Merry
@aporter.bsky.social
Committed to equal rights for all!
I’m a scientist, mom, wife, writer, walker/runner, reader, Desert Dweller, NJ expat. Not necessarily in that particular order.
I’m a scientist, mom, wife, writer, walker/runner, reader, Desert Dweller, NJ expat. Not necessarily in that particular order.
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To watch a “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the 50th time is to confirm that MAGA is totally bogus.
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
To watch a “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the 50th time is to confirm that MAGA is totally bogus.
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
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Some people you defeat, not convince.
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Some people you defeat, not convince.
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From our family to yours, merry Christmas! We hope your day is filled with good people and good food.
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From our family to yours, merry Christmas! We hope your day is filled with good people and good food.
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I've been in Sierra Madre, CA for less than 24 hours but I'm sensing a theme. 📚💖 #booksky #art #books #LittleFreeLibraries
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I've been in Sierra Madre, CA for less than 24 hours but I'm sensing a theme. 📚💖 #booksky #art #books #LittleFreeLibraries
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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NEVER FORGET…👇
Mike Johnson canceled the last session of Congress for the year—conveniently before the Epstein Files drop. Congress worked ~87 days this year. Full pay and benefits. They just stripped millions of affordable healthcare while keeping theirs.
Mike Johnson canceled the last session of Congress for the year—conveniently before the Epstein Files drop. Congress worked ~87 days this year. Full pay and benefits. They just stripped millions of affordable healthcare while keeping theirs.
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
NEVER FORGET…👇
Mike Johnson canceled the last session of Congress for the year—conveniently before the Epstein Files drop. Congress worked ~87 days this year. Full pay and benefits. They just stripped millions of affordable healthcare while keeping theirs.
Mike Johnson canceled the last session of Congress for the year—conveniently before the Epstein Files drop. Congress worked ~87 days this year. Full pay and benefits. They just stripped millions of affordable healthcare while keeping theirs.
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Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked-out pages counted as complying with the law?
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked-out pages counted as complying with the law?
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
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"There’s a deep cruelty combined with a pathological insecurity and a level of hate and intolerance for others that’s shocking...There’s a deep sickness at the head of this government. The childishness. The violence...Plastering gold-painted geegaws all over the White House."
There Is Something Deeply Wrong With Donald Trump—We Must Act Like It
#Pinks
www.commondreams.org/opinion/some...
#Pinks
www.commondreams.org/opinion/some...
There Is Something Deeply Wrong With Donald Trump—We Must Act Like It | Common Dreams
Democracies survive only when citizens decide that character still matters, that truth still matters, that children deserve better examples than tantrums and threats and gold-plated vulgarity.
www.commondreams.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"There’s a deep cruelty combined with a pathological insecurity and a level of hate and intolerance for others that’s shocking...There’s a deep sickness at the head of this government. The childishness. The violence...Plastering gold-painted geegaws all over the White House."
❤️ Cape May. #Jerseygirl
Ominous clouds enveloping the harbor somehow maintain their beauty. — in Cape May.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
❤️ Cape May. #Jerseygirl
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It’s no longer about if he’s in the Epstein files but how many crimes he committed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s no longer about if he’s in the Epstein files but how many crimes he committed.
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Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.
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Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
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Whatever works.
COOK POLITICAL: “.. Stefanik’s withdrawal .. reflects an increasingly obvious reality: Republicans are not in a position to flip the state next year.
“.. The race shifts from Likely D to Solid D.”
@cookpolitical.com #NYgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
“.. The race shifts from Likely D to Solid D.”
@cookpolitical.com #NYgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Whatever works.
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Mandy Patinkin is a national treasure.
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Mandy Patinkin is a national treasure.
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@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
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The tragedy of Rob and Michelle’s deaths are incomprehensible.
I’m hearing Rob’s voice telling us all to do more, to repair the human soul, to repair our hearts, to repair our country, to repair our world, to keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth.
I’m hearing Rob’s voice telling us all to do more, to repair the human soul, to repair our hearts, to repair our country, to repair our world, to keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth.
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The tragedy of Rob and Michelle’s deaths are incomprehensible.
I’m hearing Rob’s voice telling us all to do more, to repair the human soul, to repair our hearts, to repair our country, to repair our world, to keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth.
I’m hearing Rob’s voice telling us all to do more, to repair the human soul, to repair our hearts, to repair our country, to repair our world, to keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth.
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This is the sweetest thing and I hope they keep hanging out periodically
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is the sweetest thing and I hope they keep hanging out periodically
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Donald Trump : Aka The Redactor
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Donald Trump : Aka The Redactor
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Today I joined patriots at the Kennedy Center to make clear that Trump’s desecration of the Center will not stand. It’s not a matter of whether, but of when, his name will come down. We will not allow him to despoil what belongs to the American people.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Today I joined patriots at the Kennedy Center to make clear that Trump’s desecration of the Center will not stand. It’s not a matter of whether, but of when, his name will come down. We will not allow him to despoil what belongs to the American people.