Balaena Alba
@balaenaalba.bsky.social
Former lawyer & educator. Reader, writer, troubled American.
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Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
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Remember who you are, American.
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
January 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Remember who you are, American.
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help
My neighbors just up the street from us own A-squared pizza in Charlottesville, and their youngest was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
Their family is really nice, and this is a huge bummer right before the holidays. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family to help with everything.
Their family is really nice, and this is a huge bummer right before the holidays. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family to help with everything.
Donate to Help Zoey Beat Leukemia, organized by Julie Bendle
Help Zoey Beat Leukemia
Zoey is a precocious, funny, and determined 3-year-old who loves unicorn… Julie Bendle needs your support for Help Zoey Beat Leukemia
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help
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If you see a big story happening that's paywalled and you can't find a gift link, head to sill.social/links/trending. For example, here's the gift link Sill has for the big WSJ story. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Sill
Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
sill.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you see a big story happening that's paywalled and you can't find a gift link, head to sill.social/links/trending. For example, here's the gift link Sill has for the big WSJ story. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul...
March 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul...
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The unsought-by-Greenland visit by Second Lady Usha Vane feels like a Trump administration project to goad Greenlanders into protest - after which the administration can demand apologies. If/when the apologies are deemed unsatisfactory, next step may be reprisals.
March 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The unsought-by-Greenland visit by Second Lady Usha Vane feels like a Trump administration project to goad Greenlanders into protest - after which the administration can demand apologies. If/when the apologies are deemed unsatisfactory, next step may be reprisals.
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We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Early voting has started in Wisconsin, where Elon Musk is trying to buy another election.
Winning on April 1 would secure the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court through 2028. Help us get out the vote for workers’ rights champion Susan Crawford: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Winning on April 1 would secure the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court through 2028. Help us get out the vote for workers’ rights champion Susan Crawford: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against "activist judges"
The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump's priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for a crucial seat on the state's Supreme Court.
www.axios.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Early voting has started in Wisconsin, where Elon Musk is trying to buy another election.
Winning on April 1 would secure the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court through 2028. Help us get out the vote for workers’ rights champion Susan Crawford: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Winning on April 1 would secure the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court through 2028. Help us get out the vote for workers’ rights champion Susan Crawford: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
March 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
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Just to clear up some confusion, Wisconsin Indivisibles have endorsed Susan Crawford — the Wisconsin-raised jurist who has dedicated her life to putting the people of her state first.
Early voting starts soon. Help us stop the MAGA takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court: indivisible.org/scowis2025
Early voting starts soon. Help us stop the MAGA takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court: indivisible.org/scowis2025
Musk-backed ad attacks wrong Susan Crawford • Wisconsin Examiner
An Elon Musk-backed political group attacked the wrong Susan Crawford in a social media ad as part of its support of Brad Schimel
wisconsinexaminer.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just to clear up some confusion, Wisconsin Indivisibles have endorsed Susan Crawford — the Wisconsin-raised jurist who has dedicated her life to putting the people of her state first.
Early voting starts soon. Help us stop the MAGA takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court: indivisible.org/scowis2025
Early voting starts soon. Help us stop the MAGA takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court: indivisible.org/scowis2025
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ROOMMATES: Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
www.propublica.org
March 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
ROOMMATES: Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
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THREAD: Today, House Republicans will vote on an extreme budget that cuts $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
February 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
THREAD: Today, House Republicans will vote on an extreme budget that cuts $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
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perhaps the voters of Alaska would like to reconsider their decision and send someone who can do the job next time, like, oh, I dunno, Mary Peltola
Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) told constituents that there was nothing he could do to stop DOGE layoffs affecting people in his state. Says said he found out about budget cuts impacting Alaska "on Twitter" and "had no idea these things were going on" in advance.
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Freshman Congressman tells constituent he is powerless to stop Musk's budget cuts
At an open house in Fairbanks on Monday, Alaskan Congressman Nick Begich (R) told constituents that there was nothing he could do to stop agency budget cuts being implemented by the Department of Gove...
popular.info
February 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
perhaps the voters of Alaska would like to reconsider their decision and send someone who can do the job next time, like, oh, I dunno, Mary Peltola
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@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout
Reporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people
jenniferschulze.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.