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We installed a solar system (including battery wall) last month. Last night a huge storm wiped out power in many parts of our neighborhood and the outage was widespread by morning. We slept well with CPAPs, fridge, etc. powered through it all. Yay past us.

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@apnews.com: Dodgers Announce $1 Million Donation to Aid Families of Immigrants Affected by Federal Raids

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"Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after three months by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests." huge W apnews.com/article/mahm...

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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention. "The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.

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Well that note from the NYT crossword creator turned heartbreaking. @elliotblake.bsky.social has Laura read it?

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Restaurant: uses LLM voice chatbot to answer caller questions LLM Voice: lies CONSTANTLY about things like opening times, patio seating, etc Customers: Angry, misled Setting aside ethics, many LLM applications sold now will do nothing but erode your community’s trust (easy to lose, hard to gain)

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In Pasadena, CA, a Trump regime ICE thug drew a lethal weapon on an unarmed U.S. citizen for photographing his license plate. ICE agents are operating without identification, so citizens are bravely documenting them for accountability and safety. #StopICE #AbolishICE #PoliceState

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Happy JUNETEENTH y'all!!! Support Black creators. Here's a great place to start: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

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I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

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If there's one legacy of the War in Iraq that Democrats should have internalized, it's the fact that those who lined up behind the war drums all came to regret that decision while those who wisely refused to go along were soon vindicated. One of the latter rode that decision to the White House!

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Vital resources for trans youth, adults, and their loved ones in the wake of SCOTUS' decision in 'U.S. v. Skrmetti.'

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Heaven help us all.

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Anne Burrell, a chef and television personality whose joyful demeanor made her a beloved fixture on the Food Network, has died, according to the network. She was 55. Read more: cnn.it/3TtZc7G

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Please please please remember that many people with disabilities need to type. That accomodation is necessary and real.

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How do people who grew up during the Civil Rights era not understand that this is also a civil rights issue? If Schumer were senator in 1968, I feel like he'd complain that desegregation was a GOP attempt to distract from "kitchen table issues"

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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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I've seen this top post circulating, but the thread indicates that the stop-work order does not take effect until July 17- if you or someone you know needs help today in the wake of today's awful SCOTUS ruling, I believe this resource is still available today or you can chat, text, or call directly

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Just made my donation to the Trevor Project. Let's make this one of the ways we support our trans sisters and brothers today.

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Sending love and support to my trans friends of all ages and to those who are in parenting roles for trans minors. I see you as your reall self. I am donating to the Trevor Project in support of you.

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We need a better, kinder, and more compassionate world than this.

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YES we get to be mad that autistic people and our families don't get enough supports—But NO ONE gets to blame autistics for being autistic. One way to be an autism ally is to calmly ask unkind or thoughtless autistic-shamers, "how would you feel if someone blamed you for the way your brain works?"

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"In sadness, I dissent."

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Visiting Minnesota on this weekend has made it clear that she was beloved. And even those across the aisle appreciated her.

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Was not expecting Harry Harlow's monkey experiments to be discussed this morning at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social but it was so apt! Thanks @byzantienne.bsky.social

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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

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In the great battle of what to fund and what not to fund personally I think my protection is safeguarded more by vaccines than cops

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I hear some of you don’t trust the police anymore. Welcome, the water’s fine, the ice breaker’s in an hour, we have free cupcakes on Tuesdays

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If you are arrested today protesting the Trump administration in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

gonna caution everyone about national accounts covering the news in MN - stick to locals. already seeing lots of misinformation coming from people who do not live here

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A wasteful $45 million birthday military parade does nothing to help working families.

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This is exactly what I told my BFF, whose sister is afraid but also wants to go to her first protest. These are big, safe, permitted events. And if you ever feel uncomfortable, you can just leave. Try it out. Being with other people who care about things feels great

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PSA for everyone going to protests

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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

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It's a big weekend everywhere. If you're going out: have fun, take care of each other, and NEVER talk to police! Take this advice from a professional:

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Listening to the panel on death in stories at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social and having so many feels (as is the case in so many sessions). @erikgrove.com and @avani.bsky.social and @maryrobinettekowal.com are doing such a great job. I have shifted to nonfic and romance so I can avoid this.

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Nothing screams "fiscal responsibility" like spending $45M and shutting down an airport for a vanity project.

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