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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers. Science works, y'all. www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

submitted 175 days ago • 324 comments

Morning workout.. 😊

submitted 174 days ago • 9 comments

Daily Reminder: 1.5% is NOT a mandate!

submitted 174 days ago • 95 comments

Does #January6th sound like a good date to get off Twitter for good, stop feeding the Musk ecosystem when he most needs the cash? Let's cash out and debank from the Billionaires

submitted 202 days ago • 37 comments

Holy shit.

submitted 176 days ago • 3 comments

You can use ChatGPT to write your article/essay/paper or you can simply plagiarize it. The difference is that if you plagiarize it, you know where it came from.

submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments

“Why is it important to look at fiction writing through the lens of emotional experience? Because that’s the way readers read. They don’t so much read as respond. They do not automatically adopt your outlook and outrage. They formulate their own.” ― Donald Maass #WritingCommunity

submitted 221 days ago • 0 comments

Had to go get my covid booster before RFK makes it illegal. I bought a bag of Doritos before he makes those illegal, too.

submitted 175 days ago • 29 comments

Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.

submitted 204 days ago • 707 comments

Breaking News: Finland seized an oil tanker it suspected of involvement in damaging undersea cables and suggested it could be part of a Russian shadow fleet.

submitted 176 days ago • 382 comments

Happy week that the 2025 tennis season begins to all who celebrate

submitted 179 days ago • 6 comments

Pretend to be on the phone and say your dog’s favorite words.. Watch until the end.. 😂

submitted 178 days ago • 45 comments

Welcome to Bluesky.. 🦋 #bluesky

submitted 221 days ago • 381 comments

A personal reflection: “Journalists like myself have a choice: surrender to the fascist mob that wants to intimidate the truth-tellers – or rededicate ourselves to doing what’s right no matter the cost.” www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

submitted 176 days ago • 176 comments

Inuk baby in her first parka.

submitted 178 days ago • 331 comments

Exactly

submitted 177 days ago • 249 comments

Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

submitted 180 days ago • 688 comments

Folks, this is a great group of folks who fight for social justice, public health, and a more fair & equal world. Highly recommend these folks. go.bsky.app/4dXVNkw

submitted 181 days ago • 180 comments

“A Shot in the Arm” is a must-watch exposé on vaccine denial and RFK Jr.’s deadly role in the Samoan measles outbreak. Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr. Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!

submitted 176 days ago • 58 comments

Remember: Mike Johnson did not want the Matt Gaetz report to be released.

submitted 179 days ago • 69 comments

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede tells CBS News the nation is "not for sale and will never be for sale" after Trump suggested the U.S. should take it over.

submitted 176 days ago • 60 comments

More than 89 million voters did not bother to vote 😒

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

This nails it perfectly.

submitted 176 days ago • 420 comments

Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky. My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation. Here are my rules why I block them: open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

submitted 215 days ago • 1809 comments

HAPPY ENDING A heat-detecting drone found a 78-year-old man with dementia, missing in Malibu. His family searched with no luck until the 5-pound drone, equipped with infrared, picked up his heat signature. He was curled up on the ground, barely able to move —shivering when rescuers arrived.

submitted 176 days ago • 188 comments

Due to this idiotic statement, by a person who has proven his inability to distinguish truth from online propaganda, I just donated to Wikipedia. Please do the same.

submitted 177 days ago • 99 comments

My updated Christmas Eve edition of my Bluesky starter pack is now available. Joined by nearly 1500 Bluesky users to help them build their pro-democracy feeds! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv

submitted 178 days ago • 137 comments

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

submitted 177 days ago • 1603 comments

CNN is worried they're losing viewers. With takes like this one, I'm surprised they have any viewers at all.

submitted 177 days ago • 679 comments

imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

submitted 189 days ago • 1045 comments

I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.

submitted 177 days ago • 70 comments

Any article that doesn’t mention the multiple corruption allegations surrounding his first inauguration isn’t covering this story properly.

submitted 176 days ago • 120 comments

Some advice for young people…

submitted 179 days ago • 16 comments

i think trump thinks of Canada as America's Ukraine

submitted 177 days ago • 23 comments

Thanks to the Republican Congress, and a tsunami of lies from Musk and others, the only US agency dedicated to tracking and exposing Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world ceases to exist www.france24.com/en/live-news...

submitted 176 days ago • 300 comments

Matt Gaetz: putting the "ick" in ethics.

submitted 178 days ago • 414 comments

You are going to want to take a couple minutes to see this year's White House Christmas decorations. It's the last decent ones we will see for four years. youtu.be/HbZcyx7qKDc?...

submitted 177 days ago • 118 comments

In celebration of my pro-democracy Bluesky starter pack hitting 1500 users, I am reposting it today. I hope you find it helpful in the journey ahead. go.bsky.app/JSLScTv

submitted 177 days ago • 142 comments

“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”

submitted 178 days ago • 221 comments

MEMPHIS’ Rep. Cohen, polio survivor: “If RFK Jr. is successful in rolling back the polio vaccine’s approval, potentially millions will suffer and many will die… taking a proven medical protocol and using children as human guinea pigs is unconscionable.” www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinio...

submitted 178 days ago • 122 comments

Shout out to all the local Pakistani and Chinese restaurants and their staff who will be working Christmas. As the manager at Royal Kabob told me, "Brother, we're always open. Even on the Day of Judgement, we'll be open." Respect.

submitted 178 days ago • 241 comments

In what will be his final Christmas in the White House, I just want to say thank you, @POTUS @JoeBiden. Thank you for bringing decency, normalcy, empathy, and strong, steady leadership to our nation over the past four years. Wishing you and your family a truly blessed Christmas! 🎄

submitted 178 days ago • 298 comments

FYI-- this will be my last week actively posting on the other place. If you know anyone still over on that hellscape who follows me, be sure to let them know.

submitted 178 days ago • 498 comments

We keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

submitted 178 days ago • 17 comments

www.axios.com/2024/12/24/d... Trump managed to get Denmark to increase military spending.

submitted 177 days ago • 69 comments

Well would you look at that.

submitted 177 days ago • 1612 comments

If you still think his administration is going to change the systems that made them millionaires and billionaires, bless your heart.

submitted 180 days ago • 315 comments