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Becky D

@bexrousse.bsky.social

Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water. Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blond me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 10h ago

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social · 11h ago

I join union nurses in calling for Debora Kapisha's immediate release from ICE detention. To those who can make it, I encourage you to join Maine union nurses for an emergency demonstration today at 10:30 AM outside Maine Medical Center in Portland.

I’ve learned through my union brothers and sisters at the Maine State Nurses Association that one of their colleagues, Debora Kapisha, has been detained by ICE. ICE plans to transfer her to Louisiana, where she’ll be even farther from her family, legal counsel, and support systems. Debora is a medical-surgical nurse at Maine Medical Center. Her colleagues describe her as an amazing nurse and a kind, supportive coworker. On top of it all, she is legally authorized to live and work in this country. She should be at work today assisting Maine patients and their families. Instead, she’s being held captive by the Trump administration. This is what happens when a rogue agency is granted free license to carry out a racist, authoritarian agenda without restraint. We must abolish ICE, not give them tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to bring terror to our streets. I join the Maine State Nurses Association in demanding Debora’s immediate release from ICE detention, and I call on Maine Medical Center to take immediate steps to formally sponsor her for permanent residency. I cannot imagine what Debora is going through right now, but I’m inspired by the swift action of her union. To those who can make it, I encourage you to join Maine nurses for an emergency demonstration this morning outside Maine Med. Solidarity forever. Solidarity forever. Troy
Becky D@bexrousse.bsky.social · 2d ago

Do check out Tom's updated website, but beware--you will find yourself beguiled, bewitched, possibly bemused but certainly enchanted, tumbling through his stories & characters until you realize time has slipped sideways & you surface with a gasp as from a dream or a wild deep free-dive...

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d ago

THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...

A meadow hare, filled with flowers, cut from lino by my mum, Jo.
Becky D@bexrousse.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's so disgusting, and what a rebuke to local artists. I have never lived in a butter cow state but when I hear the term I think Iowa and Michigan? Is Ohio just trendmaxxing here? (i do not like this timeline pls can someone put a fresh weasel into the hadron collider)

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 5d ago

O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section. I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June. We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon. Convenient time for him to quit.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾@blackamazon.bsky.social · 5d ago

Imagine how many Black women this happens to and they don’t admit it or they admit it and life just goes on

Josh Grubbs@joshuagrubbsphd.com · last wk.

This really isn’t the app that I use for my fitness hobbies, but there is a major Nazi scandal going on in the powerlifting world right now where one of the beastiest (laudatory) women powerlifters in the world (Sonita Muluh) got robbed of a world record squat (over 700lbs) by a spotter

Activate Maine💪🗓️@activatemaine.bsky.social · 5d ago

Washington County, ME This Saturday,,,We Are One, A Vigil For America, Once again we stand together in support of those targets of ICE cruelty. We all found our first vigil be a “moving and powerful experience - creating space to bear witness, raise awareness, and support collective courage."

We are some A Vigilant For America Whiting Union Meeting Hall,,, next to the Whiting Village School. August 1, 4 PM. Sponsored by the Heart of Washington County Multifaith Coalition. Rumor has it that there might be bag pipes.
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Becky D@bexrousse.bsky.social · 5d ago

Visited by the egg fairy today! (Co-worker is house-sitting for a family w/a large mixed flock & was very glad to offload some of the bounty.) 🥚🥰

Photo of a cardboard flat with 20 eggs of various sizes, from two very large brown ones to some golf ball sized ones, and colors ranging from off white to pale blue, to sand colored, medium brown, and then a couple with almost a greenish cast. The one in the farthest right column second from the top is this beautiful rich sandy gold color that would make a very chic accent wall color. They haven't been washed yet so a few have some straw and unspeakable schmutz still stuck on them.
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 6d ago

Notably, it is almost the 10-year anniversary of the famous WSJ story about men who love cargo shorts and the women in their lives who hate them: www.wsj.com/articles/nic...

Nice Cargo Shorts! You’re Sleeping on the Sofa

Relationships around the country are being tested by cargo shorts. Men who love them say they’re comfortable and practical for summer, while detractors say they’ve been out of style for years.

wsj.com

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The man who wears shorts to the office is telling everybody that he wants to be somewhere else,” David Coggins writes. “The fact that he really does want to be somewhere else does not excuse this.”