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Victoria Barnes

@betweenwords.bsky.social

I forgot to stop asking questions. You're not the boss of me. Mythologist (Ph.D.), photographer, poet. California-born. Living on Lenape people's homelands. Honoring the land itself & the Lenape Tribe both past & present.

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We can just unscrew that thing in a couple years (or earlier).

14.11.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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shrek from the movie shrek is making a funny face with his mouth open ALT: shrek from the movie shrek is making a funny face with his mouth open

Millions of people will drop their #health insurance, causing insurance companies to lose revenue. And with that revenue loss, companies will then increase premiums on the remaining customers.

Actuaries’ heads are probably exploding trying to figure out how to keep companies profitable.

13.11.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Nor onw decent cell in his body," says the pedophile about Trump. And the pedophile should know.

13.11.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Potatoes, for the moment, are cheaper than doctors, @darthbluesky.bsky.social

12.11.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Through the first three quarters of 2025, $130.2 million has been spent on #insurance lobbying (Bloomberg) and the industry employs more than 3,000,000 people.

So. How do the 900+/- lobbyists figure into the ping pong game of people’s #health?

11.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@50501movement.bsky.socialβ€”How about, β€œWe, the American people, demand you do differently” (?)

11.11.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now about #Schumer . . . We need a stronger, rowdier, scrappier fighter to lead the Dems in overturning the travesties we face.

11.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll take that insult under advisement.

11.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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IAW - Identity Affirmation Workshop

Trans, non-binary and gender expansive sibs: a friend’s child was recently able to obtain a passport using their correct gender marker notwithstanding current policy through the help of this NB attorney in San Francisco.

www.identityaffirmation.org

11.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Probably not a good idea to try schooling ECMβ€”have you followed her important work over the years?

11.11.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds interesting.

11.11.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to go! ⌚

β€œSchumer should step down immediately. If he secretly backed this surrender and voted 'no', he’s a liar. If he couldn’t keep his caucus in line, he's inept. Either way, we can’t afford his failed leadership any longer.” - Our Revolution

@usatoday.com: tinyurl.com/57vds6cj

10.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
Critical Thinking Home

I thought harder and better, too (what with several certifications from the Center for Critical Thinking at www.criticalthinking.org). I considered your objection but think we can do both.

11.11.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - About Face Veterans Veterans taking action against militarism and endless wars We are Post-9/11 military members and veterans organizing to end a foreign policy of permanent war and the use of military weapons, tactics, ...

Concerned military members can question deployment through this organization. #NationalGuard

aboutfaceveterans.org

10.11.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Primary States 2025 Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankin...

10.11.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it time for a strong third party?

workingfamilies.org/about/

10.11.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

"We're sorry but the Senator is in an important meeting about the primary against him."

10.11.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Innocuous enough, eh? Just the American flag between one touting Ruger and the other for Smith & Wesson. #StopGunViolence

09.11.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite worthwhile in understanding why professsionals are justified in their diagnoses of his mental illnesses and #dementia.

09.11.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call-write-contact your senators. Weekly. Daily. Often.

07.11.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He is not #stupid. He is wily, cunning, cagey, deceitful, sneaky, scheming, dodgy, devious, stealthy, treacherous, shady, furtive, duplicitous . . . With a layer of #dementia.

We may want to react with a quick insult, but it’s better to use words that stab with the #truth.

06.11.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please do, says this elder.

05.11.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this the dog you congratulated for voting, @drewmelbourne.com (?)

04.11.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Dark Hole Darkly by Drew Melbourne Don't believe the lies your TV tells you: Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much shittier detective.

Support neurodivergent indie authors with this TINY TINY ITCH BUNDLE!!!

(It's just my awesome ADHD detective novel A DARK HOLE DARKLY for $2.99.)

04.11.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sarah McBride opens up about her darkest day in Congress (exclusive) β€œThe high of orientation was met with probably the deepest low of my life outside of losing my husband to cancer," the first trans member of Congress told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.

So glad to have voted for @mcbride.house.gov. Tremendously smart: "...leadership isn’t about avoiding confrontation. It’s about choosing how to confront."
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...

04.11.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, Donut. Thanks for helping us smile a wee bit.

04.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Herman Melville would win the fishing competition.

03.11.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody needs to project this poster onto buildings everywhere he goes. Like onto the White House.

03.11.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re gonna eat that fence. I promise, @mmasnick.bsky.social

02.11.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rather than selling books through their app, their outlets stock a limited range of new releases on the floor. As bookstore owner, I used to fill in bestsellers quickly by shopping there because their prices were the same as my distributor.

01.11.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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