Dana
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Dana
@goodredherring.bsky.social
Mostly retired blogger, book lover, and appreciator of most things random and nerdy.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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In my book I tell story of grad student who was training as therapist at Oklahoma State University Psychological Resources Center, giving bargain-rate therapy to working-class locals.

Antifa exposed him as influential neo-Nazi who went to Charlottesville rally.

The school then let him graduate.
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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they put the postal service in the fucking constitution

it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit

aaaaaaaaaaa
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 4d
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 4d
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.

But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 4d
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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It's interesting that people don't seem to notice that the fight we are in right now is: how are the major parties going to realign themselves?
December 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Make sure everyone at your job understands this
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Mystified by Dems worriedly telling everyone to be careful because the letter is probably fake. There's no proof it's fake. Just take the win! Act like Republicans for once and run with it. Assume it's real. Donald Trump is a pedophile. Make headlines. Do TikTok videos. Shove it down their throats.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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It has never been about immigration. it's racism, and it's intimidation. and profit for some. Allowing it to happen to any group means it's a possibility for everyone, and that's how fascism maintains power while being horrible.
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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21 states made it official this week that they want to steal your First Amendment Rights of free speech away from you.

No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves.

The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Blueprint of Censorship In 2026 Is Florida, Right Now
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news.
buttondown.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights

bookriot.com/york-county-...
York County Library (SC) Bans "Gender Identity" Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights
York County Library passed a new policy that bans "gender identity" books from any youth sections in the library.
bookriot.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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If you live in one of the TWENTY-ONE (WTAF) states who want to tell you what you can and cannot read by banning library books, call your attorney general. Talking points for calling are in this post. This is disturbing. Get mad. Get loud. Don't let up.
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights.

It should be bigger news.

Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Blueprint of Censorship In 2026 Is Florida, Right Now
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news.
buttondown.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Makes me proud every time!

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December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Holy fuck, am I reading this correctly? Are they going to do a single-blind RCT (i.e., some babies will get placebo instead of HepB vax and their parents won't know)??? This seems insanely unethical, like Tuskegee levels of unethical public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23245.pdf
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Vanity Fair’s portrait of Karoline Leavitt isn’t body shaming. It’s an artistic critique of the illusion of white supremacy along with the hypocrisy and insecurity of Trump’s fascist foot soldiers
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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We honor the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who risked his life to protect those under fire. The lesson, yet again, is all too clear: Our safety is bound up together.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Violence, whether driven by antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia, or any other form of bigotry, must be stopped.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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We grieve the loss of life in Sydney, Australia, where gunmen attacked a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah, killing at least 11 people. This was a terrifying incident of hate-fueled violence that no community should face.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM