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Yesterday, NC Attorney General @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social announced that they'd reached a settlement with Pactiv Evergreen to pay millions to the residents of Canton and Haywood County for breaching their agreement with the State of North Carolina. www.wfae.org/2025-02-13/n...

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You cannot shame people who feel no shame. You cannot guilt people who feel no guilt. You cannot argue with people whose minds are closed. You can only stand in their way.

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'Muammar Gaddafi, the expanded executive authority of Libya. Mobutu Sese Seko, the expanded executive authority of Congo. François Duvalier, the expanded executive authority of Haiti.' A bit convoluted to write it like this every time. Wonder if there was just a single word for these people...? 🤔

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I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

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I've decided to add "for the revolution" to everything I do. I'm working out for the revolution. I'm grocery shopping for the revolution. I'm cleaning the kitchen for the revolution.

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Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Trump to abandon his plans to rename the continent’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. #ISTANDWITHDENALI

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Don’t let anybody tell you that historians, librarians, and archivists aren’t important — not at a time like this.

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In terms of how empires fall stories turning the whole thing over to a ketamine addled tech baron and a band of incel teens is probably one of the most pathetic options

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Your Papaw Hoyt's disability check is DEI

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Bless all the "lead with love" and "come together" people but I can't get past that we're careening toward a failed state like the countries the oligarchs call sh!th0les.

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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

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I made a thing. Feel free to share/use it.

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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

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This is so good.

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UW just announced Robert J. Jones as the 34th President of the university. Happy Black History Month indeed! He will indeed build upon Ana Mari Cauce's legacy.

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i know a lot of gov employees are watching my feed at the moment 👇

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I appreciate a lot about @theatlantic.com but holy cow is the hyper focus on elite private colleges odd. The Big Story about higher ed I want to read is abt the staggering increase in tuition at public unis, gutting of regional comprehensives, and the collapse of state funding that made that happen.

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in their military careers. Any argument that he said the right things in the hearings or that he will bring new energy to the Dept. Are facetious at best and disingenuous at worst. USAF Dependent FIN

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Hegseth has no experience with leadership at this level. You knew of the inappropriateness of this confirmation based on your actions prior to the final vote and yet you succumbed. It is a slap in the face to all who have served honorably and with increasing leadership responsibilities 🧵

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meritocracies we have left in this country. That Hegseth, with so little experience, could be confirmed over so many actual career officers is not only disappointing it is dangerous. If seen as a company, the military is one of the largest corporations in the US in personnel and size. 🧵

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Sent this just now: Senator Thom Tillis (I am a constituent) I write to express my disappointment in your final position on the confirmation of Pete Hegseth. I come from an Air Force family (grandfather WWII, father nearly 30 years, brother Afghanistan) and the military is one of the few true 🧵

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Having spent a lot of time looking at historical public opinion, I've found that the ones that boil down to "treat other people like people" are the ones that don't tend to age like milk.

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Anybody remember what it feels like to wake up energized, healthy, and ready to face the day?

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It's SNOWING again! I thought eastern NC was going to get the snow day. They can have it-we're about fed up with weather here in the mountains. #HurricaneHelene

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One thing before tomorrow: Use your local libraries. Get your card. Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks. Recommend titles for purchase (usually online). Attend promoted activities. Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires. Tell your kids that libraries are good. They are. 📚

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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

submitted 34 days ago • 195 comments

Holy carp. I thought the snow was supposed tontrack south of us

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As far as I can tell "they go low, we go high" leaves the whole world blind.

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Listening to @theresthistory.bsky.social podcast about the run up to WWI and each time Franz Josef is mentioned his great old age is more ridiculous. He's 348 right now IIRC. Screamingly funny.

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Huh. Not a trans person nor immigrant. How odd.

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Why can't the billionaire bro class try to beat women at the philanthropy game? "Those women think they're alpha-I'll give away twice as much and that will OWN them!!"

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So here's a new one. Booking a flight on Expedia-error message "we are unable to complete this booking. Try again later." I do. Several times. Then I get a billion emails from United saying "it appears you have made multiple bookings" 😡😡

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I know many people like to participate in a day of service on MLK Day: Please reach out to the nonprofits you are interested in volunteering for BEFORE next Monday, you may need a volunteer orientation or they may not be able to accommodate an unexpectedly large number of volunteers.

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My Threads feed: "hey this thing happened" "no it didn't"

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fixed it

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Ok so there's a new season of Silent Witness and it's entertainment so I'm overthinking it but Jack-Nikki is sooo unlikely and problematic...🙄

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Feeling for LA County as a Hurricane Helene survivor. Echoes back to Katrina.

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There is no serious legal basis for the litigation challenging the Dem win for NC Supreme Court, and they are not following the proper procedure. This isn't a case of well it was close, a recount might still flip it. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's an attempt to steal the election.

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i love you libraries i love you museums i love you botanical gardens i love you public parks i love you art galleries

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He looks ex-Mossad to me.

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The N.Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Cooper's veto of the bill stripping power from incoming Democrats. It comes down to the House, where 3 Republicans from the western part of the state voted against the original bill because of its fake promise of hurricane relief www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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It’s 1st of December. Mull everything. Mull the wine, mull the cider, mull your tea, mull the tap water, mull the cat, mull the carpet, mull the chairs. Mull it all! Get your hair cut in a mullet. Mull the Kintyre. Mull the halls with boughs of holly. Get everything mulled. FULL MULL AHEAD!

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Nailed it! Took about 2 seconds to figure out that Keith David is the narrator of Ken Burns' Leonardo doc.

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