SpryOldLorax
@spryoldlorax.bsky.social
I speak for me: a Liberal, a Democrat, & a Sane person who believes in facts, reality, science, healthcare, & civil rights. I fight for a sustainable future.
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Ecosystems: Windows/Android
Languages: English/C#/SQL
Liberal AF
Autistic
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Pronouns: he/him
Ecosystems: Windows/Android
Languages: English/C#/SQL
Liberal AF
Autistic
Pinned
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
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Today, we mourn the loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a titan of the Civil Rights Movement. Jackson’s tireless work and leadership lives on in the millions he inspired to continue his legacy of making our country a more just place for all. Rest in peace.
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Today, we mourn the loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a titan of the Civil Rights Movement. Jackson’s tireless work and leadership lives on in the millions he inspired to continue his legacy of making our country a more just place for all. Rest in peace.
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If we had a functional justice system, Trump and Vance would be rotting in a jail cell for inciting bomb threats and terror against the Haitian immigrants in Springfield with their blood libel about pet-eating. It's absurd that that kind of incitement isn't a crime.
February 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If we had a functional justice system, Trump and Vance would be rotting in a jail cell for inciting bomb threats and terror against the Haitian immigrants in Springfield with their blood libel about pet-eating. It's absurd that that kind of incitement isn't a crime.
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It is so dehumanizing and violating to produce imitations of people’s voices without their affirmative consent. That shouldn’t even be legal, and even with user consent it should be opt-in and not opt-out.
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It is so dehumanizing and violating to produce imitations of people’s voices without their affirmative consent. That shouldn’t even be legal, and even with user consent it should be opt-in and not opt-out.
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
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Regular reminder while you are gooning over Heated Rivalry and other similar fetish works.. Queer men are being attacked.
www.starobserver.com.au/news/pascal-...
www.starobserver.com.au/news/pascal-...
Referee Who Went Viral After Proposing To His Boyfriend Has Been Attacked For A Second Time
Only days after he was assaulted in his garden, Pascal Kaiser has been attacked on his doorstep by two individuals.
www.starobserver.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Regular reminder while you are gooning over Heated Rivalry and other similar fetish works.. Queer men are being attacked.
www.starobserver.com.au/news/pascal-...
www.starobserver.com.au/news/pascal-...
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So you're saying you'd refuse to vote for a Dem who isn't perfect in your eyes, and thereby you'd let the fascist win?
February 17, 2026 at 5:10 AM
So you're saying you'd refuse to vote for a Dem who isn't perfect in your eyes, and thereby you'd let the fascist win?
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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Puerto Ricans in Seattle shed ‘tears of pride’ during Bad Bunny’s show
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
These Seattleites shed ‘tears of pride’ during the Super Bowl halftime show
Seattle may not have the Boricua community of places like New York or Orlando. But many of the 24,000 people here of Puerto Rican descent relished the Super Bowl halftime show, Naomi Ishisaka writes.
www.seattletimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Puerto Ricans in Seattle shed ‘tears of pride’ during Bad Bunny’s show
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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DSA: "AOC will go to Munich and prove she is a world leader and expert in geopolitics!"
AOC: "Trump only hates Maduro because Venezuela is south of the equator."
Please, someone, use that $27 to buy her a globe. Or a history book. Or a clue.
AOC: "Trump only hates Maduro because Venezuela is south of the equator."
Please, someone, use that $27 to buy her a globe. Or a history book. Or a clue.
February 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
DSA: "AOC will go to Munich and prove she is a world leader and expert in geopolitics!"
AOC: "Trump only hates Maduro because Venezuela is south of the equator."
Please, someone, use that $27 to buy her a globe. Or a history book. Or a clue.
AOC: "Trump only hates Maduro because Venezuela is south of the equator."
Please, someone, use that $27 to buy her a globe. Or a history book. Or a clue.
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And they appear to be repeating it with Platner
February 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
And they appear to be repeating it with Platner
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The ruling follows California’s lawsuit against the federal government after it threatened to withhold $4.9 billion in funding from schools that protect transgender students from being outed #NOH8
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The ruling follows California’s lawsuit against the federal government after it threatened to withhold $4.9 billion in funding from schools that protect transgender students from being outed #NOH8
This is the truth. I was going to say the same thing, but this says it all. I have nothing to ad.
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This is the truth. I was going to say the same thing, but this says it all. I have nothing to ad.
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Elder trans here living in CA. I'll do all I can to make sure someone better is the nominee but w/o question will vote for him if he is. Your last sentence is an absolute lie, completely divorced from reality. You aren't doing any trans person favors peddling this bs. YOU are hurting us.
February 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Elder trans here living in CA. I'll do all I can to make sure someone better is the nominee but w/o question will vote for him if he is. Your last sentence is an absolute lie, completely divorced from reality. You aren't doing any trans person favors peddling this bs. YOU are hurting us.
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The fact that you think Newsome -- governor of a state with the most trans protections and rights in the nation -- wouldn't protect your trans daughter any better than a Republican, is utterly delusional. Painfully so.
To not vote for the Dem and let the GOP win is a betrayal to your daughter.
To not vote for the Dem and let the GOP win is a betrayal to your daughter.
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The fact that you think Newsome -- governor of a state with the most trans protections and rights in the nation -- wouldn't protect your trans daughter any better than a Republican, is utterly delusional. Painfully so.
To not vote for the Dem and let the GOP win is a betrayal to your daughter.
To not vote for the Dem and let the GOP win is a betrayal to your daughter.
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Jackson was the first presidential candidate to include support for LGBTQ+ rights in their campaign platform.
https://mrf.lu/z3l3
https://mrf.lu/z3l3
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Jackson was the first presidential candidate to include support for LGBTQ+ rights in their campaign platform.
https://mrf.lu/z3l3
https://mrf.lu/z3l3
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I know y'all wish Black folks would stop talking about racism. Here's what you can do. Stop shoving your racism in our faces constantly so we don't have to deal with it!
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I know y'all wish Black folks would stop talking about racism. Here's what you can do. Stop shoving your racism in our faces constantly so we don't have to deal with it!
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The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
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If y'all don't know what voter suppression looks like, this is it.
Pretending that a mostly white electorate are the base of the Democratic party (they're not), then ignoring the actual base as if we don't exist.
Black women are biggest part of the base, but we're absent here. I wonder why.😒
Pretending that a mostly white electorate are the base of the Democratic party (they're not), then ignoring the actual base as if we don't exist.
Black women are biggest part of the base, but we're absent here. I wonder why.😒
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
If y'all don't know what voter suppression looks like, this is it.
Pretending that a mostly white electorate are the base of the Democratic party (they're not), then ignoring the actual base as if we don't exist.
Black women are biggest part of the base, but we're absent here. I wonder why.😒
Pretending that a mostly white electorate are the base of the Democratic party (they're not), then ignoring the actual base as if we don't exist.
Black women are biggest part of the base, but we're absent here. I wonder why.😒
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An infant presented to the ER w/ intracranial hemorrhages. The pooling blood indicated a severe Vit K deficiency, which’s prevented by 💉 of Vit K at birth.
But his parents, like a growing number of Americans, were skeptical of 💉 & refused the Vit K shot for their infant at birth.
⇧⇧RFK Jr’s fault.
But his parents, like a growing number of Americans, were skeptical of 💉 & refused the Vit K shot for their infant at birth.
⇧⇧RFK Jr’s fault.
A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash
There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
An infant presented to the ER w/ intracranial hemorrhages. The pooling blood indicated a severe Vit K deficiency, which’s prevented by 💉 of Vit K at birth.
But his parents, like a growing number of Americans, were skeptical of 💉 & refused the Vit K shot for their infant at birth.
⇧⇧RFK Jr’s fault.
But his parents, like a growing number of Americans, were skeptical of 💉 & refused the Vit K shot for their infant at birth.
⇧⇧RFK Jr’s fault.
Anyone who truly wants crime to go down needs to understand that instead of giving money to militarize the police, that same money should be spent on social programs, community organizing, and ensuring everyone has enough money to live.
This is proven over and over.
This is proven over and over.
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Anyone who truly wants crime to go down needs to understand that instead of giving money to militarize the police, that same money should be spent on social programs, community organizing, and ensuring everyone has enough money to live.
This is proven over and over.
This is proven over and over.
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Anderson Cooper to leave CBS' '60 Minutes' program, source says reut.rs/4tEnVaf
Anderson Cooper to leave CBS' '60 Minutes' program, source says
Anderson Cooper will leave CBS News' "60 Minutes" program after nearly two decades, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, in the latest staffing shake-up to hit the storied news magazine amid broader newsroom changes.
reut.rs
February 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Anderson Cooper to leave CBS' '60 Minutes' program, source says reut.rs/4tEnVaf
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He's been protecting trans daughters for 20 years. He went out of his way to make California a sanctuary state for trans youth.
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 AM
He's been protecting trans daughters for 20 years. He went out of his way to make California a sanctuary state for trans youth.
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If someone you trust told you that Democrats have been moving right and are not the most pro-trans, pro-woman, pro-immigrant party in the history of the nation,
Then you need to stop trusting that person. They are lying to you.
Ask them why.
Then you need to stop trusting that person. They are lying to you.
Ask them why.
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 AM
If someone you trust told you that Democrats have been moving right and are not the most pro-trans, pro-woman, pro-immigrant party in the history of the nation,
Then you need to stop trusting that person. They are lying to you.
Ask them why.
Then you need to stop trusting that person. They are lying to you.
Ask them why.