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Rachael Hamlet

@karmamylanta.bsky.social

Retired lawyer. OG Star Trek fan. Socialist at heart, Democrat by necessity. Nationals baseball and Pokémon GO keep me amused.

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CleanAirKits@cleanairkits.bsky.social · 3d ago

We recalculated how much the materials for the new Purifying Prism cost us and realized we could lower the price to $229. So, those of you who purchased the kit the week it launched will be receiving a refund from us for the difference.

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Rachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do I need to call your office, or are you already on board with raising the cap on FICA for high earners? @beyer.house.gov Signed, Your constituent

J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call & tell your members of congress to raise the FICA cap & tax the wealthy's investments. (Contact info at end of 🧵). "[R]are GOP concessions on taxes" are being discussed "as lawmakers begin to confront a Social Security shortfall so large and so... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Rachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An anecdote about aging: Husband (83) uses his phone as a timer to remind him to take meds. It starts going off and he stands in the hallway saying "where's my phone?" I point him towards the home office behind him because that's where the sound seems to be coming from. 1/3

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s new U.S. Postal Service rule setting new restrictions for mail ballots. Judge Talwani’s TRO lasts for 14 days while she considers the preliminary injunction requests, with a hearing set for Sept. 3.

Case 1:26-cv-11549-IT Document 218 Filed 08/27/26 Page 2 of 11 TALWANI, D.J. Pending before the court are two motions for temporary restraining orders joined for briefing pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a)(1).? For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS a temporary restraining order staying the United States Postal Service ("USPS") from implementing certain sections of its final rule, Ballot Mail for Federal Elections, 91 Fed. Reg. 54966 (Aug. 26, 2026) (to be codified at 39 C.F.R. pt. 111) (the "Final Rule").Ill. Conclusion and Order For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' emergency motions' for a temporary restraining order are GRANTED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b) as follows. (1) The court grants an emergency fourteen-day stay of the implementation or enforcement of the following sections of the Final Rule as to elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026. USPS Defendants'° may take no further preparatory steps or implement in any way for elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026: 19 Mot. for a TRO, Emergency Stay, and Expedited Prelim. Inj. and Stay, California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 3]; Emergency Mot. for TRO and Prelim. Inj., LVWM, No. 1:26-cv-11549 [Doc. No. 206]. 20 USPS Defendants are the USPS, the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, and the members and Chair of the USPS Board of Governors. See Compl., California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 1]; Compl., Suppl. Compl., LWVM, No. 1:26-cv-i1549 [Doc. Nos. 1, 205].a. DMM Section 705.24.3.1, to the extent that the section makes Ballot Mail Envelope Standards mandatory; b. DMM Section 705.24.3.2, to the extent that the section makes Return Federal Ballot Mail Envelope Standards mandatory; c. DMM Section 705.24.4.1; to the extent that the section makes Postal Service Federal Ballot Mail Portal registration mandatory; d. DMM Section 705.24.4.2; to the extent that the section makes voter enrollment in the Postal Service Federal Ballot Mail Portal mandatory e. DMM Section 705.24.5.1; f. The first two sentences of DMM Section 705.24.5.2; and g. DMM Section 705.24.5.3(a), (b), (c). (2) Defendants' counsel must, within 24 hours after receiving service of this Order: (i) provide written notice of this Order to the USPS Defendants and their employees; (i) notify all such recipients that they are required to comply with this Order, under penalty of contempt; and (iii) file on the docket a copy of the notice and/or communications referred to in (i)-(il). Plaintiffs' motions for preliminary injunctions remain under advisement. IT IS SO ORDERED. August 27, 2026 /s/ Indira Talwani United States District Judge
Rachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I approve of the Klingon epithet "petaQ" entering the English language. It has an ineffable note of disgust and dishonor that no current word adequately conveys.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

I have courses to prepare so I have little time for disingenuous fucks prattling on about academic freedom as if they know fuck all about the concept. I will say that the insistence that we give peta’Q like Cofnas time and space to do this shit is a big part of how Arday lost his life.