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We are having a time tracking the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, which is now only 75 miles from us.

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The stupidest presidential administration in the history of the country, by a wide margin.

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”In My Home, The America I Love - The America I've Written About That Has Been A Beacon Of Hope & Liberty For 250 Years... is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.” Bruce Springsteen 🩵🎸🗽 #DEFENDDEMOCRACY

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Dartmoor’s tors “erupt from the moor, like stone beings… looking like castles, creatures, monsters and giants” Great piece by Sophie Pierce. Come and celebrate these unworldly places at the Dartmoor Tors festival she’s organising (I’ll be speaking) 23-25 May! www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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Yesterday, our doctors showed up on Capitol Hill to say: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. Tonight, tomorrow, and Friday, we are hosting a "Docs on Call" event to call your Members of Congress and let them know health care is a human right. Register here: calendarlink.com/eve...

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Letter carriers know USPS isn’t a business—it’s a public service connecting every American, including 51.5M rural households & businesses. Funded by postage, not taxpayer dollars, it belongs to the people. We’ll #FightLikeHell to protect our universal service from privatization!

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this is the kind of stuff you talk about having when you’re staying over at your eight year old best friend’s house for the first time

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#powerofinformation

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Most Afrikans have a small amount of African ancestry dating to the early settlement days. They definitely have the one drop. #DNA

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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.

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#resist

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BREAKING: A huge amount of protestors, including many faith leaders from various religions are lining up in protest of what the Trump administration is doing with immigrants at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

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Avelo Airlines has accepted a $150 million contract to operate deportation flights out of Arizona, aiding in the illegal removal of individuals without their right to a fair hearing or due process. Boycott Avelo! Spread the word. Mark your calendar for a nationwide action on May 31. stopavelo.org

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Things I did not have on my 2025 bingo card: ✅ American pope ✅ Drunk Fox News host interim U.S. Attorney ✅Conspiracy theory podcaster FBI Director ✅Drunk Fox News host Defense Secretary ✅Madman and his hackers with full access to our data—including Social Security numbers Add yours…

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Cascadia is an inspiring place. The kind of place that has inspired many to do amazing and courageous acts to protect it over time. So proud to see that Cascadia has not and will not forget its roots and still continues to fight for what is right. #cascadia #pnw #washingtonstate #peoplelivingintrees

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#libraryofcongress www.facebook.com/share/p/15Sb...

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Rainbow over my local mountains in the desert.

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Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

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#bingocard

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Announcement open.substack.com/pub/luciantr... #LucianTruscott

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A tiny point of anecdata: this weekend I saved a particular tote bag to my wishlist (not Amazon). It cost $49 and is apparently made in Australia. Today the company sent one of those "Don't you want to order the thing you looked at?" emails. The current price? $75. A 50% increase overnight.

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_coyotl_ Raphael Coyotl

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🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social

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This hits hard—and says everything about where we are right now. A Yale professor says he’s relocating to Canada to continue his democracy work. When asked why not stay in the U.S. and fight, he says he has two Black sons and he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor—and this is an “anti-Black moment”.

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#NoKings

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Good morning, Bluesky. Smudge is looking forward to CONSUMING YOUR SOUL.

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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

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Watching the #democracysausage hashtag is the most beautiful slideshow. It's election day back home in Australia, and instead of little "I voted" stickers (no need to say that; it's compulsory), you buy a delicious sausage sandwich (with onions and sauce) to celebrate (and benefit the local school).

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We were at our local comic book store for Free Comic Book Day and they had a display of comic-themed doormats. IFYKYK #CaptainAmerica

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Today is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Unlike the civil rights movement, there are very public history projects that focus on the story of the antiwar movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Kent State's May 4th Visitors Center is one of the few in the US.

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DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site - www.reuters.com/science/dna-... #genealogy

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Detainees at an immigrant detention center in Texas have sent the outside world a desperate message: SOS. A drone captured the image of 31 men banding together, using their bodies to form an SOS in the dirt yard of the Bluebonnet immigration detention facility. Just days ago, dozens of Venezuelan…

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#tuxedocat

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#winning

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The Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope.

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youtu.be/mRkUt9VnaR0?...

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April 28, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) are executing a marathon live stream on east steps of Capitol Rep Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, says GOP House budget will gut health and nutritional assistance programs

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I have been to Malaprop Books many times. As for Powells, I have only been able to do mail order. #bookstores

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#eggs on a budget ...

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US at tipping point for return of endemic measles - www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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This is a big deal because if a public library is not in compliance with the state library, then usually they are not eligible for any federal funds. Many private grant-making organizations also use such compliance to determine eligibility.

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NEW: Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia, Maxwell Frost, Yassamin Ansari, and Maxine Dexter have arrived in El Salvador "to pressure the Trump Administration to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia." "This trip is not being financed by taxpayer dollars."

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A second lamp in the belfry burns! Old North Church, April 18, 2025 #TwoLanterns #PaulReveresRide250

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