Elle, Duchess of Breckenridge

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💙⚖️💙Politics. Med⚕pro nerd/"SPerd"🤓&💙'r of 🤓'y things. 🥰💍'd💙.WE not I, for humanity; protect the vulnerable. #RESIST, is really now the #OPPOSITION. Believer in kindness..Snarky Introvert. Experiencing life @10WTFph under this regime. Multilingual.

Like all of Trump's alternative fact versions of reality, there's a real problem with his claim massive numbers of "illegal aliens" (or people, as I think of them) voted in our elections. If that were true, Trump wouldn't have won with GOP majorities in both houses of Congress.

A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September.

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

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This woman changed my life. I read Revolution from Within as a teenager and there was no going back. I regret that I did not ever get to meet her in person despite being one degree of separation from her for years. There aren’t words enough for her legacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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😳 In August, Palantir’s head of defense, Mike Gallagher, penned a WSJ piece titled, “How to Salvage Science in Fauci’s Wake *** White House report argues that competition and freedom can bring about a new ‘golden age.’” The article touts a plan spearheaded by Thiel protege Michael Kratsios. 1/

Opinion | How to Salvage Science in Fauci’s Wake

A White House report argues that competition and freedom can bring about a new ‘golden age.’

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Multiple sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard after 8+ months of extended deployment with no end date. Families say their loved ones are burnt out, exhausted, and terrified. No fresh meat or fruit. Rotten food. The Navy keeps them at sea while mental health collapses.

Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard during an extended deployment in the Middle East. The aircraft carrier has a crew of around 5,000. Their deployment began November 21 and had been expected to end in May, but has been extended with no current return date.

Desperate US sailors trying to jump overboard on extended Middle East deployment, families say - AOL

Concerns have been raised about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, with claims of food shortages and sailors’ mental health struggles

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