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ARTIST, lifelong student of the philosophical nature of being, INFP, non-pretentious, latibulating introvert, atheist, vegan, pro D, knitting is meditation, tendancy to overthink, my '85 Westfalia is NOT "For Sale"
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"A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half of the streaming market."
Critics Warn of ‘Catastrophic’ Threat If Netflix Acquires Warner Bros.
"The threat of this merger in any form is an alarming escalation in a consolidation crisis that threatens the entire entertainment industry, the public it serves, and—potentially—the First Amendment itself," warned actress Jane Fonda.
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half of the streaming market."
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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Recently, the Trump admin signed a deal to take partial ownership in the mining company Lithium Americas Corporation. This has raised concerns about its economic and environmental impacts, including weakened oversight and potential harm to the lithium-ion battery recycling industry.
Lithium Americas Corp is Nationalizing—What Does that Mean for the Future of EV Battery Recycling?
Concern on the economic and environmental impacts of such a decision abound.
blog.ucs.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Recently, the Trump admin signed a deal to take partial ownership in the mining company Lithium Americas Corporation. This has raised concerns about its economic and environmental impacts, including weakened oversight and potential harm to the lithium-ion battery recycling industry.
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Technology is supercharging the attack on democracy. Fight back by supporting EFF's legal and advocacy work! And right now, your donation will be doubled, automatically and for free! eff.org/power-up
Double Your Impact on Privacy & Free Speech
Right now, your donation to EFF gets an automatic 2X match! Don't let tyrants co-opt tech.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Technology is supercharging the attack on democracy. Fight back by supporting EFF's legal and advocacy work! And right now, your donation will be doubled, automatically and for free! eff.org/power-up
The Center for Disease Control can now officially be renamed the Center for Disease Communication
Make no mistake: this is a vote to kill Americans for years to come
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Make no mistake: this is a vote to kill Americans for years to come
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Undocumented people who call the U.S. home have been telling us what they need for decades: a pathway to citizenship.
Congress must support the Dream Act now to establish a crucial safeguard against the dehumanization, terror, and uncertainty this administration is inflicting on immigrants.
Congress must support the Dream Act now to establish a crucial safeguard against the dehumanization, terror, and uncertainty this administration is inflicting on immigrants.
Today’s a big day. I’m reintroducing the Dream Act for the last time of my career.
I’ve fought for Dreamers for over two decades.
The American people are demanding common sense, bipartisan immigration reform.
This is part of it.
I’ve fought for Dreamers for over two decades.
The American people are demanding common sense, bipartisan immigration reform.
This is part of it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Undocumented people who call the U.S. home have been telling us what they need for decades: a pathway to citizenship.
Congress must support the Dream Act now to establish a crucial safeguard against the dehumanization, terror, and uncertainty this administration is inflicting on immigrants.
Congress must support the Dream Act now to establish a crucial safeguard against the dehumanization, terror, and uncertainty this administration is inflicting on immigrants.
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Go slop, stocks drop.
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Go slop, stocks drop.
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I unsubscribed and quit @duolingoesp.bsky.social when the idiot owner said that AI is going to replace teachers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I unsubscribed and quit @duolingoesp.bsky.social when the idiot owner said that AI is going to replace teachers.
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"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
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EVERYONE MUST GET INVOLVED!!
Rest up, and then we hit the pavement running come January! MID-TERMS!! Check out mobilize.us. I did!! Thousands of Volunteers can make a change!!
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to GET UP&DO SOMETHING”—Barack Obama
Rest up, and then we hit the pavement running come January! MID-TERMS!! Check out mobilize.us. I did!! Thousands of Volunteers can make a change!!
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to GET UP&DO SOMETHING”—Barack Obama
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
EVERYONE MUST GET INVOLVED!!
Rest up, and then we hit the pavement running come January! MID-TERMS!! Check out mobilize.us. I did!! Thousands of Volunteers can make a change!!
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to GET UP&DO SOMETHING”—Barack Obama
Rest up, and then we hit the pavement running come January! MID-TERMS!! Check out mobilize.us. I did!! Thousands of Volunteers can make a change!!
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to GET UP&DO SOMETHING”—Barack Obama
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Our kids were little, and we lived in Malaysia, when current HepB vax approved in 1986. Our doctor in KL told us how great it was for our kids to get this protection so early in life. I got my shot too. Deb was then very sick w HepA, from trip through China. Got her shot later
This ruling is evil
This ruling is evil
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our kids were little, and we lived in Malaysia, when current HepB vax approved in 1986. Our doctor in KL told us how great it was for our kids to get this protection so early in life. I got my shot too. Deb was then very sick w HepA, from trip through China. Got her shot later
This ruling is evil
This ruling is evil
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Vinay Prasad, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccines regulator, blamed “misleading media narratives” for the escalating criticism of his leadership amid turmoil and plummeting morale at the agency.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/v...
Vinay Prasad, FDA’s vaccine regulator, waves off criticism in closed-door remarks
In a closed meeting, Vinay Prasad pushes back on criticism of his vaccine policy changes, morale issues at the FDA, and his role in recent drug-approval turbulence.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Vinay Prasad, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccines regulator, blamed “misleading media narratives” for the escalating criticism of his leadership amid turmoil and plummeting morale at the agency.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/v...
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Rural Kansas hospital missed out on $2 million in taxpayer funds that went to cities instead | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Rural Kansas hospital missed out on $2 million in taxpayer funds that went to cities instead • Kansas Reflector
People in one of Kansas’ southernmost counties noticed in 2014 their local hospital was struggling, so they voted to create a sales tax that would direct funds to keep their health care system afloat.
kansasreflector.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Rural Kansas hospital missed out on $2 million in taxpayer funds that went to cities instead | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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Save the date for our next virtual workshop-Kansas Speaks: The Gulf Between Popular Opinion and Political Reality in Kansas | January 14th at 6:30 pm CST
Hear from survey authors that found Kansas voters seem to be a good deal more progressive on issues than their party label indicates.
More info⬇️
Hear from survey authors that found Kansas voters seem to be a good deal more progressive on issues than their party label indicates.
More info⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Save the date for our next virtual workshop-Kansas Speaks: The Gulf Between Popular Opinion and Political Reality in Kansas | January 14th at 6:30 pm CST
Hear from survey authors that found Kansas voters seem to be a good deal more progressive on issues than their party label indicates.
More info⬇️
Hear from survey authors that found Kansas voters seem to be a good deal more progressive on issues than their party label indicates.
More info⬇️
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The document includes scathing critiques of European allies' migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the “prospect of civilizational erasure” and raising doubts about their long-term reliability as American partners. https://to.pbs.org/4pX25fH
Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in Western Hemisphere
The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the “pr...
to.pbs.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The document includes scathing critiques of European allies' migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the “prospect of civilizational erasure” and raising doubts about their long-term reliability as American partners. https://to.pbs.org/4pX25fH
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A new Amnesty International report on Florida's Everglades Detention Facility and Krome North Service Processing Center documents extensive human rights violations that, in some cases, amount to torture.
State-sanctioned torture of our neighbors.
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State-sanctioned torture of our neighbors.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A new Amnesty International report on Florida's Everglades Detention Facility and Krome North Service Processing Center documents extensive human rights violations that, in some cases, amount to torture.
State-sanctioned torture of our neighbors.
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State-sanctioned torture of our neighbors.
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Chaos and confusion don’t protect children. The best available science does. Today’s expected vote by RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee will have significant consequences for our kids’ health. (🧵)
During chaotic meeting, CDC advisers handpicked by RFK Jr. postpone vote on changing hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chaos and confusion don’t protect children. The best available science does. Today’s expected vote by RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee will have significant consequences for our kids’ health. (🧵)
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The decisions AI make about us are often discriminatory.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
AI is Infringing on Your Civil Rights. Here’s How We Can Stop That | ACLU
By supporting the AI Civil Rights Act of 2025, Congress can take a monumental step to protect our civil rights in the digital age.
www.aclu.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The decisions AI make about us are often discriminatory.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
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40% of the water left on Earth is undrinkable.
Think about that.
#GSUS #GeneralStrike
**Due to a typo, I had to delete the other post. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Think about that.
#GSUS #GeneralStrike
**Due to a typo, I had to delete the other post. I apologize for any inconvenience.
It can be hard to hear, but it's the truth, so we've got to deal with it.
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
The Story of Stuff
YouTube video by The Story of Stuff Project
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December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
40% of the water left on Earth is undrinkable.
Think about that.
#GSUS #GeneralStrike
**Due to a typo, I had to delete the other post. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Think about that.
#GSUS #GeneralStrike
**Due to a typo, I had to delete the other post. I apologize for any inconvenience.
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NEW: ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
A Police Recording Reveals How a Minnesota Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Enabled an Abuser
A roughly 40-minute conversation shows how leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church kept an open secret quiet for so long.
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
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So: violence directly traceable to Donald Trump:
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER RIGHT-WING MAGA VIOLENCE.
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER RIGHT-WING MAGA VIOLENCE.
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So: violence directly traceable to Donald Trump:
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER RIGHT-WING MAGA VIOLENCE.
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER RIGHT-WING MAGA VIOLENCE.
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Signalgate report says Hegseth created a risk to national security with cellphone messages | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
Signalgate report says Hegseth created a risk to national security with cellphone messages • Kansas Reflector
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated official policy when he used the publicly available Signal app to message about military plans from his personal cell phone, including imminent bombings in Yeme...
kansasreflector.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Signalgate report says Hegseth created a risk to national security with cellphone messages | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM