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Churro

@risaamor.bsky.social

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(She/Her) Tempest in a teapot. Heart of a linebacker, body of a tiny dancer. Interior Alaska girl forever. Born fighter. Always in want of coffee & wine. https://instagram.com/outofthisworlddesigns_?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw==

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · Feb 18

I write. I’m a writer, so it’s my duty to accurately record what is happening in written word and I have the best notebook for that.

Green notebook that says record and a woman in a purple dress with triangles

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 6h

Sometimes you gotta bring pie to the girls at the bar.

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 7h

The dropped baked goods is an epidemic. I dropped a pie crust on the floor today. lmao

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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 7h

Tanana

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 8h

Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10h

“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” Dolly Parton said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.” https://to.pbs.org/4hc1DXB

'I'm not dying': Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health

Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 8h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 8h

I'm so mad I had to laugh.

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Tom Hewitt @tomhewittnews.bsky.social · 9h

Damn. Stay safe, northwest Alaska. Yet another reason why Congress rescinding public radio funds was a terrible, short-sighted action that will endanger Alaskans’ lives. These stations and the disaster updates they broadcast are an essential lifeline.

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 9h

kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 8h

GUESS WHO DROPPED HER PIE CRUSTTTTTTT lol

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 10h

When that new Ali Hazelwood book hits your kindle

a man with a beard is driving a car with his arm out the window .

ALT: a man with a beard is driving a car with his arm out the window .

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Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 1d

We gotta address the fact that most Americans are functionally illiterate.

Because … jfc

Churro @risaamor.bsky.social · 2d

Me and the new Taylor Album and every Max Martin hits for the last 72 hours

a man in a white shirt and blue jeans is dancing on a stage

ALT: a man in a white shirt and blue jeans is dancing on a stage

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Look I get that it's not sexy that the Florida facility was closed via an environmental lawsuit but Al Capone got taken down by tax evasion. Not everything is sexy!

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 2d

If you tell me you hate The Fate of Ophelia because she misunderstands Shakespeare and the lyrics to other songs are shallow and cringe but like the Fearless album I am just not going to take you seriously.