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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 31m

I’ve been thinking about this one a lot.

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

As we waited
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 16h

I know, I know,
of course, I know,
that in these dark times
there is too much bad news
to keep track of it all,
but amidst all that bad news
you should know
a new study has found
“SARS-CoV-2 infection
heightens the risk
of developing HPV-related
carcinoma in situ and cancer.”

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 53m

Arrested? How? My grandma has been dead for over twenty years!

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 16h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 55m

Tomorrow!! #Genchat is always fun, so if you're interested in family history this is a great and casual group to talk to!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 10h

Friday’s #genchat should be interesting!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 12d

Well, we're winding down for the evening. Thanks for all your stories, shares, questions, etc. tonight. Next time (October 10) we'll be chatting about the Allen County Public Library. I'm really curious about it! #genchat

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#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 10h

Friday’s #genchat should be interesting!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 12d

Well, we're winding down for the evening. Thanks for all your stories, shares, questions, etc. tonight. Next time (October 10) we'll be chatting about the Allen County Public Library. I'm really curious about it! #genchat

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 56m

Great picture!

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1h

While Trump falsely blames Tylenol for autism, he’s been taking millions from companies producing PFAs that cause birth defects, liver damage, and cancer — then weakening regulations and withholding reports on their danger.

His corruption is killing us.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1h

My dad was allergic to peanuts and he did the same thing, so I have no advice or solution 😅

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1h

I just finished The Berry Pickers (Peters) and am about to start either The Starving Saints (Starling) or The Correspondent (Evans). I've started logging my books on Fable and am loving that app!

fable.co/company

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1h

What a dreamy dress! So lovely!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 13h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for sharing!

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 14h

I'm having a sale on all of my physical paintings. You can find them by clicking the link below. I don't usually have sales, so this is a great opportunity to click the link and check out some original artwork.

www.hwylieart.com/store/c2/Ava...

Available Art

Art by Texas Artist Heather Wylie

www.hwylieart.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 1d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1d

West Texas 😭

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1d

I wish that it was safer in my little city to travel this way! Too many massive trucks and other vehicles, unfortunately.

Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 2d

I was originally skeptical and I am now a certified zealot of the church of the divine ebike.

I've read that they are also displacing car travel faster than electric vehicles are displacing car travel

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 1d

Great timing!

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

Wow gas has gotten really cheap all of a sudden

1.13 - 1.29 per gallon, because the photo is from 1990s

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 2d

Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.

Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers

Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr. Lisa Munro (she/her) @llmunro.bsky.social · 2d

NM!!

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

www.newyorker.com

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3d

The project exposed intense industry lobbying to prevent a ban on PFAS forever chemicals on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together".
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation

Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 2d

We have doors for our little desert house!

Doors set into dirt bags and propped up with 2x4s

Doors set into dirt bags and propped up with 2x4s. The inside of two areas have been filled with earth bags for insulation

Doors set into dirt bags and propped up with 2x4s covered in plastic to protect it from the elements

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