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Rachel

@rpickens.bsky.social

Vegan nerd in Durham, NC ๐Ÿ‚

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Latest posts by rpickens.bsky.social on Bluesky

Spread the word about NSPM-7 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

28.09.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 651    ๐Ÿ” 254    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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FBI Readies New War on Trans People โ€œWeโ€™re looking at the entire webโ€

The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as โ€œviolent extremistsโ€ in the wake of Charlie Kirkโ€™s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

18.09.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3205    ๐Ÿ” 1317    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632

ah, well

17.09.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12100    ๐Ÿ” 2910    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

17.09.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1463    ๐Ÿ” 511    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

Probably the issue Iโ€™ve become most conservative on as Iโ€™ve aged is helping business, especially small businesses. By their nature they can be goofy things with goofy owners but holy smokes do they ever make a community much better to live in

14.09.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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#OtD 1 May 1886 300-500k workers went on strike and rallies were held across the US, with the cry: "Eight-hour day with no cut in pay." The strike led to the Chicago Haymarket Affair and the start of May Day itself. More in this great book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...

01.05.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 349    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Hegsethโ€™s younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon Phil Hegsethโ€™s publicly available resume includes founding his own podcast production company and working on social media and podcasts.

You see they're bringing MERIT back to government.

www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...

28.03.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15449    ๐Ÿ” 4285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1267    ๐Ÿ“Œ 610
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

26.03.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14521    ๐Ÿ” 7551    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3091
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Laika almost never seeks snuggles, and even rarer tolerates being this close to her kitty sister! #greyhound #greyhoundsofbluesky

22.02.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s my view:  

I obviously disagree with some of Elezโ€™s posts, but I donโ€™t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kidโ€™s life. 

We shouldnโ€™t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever. 

So I say bring him back. 

If heโ€™s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1887900880143343633

Hereโ€™s my view: I obviously disagree with some of Elezโ€™s posts, but I donโ€™t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kidโ€™s life. We shouldnโ€™t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever. So I say bring him back. If heโ€™s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that. https://x.com/JDVance/status/1887900880143343633

Screenshot of Marko Elez's racist comments.

Screenshot of Marko Elez's racist comments.

JD Vance sticking up for a guy that made racist comments about Indian people.

07.02.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now more than ever.

07.02.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59873    ๐Ÿ” 12471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 428    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220
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A coloring page I drew for the โœจ๐Ÿ”ฎ @bg3tarotdeckโœจ๐Ÿ”ฎ

03.02.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 247    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ohhhhh my god i ran a quick errand and didn't buy an iced coffee? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party?should we invite bella hadid

03.02.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4973    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 115    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

"Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old former camp counselor who called himself 'Big Balls' on LinkedIn before being tapped to do the bidding of a billionaire, held a call with SBA staff ..."

03.02.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3300    ๐Ÿ” 1126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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It's not just a coup.

It's a coup being executed by white supremacists and Christofascists.

And Darren Beattie isn't merely some new minor functionaryโ€”he's been given what's considered one of the ten most powerful jobs at Foggy Bottom.

He wants us to abandon Ukraine to Russia and Taiwan to China.

03.02.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3046    ๐Ÿ” 1199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 153    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58

"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...

03.02.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2004    ๐Ÿ” 714    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

01.02.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15833    ๐Ÿ” 3370    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 306    ๐Ÿ“Œ 197
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When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. Together we are strong.

#sidequest #transrights #humanrights #advocacy #dnd #medieval #medievalart #fightback #lgbtqia

01.02.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The State Department website has replaced "LGBT" with "LGB"

31.01.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2052    ๐Ÿ” 501    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144
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We shall not be defeated

#sidequest #productivity #productivitytips #adhd #dnd #medieval #medievalart #castlecore #gamification

31.01.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She is so pretty!

31.01.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Employee of the month #catsofbluesky #cat #grayby

31.01.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laika enjoying a lil grass flop #greyhound #greyhoundsofbluesky #dog

30.01.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unexpectedly got to go to the @rebeccayarros.bsky.social talk at NC State last night! Was a great talk, devoured Onyx Storm in a couple days last week after going to the midnight release at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social

29.01.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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she want da banana #catsofbluesky #cat #graybie #banana

29.01.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Comet reading the Player's Handbook, helping me pick some new spells. #cats #catsofbluesky #dnd #catswhoplaydnd #dungeonsanddragons

26.01.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh no! Where did her ears go!?! #greyhound #greyhoundaofbluesky

26.01.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A very ladylike hound with her crossed paws #greyhound #greyhoundsofbluesky

24.01.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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