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I finally feel semi-human again after those vaccines. Doing some work for therapy (not homework, something I got intrigued by and wanted to explore for next week) and ... I just realized what a relief it is to have a therapist that I do not have to be the emotional support for!

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woooow that is a damn serious problem for the prosecution -- oopsies

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"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

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Allie is gone. She wasn’t alone — mom, Alan & I were all there petting her & saying goodbye. Goodbye, sweet kitty. You will be missed.

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Hundreds of VA researchers are set to be terminated in the coming months. VA research has brought the world things like nicotine patches, cardiac pacemakers It’s one of the world’s largest medial research hubs. (Via @josheidelson.bsky.social + Sophie Alexander) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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The USPS is an essential service for all Americans. It is not meant to turn a profit. Yet, it was indeed profitable, until the GOP shit it up.

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I gave this psych med a fair shot, but it's a nope. I have never benefited from any of the psych meds & part of that is I was misdiagnosed for a long time. I get more out of hypnosis, walking, art therapy etc. BUT I would never tell anyone else not to take meds. Why is that so hard for some?

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A request for public comment on "technology platform censorship" is now open. Say it now if you got somethin to say: www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...

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Got a bunch of vaccines today and I am gonna be soooo tired and achy all weekend. The pharmacist & I talked about our fears with RFK & she hopes I can finish the series I started. I had to wait until I was 50 for a few of them. The others we cannot find records of so I am getting JIC.

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I'm sad. Today is the last day alive for my mom's kitty Allie. We've been taking care of her for several years and she is basically our kitty at this point, but Mom visit hers when she can. Mom will hold her while she goes. Poor kitty is old & we tried everything, but it's clearly her time.

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Creative tip: instead of trying to solve the same problems as everyone else, work on becoming an entirely new problem that will take generations to solve

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DOGE is a criminal enterprise to destroy the government to empower and enrich oligarchs. Any news org that uses the term "cost cutting" to describe DOGE is complicit and should be shunned.

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I wonder how many of our research scientists will be picked up by other countries.

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"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

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“At present, every hacker in the world knows there are a small number of people new to federal service who hold the keys to access all US government payments, contracts, civil servant personal info, and more... DOGE is one romance scam away from a national security emergency.”

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The list of banned words includes sex, identity, diverse, women, woman, promote, definition, continuum, ideology, self-assessed, elderly and disabled. It was not accompanied with an explanation. #freespeech - www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

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The Federal Advisory Committee on Long COVID has been ordered terminated on 2/19/25 within 14 days. “the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... #LongCOVI

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There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

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I have to get a special rx & size for my glasses & it is $400. I cannot work/am in headache hell. Emergency derm ate my funds (and traumatized me!). Any help appreciated. helphopelive.org/campaign/159... www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2

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I wonder what the sad bouncy ball from the Zoloft commercial is doing now.

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phrasing this question this way automatically telegraphs your lack of qualifications to answer it

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Gary the Canadian Adventure Cat would like to remind America that if it invades Canada, its children will die, scared, alone and frozen.

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STORY + DATA: The scale of Canadian efforts to boycott US goods is becoming clear. New border data shows crossborder traffic has utterly plummeted in the last month. Southbound traffic during the recent holiday weekend dropped by more than 40% from last year. fvcurrent.com/p/border-tra...

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oh my god

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Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children. We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...

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Have the @DOGE folks made it to the part of the system yet that shows private Medicare Advantage plans get paid by the government 22% more than costs would be in traditional Medicare?

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Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle. One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”

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NEW 👀: As predicted, Judge Ho has ordered a hearing for 2 p.m. this Wednesday to explore why the DOJ has moved to dismiss the charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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"The court is aware that DOGE’s unpredictable actions have resulted in considerable uncertainty and confusion for Plaintiffs and many of their agencies and residents. But the “possibility” that Defendants may take actions that irreparably harm Plaintiffs “is not enough.”" ima scream

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This is fucking incredible.

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New from 404 Media: a Musk ally has demanded administrative access to Notify.gov, a system that lets the government text the public. The access would give them large swathes of the publics' personal data too. A worker has resigned in protest rather than give access www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...

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Spent all day in archives researching when my cousin Marcia (RIP) opened the only AIDS hospice in Iowa in the 90s for something I am writing. She named it Clare House, after the "Poor Clares," which are themselves fascinating. www.newadvent.org/cathen/12251...

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i don't know i just want some good news for a change

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Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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If they follow the money they’ll never find me.

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A federal judge in Wyoming received a motion citing nine cases. Of the nine, eight don't exist. When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question." @courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...

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