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1/ The title & a chunk of the book refer to the mass poisoning of birds in East Lansing, MI where I grew up. When I was a kid there were robins everywhere. Then one year, there weren't any. All the robins were dead. MSU had used pesticides that had decimated the worms and the birds ate the worms...

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It's official. The Republican Party has no interest in anything Americans have to say www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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Socks and Crystal

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Socks

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Socks ❤️

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and I kind of love this wacky movie and wish the so-called majors would sit up and think outside their sad little boxes, and go see this now because it’s streaming just about everywhere. The end. #HundredsOfBeavers

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Fired FAA employee: ‘I’m scared to death, and the American public should be scared, too’

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votevets.org/doge-tipline

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the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water

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This was right in front of me as I was walking to my car in the #hearstcastle parking lot after taking the late tour. #photography #sansimeon #bluesky #sunset #travel #landscape #photoscape #photohour #california #dark #photographersofbluesky #minimalism #minimal_perfection #hearst #stormhour

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When you don't have health insurance:

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I call this #dahlia photo pink flame for I think fairly obvious reasons #flower #photography #macrophotography #pink #flowerphotography #gardening #nature #naturephotography #natuur #naturebeauty #bloemen #bloem #beauty #macrohour #macro #photographersofbluesky #photooftheday #stilllife #mooi

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I used to trim my grandmother's #bougainvillea which was this wild riot of color. Focusing closely yields a rather nice view too. #photography #flowers #photographersofbluesky #flowerphotography #Nature #macro #NaturePhotography

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Here comes the grifters. 🤦‍♀️☮️💙🌊🐕‍🦺

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She's 19. Stop doing her laundry fgs

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I used to work in charity fundraising and they target and take advantage of old people on a far wider basis than your average third world scam factory.

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Mom worked in a hospital with records so ancient they were on index cards. While updating the records system in 1982, she found a family from generations before, where the kids had been named Oleomargarine and Prime Rib.

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Chris Gatlin spent 17 months in jail after an AI program incorrectly linked him to a crime. Police coerced the victim into picking Gatlin in a lineup despite the victim's assertions he could not recall his attacker. fox2now.com/news/fox-fil...

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Old pic of me looking scruffy

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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

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No more porn. No more abortion. No more nudity. No more GLBTQ No more justice No more rule of law No more birth control. No more freedom. No more woke. No more healthcare No more public schools No more respect No more diversity No more immigrants No more BLM No more dignity Unless we fight back.

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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze. I worked at an organization that -helped veterans who have lost a limb -Assisted elderly and disabled people -Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs

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The Alliance for Retired Americans filed a lawsuit against Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary for disclosing information and treasury data to DOGE. A hearing on the restraining order is at 3:00. 🍿

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I saw a post from a gal who'd gone to one of the state capitol demonstrations. The crowd was so large that many around the edges couldn't hear the speakers. She wrote that she was going to leave since she couldn't hear the speeches. Apparently she didn't understand why she should be there...?!?

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BREAKING: DOGE has gained access to Medicare and Medicaid payment systems www.investing.com/news/politic...

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I just took the best picture of my life

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Wargames (1983)

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YouTube has suddenly decided to suggest a lot of videos about how to live in my car. I suppose this is foreshadowing for my retirement years.

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✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨

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A little moment of swoops and woops with a theremin ❤️

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Aw darn. Ricky came back and managed to steal some of Grim’s food. (Image from Wyze cam footage)

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Found 27-year-old Polaroids of us and Miss Alex ❤️ She was the best. #psawld #cutedog #americaneskimodog #eskie

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