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Andrew Sparling

@awsparling.bsky.social

Ph.D., history. Hist. of sci. & med.; Paracelsus; c16 Germany. Husband & father. ๐•-pat. Hobby: learning about & not catching brain-eating bat viruses. In public indoor spaces, wear a high-quality mask (N95 or better). Clean the air! ๐Ÿ“Melbourne, VIC

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Post image 08.02.2026 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12646    ๐Ÿ” 3952    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 164

Exactly like Boston Dynamics advertising its robots as just the things to rescue kittens from trees.

09.02.2026 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No

08.02.2026 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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jeevacation@gmail.com: RE: โ€” Epstein Emails Email from jeevacation@gmail.com in jeevacation@gmail.com: should i assume you are not coming

man some of the most depressing emails in the Epstein files are from girls he abused, turned into pimps for him and then cut off. e.g.

www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

05.02.2026 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 375    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming peopleโ€™s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.

There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.

07.02.2026 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4757    ๐Ÿ” 1459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

Call it the East Wing Standard

07.02.2026 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

fwiw to everyone sharing this, the photo is from a NYT article from last year and was taken at a protest in Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/es/2025/06/0...

07.02.2026 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 536    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: thatโ€™s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? ๐Ÿ˜Š

07.02.2026 05:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31729    ๐Ÿ” 6566    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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The archbishop of Santa Fe takes on Speaker Mike Johnson theologically corrupt justification of Trump's secret police tactics against immigrants: " it is deeply concerning when theological language and sacred texts are used to diminish the fundamental dignity of human beings created in the image of

07.02.2026 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 381    ๐Ÿ” 134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
ICE agents torturing a person by holding them down on the ground while spraying pepper spray into their face from about 3 inches

ICE agents torturing a person by holding them down on the ground while spraying pepper spray into their face from about 3 inches

federal taxes you pay this year will go towards this. they won't go towards programs or services that help people, they killed those. they won't go to science, they ended science. they will fund this. you'll be paying for this.

21.01.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's racism should be no surprise.

His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.

He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.

He entered politics with the racist birther lie.

There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.

06.02.2026 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3002    ๐Ÿ” 858    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 144    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

When your representative says "Don't talk to me about my own morality," I suggest talking to them about their own morality INCESSANTLY.

06.02.2026 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3172    ๐Ÿ” 695    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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I stopped by โ€œThe Late Showโ€ (soon to be the LATE Late Show) to give Mr. Colbert a piece of my hand-drawn mind.
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social

06.02.2026 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1883    ๐Ÿ” 168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Wenn Gisele Pelicot sagt "La honte doit changer de camp/Die Scham muss die Seite wechseln" heiรŸt das nicht, dass das von alleine passiert.
Tรคter(*innen) fangen nicht plรถtzlich an sich zu schรคmen, sie mรผssen sanktioniert & verurteilt werden, gesellschaftliche Tode sterben, um Scham zu erlernen.

06.02.2026 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1247    ๐Ÿ” 383    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.

@wgreaves.bsky.social

www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

06.02.2026 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I am telling you....

bsky.app/profile/robe...

05.02.2026 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tech billionaires aren't robber barons.

Robber barons donated money to educational and cultural institutions, from universities to newspapers. Tech billionaires are destroying them - and building their fortunes on destroying the human capacity to think, learn, empathize, and concentrate.

05.02.2026 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

05.02.2026 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52201    ๐Ÿ” 14575    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 558

@philipcball.bsky.social

04.02.2026 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hiya!

04.02.2026 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re up against people who openly fantasize on social media about dropping us out of helicopters, mowing us down with bullets, hanging us in the public square, and violence too gruesome to name. You donโ€™t โ€œrein that in.โ€

04.02.2026 04:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Elon Musk responding to news of X office being raided in Paris: This is a political attack

Elon Musk responding to news of X office being raided in Paris: This is a political attack

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Investigating child sexual abuse material isnโ€™t controversial.
Turning it into political theater is manipulation.
Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesnโ€™t fly in France.

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Investigating child sexual abuse material isnโ€™t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesnโ€™t fly in France.

Sacre bleu

04.02.2026 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3412    ๐Ÿ” 886    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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Border Patrol detentions at Utah auto shop spark questions about warrantless arrests A video of an immigration-related arrest at an auto shop in West Valley City went viral over the weekend. Hereโ€™s what happened.

Wilmer Menjivar went inside a private business and locked the door behind him. Agents wearing Border Patrol vests smashed their way through the door and took him into custody.
They didnโ€™t have a warrant, and told Menjivarโ€™s wife they didnโ€™t need one.

03.02.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

BREAKING: 8 more U.S. Attorneys in MN resign from Trumpโ€™s DOJ in protest as backlash grows.
This isnโ€™t normal; isnโ€™t routine reshuffling. Itโ€™s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJโ€™s office is around 50 attorneys. Theyโ€™re down to just 9.

03.02.2026 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1567    ๐Ÿ” 433    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

Not earth-shattering, but a small, fast, smart, civic, right move. These add up, and they illustrate the right instincts and intentions for New York City.

02.02.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 284    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Checks out

02.02.2026 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do NOT use an app to track your hormones

02.02.2026 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 391    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

The year is 2026. The entire economy is scams. But some scammers are scamming for justice.

02.02.2026 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 190    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

We now have nearly 160 cosponsors signed on to impeach Kristi Noem. Keep pushing!

28.01.2026 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9178    ๐Ÿ” 2332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 307    ๐Ÿ“Œ 88

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