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Advocating progress on #PancreasCancer, #BRCA, support for carers. Partner survived #PDAC 8+ yrs at MSKCC. Law (JD); science, & the sea. #StandUpForScience #PancreaticCancer

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · Mar 11

The principle of Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re headed to an airport, good luck.
Same grid again!

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately they can and will do whatever the eff they want short term. But long term, the US Gov’t will be paying billions of $s in civil claims for the harms they have caused in violating/ignoring the law & the rule of law, including the people beaten to a pulp in immigration raids.

EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 1d

No surprise here. “Maximize pain” is what they do best. Maximizing pain is Donald J Trump’s job.

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White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 1d

Right?! Frustrating🤪

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 1d

There are 3 types of witnesses at Congressional hearings. Those who tell the truth, the gobbledygook gushers, & those who go on the attack. #PamBondi has mastered the art of the gobbledygook & the attack — all in an attempt at obfuscation, deflection, diversion. It’s actually making me sick 2 watch.

EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 1d

Crikey. Pulling teeth.

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been around long enough to remember older children in my primary school who’d contracted polio. It was a scary time— & we placed such hope & trust in science (and the sugar cubes!). A great read ⬇️
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
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The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It

As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 2d

Eerie how spot-on this is. Have had it on my desk or bulletin board since I was 12 years old.
#EdwardGorey
#GashlycrumbTinies

EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 2d

Banned Books Week at the New York Public Library! #NYPL

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Banned Books Week at The New York Public Library | The New York Public Library

October 5–11, 2025 Stand with NYPL to protect the freedom to read! As book bans and challenges continue, The New York Public Library remains dedicated to free and open access to information and knowle...

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 2d

Stand firm, Dems. 👊🏼

EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 2d

Yup

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 3d

Great show at one of my fave venues, 59E59!
I’vr seen Tony Shalhoub on the stage over the years, and binge-watched Monk during lockdown. Unparalleled talent! There is nothing he can’t do. Really looking forward to Breaking 🥖 🍞 Bread & hope it does well.

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to Tony Shalhoub and his wife Brooke Adams (Also an amazing actor) for attending Hend Ayoub's one person show "Home?" last night in NYC. Tony has been amazingly supportive of the Arab American arts community and the NY Arab American Comedy Festival!
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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 3d

Badabing badaboom — did itself

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 4d

Thought I’d nailed it in 2 as the letters were turning….Bummer.
Then I mosey over here & find YOU DID IT!! Yay!

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll say! Appalled by the interval between my 4th & 5th.

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 6d

And unless they’re ICE Deportation Officer-Hoods.

Why was this so hard? My brain power allotment for the day has already been consumed.

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 7d

Via @theatlantic.com
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 7d

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 7d

Right there with you!

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 7d

Hold our breath & hang tough!

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 8d

Is that a plea for sleep, or an acknowledgment that you finally got some?!

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 9d

Admire that!
Daily mini (& maxi) rebellions are how I stay sane too

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 12d

Real post on another network:

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EssJay PURPLE PURPOSE @purplepurpose.bsky.social · 9d

The S Ct allowed admin to unilaterally withhold $4 billion in foreign aid previously appropriated by Congress, effectively granting tRump a #pocketrescission — the latest of “about 20 short-term wins Trump has obtained on the court’s emergency docket this year.”
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Supreme Court clears way for Trump to withhold $4B in foreign aid approved by Congress

The ruling could further muddle negotiations over the impending government shutdown.