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Groovy liberal feminist living in Deep South USA. She/Her/Ella. “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” - Carl Sagan
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The Forbes Quarry Neanderthal was presented to the Gibraltar Scientific Society #OnThisDay in 1848. Not yet considered a "Neanderthal," it was discovered eight years before the 'man from the Neander valley' that gave the species its name. 📸 RCS London

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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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So happy to share my interview with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on his book that will be out this month! Thank you, John, for your inspiring work!! John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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“Millions of us are used by the wealthiest elites to perpetuate and do the dirty work of keeping systemic racism alive and thriving in the USA. It’s not our place to decide and tell Black and brown people that their reality does not exist.” www.linkedin.com/posts/synerg...

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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

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A reminder for Republicans.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)

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Tracing human ancestors back a million years www.newscientist.com/video/246925...

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The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

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This.

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Sigh… I live in Southern California and what Trump did with the water was never going to reach us. He created a new problem! Donald Trump thinks north means up, so the water would flow down to Los Angeles. “California farmers still love Trump, even after he dumped their water.”

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DEMOCRATS in Congress, take note! 📌 Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Gwen Moore (D-WI) walked into Mike Johnson’s office unannounced and demanded answers on why Elon Musk’s people got access to a sensitive Treasury payment system. More of this energy, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , @schumer.senate.gov

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Targeting children. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/a...

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Maddow: Oh, you want us to take your fork in the road? How about fork you? Here's a million spoon emojis.

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I hope the women who voted for Trump understand that DEI includes women. apnews.com/article/west...

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URGENT: The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses!

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REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social says billionaires like Elon Musk want Americans to blame immigrants and trans people etc. for their economic struggles when their insatiable greed is behind the Gilded Age levels of inequality 🎯 🇺🇸 💰

submitted 27 days ago • 165 comments

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

submitted 30 days ago • 33 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Bravo to Sen. Alsobrooks for her question. “We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.

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✅ DEI Action of the Day™ Join Costco $65 a year Yesterday, 19 Republican attorneys sent a letter to Costco: "Within 30 days, please either notify us that Costco has repealed its DEI policies or explain why Costco has failed to do so." Join Costco here: www.costco.com/join-costco....

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During WWII, on this day, the survivors of Auschwitz were liberated by Allied Forces. Today, and every day, we remember the millions of lives that were lost, and must always fight back against senseless hatred and anti-Semitism wherever it appears.

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New Evidence That Pushes Back The Arrival Of Early Hominins In Europe www.eurasiareview.com/25012025-new...

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Europe has a message for Elmo.

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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we shall remember the woman who shattered ceilings to be to the first Black/Asian woman to be the American Vice President. Thank You Kamala Devi Harris for all of your work these past 4 years 🙏🏾 #kamalaharris #martinlutherkingjr #blacksky

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President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution. Biden directed the archivist of the United States, Dr. Colleen Shogan, to certify and publish the amendment. Thank you, Joe.

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All those “Hell no!” RSVPs are forcing Trump to move the inauguration into the much smaller Rotunda. He’ll blame the cold weather.

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Update: because of the HUGE ERA news this morning, we're shifting this podcast back by one hour to noon ET/9AM PT. You won't want to miss it!

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Rare comet may be visible for first time in 160,000 years www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report of his investigation into Trump’s criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 election are now public. It is a damning record, one truly for the history books, and answers a number of key questions about the charges. My write-up: https://buff.ly/42cZBAU

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3rd day of "Celebrating eSYMb: The Evolution of Symbolic Behaviour - A Workshop in Memory of Kristian Tylén" workshop. Murillo Pagnotta on the makapangsat cobble: this face-like pebble is a controversial archeological finding, but can we test the idea that it's attention grabbing because of 1/

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Crockett: It was my ancestors that built the White House. If we have been good enough to build this country, we are good enough to serve in other ways. Stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable because you’re sitting with 3 very capable black women

submitted 54 days ago • 1312 comments

They say God doesn't give people any more than they can handle. Meanwhile, I'm thinking that loving entities don't put people in difficult situations so that they can judge them.

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PBS: “What do you make of the fact that you have this un-elected multi-billionaire with a number of conflicts of interest calling the shots?” Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ): “It’s wonderful!” 🤔🙃

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As a Buddhist, I believe in non-violence to solve our problems. I have yet to see those condemning the left for lionizing Luigi Mangione even once criticize the right’s vile embrace of Kyle Rittenhouse, or Trump and Vance inviting Daniel Penny to be their political prop at a football game.

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