Laura Jane
@italy24.bsky.social
PROUD Feminist. Democrat. Ally for all Animals and Good People. Waiting for Peace. Blocks all MAGAs, and anyone who uses the C-word or the P-word
Pinned
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Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
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🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Training is funded, shes only 3.5 years old, playful, sweet, full of love, enjoys the outdoors. MELIA needs a calm adult only home. No dogs.
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🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Training is funded, shes only 3.5 years old, playful, sweet, full of love, enjoys the outdoors. MELIA needs a calm adult only home. No dogs.
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www.facebook.com/reel/1448444...
1.7K views · 5.7K reactions | Melia is just 3 years old and has spent 829 days in the shelter, where most of her days quietly pass in her kennel. Because she did react to strangers entering her previo...
Melia is just 3 years old and has spent 829 days in the shelter, where most of her days quietly pass in her kennel. Because she did react to strangers entering her previous home, she needs a...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Training is funded, shes only 3.5 years old, playful, sweet, full of love, enjoys the outdoors. MELIA needs a calm adult only home. No dogs.
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/1448444...
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Training is funded, shes only 3.5 years old, playful, sweet, full of love, enjoys the outdoors. MELIA needs a calm adult only home. No dogs.
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/1448444...
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Adelaide Springett was so ashamed of her tattered boots, she took them off for this 1901 photograph.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Adelaide Springett was so ashamed of her tattered boots, she took them off for this 1901 photograph.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
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💔 829 days is far too long. MELIA is just a sweet, playful, loving dog who just needs that right person & a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes only 3.5 years old.
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
💔 829 days is far too long. MELIA is just a sweet, playful, loving dog who just needs that right person & a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes only 3.5 years old.
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
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A lack of clean water. Improper sanitation. Massive data centers. All of them pose environmental justice issues in the US.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
Why Trump deemed basic sanitation illegal DEI
On this week’s “More To The Story,” activist Catherine Coleman Flowers examines how the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks could supercharge the movement to protect the planet.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A lack of clean water. Improper sanitation. Massive data centers. All of them pose environmental justice issues in the US.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
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📌The ugly, vile Russell Vought is the oldest-looking 49-year-old in American history, and the grotesque face of a Republican Party that is purposely weakening this country so billionaires around the world can feed on us.
He is a genuine enemy of the United States and a monster who belongs in a cage.
He is a genuine enemy of the United States and a monster who belongs in a cage.
Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency
The Trump administration said on Tuesday evening it will dissolve a key federal climate science research center in Colorado, its latest effort to defund such research.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
📌The ugly, vile Russell Vought is the oldest-looking 49-year-old in American history, and the grotesque face of a Republican Party that is purposely weakening this country so billionaires around the world can feed on us.
He is a genuine enemy of the United States and a monster who belongs in a cage.
He is a genuine enemy of the United States and a monster who belongs in a cage.
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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this is a DERANGED system
December 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is a DERANGED system
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insurance companies literally kill people
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
insurance companies literally kill people
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
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Trump’s DOJ is hellbent on accessing our private voter information—Social Security numbers, party affiliation, driver's licenses—resulting in what experts warn would be a gold mine for hackers.
“It's a hacker's dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere.”
“It's a hacker's dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere.”
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s DOJ is hellbent on accessing our private voter information—Social Security numbers, party affiliation, driver's licenses—resulting in what experts warn would be a gold mine for hackers.
“It's a hacker's dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere.”
“It's a hacker's dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere.”
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In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote. Next year.
Congress Might Vote on Health Care Subsidies, But First: Vacation
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote. Next year.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote. Next year.
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“Hasan is known as one of the most formidable interviewers in journalism; unabashedly direct, unrelenting in his line of questioning, and notorious for fact-checking and correcting response-avoidant guests in real time.”
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Mehdi Hasan Says So
Gaza. Sudan. The silence – and the spin – of mainstream media. Islamophobia, fascism, authoritarianism, racism. The award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author has seen enough
www.gqmiddleeast.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Hasan is known as one of the most formidable interviewers in journalism; unabashedly direct, unrelenting in his line of questioning, and notorious for fact-checking and correcting response-avoidant guests in real time.”
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
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According to experts, Venezuela's oil and other natural resources have never belonged to the United States. That has not stopped Trump from trying to get his hands on it.
Trump's Blockade Against Venezuela is for "our oil." Experts say it isn't the US's to take.
The president referred to President Nicolás Maduro’s government as a “hostile regime."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
According to experts, Venezuela's oil and other natural resources have never belonged to the United States. That has not stopped Trump from trying to get his hands on it.
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In case you needed one more reason to loathe Russ Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget is dismantling a center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis warns that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR puts "public safety at risk."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In case you needed one more reason to loathe Russ Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget is dismantling a center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research.
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People love reminding me that I'm not allowed to post about American politics cause I'm not American.
Even ignoring the problems with that concept in general, my wife is American, their family all lives in America and one of my brothers lives in America. I'm allowed to care about their hell hole.
Even ignoring the problems with that concept in general, my wife is American, their family all lives in America and one of my brothers lives in America. I'm allowed to care about their hell hole.
December 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
People love reminding me that I'm not allowed to post about American politics cause I'm not American.
Even ignoring the problems with that concept in general, my wife is American, their family all lives in America and one of my brothers lives in America. I'm allowed to care about their hell hole.
Even ignoring the problems with that concept in general, my wife is American, their family all lives in America and one of my brothers lives in America. I'm allowed to care about their hell hole.
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In a season shadowed by tragedy, we light Hanukkah candles as a reminder that even the smallest flame pushes back the darkness.
May these nights bring comfort to those grieving, resilience to those shaken, and hope to us all.
Chag Sameach.
May these nights bring comfort to those grieving, resilience to those shaken, and hope to us all.
Chag Sameach.
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a season shadowed by tragedy, we light Hanukkah candles as a reminder that even the smallest flame pushes back the darkness.
May these nights bring comfort to those grieving, resilience to those shaken, and hope to us all.
Chag Sameach.
May these nights bring comfort to those grieving, resilience to those shaken, and hope to us all.
Chag Sameach.
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"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
What Are We Doing to Our Children?
We taught kids to read, write, and dream; then trained them to hide, barricade, and bleed quietly while adults chose guns, cowardice, and silence over their future.
www.meidasplus.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
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So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
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More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.
Hundreds Quarantined In South Carolina Measles Outbreak—What To Know About Current Cases And Its Spread
More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.
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MELIA's story from the shelter.
I do not work for them. Just sharing. Please open your home and heart. Training is funded to whomever adopts her.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/7083278...
I do not work for them. Just sharing. Please open your home and heart. Training is funded to whomever adopts her.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/7083278...
438 reactions · 33 comments | Melia has spent 825 days of her young 3-year-old life in a town shelter kennel, and yesterday one of her supporters, Carol, stopped by just to drop off some yummy treats ...
Melia has spent 825 days of her young 3-year-old life in a town shelter kennel, and yesterday one of her supporters, Carol, stopped by just to drop off some yummy treats to lift her spirits — Melia...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
MELIA's story from the shelter.
I do not work for them. Just sharing. Please open your home and heart. Training is funded to whomever adopts her.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/7083278...
I do not work for them. Just sharing. Please open your home and heart. Training is funded to whomever adopts her.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/7083278...
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The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.