Rosita
@merenguechica02.bsky.social
Mom, wife, OT and a spicy Latina (at times ☺️).
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Started watching Lynley (2025) and it’s so good. The show really pulls you in and each episode has so many layers to it. Hope you enjoy it too!
Lynley (TV Series 2025 - Now) simkl.com/tv/2527055/l...
Folge 1 hat mich schon mal positiv überrascht. Natürlich nicht so perfekt wie die Version mit Nathaniel Parker und Sharon Small, aber gute Krimi-Unterhaltung. Gefällt mir (8/10)
Folge 1 hat mich schon mal positiv überrascht. Natürlich nicht so perfekt wie die Version mit Nathaniel Parker und Sharon Small, aber gute Krimi-Unterhaltung. Gefällt mir (8/10)
Lynley (TV Series 2025 - Now)
Tommy Lynley, an aristocratic detective, and Barbara Havers, a working-class maverick sergeant, share little in common; except a passion for justice. His intellect and her instincts make them an unlik...
simkl.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Started watching Lynley (2025) and it’s so good. The show really pulls you in and each episode has so many layers to it. Hope you enjoy it too!
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Off to a good start
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Off to a good start
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1/1/1862 — b. Georgina Pope, Canadian nursing leader. The first matron of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (1908) + the first Canadian #military nurse to be a recipient of a Royal Red Cross Class 1 medal (1903) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky #MedHist #CanadianHistory #BOTD
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
1/1/1862 — b. Georgina Pope, Canadian nursing leader. The first matron of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (1908) + the first Canadian #military nurse to be a recipient of a Royal Red Cross Class 1 medal (1903) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky #MedHist #CanadianHistory #BOTD
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Photographer Captures Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/jw6t8uOsoGKj...
Photographer Captures Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s
An endangered killer whale in the Pacific Northwest was spotted wearing a dead salmon like a hat, reviving a bizarre behaviour unseen for decades.
share.google
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Photographer Captures Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/jw6t8uOsoGKj...
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This was my brightest aurora of 2025. What was yours?
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This was my brightest aurora of 2025. What was yours?
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Mamdani: I promise you this. If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Mamdani: I promise you this. If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you
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Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
First Northern Lights Forecast Of 2026: 18 States Could See Aurora Borealis This Week
Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
www.forbes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
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I very much want you to remember that not all of the Epstein "files" are documents.
They took the sex/child rape material from Epstein's homes and his safe(s). There are tons of disgusting videos and photos too.
Visuals are the most damning and what they are trying to desperately hide.
#Focus
They took the sex/child rape material from Epstein's homes and his safe(s). There are tons of disgusting videos and photos too.
Visuals are the most damning and what they are trying to desperately hide.
#Focus
DOJ has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review: Reports
President Donald Trump had signed a bipartisan bill requiring the DOJ to publicly release unclassified records from its Epstein investigations by Dec. 19.
www.cnbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I very much want you to remember that not all of the Epstein "files" are documents.
They took the sex/child rape material from Epstein's homes and his safe(s). There are tons of disgusting videos and photos too.
Visuals are the most damning and what they are trying to desperately hide.
#Focus
They took the sex/child rape material from Epstein's homes and his safe(s). There are tons of disgusting videos and photos too.
Visuals are the most damning and what they are trying to desperately hide.
#Focus
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News: Venus Williams has gotten a Wild Card for the Australian Open
Will be her first appearance since 2021. Did try and play it a few years ago and got injured in Auckland, hopefully can play it with full fitness this time.
📸 Australian Open
Will be her first appearance since 2021. Did try and play it a few years ago and got injured in Auckland, hopefully can play it with full fitness this time.
📸 Australian Open
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
News: Venus Williams has gotten a Wild Card for the Australian Open
Will be her first appearance since 2021. Did try and play it a few years ago and got injured in Auckland, hopefully can play it with full fitness this time.
📸 Australian Open
Will be her first appearance since 2021. Did try and play it a few years ago and got injured in Auckland, hopefully can play it with full fitness this time.
📸 Australian Open
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First sunset of the year.
#photography
#photography
January 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
First sunset of the year.
#photography
#photography
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(whisper singing to myself) I want my, I want my, I want my MTV. *sad trombone*
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
(whisper singing to myself) I want my, I want my, I want my MTV. *sad trombone*
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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"I begin to jog, and as my legs loosen up, my stride lengthens as I pick up the pace to a steady run. The wind is on my face — the sun beckons, providing strength, and my feet pound out a familiar rhythm on the packed dirt."
So I Run
I must expel the poison eating away at me before there is nothing left to salvage.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"I begin to jog, and as my legs loosen up, my stride lengthens as I pick up the pace to a steady run. The wind is on my face — the sun beckons, providing strength, and my feet pound out a familiar rhythm on the packed dirt."
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Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month. n.pr/49fi9CC
Trump will drop push for National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA and Portland, Ore.
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month. n.pr/49fi9CC
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Idaho Sled Dog Challenge 100 and 300 mile races have been CANCELED due to lack of snow and inability to put in trail. #Mushing #MusherSky #UglyDogs #DogSports #WinterSports
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Idaho Sled Dog Challenge 100 and 300 mile races have been CANCELED due to lack of snow and inability to put in trail. #Mushing #MusherSky #UglyDogs #DogSports #WinterSports
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From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
6 Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
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"A la luz que se retira
Afinamos la vista, mucho,
Más que con llama constante.
Algo hay en la huida
Que la visión aclara
Y los rayos iluminan."
• Emily Dickinson
N.D. (FR1749, J1714)
Antología de las poetas estadounidenses.
ALBA • Poesía
El imperio de la luz
Magritte
@GuggenheimPGC
#EmocionArte
Afinamos la vista, mucho,
Más que con llama constante.
Algo hay en la huida
Que la visión aclara
Y los rayos iluminan."
• Emily Dickinson
N.D. (FR1749, J1714)
Antología de las poetas estadounidenses.
ALBA • Poesía
El imperio de la luz
Magritte
@GuggenheimPGC
#EmocionArte
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"A la luz que se retira
Afinamos la vista, mucho,
Más que con llama constante.
Algo hay en la huida
Que la visión aclara
Y los rayos iluminan."
• Emily Dickinson
N.D. (FR1749, J1714)
Antología de las poetas estadounidenses.
ALBA • Poesía
El imperio de la luz
Magritte
@GuggenheimPGC
#EmocionArte
Afinamos la vista, mucho,
Más que con llama constante.
Algo hay en la huida
Que la visión aclara
Y los rayos iluminan."
• Emily Dickinson
N.D. (FR1749, J1714)
Antología de las poetas estadounidenses.
ALBA • Poesía
El imperio de la luz
Magritte
@GuggenheimPGC
#EmocionArte
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A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release.
Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
Published April w/ @veritenews.org
Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
Published April w/ @veritenews.org
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 AM
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release.
Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
Published April w/ @veritenews.org
Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
Published April w/ @veritenews.org
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Horrifying.
Vaccinate your children.
Vaccinate your children.
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Horrifying.
Vaccinate your children.
Vaccinate your children.
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UPS built its holiday business on the backs of workers who were not paid for their time and labor.
I'm fighting to get these workers their money back and stop UPS from continuing its cruel and unlawful wage theft.
I'm fighting to get these workers their money back and stop UPS from continuing its cruel and unlawful wage theft.
UPS stole holiday workers’ wages, N.Y. attorney general alleges in suit
A lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that UPS shortchanged seasonal workers millions in wages by requiring work off the clock.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
UPS built its holiday business on the backs of workers who were not paid for their time and labor.
I'm fighting to get these workers their money back and stop UPS from continuing its cruel and unlawful wage theft.
I'm fighting to get these workers their money back and stop UPS from continuing its cruel and unlawful wage theft.
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CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.