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Artist, photographer, editor, writer, goddess of administrative organization and amaretto. Joyous partner in crime with Satyros Brucato, aka That Damn Mage Guy. She/they. #Resist #BLM #ProtectTransPeople https://linktr.ee/damianaswan
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

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HHS has released a snitch form to report healthcare providers who provide Gender Affirming Care for youth. You all know what to do with this. www.hhs.gov/protect-kids...

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Scoop for @reuters.com: On Friday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the CDC. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 10 hours ago • 36 comments

🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑 First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo

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The Trump administration reportedly plans to axe the IRS’s Direct File program, which lets taxpayers file returns directly to the agency for free

submitted 11 hours ago • 35 comments

It's Wednesday, and there's a brand new It's Storytime With Wil Wheaton waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts! Here's a direct link to The Hidden Heart of Brass Attending, by Christopher Scott at Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

1. Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest

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“No freeman shall be taken or (and) imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed…except by the legal judgment of his peers or (and) by the law of the land," it says in the Magna Carta, from the year 1215. Due process has been a thing for quite a while now

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Just a reminder to all small vendors/businesses: Fuck StickerMule. Do not use them. The CEO is 1000% MAGA and has been for a looooong time. Like HobbyLobby or Uline levels of Do Not Use.

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I’m but a simple political scientist at an under-funded public college who doesn’t have the rarified networks these peeps have to disseminate & launder bullshit. I did however spend 16 years researching citizenship & migration. Ungated article here written for smart laypersons.

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absolutely fucking cancel yall are you gonna trust a dude who sat down with Steve fucking Bannon to make nice

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Are there any ppl out there in history programs that have space to accept a few history majors as lateral admissions? Movement? Our major has been all but gutted and I have some students that need to transfer asap. #skystorians #medievalsky

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Holy shit this is bad

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Reminders: "Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific. Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens. Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant. Never again is now.

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The @noaa.gov science seminars continue! All are online and open to the public. Upcoming topics include: Listening to Whales: Using bioacoustics & behavior for conservation Changing Estuaries & Shrimp Monterey Bay’s Iconic Kelp Forests Increasing educational impacts through citizen science

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"Vertical Aspirations" #koi #watercolors Prints here: shadowscapes.com/line.php?lin...

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Alt text:Cian Westmoreland @CianMW saying if you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. Tel: 1-877-447-4487

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The Pet Placement Center is a little indie no-kill operation that's been saving animals in the southeast for *40 years* on a shoestring. I am not great with grief, but raising money for their continued operation is making me feel better - so please enable my selfishness (if you haven't yet) 👇

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Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.” (h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)

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