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Neal Lulofs

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2025 #BestoftheNet nominee. Writing the novel. Words in Swannanoa Review, Other Voices, Ascent, Willow Review, and others. MFA Warren Wilson. Love the outdoors, golden retrievers, and my Rivian #Writer #fiction #BendOregon https://linktr.ee/neal_lulofs

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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

18.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 44110    πŸ” 11581    πŸ’¬ 937    πŸ“Œ 852
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 89305    πŸ” 29066    πŸ’¬ 2324    πŸ“Œ 1869
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

09.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 56234    πŸ” 22837    πŸ’¬ 1901    πŸ“Œ 2181
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Update from the war zone in Portland.

07.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 15706    πŸ” 4736    πŸ’¬ 968    πŸ“Œ 335
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Autism phenotype versus registered diagnosis in Swedish children: prevalence trends over 10 years in general population samples Objective To compare the annual prevalence of the autism symptom phenotype and of registered diagnoses for autism spectrum disorder during a 10 year period in children. Design Population based study....

A large study in Sweden found levels of autism *symptoms* were constant over time, even as autism *diagnoses* increased (implying broadening diagnostic criteria rather than real underlying increase) www.bmj.com/content/350/...

11.04.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 677    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 22

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

28.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 29802    πŸ” 7918    πŸ’¬ 825    πŸ“Œ 525
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Hah! @newyorker.com #humor

24.02.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds.

This is incredible.

21.02.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2006    πŸ” 480    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 136
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They are angry that a judge restored a public website providing life-saving resources from the CDC, FDA, and HHS.

11.02.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 27529    πŸ” 7247    πŸ’¬ 1511    πŸ“Œ 465

Absolute POS

30.01.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll never get over that all of this was avoidable and our kids could’ve had a better future had voters just made the obviously rational choice in November. It’s water under the bridge now. But what the fuck, people.

25.01.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 31472    πŸ” 4167    πŸ’¬ 1525    πŸ“Œ 438
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Biden added more jobs to the economy than Trump, Obama, or Bush The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Biden's presidency.

More jobs have been created under Biden than during the full terms of Trump, Obama, or Bush 43. @danprimack.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/01/10/i...

11.01.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1160    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 38
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The State of Local News

Since 2005, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished. Newspapers continue to disappear at a rate of more than two per week; in the past year alone, 130 newspapers have shut their doors.

10.01.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 768    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 17
Tweet by Bharat Ramamurti criticizing Joe Manchin for allegedly consigning millions of children to poverty due to his belief that poor parents used 2021 child tax credit payments to buy drugs. Below is a tweet by Josh McCabe refuting this, stating, 'Study confirms parents didn’t use their CTC to buy drugs in 2021,' with a quote from the study noting no significant association between child tax credit payments and drug use.

Tweet by Bharat Ramamurti criticizing Joe Manchin for allegedly consigning millions of children to poverty due to his belief that poor parents used 2021 child tax credit payments to buy drugs. Below is a tweet by Josh McCabe refuting this, stating, 'Study confirms parents didn’t use their CTC to buy drugs in 2021,' with a quote from the study noting no significant association between child tax credit payments and drug use.

VillainsΒ don’tΒ always wear red hats.

06.01.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20538    πŸ” 4703    πŸ’¬ 779    πŸ“Œ 189
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A handful of my favorite reads this year. #writers #fiction #books

31.12.2024 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot stress this enough, write what you’d want to read. Not what you think someone else wants to read.

30.12.2024 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Read Your Way Around Chicago (Gift Article) Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.

I would add the great Stuart Dybek to this list www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/b...

14.12.2024 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember the FBI informant who claimed President Biden took millions in bribes from Burisma?

He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up.

And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

12.12.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7198    πŸ” 3157    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 302
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Revision is a lifestyle #fiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

11.12.2024 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Alice Munro Knew (Gift Article) The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?

Haunting www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...

08.12.2024 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bend OR here

06.12.2024 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You know you're old when you're entering your birth year online and you have to spin that thing like you're on Wheel of Fortune.

04.12.2024 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 5

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces Kash Patel as the next FBI Director. If you had any question about whether Trump will prioritize investigating and prosecuting his political enemies, this is your answer.

01.12.2024 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14350    πŸ” 3467    πŸ’¬ 578    πŸ“Œ 189
Neal Lulofs - Small Comforts β€” The Swannanoa Review

Read my lit fiction story nominated for the 2025 Best of the Net anthology #booksky #fiction www.theswannanoareview.com/issue1/neall...

27.11.2024 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We named our rescue from PR "Rico"

24.11.2024 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And then there was one!

... #undefeated

#GoDucks

24.11.2024 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🀣

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Dermot Healy
#writingquotes

20.11.2024 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œImage of Sarah McBride, standing confidently in front of the United States Capitol building. She is wearing a purple dress and a navy blazer, with her arms crossed and a smile on her face. The headline reads, β€˜House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill,’ with a subheading explaining efforts to bar her, as the first transgender member of Congress, from using women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill.”

β€œImage of Sarah McBride, standing confidently in front of the United States Capitol building. She is wearing a purple dress and a navy blazer, with her arms crossed and a smile on her face. The headline reads, β€˜House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill,’ with a subheading explaining efforts to bar her, as the first transgender member of Congress, from using women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill.”

I look at this accurate headline, and I just find it to be so infuriating and utterly depressing.

She should be celebrating and excited to get to work, like any freshman member.

She should be able to celebrate her historic achievement.

Instead, she’s fending off attacks she did nothing to ignite.

20.11.2024 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1221    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 12
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RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming. Fluoride is added to water to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities, but communities are abandoning the practice because of health concerns.

In the 1950s, some thought fluoride was part of a "communist plot." Crackpot theories survive today even in "liberal" Oregon wapo.st/40VkjVr #oregon #fluoride

20.11.2024 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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