Cheryl The Nerd

@cherylthenerd.bsky.social

Lover of music and hockey. A little chocolate once in a while doesn't hurt either.

Officials from Washington State and the city of Spokane confirmed that hundreds of homes and structures had been lost to raging wildfires and warned the blazes had not yet been contained. reut.rs/3TxDIKE

The schools that stood up to Trump thug demands—first Wesleyan and Princeton, then Harvard, then many others who were emboldened—have won in court and earned honor in history and support from alums. Columbia showed that appeasement always loses. It's never enough. Don't do it, Yale.

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4d ago

Need to have some frank talk about #Yale President McInnis, General Counsel Alexander Dreier and the trustees. First, they keep saying that they are compelled to enter into a settlement with the #Trump administration. Untrue. 1/

During the drought, I left out a bucket of water to help wildlife. I'd never seen any frogs around here but one found it and left tadpoles. Now I'm chilling outside and listening to little peepers peeping all around me. It's really cool. That one bucket led to all this life and sweetness.

Name another song that mentions the word "Girl." 🎶 Written by Rick Springfield and released in the US as a single in February 1981, the song "Jessie's Girl" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 1, 1981 where it stayed for 2 weeks.

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A guy was charged with a felony for using a duress password that wiped his phone during a border search. He’s an activist. Agents said they were looking for child abuse material, but his lawyers call it a fishing expedition. This sets a scary precedent for privacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

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Just an appreciation post for this guy. The COVID pandemic would have been far worse without Dr. Fauci's decades of experience as guidance through it. Had he been working under an adult president and not the child that presided over 2020, he would have saved even more lives without having to contend

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