy (H. floresiensis), maybe he can help our little museum too!
#savePRI #evolution #JohnOliverCoprolitasticshed

John Oliver holding the skull of an early hominin in his left hand on his desk while addressing viewers, the panel on the left displays an artists reconstruction of Homo floresiensis with dark hair and skin looking at the viewer. The panel has the words Homo floresiensis in it.

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 2d

"the military of the 2020s has been as overburdened by the imperatives of progressivism as schools were by the duties of racial integration in the 1970s."

Holy shit! Who is this asshole (other than a bigot) and why is he given a platform? @nytimes.com

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 2d

New POLITICO report: Trump admin is “exploring options to sell parts of the government’s $1.6T student loan portfolio to the private market.”

We're announcing our willingness to purchase the portfolio for its market value. We will then subsequently cancel the debt.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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