carryl.bsky.social
@carryl.bsky.social
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The premise of the electoral college when you think about it is rooted in DEI,
The E word... Equity. Giving marginalized states an equal voice.
I mean maybe they should get rid of that too 🤷🏽‍♂️ (they will never)
Good morning
March 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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For those of you desperately in need of distraction from today's headlines, here's a photo of a bunny & a chick who are friends.
February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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HB 283 would gut learning opportunities for public school students by removing art, music, world languages, computer science, and more from the definition of an adequate education. Click the link below to sign in to oppose HB 283 before the public hearing on Feb. 10! gc.nh.gov/house/commit...
gc.nh.gov
February 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Excellent thread on indirect costs, how they fit into universities, and how we got here. 🧪
One place that has talked about the mechanics of this for a while is MIT. Some of the seminal pieces I learned from are from administrators there.

web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
February 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge BLOCKS Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury Department database systems with personally identifiable information or sensitive data. Must destroy any that was downloaded.

Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking democracy news.
www.democracydocket.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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In 2020, it became apparent that a lot of people had been asleep in science class.

Well, in 2025, it’s become quite apparent that they slept through history class, too.

#Resist
January 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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“You had trouble believing that so many Gen-Xers could have voted for Trump until you remembered all those pop-collared douchebros and shoulder-padded mean girls you and your punk crowd in college avoided.”
Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in your day, people feared measles more than t...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Yes.

The AG shouldn’t be under investigation by the DOJ.

The Director of National Intelligence shouldn’t be on a TSA watch list.

The HHS Secretary shouldn’t be an anti-vax conspiracy theorist.

The Secretary of Education shouldn’t have a history of allowing men to abuse children.

🤷‍♂️
November 23, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Hi BlueSky fam,

We can’t believe we have 69,000 followers already! 💙

Help us get to 75,000 🦋

Share or comment on this post and we’ll FOLLOW YOU BACK 🔥
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.
November 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Doctors say RFK Jr.'s anti-Ozempic stance perpetuates stigma and misrepresents evidence. Here's what President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has said about the medication: cnn.it/3VjQ86X
Doctors say RFK Jr.’s anti-Ozempic stance perpetuates stigma and misrepresents evidence | CNN
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to tackle high rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services. T...
cnn.it
November 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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FOLLOW FRIDAY!

Let’s build up the Resistance here — if you’re here, I want to follow ALL of you 🦋

Until midnight

- Follow me, I’ll follow you back

- Already follow me? Repost and I’ll follow you
November 16, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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Rep. Goldman on his resolution clarifying that Trump can't serve more than two terms: "His jokes are not jokes ... they are trial balloons."
November 14, 2024 at 8:01 PM