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Reader, crafter, and music lover that also happens to enable ILL library usage. Mom of two teens and two cats that is spending too much time watching birds.
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Follow the Two Rogers Rule: Don't do what they wouldn't. Absolutely do what they would. #BeAGoodNeighbor #PunchANazi

submitted 2 hours ago • 10 comments

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

submitted 1 day ago • 480 comments

Happy Friday. Busy weekend ahead, along with some iffy weather. Have some #birds to help get through today.

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Hot take 🔥 - it’s a BAD IDEA to shut down one of only federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. DUH. Maybe understanding high consequence infectious diseases is a good thing? Hold Trump and RFKJ accountable for their nonsense. They’re putting us all in danger. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Thursday morning #bird and #backyardwildlife break.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

No decent person opposes narcan, a lifesaving drug. RFK Jr’s position is like opposing HIV medications, vaccines, and insul— oh wait

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

Early morning #bird break

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Keep in mind. Trump isn’t giving all these ICE Agents directions individually. They are choosing to do this. Stealing money. Making girls stand in the rain in their underwear. That’s their choice. Because people who chose to be ICE Agents chose it for pain it causes.

submitted 3 days ago • 77 comments

Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Reminder: When Republicans say they “won’t touch Medicaid,” that is a LIE. Here’s their latest attempt to cut benefits—without taking responsibility. TL;DR: They want to shift Medicaid costs to states without the money to cover them. People will lose coverage. Read on 🧵👇

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Tuesday morning #bird break

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Note: When right-wing activist Sean Feucht held and impromptu evening worship service in the Capitol Rotunda back in 2023, police occasionally walked in to speak with lawmakers participating, but no one was arrested. religionnews.com/2024/07/08/t...

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

At one of our National Cemeteries, they ran out of the stuff they attach the name placard on to the urns. Could not get authorization to get more. It’s probably not important that urns are properly labeled right? You can just throw them in whatever space you want. 👀

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Monday morning #bird break

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Last week the Trump administration fired another 8 immigration judges. One judge was fired in the middle of an asylum hearing and had to walk off the bench before the hearing was over! There are now nearly 50 FEWER immigration judges than when Trump took office!

submitted 4 days ago • 90 comments

Here, have some more #birds

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Sunday morning #bird break. I am really enjoying the addition of goldfinches to our feeders

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It is breaking our hearts to hear of people taking their lives over the the pain this administration has caused. Please keep your eyes on and your hearts open to your loved ones. Below are resources for anyone struggling.

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

Minor #bird joy today. Still haven’t gotten the robins or redwing blackbirds on camera. But, today we got the goldfinch.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Indie Bookstore Day, please tell your local indoor bookstores that you love them, preferably by purchasing a book

submitted 6 days ago • 85 comments

NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...

submitted 6 days ago • 501 comments

ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...

submitted 6 days ago • 59 comments

Wet Saturday morning #bird break

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A New Mexico judge and his wife have also been arrested, for allegedly hiding a TdA gang member in their home. Given recent history, it’s probably best to take the “hiding” and “gang member” allegations with a fistful of salt. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

submitted 7 days ago • 188 comments

Afternoon #bird break because it has been quite the day.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.

submitted 7 days ago • 1645 comments

BREAKING: The FBI arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement in escalation of Trump's fight with the judiciary.

submitted 7 days ago • 79 comments

NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.” @nytimes.com 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 306 comments

Early morning #bird break

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

After citing Trump's tariffs as an excuse for mass layoffs, automaker Stellantis is rewarding shareholders with a $2.26B payout. Big corporations will use any cover they can — like inflation or tariffs — to pad profits and line their pockets at workers expense. Know the truth.

submitted 8 days ago • 102 comments

If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.

submitted 8 days ago • 730 comments

Another #bird break because we all deserve some joy, and because it won’t be long before the magnolia finishes the bloom and I lose that nice background

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Thursday morning #bird break. I feel like they are are being a bit judgmental this morning.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Wednesday morning #bird break. Pictures would be better if the sun would just shine nicely on both feeders in the morning.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Misty morning #bird break

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Monday morning #bird break

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Raise your hand if you’ve ever used the Wayback Machine! ✋ The Internet Archive project (funded in part by NEH, #IMLS and #NSF) is an invaluable treasure trove of millions archived sites, texts, software, movies and more. All FREE. And a vast majority of federal funding has been cut. archive.org

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

Sunday morning #bird break

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Saturday #bird break. The windows are open, magnolia in bloom, and cats are thrilled

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Auchincloss: "This issue about the Maryland man is not about border security or immigration. It's about freedom. Freedom in the US means that if your feet are on American soil, you get to stand in front of a judge on an equal basis to the awesome power of the state and put forward the facts."

submitted 14 days ago • 468 comments

Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.

submitted 13 days ago • 482 comments

Friday morning #bird break

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.

submitted 15 days ago • 870 comments

If we give people their day in court, then they have a voice. That’s what this administration is trying to eliminate.

submitted 15 days ago • 49 comments

Friends, many of us are finding it hard to feel hopeful. And that’s ok. When you can’t feel hope, do hope. Hope is getting out of bed. Hope is telling jokes, writing that paper, smiling at a stranger, permission to rest. Hope is a practice. What does hope in action look like for you? Goodnight 💚

submitted 16 days ago • 110 comments