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@uncleamy.bsky.social

Retired Librarian, Queer! Enby, lesbian. Just joined the Unitarian Universalist church. I collect vinyl records and listen to WWOZ all day. Baton Rouge is o.k. but NOLA rulzzzzzz! Geaux Tigers; Go Noles; Geaux Saints; Go Steelers.

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The "One Big Bullshit Bill" Act

This bill will...
Cut Medicaid by $625 billion
Cut SNAP by $300 billion
Cut student aid by $351 billion
Triple the budget for ICE
Greenlight the sale of public lands
Ban state-level AI regulation for 10 yrs
Repeal clean energy programs
Divert funding from public schools
Increase overall federal deregulation
Give Trump power to censor nonprofits
Block access to Planned Parenthood
Take $50 billion from federal workers
Defund the CFPB
Remove taxes on gun silencers
             and more...

The "One Big Bullshit Bill" Act This bill will... Cut Medicaid by $625 billion Cut SNAP by $300 billion Cut student aid by $351 billion Triple the budget for ICE Greenlight the sale of public lands Ban state-level AI regulation for 10 yrs Repeal clean energy programs Divert funding from public schools Increase overall federal deregulation Give Trump power to censor nonprofits Block access to Planned Parenthood Take $50 billion from federal workers Defund the CFPB Remove taxes on gun silencers and more...

A list of "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act calls on 5 Calls

A list of "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act calls on 5 Calls

🚨🚨 House Republicans are pushing for a vote **THIS WEEK** on their "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (Yes, that is officially what they're calling it. Sycophant much?)

It's hard to sum up all of the destructive bullshit they crammed into this bill, but we tried...

πŸ”₯πŸ“žπŸ”₯ Call your Rep NOW --> 5calls.org

19.05.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 23
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@coveblue.bsky.social Look! They’re so cute!!

02.04.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free Mahmoud Khalil and protect students exercising their First Amendment rights! Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the rig...

Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...

12.03.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad I use almond milk exclusively. Yikes

06.02.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have a siamese kitten who was dropped off by the kitten distribution system on Thanksgiving Day. As a thanks for free loading, medical care, food, water, and hateful attacks on all the other animals, he decapitated a magi.

09.01.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The X-ification of Meta By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

NEW: By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

08.01.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

That crazy tRump is going to get us in new made up wars. Hmm… maybe he’s actually a Bush.

08.01.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy New Year πŸŽ† πŸ₯‚

01.01.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died?

That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

06.12.2024 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 930    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 53

I bet y’all really wanna know that I’m having a great hair day.

24.11.2024 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I wrote about a future American dystopia. But in real life, I’m full of hope. Over and again in America, we've learned that the frightening changes that initially seemed to be permanent turned out to be temporary.

Thanks @mauricenow.bsky.social This is exactly the hope we need to hear!

21.11.2024 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Worried 😟

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Good.

21.11.2024 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What up? It’s Thursday! One week until Turkey Day πŸ¦ƒ What are your plans?

21.11.2024 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...

NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.

www.propublica.org/article/segr...

18.11.2024 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4808    πŸ” 2735    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 333

Most idiots on the road drive like rats anyway so…. Why not?

18.11.2024 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Dr: you need to bring your cholesterol down. I suggest a low meat, low dairy vegetarian diet.
Me:

17.11.2024 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today a friend and I are headed to Pridesgiving dinner in BR. Because one huge ass turkey dinner this month isn’t enough πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ—

16.11.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some kind of problem they’re having trying to get their algorithms to distinguish bots from human. They said they will catch up.

15.11.2024 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This checks βœ…

14.11.2024 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My dog wears jammies.

14.11.2024 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands WASHINGTONβ€”In a heartwarming and touching end to the story of two soulmates, sources confirmed Thursday that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump died two minutes apart holding hands....

Biden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands

13.11.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9744    πŸ” 1127    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 118

My first post on here.

13.11.2024 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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