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@terry-mark.bsky.social

Unitarian Universalist. Communications pro in tourism/hospitality industry. Chinese and Midwestern (what a combo!). Contra dancer. Popcorn aficionado.

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The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

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How trans visibility became a trap People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.

I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Score it DP 8-6-2u

Wild stuff.

#NLCS

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This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we celebrate the culture, history, and resilience of the Native peoples who were the first inhabitants of what we now refer to as the United States. Learn more about the Native tribes that stewarded the land long before we called it Indiana: https://native-land.ca/

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Online misinformation is linked to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. FACT: Vaccines are safe, and they save lives. If you see misinformation 1️⃣ comment to let others know that it's false, 2️⃣ block it from your feed, 3️⃣ report it to the platform.

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Sanchez booked in jail, says focus on recovery Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has been booked and released from a jail in Indianapolis, telling a reporter that he was focused on his recovery from stab wounds he suffered in the altercation tha...

Just wondering if our elected state leaders have any further comment, or if they're trying to figure out what political points to score off this. #HoosierSky
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoosiers!

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#ALDS Game 5 #DETSEA are why we love sports.

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Alan Porter is excellent as a balls-strikes ump. #ALDS

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As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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That's just terrible fundamental baseball by the Mariners in the 10th. #ALDS

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Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

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MLB history is full of epic finishes. That's way up there.

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REDISTRICTING PAIN: Constituents could be harmed more than lawmakers by redrawing of maps - THE INDIANA CITIZEN By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 Despite the public outrage ignited over the prospect of mid-decade redistricting, some political experts believe state Republican lawmakers…

Despite the public outrage ignited over the prospect of mid-decade redistricting, some political experts believe state Republican lawmakers would face few consequences if they actually redraw Indiana’s congressional districts this year.

indianacitizen.org/redistrictin...

#HoosierSky #redistricting

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The Happiness of Choosing to Walk Alone Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable.

Once again, Arthur Brooks knocks it out of the park in this @theatlantic.com piece.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The f---?

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Bellinger couldn't make contact with any of those eight pitches?

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It's probably a trap, so NYT headline writers can dunk on "frivolous" research.

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Job well done.

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Watched parts of a few of his U20 Eurobasket games. Seems to have good vision and is unselfish with the ball. Shooting could have been better.

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really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

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Non-answers are just as revealing as answers.

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Indiana's top two elected leaders don't believe in facts, just scoring political points off a bizarre incident.

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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Update from the war zone in Portland.

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thank you brett kavanaugh!

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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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I read banned books because I'm not afraid of ideas that might challenge my view of the world.

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