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T.A. McLaughlin
@tamclaughlin.bsky.social
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Author of The Love of the Tayamni, scifi series. 🏳️‍⚧️ living in Salem, OR with the hubby, daughter, daughter's girlfriend, and 6 kitty kats. She/her #BLM #LGBTQ ✡️ #Feminism #scifi #fantasy #Spirituality #AncientAliens #TransWriters #postminimalistmusic
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T.A. McLaughlin @tamclaughlin.bsky.social · 3d
The 4th book of The Love of the Tayamni Series, has been released: The Contendings: Teshuvah

Books: rb.gy/luheb3

www.youtube.com/@TayamniPa

www.tayamni.net

substack.com/@tamclaughlin

#SciFi, #TimeTravel, #AncientAliens, #LGBTQIA, #Spirituality
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h
Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
All facts
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 23h
💼 Long-term impact of COVID-19 on work

A study of 158 million US workers found health-related absences remain 13% higher than before the pandemic, reducing labour force participation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36635

#SciComm #COVID19 🧪
Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market
This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.
doi.org
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🌊💙Woman Veteran ☮️ #VeteransResistanceSquadron @pamelaoplays.bsky.social · 3h
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay Indigenous Peoples Day

Today we remember the horrors and tragedies the Native Americans, the FIRST to call America home, endured. Like how Christians bloodily and murderously first introduced Christianity to the Native Americans

🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasIndigenousPeoplesDay

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#IndigenousPeoplesDay Indigenous Peoples Day Today we remember the horrors and tragedies the Native Americans, the FIRST to call America home, endured. Like how Christians bloodily and murderously first introduced Christianity to the Native Americans
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4h
Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.
 
It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d
“It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "How am I supposed to rack up costs hassling New Yorkers and generating lawsuits with my behavior under these conditions?”
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h
Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h
You gotta give ‘em hop.
A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18h
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 17h
Putting this here when Noem is arrested n the evidence of her crimes r investigated. Wouldn’t want this to disappear or get altered or Noem to claim she never made this video. #arrestnoem
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h
Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.
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Elle Stanger, CSE @ellestanger.bsky.social · 1d
Hey Portlanders, if you’re unsure about a costume this year, might I suggest to Be a frog for Halloween?! Carry a leaf blower as an added touch, or maybe eyewash. Some people will get it.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5h
More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3h
'Leave the country': Royal expert tells Prince Andrew to flee amid new Epstein revelations
www.rawstory.com
'Leave the country': Royal expert tells Prince Andrew to flee amid new Epstein revelations
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h
It was an honor to join Sunday services at the Historic Union Baptist Church in Harlem this morning. My thanks to Reverend Brian D. Scott for the conversation and welcome.
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Mightymite @mightymite.bsky.social · 1d
All the inflatables in Portland are giving me life. 😆💙
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Fiction Horizon @fictionhorizon.bsky.social · 3h
New ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Trailer Teases Cadet Romance and Angry Paul Giamatti
New ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Trailer Teases Cadet Romance and Angry Paul Giamatti
Paramount+ has released a new trailer for its upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy during New York Comic Con on Saturday. The show, the franchise’s first live-action drama focused on Starflee…
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
49-year-old worship minister Jon Paul Sheptock was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sheptock possessed and was involved in producing child sexual assault materials.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 1d
For the record, Youngkin/Earle-Sears inherited a Virginia economy with 2.7% unemployment in January 2022; today, it's up to 3.6% and rising...on their watch. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/sund...
Screenshot from Fox "News"' interview this morning with Winsome Earle-Sears, fact checking her lies about Virginia's unemployment rate (which has risen from 2.7% in January 2022 to 3.6% in August 2025)...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h
Do you know what you are doing on Saturday, October 18?

If the answer is no, you are deserving of nonlethal, but firm slap. #NoKings
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terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 15h
Explaining the establishment to an American:
Mamdani phenomenon is a pressure valve, too, an outlet for voters to make a statement against the Democratic burghers who claim to represent "the people" but who are compromised by PAC money and conventional thinking.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.
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T.A. McLaughlin @tamclaughlin.bsky.social · 14h
Thank you for rescuing him!