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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 1h

I looked up the location of the nearest Halloween store this morning, as a matter of fact. Hoping they've got a good supply and selection.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans feel empowered by their leader's autocratic coup against the Constitution to pursue their most cartoonishly evil agenda items, like literally making it easier to kill seals and whales

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 6h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 6h

THIS! ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1d

Today the administration is also firing IT people across government, in particular at the Treasury. What could go wrong??? All in addition to the DOGE firings.

We are not just failing at cyber preparedness, but also psychological warfare and biological attack. Things are real grim at the CDC, etc.

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 9h

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

Screenshot of a USA TODAY post on Twitter: "Tourists during a recent visit to Yellowstone spotted a newborn elf and took it to a police station. The elf later escaped into the forest."

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 9h

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

Screenshot of a Facebook ad with a photo of an elevated cage made from weathered wood, hardware cloth, and corrugated metal, helpfully described as "Chicken coup"

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 9h

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

Screenshot of an ad picturing a plastic frog skeleton and internal organs inside a vaguely frog-shaped transparent shell, described as "Frog Antonym Kit"

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 10h

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

Screenshot from a Facebook Marketplace ad selling "Perineal plants"

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🕊️ ✨ MomsRobin 🧬 🐾 🏈 ⚾️ 🔵 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @momsrobin.bsky.social · 12h

As a retired, special education teacher I know the harm that will come to children & young adults. The most significant harm will be done in red states where there isn’t a state agency that will protect these students. I’ve seen the differences in my career & now it’s worse than ever. 💔

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 12h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 10h

"Exceptions" doesn't necessarily mean they're continuing to be paid, but any zookeeper worth the title would not allow the animals in their care to become innocent victims of this political standoff (speaking as a former zookeeper).

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected. n.pr/48scGty

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 1d

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 11h

a woman wearing a black shirt and a necklace says and your point is made

Alt: a woman wearing a black shirt and a necklace says "And your point is made. Thank you." (Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose in the TV sitcom Schitt's Creek)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 20h

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 11h

With my favorite holiday coming up, it's time to share my favorite Halloween costume from 2015: a mashup of a traditional Día de los Muertos catrina character and the Kelly/Mouse "Skull & Roses" cover art for the Grateful Dead's self-titled 1971 live album.

A person in realistic skull makeup with a crown of red silk roses, curly brown shoulder-length hair, and black clothing.

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 12h

#notallpets Though some pets enjoy or even need "clothes" (anti-anxiety "shirts," protective outerwear for hairless/short-coated breeds, safety vests during hunting season, etc.), the first rule is to respect the pet's comfort and dignity. youtube.com/shorts/QW7Dt...

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Scary Hell Williamson 💀🌹🪶🌎🧪 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 12h

Isn't rickrolling against the Geneva Convention?

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 13h

If you accidentally post AI slop and are told “hey that’s AI” the correct answer is to go “aw shit I didn’t know” and delete it. Not “oh oops oh well, watcha gonna do” and keep it up because it’s giving you engagement. Stop it.

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