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Joyce A Furfaro, PhD

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PhD in neuroscience, Penn State | autistic, prosopagnosic | from a large family in a small town | canoeing, dancing, mindfulness, poetry, genealogy, pool | views: own

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If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

09.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2367    πŸ” 911    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 17

A federal judge just asked the government if they're the cause of the violence in Chicago - whether this is of their own making.

09.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6242    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 64
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Thanks, New Yorker

07.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21799    πŸ” 6758    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 216

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

07.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7592    πŸ” 1875    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 68
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This strikes me as pretty bad

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22832    πŸ” 9263    πŸ’¬ 2082    πŸ“Œ 767
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ICE Seeking to Deport Subu Vedam Federal immigration authorities confirmed on Monday that they intend to deport the State College man who won his freedom after more than 40 years in

This is a crying shame. He clearly should NOT be deported, and they are completely misrepresenting who he is in an attempt to justify their decision.

www.statecollege.com/articles/loc...

07.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

06.10.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19272    πŸ” 5995    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 580

He was brought to the US at the age of 9 months. Raised to be a peaceful boy and young man in a family that revered Gandhi. Folks who knew him knew he was innocent, but he spent 40 years imprisoned. Case overturned this past month, he was finally released from one hell straight into another.

06.10.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE - Subu Vedam detained by federal immigration enforcement, now facing deportation Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man whose conviction for first-degree murder was overturned after he spent more than 40 years in prison, is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

In prison 40+ yrs, since a teen ...

"In an emailed statement to WPSU, an ICE spokesperson said Vedam is a career criminal and a convicted drug trafficker. The spokesperson says Vedam will be held in federal custody while the agency prepares for his deportation."

radio.wpsu.org/2025-10-03/s...

06.10.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey mainstream news media. Maybe do your job and let people know just how fucking crazy this guy is. He’s trying to start a civil war.

05.10.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2127    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 11
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‼️ This is a very dangerous situation.

Nothing like this has ever happened before.

This nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe.

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been under Russian occupation since March 2022, has been disconnected from the power supply for more than a week‡️

02.10.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2590    πŸ” 1334    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 69
A man standing at a nearly still stream which mirrors his silhouette. A few yellow and red leaves rest in the water's surface.

A man standing at a nearly still stream which mirrors his silhouette. A few yellow and red leaves rest in the water's surface.

Reflecting on things at Colyer Lake in PA.

27.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

19.09.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5864    πŸ” 1773    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 222

It is genuinely humiliating as an America to have this sour, cowardly, narcissistic lout represent us and to know that so many Americans applaud conduct like this. Just deeply embarrassing.

17.09.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8879    πŸ” 1755    πŸ’¬ 362    πŸ“Œ 72
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Another US doctors' group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID-19 vaccines for all adults The American Academy of Family Physicians said on Monday that it recommends all adults over the age of 18, children and pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a contrast to the U.S. government's narrowed approvals for the shots.

New recommendations for COVID vaccines from the @aafp.org

#MedSky #Familymedicine #IDSky #publichealth

09.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest The group shouted β€œshame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.

Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters

The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed

09.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8607    πŸ” 2702    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 523
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

31.08.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27210    πŸ” 8351    πŸ’¬ 481    πŸ“Œ 808

The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades

Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated

29.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26920    πŸ” 7236    πŸ’¬ 831    πŸ“Œ 352
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"

26.07.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 26500    πŸ” 9099    πŸ’¬ 1251    πŸ“Œ 884
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South Park skewers Trump over Epstein files, depicts him in bed with Satan The hit Paramount show aired the incendiary new episode as the first of its new season.

South Park skewered Trump over the Epstein files and depicted him in bed with Satan. The first episode of the new season aired on Paramount β€” the owner of CBS, which has been firmly in Trump’s crosshairs.

24.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 8

I grew up fairly poor in the 70s, and we had a dishwasher. And a huge extended family, some of whom were able to afford motorhomes. I'm guessing the dishwasher was a hand-me-down.

16.07.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have the book Letters From Amelia, and recommend it.

15.07.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Something’s brewing. πŸ‘€

FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy AG Todd Blanche were all spotted on the White House grounds Monday afternoon, seen by the internal White House press pool (ABC).

15.07.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2540    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 39
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#ICE ’s charge is to
β€œMake #America White Again."

13.07.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7152    πŸ” 2431    πŸ’¬ 335    πŸ“Œ 174
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DOOCY: So what happened to the Epstein client list that the attorney general said she had on her desk?Β 

LEAVITT: I think if you go back and look at what the attorney general saidΒ 

DOOCY: I've got the quote. She said, it's sitting on my desk right now to review.

07.07.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20396    πŸ” 5303    πŸ’¬ 2188    πŸ“Œ 742
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This is bullshit.

Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.

Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
(Anaheim, CA)

04.07.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16015    πŸ” 7096    πŸ’¬ 1657    πŸ“Œ 572

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

22.06.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 36953    πŸ” 9521    πŸ’¬ 594    πŸ“Œ 316
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Trump criticizes β€˜non-working holidays’ on Juneteenth | CNN Politics President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of β€œnon-working holidays” in the United States.

President Donald Trump took to social media on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of β€œnon-working holidays” in the United States.

20.06.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 201    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 54

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