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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 7h

I ended up evacuating...been years, so memory may be faulty, but I think the drive started...fifteen hours, I think, before landfall. We had the "bestie, no, the models say no" convo that morning or afternoon. Had to wait on a paycheck so I had the gas to leave.

Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 12h

I wasn't out in the Mid-Atlantic for Sandy, but my life is like...an extended road trip thru all the natural hazards.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 14h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 14h

I remain forever grateful my landlady my first year in Louisiana heard how I said New Orleans and just shut that shit down before I embarrassed her. 😂

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 15h

and diagnostics! and managing other uterus affecting conditions! not that these people care. (I need an angry crying emoji.)

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Strat Lacy Art @stratlacyart.bsky.social · 20h

Hey y'all, just 13 more until I reach my goal for these!

stratlacyart.com

Art Tshirt with the phrase "RADICALIZED BY BASIC DECENCY" surrounded by flowers.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 16h

And a reminder, abortion training isn’t just for providing abortions, it’s also for managing miscarriages and pregnancy complications. There’s already a lack of providers able to do those procedures.

Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: House Republicans want to start a fight over how doctors are trained to provide abortions

Hidden in a GOP funding bill is a new rider that could threaten hospitals' access to federal funding that provide abortion training for medical residents
www.notus.org/policy/house...

House Republicans Want to Force an Overhaul of Doctors’ Abortion Training

A House funding bill includes a rider that critics warn could limit abortion access and doctors’ preparedness for dealing with pregnancy complications.

www.notus.org

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 17h

I did shelter in place *once* during a major hurricane because I had no options, my weather radio died and I had to lean on patchy cell signal to follow local broadcast mets + nws. One of the scariest experiences of my life.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 17h

I switched around my evacuation time based on bestie's forecast (mets are good besties!) and avoided: road that washed out/collapsed and ate some cars, tornadoes, being trapped in what used to be my apartment.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 20h

My car would have just gone plunk into the muddy hole.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 20h

The route I'd originally planned on got beat to hell a bit after landfall by the heavy rains, I would have had no way of knowing I was headed into a washed out road that was swallowing cars.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 20h

Shop called, so far they can't reproduce the gas leak from yesterday. One of the mechanics will drive the car around a second time, and see if it's induced at the pump. Idk, I have no idea.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

Yooooooooooooooooo.

Gonna do a book.

Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't die during a hurricane evacuation because a bestie I knew from social media guided me over the phone to adjust my route.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 1d

I finally had the spoons to get my music removed from Spotify! It'll be disappearing soon, so if you've previously listened to my music there please consider canceling your account and buying my work on Bandcamp!

Sarah Shay

Seattle folk singer bringing you songs that are usually funny but sometimes sad.

sarahshay.bandcamp.com

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

Tbh I could have gone without the knowledge that car based emergencies hit my freeze response.

Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

I did get thanked by the newest of the environmental response guys because my emergency = his chance to learn more about how to do his job.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

Being out of state with the freshly paid off car when it decides to die in a Top 10 WTF moment requiring two emergency response I just

Can I please have a do over on today?

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

It can be convenient, but it feels like your on your own.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

Here me out…MyChart feels like the self-checkout at Walmart.

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Cargie's House of Mild Frights @cargie.baby · 2d

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 2d

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 2d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

It’s crazy how Keynes was right about basically everything and we’re still holding our dicks in our hands almost a century later because we let Reaganism/Thatcherism win

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Bethany Erickson @shoomer5.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the way we teach this stuff makes it seem like we can win by memes & PR stunts. I only recently learned the peace activists burning draft records weren't just making a symbolic statement. The draft board didn't have copies - every file destroyed was a man who'd never be called up to war.

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